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The intrusion of Donald Trump into this nation’s political bloodstream and his�refusal to depart the field after eight long years has provided him ample opportunity to reveal his nature to the ...
by Dartagnan
 82 comments
on Mon Apr 29, 2024 at 08:30 AM PDT
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The book Dune starts with an old woman. The first sentence reads: “In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, and old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.”...
by agoldnyc
49 comments
on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 07:23 PM PST
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Idaho state Rep. Heather Scott introduced a bill this past Thursday to expand the definition of “cannibalism.” Didn’t realize that needed legislation, did you? It doesn’t. Idaho happens to ...
by Walter Einenkel
297 comments
on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 06:30 AM PST
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It’s been a busy week. Though I am not a veteran, on Tuesday, I was proud to join a contingent from Veterans for Peace (VFP) in Jefferson City, Missouri to speak up for Palestinians and against genocide in public testimony on Missouri House bill HCR30,...
by greenandblue
21 comments
on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 03:00 PM PST
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We’ve been hearing for thirty years that “nuclear fusion power is thirty years away”. Is it finally happening?
London CNN — Scientists and engineers near the English city of Oxford have ...
by Lenny Flank
83 comments
on Thu Feb 08, 2024 at 06:03 PM PST
with 100 Recommends
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Florida lawmaker says bill to loosen rules on killing bears is aimed at ‘the ones that are on crack’ A Florida lawmaker seeking looser regulations on the killing of wildlife has claimed that black bears high on crack are breaking into people’s homes and “tearing them apart”. The allegation from Republican state congressman Jason Shoaf, whose biography...
by Lenny Flank
39 comments
on Mon Feb 05, 2024 at 08:21 AM PST
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Since caregivers are so overwhelmingly women, I find this an appropriate opening topic for WOW. And since I care about climate, I have recently been wondering about adult diapers (Mom is bed-bound, ...
by elenacarlena
57 comments
on Sat Sep 30, 2023 at 04:59 PM PDT
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Who Will Survive This Catasrophe? “We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us” Where have the four distinctive seasons gone? Here in Washington, DC, they were once as predictable as a crook and liar like Donald Trump getting indicted on one criminal charge...
by JekyllnHyde
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on Wed Aug 02, 2023 at 04:20 PM PDT
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There exists in the Pacific Ocean a kind of man-made island. � No one will admit to attempting to create this island, despite its impressive size -- larger than France. �If pressed, though, or ...
by angryea
28 comments
on Tue Jun 13, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The arid American West was colonized by European invaders, primarily by killing and/or exploiting native flora, fauna, intact ecosystems, geologic features, and indigenous people. One of the most pernicious enablers of this colonization is and was the...
by CarolEllison
13 comments
on Sun Feb 19, 2023 at 08:48 AM PST
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England has moved to ban wood-burning stoves as it looks to push active policies on environmentalism and pollution. Many people view the wood-burning stove as an elitist status symbol, but many others just need it to heat their homes. Pro-environment...
by chloeatkinson
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on Thu Feb 02, 2023 at 01:27 PM PST
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Have you heard of Cop City in Atlanta, Georgia? The city-approved plan, which was greenlit in 2021, would allow a $90 million dollar training facility for police and firefighters to be built, with the city’s rationale that the training center would...
by christinelarusso
23 comments
on Mon Feb 13, 2023 at 01:59 PM PST
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Like many parts of the United States, Colfax, Louisiana, has a long history of deeply rooted institutional racism. One of Colfax’s distinctions in this terrible story is that time and time again, Louisiana and our government have sanctioned attacks,...
by Walter Einenkel
33 comments
on Mon Dec 19, 2022 at 11:24 AM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, annetteboardman, jck, Rise above the swamp, and Besame.
by annetteboardman
12 comments
on Fri Oct 21, 2022 at 09:01 PM PDT
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Welcome to Street Prophets Coffee Hour! Thermal for the warmth of a good cup of coffee or your preferred beverage, as well as the warmth of a more progressive religion and community. Or it’s ...
by elenacarlena
45 comments
on Thu Sep 15, 2022 at 01:06 PM PDT
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On November 9, 1938, Yvon Chouinard was born into a French American family in Maine. In 1947 the family moved to Southern California. Chouinard was an avid rock and ice climber. And in 1957, the self-taught blacksmith bought a second-hand forge with...
by TheCriticalMind
15 comments
on Thu Sep 15, 2022 at 03:47 PM PDT
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I signed up for a two week vacation package from Disaster Capitalism Tours. Their travel poster and radio ad � ( listen below ) is what caught my interest.
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by EdFlynn
4 comments
on Wed Aug 24, 2022 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Social media and fast fashion have a symbiotic relationship:�For many users, it is impossible to scroll the timeline without being sold cheap, trendy clothes. The division between household names ...
by sophialburns
38 comments
on Fri Jul 15, 2022 at 05:59 AM PDT
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The Everglades National Park is one of 24 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United States. American Alligator in the Everglades "Hidden History" is a diary series that ...
by Lenny Flank
4 comments
on Tue Sep 06, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
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As someone who first went to college (naive, first-generation, dysfunctional childhood, working class—the works) to be an environmentalist and subsequently realized how hopeless environmentalism is, I have to say I’ve outgrown my early antipathy to...
by D Erasmus
17 comments
on Mon Apr 25, 2022 at 10:37 AM PDT
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