Erika

Not sure of the benefit of sympathy from a total stranger, but you've got it. That sucks beets.

I mean, native peoples feeling indignant? I would empathize.

Todd Arrington Todd Arrington is the site manager of James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor, Ohio, where he is responsible for all aspects of the National Park Service operation of...

Anyone here who recalls the Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, OH) Twitter feed, which was pretty good, this guy ran that site and did the Twitter feed up until maybe a couple years ago when he was moved (promoted?) to running the Eisenhower site. www.whitehousehistory.org/presidential...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Damn right — lock him up!!

Over on the Other Place I would occasionally put this thread together, most recently during lockdown, four years ago in fact, and I realised I'd not done it here. So, bear with, and feel free to mute as this is an epic (genuinely, I’m not sure we won’t reach hitherto non-invoked thread limits tbh).

There are so many reasons that I'm embarrassed that I live in Texas. This is yet another.

I agree! Just remember if you put it off long, to be extra careful on stairs, especially downbound. Strong progressives... move where the ground is, lol.

Introducing “The Refounding” from the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy Far too many Americans still do not know about the promise and potential power of the 14th Amendment, or its role in transforming America

BIG NEWS this morning!

medium.com/@TheRefoundi...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-no...

I downloaded the audiobook for my dad through the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. He enjoyed it tremendously.

It’s long past time you all stopped using “Congress” when you mean “Republicans”. Not a single Democrat voted for this hot mess of an appointment. This endless grind to maintain a non-partisan tone, despite the partisanship of our fascist reality, is willfully blind, & a betrayal of your country.

She was a national treasure.

Tribes were getting money. Now they're not.

Scientists reversed memory loss by powering the brain’s tiny engines Scientists have discovered a direct cause-and-effect link between faulty mitochondria and the memory loss seen in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a novel tool to boost mitochondrial activity…

French and Canadian researchers have shown that faulty mitochondria directly drive memory loss in dementia. Using a new tool to boost mitochondrial activity in mice, they restored memory performance, proving cause and effect for the first time. buff.ly/2REM0fd
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Same.

Strong: My answer to what James Madison would've done, and what he did, was draft a Constitution that made sure the president could never deploy armies to control civilian life as the king had in 1776.

Reporter: There is new reporting that the Russians have hacked into some computer systems that manage U.S. Federal court documents. 

Trump: Are you surprised? That’s what they do….

You are appreciated here in Texas!!

I'm just gonna put it here... my son is now in his 20s and I catch myself singing "Under a Shady Tree" on occasion.

Your 17 year old waitress.

Noticing a pattern here.

Imagine getting fired because math hurt a man’s feelings. We’re being governed by a walking Yelp review.

Not cheating is also a winner, lol.

UCLA to pay $6.45 million to settle suit by Jewish students over pro-Palestinian protests UCLA agreed to settle a lawsuit by Jewish students who alleged the university aided a 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment, which the lawsuit alleged illegally discriminated against Jewish people.

1/ I represent 5 anti-zionist students and faculty challenging the outrageous claim that the Palestine Solidarity Encampment was a "Jew exclusion zone". UCLA refused to defend. Today they agreed to pay millions instead. I can't overstate how dangerous this is. 🧵

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Drought in Utah.

Nothing says climate policy like skipping brunch and hoping the sky notices.

I don't think percentages... work that way?

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Have you listened to any audiobooks lately? I would love to hear your thoughts on audiobook narration via the link above.

Hi everyone,

As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration.

If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts!

You can find the survey here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I listen to a fair number of audiobooks, but my blind, 88yo dad listens to 70+ hours a week. Both of us would have appreciated a question to free-form complain about what makes us give up on a promising title because the narrator makes us want to throw the book at the wall. Good luck!