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“But as delegates gathered for the opening of the 69th Commission on the Status of Women this week, they faced one major obstacle: an American administration that is dead set against a gathering like this and instead sees fighting gender … Continue reading →

“The history of the present King of Great Britain President of the United States is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let … Continue reading →

“Speaker Johnson, do you believe there should be a multi-story golden statue of Donald Trump in Gaza?” “A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”” I assure you, the … Continue reading →

“Refusing vaccines is withdrawing from the community health bank without depositing anything back into it. A lot of people think that choosing not to vaccinate will only affect their own children, but this is not true.” “Too many male contestants … Continue reading →

“The vice president has been very publicly pontificating — condescendingly lecturing others about the proper understanding of Catholic doctrine. Vance has been aggressively telling anyone who would listen that they just don’t understand that church teaching the way that he … Continue reading →

“Daisy is, of course, not a real grandmother but an AI bot created by computer scientists to combat fraud. Her task is simply to waste the time of the people who are trying to scam her.” “Stories of Resistance: Lessons … Continue reading →

Happy Super Bowl Sunday to all who celebrate! “Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado, a Democrat, just became the 13th voting member of Congress to give birth in office. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, a Republican, was the 12th when … Continue reading →

“The Jan 6 Pardons Are A Huge Liability for Trump”. An oral history of Twin Peaks. “Thousands of transgender service members serve in the military, though the exact number is unclear. Estimates from two research centers, the Williams Institute at … Continue reading →

“Ultraprocessed Foods Have a Terrible Reputation. They Don’t Deserve It.” “An AI app for creating nonconsensual nude images of anyone is getting the vast majority of its traffic directly from Meta platforms, where the app is buying thousands of explicit … Continue reading →

“The Rio Treaty’s Security Pact and Unintended Consequences of Threatening Canada, Greenland, and Panama”. “Bringing this all together, the technologies through which we see the public shape how we understand it, making it more likely that we end up in … Continue reading →

“It may be a foolish optimism, but if Trump can be nudged in the right direction and convinced, he came up with the idea, as he did with the successor to NAFTA, he might not be quite the disaster so … Continue reading →

“Election Day Went (Relatively) Smoothly Because States Prepped For Violence Like 2020″. “I mean, no, I don’t know what to do about 20 million aggrieved and anti-social young men. But what to do about just one such young man? I’d … Continue reading →

Kylie Kelce > Joe Rogan. See here as well. “Quite simply, we want to find the birthplace of the solar wind.” “If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life”. “Reasonable people … Continue reading →

“We are all passengers on the NFL’s journey. Private equity is too. It just gets to sit in better seats.” “Put simply, we don’t have anywhere near enough pardons: both at the federal and the state level.” “Our antivaccine friends … Continue reading →

“I don’t know how to explain to somebody what it feels like when your own military that you volunteered to fight for your country doesn’t want you.” “It’s shark-infested waters to procure moms, to then procure their children, to then … Continue reading →

“It’s not like we were designing it to reflect reality, but we happen to be making a show about violent authoritarians who present as celebrities. Then suddenly, the world changed to reflect the show, not just in the States – … Continue reading →

“This means the United States would be kept in the dark about a lot of things going on in the world.” “McBride’s response is a masterclass in dealing with bullies.” “Now, reproductive rights groups are preparing for legal and legislative … Continue reading →

I’ve actually been on BlueSky for awhile, but I don’t use it that much. Maybe that will change as I feel the need to return to a higher level of news engagement. “But here’s the thing: all those other platforms, … Continue reading →

“To obey a tyrant before you are compelled to do so teaches them what they will be able to get you to do, easily, without even needing to expend the resources and energy it takes to carry out that part … Continue reading →

“The European Union’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by eight percent in 2023, a course correction following a couple of years of post-Covid recovery. The 27 member states are collectively making real progress — though still not enough.” I was (along … Continue reading →

Have you voted yet? I didn’t think we needed a “Brady Bunch” reunion series, and after reading this I’m glad we didn’t get it. Drinking coffee may or may not be good or bad for you. Hope that helps. The … Continue reading →