Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it. - Repair is better than recycling. - Repair saves us money. - Repair teaches basic engineering. - Repair saves the planet. - Repair connects people and things. - Repair is sustainable. #Minimalism

On a recent work trip, I saw baby Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) swimming wild! Coho Salmon are listed as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act. This means they are a high priority for restoration and a focus of many of the projects I manage. #fish #endangeredspecies #salmon #conservation

Why has it been so cold this winter? Senior Editor Andrea Thompson breaks down this winter’s extreme weather: a polar vortex sending the Eastern U.S. into a deep freeze, while the West faces record-breaking warmth. 🎤✏️: @andreatweather.bsky.social 🎞️: Carin Leong

You be the judge. "The Federal Building in Eugene has reopened after a week-long closure due to a January riot, but visible damage remains and questions persist about the source, including allegations that a DHS agent may have contributed to the damage." Feb 10, 2026 youtu.be/qIJZy8Iaqp4

'250 more NIH workers laid off, including cuts at the National Cancer Institute' Gabrielle Masson May 6, 2025 www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/250-...

When people are afraid to go to work, afraid to shop, or afraid to gather in their community, it hurts families, neighborhoods, and our entire economy. If you can, show up for a small business and let’s continue to show the nation what it means to respond with care and decency.

The Templars were particularly associated with martyrdom as the most original form of Christian sanctity, namely in imitation of Christ’s own sacrifical death. www.academia.edu/14017712/Rot...

The Democrats idea of fighting fascism.

The Arabs learned Chatrang that became Shatranj after a phonetic evolution from Persian to Arabic. They brought Shatranj to the level of science, publishing several treatises of problems (mansubat) and openings (ta'biyat). History of Chess history.chess.free.fr/shatranj.htm

Foreign immigrant seeking a foot hold. youtu.be/Vlx6gQWfjp0

'Yul Brynner and Virginia McKenna interview' The King and I Yul Brynner on the reprisal of his role as The King of Siam and British actress Virginia McKenna playing the role of Anna in the stage version. Filmed for Thames Televisions 'Afternoon plus' youtu.be/WXVdV-QEp0U

Norman king struck trilingual coins bearing a mix of Latin, Greek and Arabic inscriptions. Unique coins among the western currencies constituting one of a series of projects undertaken by the Norman king to symbolize the creation of a populus trilinguis. www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

The obverse of Roger’s anonymous gold tari bears the Arabic inscription, “there is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the prophet of Allah”–an unusual choice for the coinage of a Christian knight but coinage is very conservative. coinweek.com/coinweek-anc...

In 1826 Great Britain, through the East India Company, signed a secret treaty known as the Burney Treaty with the Kingdom of Siam. The rulers of the four northern and eastern Malay states, Kedah, Perlis, Trengganu, and Kelantan, were not present during the signing. www.ehm.my/about/histor...

Eartha Kitt 🚲 #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #自転車 #art #design #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚴‍♀️🫶

Based on the climax of Sir Walter Scott's 1825 novel The Talisman, the second of his Tales of the Crusades. youtu.be/QLgAIzfemiA

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man? LYONS: Yes mam McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands? LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?

Cartoon by Jeff Koterba “Washington Post Prime”

Ritualistic zeal and the richest burnt-offerings avail nothing in extenuation; such acts are contemptuous in the sight of YHWH, who may be served without any religious ceremonies, but not without morality. "The Words of Amos of Tekoa" sefaria.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/142...

After Losing Hope for Change, Top Left-wing Activists and Scholars Leave Israel Behind www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'Southern Hospitality' ft. Pharrell Ludacris Oct 7, 2009 youtu.be/2QWQVm9J5DM

We're heading to Singapore in April. We'll be performing at the Esplanade Concert Hall on Wednesday 15 April. Tickets are now on sale. www.esplanade.com/whats-on/fes...

Xenophilia: Golden Rule of the Stranger We may have heard enough about xenophobia, the fear of the stranger. But what of its opposite, the love for a stranger, better known as hospitality? daily.jstor.org/xenophilia-g...

#DIBLives One of the first female surgeons in New York city, Gertrude B. Kelly (b. #OTD 1862) worked in slums & tenements where she frequently assisted poor patients. Her experience undoubtedly contributed to the development of her activist political views. www.dib.ie/index.php/bi...

This discussion between @varnvlog.bsky.social and @bmstudebaker.bsky.social is worth a listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

Der Musiker Gil Ofarim gibt an, in einem Leipziger Hotel antisemitisch beleidigt worden zu sein. Dabei war offenbar alles ganz anders. Chronik einer Eskalation.

“(The law) just makes teachers afraid in general. I have been called a porn peddler in an open meeting,” Blake told PEN America. “One person on Facebook has said I should be stoned to death.” pen.org/teachers-lib...

Mona Mensing teaches English the way it should be taught: with rigor and tenderness held in the same breath. She sees students fully, asks more of them because she believes more in them, and reminds young people that their lives beyond the classroom matter. This is what excellence looks like.

We examine how the tracking of rendition aircraft has provided a much fuller understanding of the CIA's rendition, detention and interrogation programme. In particular, we show how this illuminated the role played by European states. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Puerto Rico is still a colonial possession of the United States.” www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

I wanted to eat of the fruit of all the trees in the garden of the world, I was going out into the world with that passion in my soul. I went out, and so I lived. My only mistake was that I confined myself so exclusively to the trees of what seemed to me the sun-lit side of the garden,