Karla Jacobs

Behind the scenes at Gaudi's stunning La Sagrada Familia Tech Now gains special access to Gaudí's iconic La Sagrada Familia as it nears completion.

I love Gaudí's architecture, and I love churches. But, even if you don't, the interior of La Sagrada Familia is stunning. It's a cathedral of light, and in all my travels, I've never seen anything else like it.

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"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.

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THIS IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.

They cannot commandeer state and local law enforcement because they want to.

THIS IS NOT LAWFUL.

They cannot use federalized guard or military personnel for civilian law enforcement absent rebellion and insurrection.

Endorsed

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"

As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.

The Boy Genius Who Killed 14 Million Poor People What is the moral weight of responsibility for the men who carried out DOGE’s work?

i think i disagree with the idea that the ferritor should have been allowed to follow his own path during his schooling, neglecting assignments and being coddled for his apparent genius. i think, in fact, that this was the problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-boy-ge...

Same.

I agree with the problem of propaganda, but it was something that could only take hold in a country where people had enough affluence and leisure time to marinate themselves in it. People over 55 with a lot of time on their hands.

Jen Easterly is herself a graduate of West Point (the Secretary of the Army is not) and she was the second Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

They didn’t just carry them around; they got them out and waved them at people. Doesn’t look like they actually read them, though.

Same

No. The correct answer to this question is unequivocally no.

The SCOTUS shadow docket decision to let the Administration gut DOE, with its stated purpose of closing it, while the lower courts ponder the issue is like a court letting the state go ahead with a death penalty sentence while the appeals work their way through the courts.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

This is my new favourite video... 😊 #bluesky

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Trump administration says it will deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia before his trial if he’s released from criminal custody | CNN Politics The Trump administration will take steps to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia before he goes to trial in Tennessee if he’s released from criminal custody, which could happen as soon as next week, a Justice ...

They could have just said this was their one mistaken case but instead they have to make this guy suffer to pay for embarrassing them
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You Too Can Vacation On Tatooine Just don't do it in the summer.

This week's Sweet Tea is a travelogue for Tatooine.

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I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC

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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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Love > Fear

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Trump Is Coming for Your Citizenship Your citizenship won’t save you any more than Congress, or the laws, or the courts do.

"Have you ever wondered what happens to adopted kids if birthright citizenship no longer exists? If you are adopted, you may have no way to prove that your parents were citizens. Without birthright citizenship, that would leave you in limbo, as a stateless individual with no right to live anywhere."

The issue isn’t that there are revolting deranged bigots in America. The issue isn’t even that they have their own following. The issue is that they are prominent advisors and friends to the President of the United States and his team.

Ossoff: "If we allow Affordable Care Act benefits to expire, as this bill would, more than a million Georgians will pay more for health insurance next year. A family of 4 in Clayton County making $65k a year - that's a $2,600 increase...the AJC reports 300k Georgians would lose insurance altogether"

“The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril.”

— The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 3, Scene 5)

A pasta dish featuring spiral fusilli pasta, red tomatoes, green zucchini, purple eggplant, and fresh green basil leaves. Headline below the photo: 100 Easy Summer Recipes for Right Now

Because worrying about dinner should be the last thing on your mind. https://trib.al/gHbdMrF