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Suzanne Vega releases “Luka” 39 years ago this weekend. She said she once received a fan letter about it:
“Dear Suzanne,
Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time. There are no words 2 tell U all the things I feel when I hear it.
I thank God 4 U,
Prince”
“Dear Suzanne,
Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time. There are no words 2 tell U all the things I feel when I hear it.
I thank God 4 U,
Prince”
May 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Suzanne Vega releases “Luka” 39 years ago this weekend. She said she once received a fan letter about it:
“Dear Suzanne,
Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time. There are no words 2 tell U all the things I feel when I hear it.
I thank God 4 U,
Prince”
“Dear Suzanne,
Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time. There are no words 2 tell U all the things I feel when I hear it.
I thank God 4 U,
Prince”
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"The #WPS resolutions are the basis of our peacebuilding architecture but implementation has been uneven" - @noelenefiji.bsky.social emphasizes the need to investment in #womenled #prevention & active #participation.reminds #PWMNColloquium to bring out & highlight the #PacificIsland #WPS legacy
"I'm part of an Ocean, the collective of ancestral, family, personal & many social movements" - @noelenefiji.bsky.social brings her wisdom & expertise to deepen the learning, linked to the weaving and #OceansofPeace theme for our Colloquium in her presentation "Sailing Oceans of Peace"
May 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"The #WPS resolutions are the basis of our peacebuilding architecture but implementation has been uneven" - @noelenefiji.bsky.social emphasizes the need to investment in #womenled #prevention & active #participation.reminds #PWMNColloquium to bring out & highlight the #PacificIsland #WPS legacy
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5/ ⚖️ The Advisory Opinion delivered by the ICJ in 2025 is a legal landmark as it clarified what States are legally required to do under the UN climate agreements but also other norms of international law, to reduce emission & remedy to loss & damage.
🔗🧑⚖️: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
🔗🧑⚖️: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
May 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
5/ ⚖️ The Advisory Opinion delivered by the ICJ in 2025 is a legal landmark as it clarified what States are legally required to do under the UN climate agreements but also other norms of international law, to reduce emission & remedy to loss & damage.
🔗🧑⚖️: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
🔗🧑⚖️: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
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4/ ... and laying out path forward with concrete next steps to continue to strengthen international cooperation with regard to the need for enhanced climate action regarding the root causes of climate change (incl. fossil fuels) and to redress harms caused by insufficient climate action.
May 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
4/ ... and laying out path forward with concrete next steps to continue to strengthen international cooperation with regard to the need for enhanced climate action regarding the root causes of climate change (incl. fossil fuels) and to redress harms caused by insufficient climate action.
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3/ 🥜 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥: the adoption of this resolution is about signalling diplomatic support for the legal findings contained in the landmark climate ruling delivered unanimously by the International Court of Justice in July 2025 regarding the scope of States' existing obligation re: climate action...
May 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
3/ 🥜 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥: the adoption of this resolution is about signalling diplomatic support for the legal findings contained in the landmark climate ruling delivered unanimously by the International Court of Justice in July 2025 regarding the scope of States' existing obligation re: climate action...
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2/ This is an important moment for the rule of law and climate diplomacy - particularly in the current geopolitical context.
The resolutions concludes a diplomatic process initiated by the UNGA in 2023...
🔗 📑 here is the link to the draft resolution tabled for adoption: docs.un.org/A/80/L.65
The resolutions concludes a diplomatic process initiated by the UNGA in 2023...
🔗 📑 here is the link to the draft resolution tabled for adoption: docs.un.org/A/80/L.65
May 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
2/ This is an important moment for the rule of law and climate diplomacy - particularly in the current geopolitical context.
The resolutions concludes a diplomatic process initiated by the UNGA in 2023...
🔗 📑 here is the link to the draft resolution tabled for adoption: docs.un.org/A/80/L.65
The resolutions concludes a diplomatic process initiated by the UNGA in 2023...
🔗 📑 here is the link to the draft resolution tabled for adoption: docs.un.org/A/80/L.65
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🔥 the 🇺🇳 UN General Assembly is about to be called upon to #VoteYesForClimateJustice as it considers an important resolution tabled by 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (and others) to welcome and build upon the historic #ClimateJustice ruling by the 🌐 ⚖️ International Court of Justice!
🧵⬇️ follow proceedings in thread below
🧵⬇️ follow proceedings in thread below
May 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
🔥 the 🇺🇳 UN General Assembly is about to be called upon to #VoteYesForClimateJustice as it considers an important resolution tabled by 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (and others) to welcome and build upon the historic #ClimateJustice ruling by the 🌐 ⚖️ International Court of Justice!
