They did that βperson collided with car and diedβ thing, but in the ocean.
No, the whale didnβt collide with a boat. A person driving a boat hit a whale and killed it.
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They did that βperson collided with car and diedβ thing, but in the ocean.
No, the whale didnβt collide with a boat. A person driving a boat hit a whale and killed it.
Reuters found that major US law firms, fearing political backlash, have pulled back or hidden pro-bono and civil-rights work that could conflict with the Trump administration reut.rs/4l8V7kE
03.08.2025 16:47 β π 691 π 293 π¬ 75 π 89silly us, we were wrong all along
itβs corporate Americaβs genius in maintaining its hegemony over our lives
after dramatically declining sales and revenues Tesla awards $30bn bonus to its most important worker
a former worker, Iβd naively thought a bonus rewarded hard work that generated revenue
the swift Schooner Adirondack, an 80-foot, wooden harbor pilot boat, a beautiful replica of an 1890βs original sail-nyc.com/our-boats/sc...
04.08.2025 10:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0from the southwestern edge
the island of Manhattan
a river runs around it
For Melvilleβs birthday, Moby Dick and the Pequod, painted by one of my kids a couple of years ago as their Christmas gift to me.
01.08.2025 16:44 β π 170 π 26 π¬ 7 π 1cena veloce tardiva per uomini non piΓΉ giovani e non piΓΉ con nonne
Setaro spaghetti artigianali aglio olio e peperoncino
e acqua
detail
03.08.2025 04:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0parboiled/griddled Brooklyn Cured duck and fennel sausage. thyme sprigs, Maille whole-grain mustard;
heirloom tomatoes w/dried Sicilian oregano/olive oil/unpeeled lightly-smashed early garlic cloves, a mix of garden herbs;
balsamic-braised cipollini onions, chopped parsley and French celery leaves
on August 2, Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, the feast of Feast of the Portiuncula en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portiun...
02.08.2025 17:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0and medieval music folks this one's free if you like but don't be a chump so
musicasecreta.bandcamp.com/album/corpor...
Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, David Hockney and David Goodman - by Dennis Hopper 1963
02.08.2025 00:02 β π 22 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0good, but quaint
only a temporary wrench in the MAGA works, to be undone when SCOTUS reminds us that the supreme leader can do whatever he wants to anyone
Americans truly do not understand that the rule of law is now being used to solidify and protect the fascist project and the speed with which they are dismantling basic rights far outstripped democratic societies ability to counter it.
America no longer exists outside of its name.
Oil on canvas portrait of a woman looking to the side, her sweater and the background are similar shades of rusty sepia while her arms and face are luminous. The National Portrait Gallery describes the figure's expression as βcooly determined.β
When Charlayne Hunter-Gault arrived at University of GA in 1961, some white students responded with violence; she was suspended βfor her safetyβ but returned with a court order & earned a journalism degree. Portrait by Jospeh Schwarz, a professor who organized a faculty resolution to reinstate her.
07.07.2025 16:35 β π 32 π 13 π¬ 1 π 2Black and white image of a woman in high collar and plumed hat. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Pauline Hopkins (b. 1856) journalist, novelist, playwright, historian, daughter of a Civil War veteran. She edited the Colored American & the New Era in the early decades of the 1900s, authored 3 novels, & offered enlightened perspectives in national political & intellectual discourse.
29.07.2025 12:33 β π 22 π 9 π¬ 1 π 1Here are three tiny chickens drinking water under a peony bush, for morale
01.08.2025 22:00 β π 2891 π 281 π¬ 15 π 0crispy-skin pan-roasted Hudson River Valley Fisheries (responsible excellent high-tech farm www.hudsonvalleyfisheries.com) steelhead fillet, a Baden chefβs seasoning salt, our garden bronze fennel:
boiled baby German Butterball potatoes, butter, garden chives; Jamaican Burr cucumbers, garden mint
oh, just great
hadn't thought lately about how much permanent damage
our home-grown baby loud-mouth lardo idiot monster
could do to the entire world in only a matter of minutes
name-calling and nuclear missiels, not a good mix
Marsden Hartley Storm Down Pine Point Way, 1941β43
05.06.2024 17:29 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0βNo person shall.. hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, ..having previously taken an oath, ..to support the Constitution of the United States, ..shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.β
01.08.2025 12:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0far too common
always wrong
and dumb
NY strip steak air-dried 12 hours, seared/cooked med. rare, w/lemon/English thyme;
green cherry tomatoes pan-roasted slowly w/olive oil/unshelled juicy early garlic/dried wild Sicilian oregano, French celery leaves;
escamillo peppers sautΓ©ed w/early red onion/dried Santa Fe pepper/fresh oregano
βthe US saysβ no longer means anything on any subject
cooking the books is now
part of normal operations
NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
30.07.2025 01:10 β π 42876 π 9597 π¬ 824 π 607about that name
and more nerdherdtours.com/wp-content/u... nerdherdtours.com/the-sculptur...
βTransportationβ
a sculpture of Mercury
triumphant above the clock
at the entrance to our truly
Grand Central Station
by sculptor Jules-FΓ©lix Coutan
here en suite with William Van Alenβs Chrysler Building, in a capture from below the glass roof of my chariot at n Tuesday
Ursula K. Le Guin: βThe exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary.β
15.05.2025 16:12 β π 105 π 40 π¬ 1 π 4having mistakenly bought skinless deboned chicken thighs instead of real ones, I looked around for a recipe, quickly found Melissa Clarkβs βGarlicky Chicken With Lemon Anchovy Sauceβ cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015...
also local okra, seared, finished in the pan with peperoncino Calabresi secchi