Mi Robin (they [pl. verb], their, them, themself)

Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting “They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”

via Jay Kuo:
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Beauty Commonplace book

from Mary Ann: open.substack.com/pub/maryannd...
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‘I feel violated and dehumanised after X’s Grok AI stripped me naked’ Women say ‘objectifying’ pictures are being created of them without their consent – and accuse tech companies like Elon Musk’s as well as the government of not doing enough to protect them

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www.the-independent.com/tech/grok-x-...
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Democracy and inequality of wealth, a conundrum? Commonplace book

from Mary Ann:
open.substack.com/pub/maryannd...
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US in the 'early stages' of a trans genocide, experts claim Genocide scholars and experts have warned the US is showing early signs of a genocide against trans people.

Full story here ➡️:
www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/07/t...
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From ~400 years ago via William:

"Amicus Plato, amicus Aristoteles; magis amica Veritas."

("I am a friend of Plato, I am a friend of Aristotle; but truth is a better friend.")

--Isaac Newton (1643-1727).

The True Cost of Greenland We called the crisis before Trump took office.

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Trump weighs using U.S. military to acquire Greenland: White House President Donald Trump is considering "a range of options" in order to acquire Greenland, including "utilizing the U.S. Military," the White House said.

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via Neurodivergent Rebel: www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Joint statement by the Nordic Foreign Ministers on Greenland Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on 6 January 2026.

from Cynthia Hope Laub's thread: www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new....
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The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference Critics of environmental protection laws may have forgotten how much progress has been made.

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👉 theconversation.com/the-us-used-...
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Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor Sen. Ruben Gallego said he will introduce a war powers resolution to forestall a U.S. invasion of the Danish territory.

from Katharine O'Moore-Klopf: www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Early Schizophrenia Leaves a Fingerprint on Brain Structure Using MRI scans from 352 schizophrenia patients, researchers found widespread reductions in structural similarity across several brain regions. These disruptions tracked with symptom severity, cogniti...

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technet.works/MRI_Schzphrnia
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WATCH: Federal Agents Block Doctor From Shooting Victim

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YouTube video by Wajahat Ali Peter Thiel’s Dark Plan to Replace Democracy

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Every Time Trump Was Connected To Epstein Over Several Decades (Updated) Before Trump allegedly wrote Epstein a 50th birthday message, he had flown on his private jet seven times.

HERE'S EVERY KNOWN LINK BETWEEN TRUMP AND EPSTEIN:

("JEFF - YOU ARE THE GREATEST", AS TRUMP REPORTEDLY SIGNED EPSTEIN’S BIRTHDAY BOOK July 25, 2025)
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www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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Behind the viral photo of Rep. Andy Kim cleaning up at midnight after riots “It’s a room that I love so much. ... It pained me so much to see it in this kind of condition,” the New Jersey Democrat said.

Andy Kim for New Jersey~
Cleans up the Capitol on January 6th saying
“What else could I do”?
“It’s a room that I love so much — it’s the heart of the Capitol, literally the heart of this country. It pained me so much to see it in this kind of condition.”
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www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
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Zinn: The U.S. Constitution: by whom, for whom Commonplace book

from Mary Ann:
open.substack.com/pub/maryannd...
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India, Malaysia and France threaten action against X over offensive AI images Social media platform’s Grok AI chatbot accused of digitally stripping women and children in response to user prompts

MORE: www.independent.co.uk/tech/grok-of....

Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela An officer can be heard telling the woman she's being arrested for "obstructing a roadway" and "failure to obey a lawful command from a police officer."

via Tom Digby:
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Hegseth moves to demote Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved Monday to demote Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-Ariz.) military rank over his participation in a recent video with five other Democrats in which they reminded U.S. s…

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Thanks for that suggestion.

To me, that seems to be a serious, valuable, thoughtful question, Nivolet, and I don't know the answer to it.

Woman felt 'dehumanised' after Musk's Grok AI used to digitally remove her clothes The BBC has seen several examples of it undressing women and putting them in sexual situations without their consent.

A woman said she felt "dehumanised and reduced into a sexual stereotype" after Grok AI was used to digitally remove her clothes.

They did it to a 14-year-old actress from Stranger Things as well.
bbc.in/3L8xrBb
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via Paul DeLespinasse
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Guillermo del Toro: Saying ‘Art Is Not Important’ Is ‘Always the Prelude to Fascism’ Guillermo del Toro says claiming that 'art is not important' is a 'prelude to fascism.'

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always a prelude to fascism. They think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter A decades-old Office of Legal Counsel memorandum claiming the President can disregard the UN Charter does not withstand serious scrutiny.

via Cynthia Hope Laub: Follow-up by Goodman on rhe Maduro [kidnapping]
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COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...

via MB:
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Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa The world’s oldest in situ adult funeral pyre (~9500 years old) shows complex mortuary behaviors among ancient African foragers.

Researchers in Science Advances have discovered the earliest deliberate cremation in Africa, dating to 9500 years ago.

More: scim.ag/4peAsxB
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Scientists Asked People To Do 1 Thing Differently While Taking A Walk. The Results Were Astounding. “It [creates] an amazing cascade of physiology that we can find almost any day and is very good for you,”

“One region of the brain is deactivated [when experiencing awe], the default mode network, where self-representational processes take place: goals, strivings, checklist.”

Also, awe activates our vagus nerve, which “slows our heart rate, helps with digestion, and opens us to things bigger than us.”

from White Rose Resistance's thread:

"The 1997 film Wag the Dog shortened the phrase and also added the additional meaning of 'superfluous (military) action in order to distract from domestic scandal'."

"Are we at the invasion of Austria, Poland, or Denmark at this point?"