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Imagine if France said they'd help the US with urgently needed medical aid and relief after a disaster, but only if we turned over sensitive medical data for millions of Americans. That's what Trump's State Dept. is doing across Africa. By @fastlerner.bsky.social @annamaria.bsky.social

"The cost of equestrian stable fees, for instance, is still quite reasonable."

JFC

I learned a lot from his work. Grazie.

such a good description of what has happened & is happening.

Just streams of unrelenting bullshit from this administration. Sending solidarity to all being harassed in this way (& many other ways).

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Devastating news. Abdullah Ibrahim has left us. A giant has fallen. An era has closed. iol.co.za/news/south-a...

Shouldn't we all agree that a lower teen pregnancy rate is a good thing? It is fucking wild to see all these concerned takes about a lower birth rate when most of the drop is in teenagers. Y'know, kids.

We have no money. You know this. Why do you keep asking why we’re not doing things we used to do? It’s because we have no money. We. Have. No. Money. We have no money. There is no money left. It’s all gone. None of us have it. No money. Nope. Money gone. We don’t have it. No.

Neighbor visiting the garden.

More needed joy (from an amazing wildlife photographer).

I laughed harder than perhaps I should've but it's Friday.

Good morning, Breadroll! Nice way to start the day.

The rampant stupidity of this ad... Nah, never mind.

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The people of Albania have been protesting the Trump family for 11 days straight because Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner want to build a $2 billion luxury resort on an environmentally sensitive coast site. Solidarity with the people of Albania standing up to billionaire greed. 🇦🇱 🎥 @olsimeraj on IG

taking care of others is a very good thing.

there is no hell hot enough...

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Hilarious and deeply insightful writing by @brianphillips.lol.

This should be the law everywhere.

Almost choked on my tea. This needs to be an ad.

the fact is these democratic governors do not have actual control over their own state police forces, and that’s a seriously scary problem that no elected wants to talk about or deal with

Step by step, but we need to pick up the pace. I learned a lot from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 's book about the urgency & those working to address it.

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Keep at him. Don't stop.

Late spring in the St. Lawrence river valley. Grateful that things are blooming & sending best wishes to those in the heat.

"Most surprisingly, the Norman Conquest of 1066 appears to have been largely an elite process." Scientists once again riding to the rescue of historians, who had previously assumed 1066 was a largely peasant-driven enterprise. theconversation.com/beyond-anglo...

i love her make her president

RIP, Sonny Rollins. So much beauty, thanks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxpR...

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

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In sum, skip the Atlantic on this one and read Monstrous Regiment, a great standalone Pratchett and a perfect book for right now, because it takes on propaganda, war, gender, and how religious zealots starve nations and ruin everything. Quote me on that, why don’t you.

I must be super evolved then because I understand very well that Google is trying to build an agentic wall around the entire internet with the ultimate goal of users paying to access it and data owners paying to contribute to it.

If I’m not evolved enough to understand it, then why did they have to steal my writing to train it?

👇 This is my memory of that moment - constant protest against it for these very reasons.

www.theringer.com/2026/05/22/n... jesus THANK YOU

In some better news, look at this week's exciting book post: this long-awaited, mind-blowing, moving new book on Mary Wollstonecraft, by the brilliant @juliehoo.bsky.social. I and many others in #18thc studies are going to be thinking with this book for years to come.

I mean look at Bezos. Yes ordering books online was an innovative idea. God bless. And how did Jeff get those books to people to make his billions? The post office that taxpayers built and subsidized for over 250 years.

Yes, it is. Using young people for performative cruelty. Angry & disgusted.

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