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Soil.

01/08/24

My quote of the day Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. Octavia Butler

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast. They’ll play this in museums in future. (🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

The Afanc was a legendary creature that would thrash about in its pool sending floods along Conwy river

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

"The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties, that often happens in war..." Don't forget the noble cause for which he is waging war.

It’s sad that this is the reality.

Ramadan in Iraq’s Mosul: Living traditions between past and present https://aje.news/vbbsxk

For love ys so ancient a worde And love dareth thee to care for The folke upon the brinke of despayre And love asketh thee to chaunge ower waye of Caringe about owerselves Thys ys ower last daunse Thys ys ower laust daunse Thys ys owerselves undir pressure undir pressure pressure

Israel responsible for 84 of 129 journalist killings in 2025 tracked by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Tonight is a full boycott of the State of the Union. If there’s one thing Trump can’t stand, it’s low ratings 😉 MoveOn and MeidasTouch announced they’ll host a “People’s State of the Union” rally at 8:30 p.m. ET near the Capitol on the National Mall.

have been in a generally grumpy mood for days and felt better today and realized it's because the sun is out and i have a large glass of water. i'm literally just a plant that's been cursed with the ability to complain.

🚨 Urgent humanitarian appeal My child is fighting for his life after being injured by Israeli drones and is currently in surgery in Gaza. He urgently needs life-saving treatment outside Gaza. Please donate or share — your kindness could save a child’s life. chuffed.org/project/168482

All this time we were screaming about the possibility of hackers accessing undeleted data and not about, oh, I don't know, the feds sitting behind a one-way mirror watching everything and taking notes about what your jag off habits just kidding, we were screaming about that too.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel. “The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

19 February 1919 | Czech Jewish woman, Felicitas Löwiová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship

Alice Ball was a chemist that developed the most efficacious treatment for leprosy until the 1940s. Unfortunately, she died shortly after developing the treatment, and for a time, was not credited for this work. #BlackHistoryMonth scientificwomen.net/women/ball-a...

The Pride flag has been removed from Stonewall Monument after Trump directive.

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

🚨 Save Dima’s life Dima is suffering from a serious head injury and broken bones in her hand. She urgently needs help. Any support, even a small amount, can make a real difference. 🙏 Please don’t leave her alone in this fight. 🆘😔 ✅️ mommunism chuffed.org/project/169074

Rita Levi-Montalcini was raised by a strict father who disapproved of women in higher ed. She convinced him to let her study medicine. She went on to co-discover the Nerve Growth Factor. She received the Nobel Prize in 1986. She was another immigrant that gifted the US with pioneering work. 🧪

Big Brother is watching your dog! Just your dog guys no worries! 😊

Still not over that amazing show last night. Vales más de lo que crees. Hasta mañana, amigos.

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

Heads up University of Florida, Gainsville, students and staff (and surrounding community), measles exposure is being investigated. Spead the word because we know Florida’s Surgeon General won’t. Measles is best prevented through vaccination! www.news4jax.com/news/local/2...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#blackhistorymonth Charles Richard Drew is considered the father of the modern day blood bank. He pioneered the preservation and use of blood plasma during WWII. www.acs.org/education/wh...

Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day

Never attribute incompetence to what might just be malice, especially if the factors involved have been obviously malicious in the past.

1/ Vaccines worked so well that people have forgotten what life looked like without them. #Measles is reminding us. Because it’s the most contagious virus on Earth, even small drops in vaccination give it an opening. And right now, those openings are everywhere, both nationally and globally.

The wonderful thing about Tyggers Is Tyggers are burning bright Their tops are made out of rubber In the forest of the night What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy, Immortal hand or eye Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers, Their fearful symmetry!

BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe patients' care was disrupted. If there were disruptions, it's the responsibility of the researchers, not the NHS HASSAN: That is an unacceptable and outrageous response. You can make an edict - 'Don't disrupt care!' - but that can be a very complicated thing

Also in this clip... BHATTACHARYA: Uh uh the NIH funds studies, we don't conduct directly the studies. Does he not know what happens at NIH at all or how it works, like at all? What a terrible NIH director.

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)

Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles. And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.

straight up Gestapo shit

My quote of the day A qui encaxa bien el refran, dixo Sancho, de dime, con quien andas, dezirte he quien eres. [Here the proverb fits well, said Sancho, "Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are."] Miguel de Cervantes

A new version of the Rickroll for our fascist area - a FL congressional candidate bought nazis.us, and redirected it to the DHS website. As of now, it still works. We love this kind of sand in the gears. What other sites should get the redirect treatment?

Thank you to everyone who worked hard to preserve this video. It shows ICE murdered Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse. Watch, save, and share. 💔

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.