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April 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Two paths diverged in the woods...
And the US
chose the psychopath...
April 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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I truly cannot bear to see what this evening will bring.
The USA is the most malignant empire in human history.
April 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Anne C. Dailey, Source: UCONN Digital Commons share.google/jtZLwDbC8xgP...
April 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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This is not a war on a whim. It is a war to de-develop the region so Israel can dominate. As for Trump, he is a buffoon, but the decisions are being made by his Nazi aides, and their aim is to have a violent Reich that depends wholly on US militarism, rather than liberal imperial norms.
March 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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For those wanting to know more about Iran and voices from inside the country (rather than the fash-y monarchists outside), Naghmeh Sohrabi has been translating pieces from folks inside on her blog:

truethings.naghmehs.com
These Are the True Things | Naghmeh Sohrabi | Substack
I'm an historian who writes about politics, history, and culture of Iran and the Middle East. Also about television, books, and whatever catches my fancy. Click to read These Are the True Things, by N...
truethings.naghmehs.com
March 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
February 26, 2026 at 12:12 PM
February 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
#MoyaSarner is “a London-based psychodynamic psychotherapist and writer whose work sits at the intersection of personal development and the political conditions that shape contemporary adulthood.”
psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm-even...
Political Mind | Talking 'bout The Unconscious | British Psychoanalytical Society
psychoanalysis.org.uk
February 7, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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This is madness. The insanity of US free speech dogma will be forced on ALL countries? “an astonishing effort by Mr. Trump to pressure a foreign judge as he weighed the fate of a fellow right-wing leader..indicted on charges he tried to overturn his election loss”
Trump Media Group Sues Brazilian Judge Weighing Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro
The lawsuit came hours after the justice received an indictment of Brazil’s former president, who is an ally of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Horrified Woman Swears Off Ambien After Seeing Number Of Library Books She Reserved Last Night
Horrified Woman Swears Off Ambien After Seeing Number Of Library Books She Reserved Last Night
COLUMBUS, OH—Reeling as she took stock of the damage done in her debilitated state, area woman Brittany Marino told reporters Wednesday she had sworn off Ambien for good after she woke up and saw how ...
theonion.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Schattenfroh ARC in the wild

(Stole the pic from the translator)
February 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken
Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken
TACOMA, WA—Operating on pure natural instinct while leaping into action to protect his beloved owners, heroic dog Snickers saved a local family of five from the threat of an herb-roasted chicken, sour...
theonion.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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103 years ago Ulysses was published.
February 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Death to Realism! Toward a Social Psychology of Palestinian Resistance faculti.net/death-to-rea...
Death to Realism! Toward a Social Psychology of Palestinian Resistance | Faculti
How does the enduring zero-sum logic of settler colonialism shape the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Palestinian resistance?
faculti.net
January 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Here’s to Seth Hufstedler, a great California lawyer who died at age 102 yesterday. I knew Seth as the spouse of the amazing Judge Shirley M. Hufstedler, who became the 1st US Secretary of Education after serving 11 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
December 21, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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In elementary school, my teacher told my mother I was “unteachable.” I was behind in every subject, including reading. Then I found this one book in the school library and connected with it, reading it hundreds of times. I made a career in reading, writing, and editing.That’s what a book can do.
December 17, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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Still a binary that de- worlds plurality of perspective/opinion. Ie in addition to dumb farming out of judgment to tech, the other offense here is re-enshrinement of press’ favorite binary —right/left— wh/ displaces the more fundamental need: representation of a whole variety of actual/possible POV.
LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong says his bias meter will use an A.I. patent called the “Reasoning Engine.”

“The meter will be displayed atop a piece of writing to tell readers where it ranks on a scale that will range from ‘far left’ to ‘far right.’”

www.latimes.com/california/s...
Patrick Soon-Shiong's controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: 'Bias meter,' opinion upheaval and a call for growth
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong on his plans to shake up the newspaper and build for the future.
www.latimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:45 PM
…but I’ll try.
December 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM
December 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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Krugman's first post-NYT essay is at once a simply glimpse of the should-be-obvious and a piece that should have been part of major media framing in covering the GOP's anti-gov't claims for decades.
The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse”
History repeats itself, the first time as farce, the second as clown show
open.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:42 PM