Valley of the Dragon

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Kari Lake seized control of the Voice of America, shut it down & then revived, with bare-bones staffing, several of VOA’s language services, which parrot administration talking points in violation of its charter. Her appointed head of the Persian Service banned coverage of the exiled crown prince, angering supporters. Some of them marched to VOA today to protest the biased coverage.
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@yetiinabox @quixoticgeek hell, I own an Osborne "portable." Sold the NeXT to afford a new muffler on my Datsun.
@ashleyyrain good morning, Ashley.

@jackwilliambell @jimmyhoke @pluralistic

That's not how science works. Jesus, get a brain cell

Musk cannot be “turned”, “flipped”, “allied” with. He is a Nazi and he’s killed 300,000 people, mostly children. Anyone considering taking his political contributions or discussing allying with him has no moral compass nor should they be near power.
Memorial Day Divination: What is the Future of America?

Daoism has three primary virtues, or what are called the "Three Treasures." They are compassion, simplicity (particularly simplicity of desire) and humility. And anyone who's been watching the news for the past 8 months can be relatively certain that none of the Daoist virtues are on display by this country's

The Lost Gorge

@marjolica @snowyfox nice being a white woman, I guess.

I remember when Ruby had to be escorted to school by cops.

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother

#News #Pulitzer #PulitzerPrize #Journalism

Life of the Mother

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. The worst consequences are now becoming clear.

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