‘I need to do everything now’: the Ukrainian combat medic-turned playwright
Since Alina Sarnatska’s first play premiered a year ago, she has documented wartime Ukraine with unflinching frankness
“I hate theatre,” she said. “OK, by now I have seen some interesting things. But it’s not something to do in my free time.” Her writing god is, in fact, the novelist Stephen King. “If you write a good story, it will work on the stage,” she said.
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#birds A pushme-pullyou mourning dove.
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Pikachu (thiccachu) pokemon dragging bag it cash thru Halloween New Yorker mag
How somethings haven't changed from 1999
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September 17, 2025 (Wednesday)
This evening, John Koblin, Michael M.
An excellent overview of the establishment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Arthur Sze Will Be the Next U.S. Poet Laureate
Congratulations Arthur!!! 😊❤️
Arthur Sze Will Be the Next U.S. Poet Laureate www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...
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Harvard’s Mixed Victory
A resounding win for the university in court still leaves the Trump Administration with plenty of ways to force schools into submission.
A lower-court judge has sided with Harvard in its lawsuit against the Trump Administration, concluding that the Administration “used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities.”
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YouTube video by Global Insight Hub
The End of 500 Years of Western Power and the Rise of Multipolarity|Jeffrey Sachs
The overview I’ve had for sometime:
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Kay Ryan
photo by Kay Ryan
Academy of American Poets
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YouTube video by The Highwaymen - Topic
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Resistance comes in many forms ❤️
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Lola Ridge
Born in Dublin on December 12, 1873, Lola Ridge grew up in mining towns in New Zealand and Australia.
“Born in Dublin on December 12, 1873, Lola Ridge grew up in mining towns in New Zealand and Australia.
Ridge first received critical attention in 1918 when her long poem “The Ghetto” was published in The New Republic.”
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Yanis Varoufakis & Jeffrey Sachs: The Self-Destruction of the West
Yanis Varoufakis in Conversation with Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University.
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Billboard on a clear day with the message "Hey, Mike Johnson: Stop Hiding. Release All The Epstein Files." Features images of Jeffrey Epstein and two other individuals.
Republicans want us to forget Trump’s Epstein cover-up. We won’t. We’re demanding ALL the Epstein files be released—and putting billboards in GOP districts to keep the pressure on. Please pitch in if you can: secure.actblue.com/d...
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In memoriam: R. Rajaraman, scholar and citizen-scientist who informed public debate about nuclear weapons in South Asia and beyond
R. Rajaraman, a distinguished Indian theoretical physicist, prominent nuclear weapon policy scholar, and advocate for nuclear disarmament died at age 86 in New Delhi on July 12, after a long illness.
R. Rajaraman, a distinguished Indian theoretical physicist, prominent nuclear weapon policy scholar, and advocate for nuclear disarmament, died at age 86 in New Delhi on July 12, after a long illness.
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White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...
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Donald Trump, his henchmen, and his collaborators in police and sheriffs’ departments are making authoritarian police practices national. Marine training is “designed to maximize force to accomplish its mission” and never deployed in force within the U.S..
That is, until Trump.
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Thomas Sayers Ellis, Poet of ‘Percussive Prosody,’ Dies at 61
Be at peace, TSE. ❤️
Thomas Sayers Ellis, Poet of ‘Percussive Prosody,’ Dies at 61 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
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Opinion | My Problem With Superman
My Problem With Superman
by Junot Diaz
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
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