Stacey Burns

The New York times literally running the 14 words in a piece on the print edition main page. “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is a mainstreamed version of the 14 words. TNYT is back to its Nazi defense

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I don’t know who needs to hear this

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France votes again today. Didn’t they just vote? Imagine trying to get Americans to vote twice in less than a month 😹

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Is it just me or does Jack Smith have kind of a Jack Smith thing going on?

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Bruce Davidson, Subway series, New York City (1980s)

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Improved "pro-life" billboard in Medford, Oregon

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the candy problem at this little free library has become a real Liam Neeson has a very particular set of skills situation "it's not going well"

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Flyer posted in window of Little Free Library to inform people about invasive creeping purple bellflower.

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update from brussels: dog on a horse

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Happy birthday to iconic modern painter Frida Kahlo, who was born on this day in 1907 (Frida Kahlo, My Nurse and I, 1932)

“While renowned for its consumer electronics giants, robots and some of the world’s fastest broadband networks, the country has also been wedded to floppy disks and other old technologies like fax machines and cash.” Old technologies. You know, like cash. 🎁

Japan Finally Phases Out Floppy Diskswww.nytimes.com One of the world’s most technologically advanced nations has held on to some of the most outmoded devices.

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If there is one group of readers you don't want to hear from, it's the foodies who also dabble in writing instrument fandom

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Larry the cat is 17 years old and has been the cat for five conservative PMs and will now serve under Labour for the first time with his sixth PM in 10 Downing Street.

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Drop the most powerful image in your gallery with zero explanation…

One button is enough progress for today, Gerald reassures me

Q: Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? A: Hmmm. Probably repeatedly stab myself with a needle on gorgeous summer afternoons.

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This is how you do it newrepublic.com/post/183493/...

Trump Tries, Fails to Distance Himself From Project 2025newrepublic.com It’s still his blueprint for governing, no matter what he says.

Good episode of Code Switch w Jules Gill-Peterson

The history of trans misogyny is the history of segregation : Code Switchwww.npr.org As anti-trans legislation has ramped up, historian Jules Gill-Peterson turns the lens to the past in her book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny. This week, we talk about how panics around trans femin...

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You’ll never guess which of the two candidates is a convicted rapist.

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It’s Follow Friday so follow me down the stairs to my wine catacomb, I wanna show you something

Several months ago I had the bright idea to replace these boring (see cuff) buttons on this red flannel shirt, a sweet Buy Nothing find, with these cute-as-a-button shiny little black ones (see front). I’ve never dealt with buttons that are a bigger pain in the ass. Every few weeks I add another.

What keeps physicists up at night

Physicists figured out the ideal container size for pistachio shellswww.newscientist.com A simple experiment and mathematical model suggest that when you snack on pistachios, you may need a surprisingly large bowl to accommodate the discarded shells

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Supreme House of Cheese Toluca, IL

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Does the Strib hate puppies? “Declining print subscriptions amid the news industry's digital transformation is the group's working theory behind dwindling donations” (Details on where to bring your papers in the article—no paywall)

Twin Cities Humane Society needs newspapers for critters' kennelsstrib.gift The group requests public donations amid dwindling supply of newspapers, which are used to line animal living spaces.