Stairs of Knowledge at the University of Balamand, Lebanon. Walking up these stairs is literally a step toward higher education. A Tribute To Modern Day Thinkers (10 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/01/09/a...

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This is what determination, and ingenuity can do. Bravo Boyan Slat and the Ocean Clean Up. Now let’s reduce plastic use around the world. WE CAN !!

The world is topsy-turvy at the moment. Why not right some wrongs?

Pulitzer-worthy

Republicans just can’t stop with this phony narrative of election fraud. It’s just a way to make it harder for people to vote. Do you have your birth certificate/ passport, many don’t. OTHER COUNTRIES ALLOW SEVERAL DAYS TO VOTE, INCLUDING WEEKENDS. . Make it easier not harder. Harder is cheating. 😤

China maps ocean floor as it prepares for submarine warfare with US - www.reuters.com/investigatio...

🇪🇸Spain’s Minister of transportation comments on Netanyahu’s statement today trying to drag Europe to the war: “We're not going with you even around the corner, you genocidal bastard. Let's see if you get it.”

Sorry but why we all just blindly going along with a war that’s sole purpose is to keep a paedophile and a war criminal in power?

Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez: "Trump is someone who will set the world on fire and then blame smoke caused by that. He has been wrong for 18 days of war. I urge everyone to call him out"

youtu.be/8L82II1lNjo?... I Love Steve Winwood 🥰

Robert Mueller v Pedolf Trump #MAGA

Join me for a Sunday morning podcast chat with my pal, Charlie Sykes. We dig into Iran, the economy, and everything. We spend a moment or two looking beyond the politics and economics, to the morality of it all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=45WP...

Begin your weekend by joining me for a long chat with Molly Jong-Fast about *all this*.

Fed Chair Jay Powell fired a warning shot today, reminding the White House that he holds some pretty important cards. Yes, it's drama, melodrama and soap opera. But it also really matters. And I admire how Powell has handled himself here. At the end of the second round, it's: Powell 2 Trump 0

Also the tariffs didn't actually raise that much revenue because the government will likely have to repay more than half of this.

Markets are useful for the same reason polls are useful: not because they’re flawless, but because they aggregate lots of views. The difference is investors back their opinions with cash. Stocks aren’t GDP, but they do reveal what people expect from here.

“Growth is lower, not just for one quarter. It stays lower throughout all of 2026 and all of 2027.” In English: this isn’t a blip. It’s a persistent hit to jobs, incomes, and the economy’s trajectory.

I covered Robert Mueller for much of the last 20 years, and ironically, came to know him—a famously reticent and spotlight-averse figure—intimately as few journalists ever get to know a subject. I tried to explain why his model of public service mattered: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rememberin...

Chris Murphy: "It's just disgusting, it's so heartbreaking that we have a president who is cheerleading the death of American citizens. Mueller is amongst many who have been trying to hold this president to account. He's the most corrupt president in the history of the country."

In tough times, New Hampshire does what we’ve always done — we show up and do democracy. It was an honor to share the stage with my friend @petebuttigieg.bsky.social in Nashua. Grateful to be in conversation with patriotic, freedom-loving Granite Staters who are ready to get to work.

I wrote a lot about Bob Mueller across a lot of chapters of his career. I wanted to share two @wired.com pieces that I wrote about his defining life experiences—both a picture of an era of public service all but lost today: 1) His brave *voluntary* service in Vietnam: www.wired.com/story/robert...

An Iranian missile hits the Israeli town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, in what the Islamic republic says is retaliation for strikes on its own nuclear site at Natanz. The UN nuclear watchdog chief urges 'military restraint to avoid any risk of a nuclear accident'. ➡️ u.afp.com/SLR9

"This is the most despicable public statement by an American public official in my lifetime."-- @jfallows.bsky.social in The Atlantic The NYT's response? No stand-alone story, and one sentence: "Mr. Trump remained unforgiving of Mr. Mueller’s investigation even after Mr. Mueller’s death."

“.. The Iranian regime, should it survive, also knows the strait can be weaponised any time tensions with the US or Israel return and that it can undermine oil, gas *AND* chip production.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/df3f...

Some Gulf countries’ LNG supply “comes to an abrupt end in the next 10 days, when a handful of final tankers from the region reach their destinations.” “.. After that we’ll run dry,” he said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/64c5...

“We have plenty.”

An update on Fulton County and the motion to return ballots and voting records the Trump administration seized. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Just a year ago, we heard reducing the deficit was so important Elon Musk had to fire as many scientists, forest rangers and Black women on the government’s payroll that he could find. Now? 🤷🏾‍♂️

We don’t wantwamt a war Or tariffs Or a ballroom Or the brutal invasions of ICE in our streets. Or to alienate US allies We want healthcare We want childcare Affordable meds Affordable gas Help Ukraine Respect NATO PEACE

Psychotic

This is the quintessence of narcissistic sociopathy. And just plain stupidity. From @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:

🚨🚨 Trump MURDERED an ICU nurse THEN called him a terrorist! Alex Pretti saved lives for a living!! Trump repaid this American citizen by pumping 10 BULLETS into him and is now lying about it Anyone who supports this brutal lynching should be considered an accomplice and dealt with accordingly 🚨🚨

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸 THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

This morning, Donald Trump noted the passing of an American hero by saying he was glad he was dead. More of our decency died along with Bob Mueller. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Jeffries: "The last thing the American people need is for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill them. We've already seen how ICE conducts itself."

How's everyone else's scams going? My scam is parked in the driveway and just started charging off solar power for $0.

apple.news/ArakFZ0HHRC6... This needs to end before even more atrocity. 😤

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Watching All the President's Men feels like watching porn about when major outlet journalists were still allowed to have integrity and presidents feared consequences from wrongdoing