🧵⬇️ follow proceedings in thread below
🧵⬇️ follow proceedings in thread below
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When you’re the silent guardian of the forest and everyone knows it. Those eyes don’t miss a thing! Photo:📸 mikullashbee
May 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When you’re the silent guardian of the forest and everyone knows it. Those eyes don’t miss a thing! Photo:📸 mikullashbee
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Trump's budget plan includes a record $1 trillion in military spending. At the same time, he wants to cut $163 billion in housing, education, healthcare, climate, and labor programs to pay for tax cuts that will mostly go to the rich. "Fiscal responsibility."
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump's budget plan includes a record $1 trillion in military spending. At the same time, he wants to cut $163 billion in housing, education, healthcare, climate, and labor programs to pay for tax cuts that will mostly go to the rich. "Fiscal responsibility."
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“There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.”
This is the energy I am trying to encourage people to cultivate instead of “they’ll arrest you next.”
This is the energy I am trying to encourage people to cultivate instead of “they’ll arrest you next.”
AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections… to that I say: Come for me… Do I look like I care?
There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.
There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.
May 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.”
This is the energy I am trying to encourage people to cultivate instead of “they’ll arrest you next.”
This is the energy I am trying to encourage people to cultivate instead of “they’ll arrest you next.”
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As much as we love spring flowers, I am fascinated by the unfolding of spring leaves. Here are four understory trees capturing early spring light. The way they display themselves for maximum sunlight interception is fascinating. What spring leaves do you find most attractive?
May 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As much as we love spring flowers, I am fascinated by the unfolding of spring leaves. Here are four understory trees capturing early spring light. The way they display themselves for maximum sunlight interception is fascinating. What spring leaves do you find most attractive?
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Eastern Bluebird
Moments of contemplation and appreciation...
Moments of contemplation and appreciation...
May 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Eastern Bluebird
Moments of contemplation and appreciation...
Moments of contemplation and appreciation...
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson
Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
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In between the stories of horrific human rights abuses and trade war insanity I remember that they have also destroyed all our research and data infrastructure and effectively ended any environmental, health, or labor regulation.
May 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In between the stories of horrific human rights abuses and trade war insanity I remember that they have also destroyed all our research and data infrastructure and effectively ended any environmental, health, or labor regulation.
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My great uncle was lynched after coming home from WWI because he went to town & wanted a drink and they refused to serve him— a VET who just fought for this country
After missing for hours my granddaddy found him hanging from a tree
THATS why I protect my peace
Every time I shine it’s for THEM
After missing for hours my granddaddy found him hanging from a tree
THATS why I protect my peace
Every time I shine it’s for THEM
May 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My great uncle was lynched after coming home from WWI because he went to town & wanted a drink and they refused to serve him— a VET who just fought for this country
After missing for hours my granddaddy found him hanging from a tree
THATS why I protect my peace
Every time I shine it’s for THEM
After missing for hours my granddaddy found him hanging from a tree
THATS why I protect my peace
Every time I shine it’s for THEM
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"Toothless in Texas" is the name of my next big country song
Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride
Colgate and Crest toothpastes are in the crosshairs.
arstechnica.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Toothless in Texas" is the name of my next big country song
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Just deranged. This was a *solved* problem.
May 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Just deranged. This was a *solved* problem.
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Presenting at the United Nations in Geneva earlier this week on offshore finance as the platform for a global elite insurgency against democracy.
May 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Presenting at the United Nations in Geneva earlier this week on offshore finance as the platform for a global elite insurgency against democracy.
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Two airliners abandoned landing attempts at Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Thursday afternoon when an Army Black Hawk took a “scenic route” near the flight path and circled the Pentagon before landing at a military heliport.
Airliners abort landings as Army helicopter makes ‘scenic’ loop around Pentagon
The Black Hawk was trying to land at the Pentagon’s heliport, bringing it close to a pair of airliners, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
wapo.st
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Two airliners abandoned landing attempts at Washington’s Reagan National Airport on Thursday afternoon when an Army Black Hawk took a “scenic route” near the flight path and circled the Pentagon before landing at a military heliport.
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Rubio and Vance tweeting in defense of the German far-right party, the AfD.
We are in a very, very dark place.
We are in a very, very dark place.
May 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Rubio and Vance tweeting in defense of the German far-right party, the AfD.
We are in a very, very dark place.
We are in a very, very dark place.
Oh, #USA is in trouble...! Stick with the #MeaslesVaccine
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Oh, #USA is in trouble...! Stick with the #MeaslesVaccine
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Today in the Tulips. All of the median beds on Michigan Ave from Delaware to Roosevelt were planted by A Safe Haven. They provide food and shelter for 3000 individuals. Many of them planted over the 70,000 tulips and 110,000 muscari bulbs last autumn. Donate at givebutter.com/asafehaven-d...
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Today in the Tulips. All of the median beds on Michigan Ave from Delaware to Roosevelt were planted by A Safe Haven. They provide food and shelter for 3000 individuals. Many of them planted over the 70,000 tulips and 110,000 muscari bulbs last autumn. Donate at givebutter.com/asafehaven-d...