tom rawls

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old man, surved cancer, wrote a book, still run a chainsaw,

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re important things that matter: some NFL training camps open this week. Eagles show up next week. Go Birds!

the Biden business is an example of basic human nature: Our strong tendency to avoid dealing with a difficult situation until . . . damn, did I put that off too long?

waiting for the only news that matters: update on Bryce Harper's hamstring injury

Margarent Sullivan, esteemed journalist, comments on WaPo reorg: "Each of our three newsrooms will be led by an outstanding white male, which we feel is especially appropriate in Washington DC. If these three newsrooms are successful, we will consider a fourth and fifth." ouch!

remove the dams. give fish a chance www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/o...

Opinion | Let the Salmon Run Freewww.nytimes.com The fish are blocked from their most important spawning tributary.

if you write, you may enjoy this. McPhee is an all-time great www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Tabula Rasa: Volume Fourwww.newyorker.com A project meant not to end.

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The Role of Words in the Campus Protestswww.newyorker.com In the campus protests over the war in Gaza, language and rhetoric are—as they have always been when it comes to Israel and Palestine—weapons of mass destruction.

it has grown still and quiet, but for the cooing of a single dove . . . and the buzzing of tinnitus in my ears

why does the moon want to block the sun? is it envious?

eclipse update: "The line for Tesla charging stations at the Price Chopper in West Lebanon, NH, just across the Vermont border, had stretched from the lot next to the grocery store out onto the main thoroughfare by 11 a.m."

could this story of systemic racism in home mortgage business be taught in southern schools?

Black Couple Who Said an Appraisal of Their Home Was Biased Settle Lawsuitwww.nytimes.com Nathan Connolly and the estate of Shani Mott, who recently died, will receive a payment from their mortgage lender, which also agreed to several policy changes to discourage discrimination.

the phoebe has returned. it is sitting on the clothesline, twitching its tail feathers.

good dogs too many fine moments to cite only one www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/n...

Rescuing Abandoned Dogs Is His Rehabwww.nytimes.com Mike Favor spent 13 years addicted to cocaine. Running a shelter for abandoned and abused dogs has helped him and others stay clean. But it hasn’t been easy.

weather in the 40s, and a flock of gold finches have arrived. they're dull yellow, so still not in spring color

HEDADLINE: "Jamie Dimon believes U.S. debt is the ‘most predictable crisis’ in history" would one of you who's friends with Jamie whisper "climate change" in his ear?

what the world needs now if far more journalistic speculation about the nfl draft, which is less than 2 months away, and far less speculative opining about the presidential election, which is way off in the distant and dim future

Dems need a new candidate. Joe is so fucked. Spec counsel won't prosecute because Joe is just: "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory"

do you know the average price of a Super Bowl ticket? I just read about it. It can't be true.

re the guy who beheaded his dad, my son notes with a hint of sympathy to the killer: "father prolly always tellin' him how he could improve"

rereading Shakespeare and rediscovering the Elizabethan world view known as The Great Chain of Being. Medieval heirarchy: That's basically what Republicans believe.

what the big deal about Musk's brain chip. Didn't I get several of them with my Covid vaccines?

extraordinary the amount of money and effort the Swiss have dedicated to continuing to enable cows, sheep, and goats to pasture high in the Alps during the summer. In the U.S., we've gone the other way, at least with cows, penning large herds inside on concrete www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/w...

As Switzerland’s Glaciers Shrink, a Way of Life May Melt Awaywww.nytimes.com Rising temperatures and retreating glaciers threaten Europe’s water tower, forcing local farmers to adapt and presaging larger troubles downstream.

NYTimes reviews men's blue jeans in Wirecutter. Don't mention Prison Blus, so you can safely ignore everything they say

please explain why Joe and the Democrats shouldn't ask every Republican woman: why would you vote for a rapist?

NY Times headline that is true: "As Users Abandon X, Sports Twitter Endures" i no longer visit the sewer, but Bluesky is woeful when it comes to sports stuff, which--let's be honest--is veryveryvery important

a wonderfully heartening article. maybe there is reason for hope (why doesn't the Wa Post post here?) www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Klamath River dam removal hopes to undo decades of ecological destructionwww.washingtonpost.com The largest-ever dam removal is underway, a milestone in the nation’s reckoning over its past attempts to bend nature to human will.

“I simply don’t care a damn what happens in Nebraska, no matter who writes about it.” haha Good piece about America's vanishing prairie, invoking Willa Cather, of course. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/o...

Opinion | A ‘Green Glacier’ Is Dismantling the Great Plainswww.nytimes.com The spare but overpowering landscape celebrated by Willa Cather is one of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet.

things aren't going to improve until adult men stop wearing their hats backward

smart writer wrote that trump future amin will be: "loyalists and authoritarians or authoritarian-enablers" i recommend the big brains use words like "pawns" and "stooges." not fancy words, but simple words with strong negative connotation so reader can easily understand.

if trump can get elected saying the things he's saying, then the electorate is giving him permission to be a dictator