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The same gambler's logic that makes a 23-year-old pour his savings into a memecoin because the asymmetry is too beautiful to resist is now directing cruise missiles at a country of 88 million people.

The math is the same.

The math is nihilism.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everythings-casino/

Everything's Casino

Everything's Casino On the evening of February 28, 2026, American B-2 bombers lifted off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. By the time they reached Iranian airspace, Tomahawk missiles were already in flight from submarines in the Persian Gulf. Operation Epic Fury hit over a thousand targets in its

Westenberg.

dwntwnT Mar 2

https://www.easthamptonstar.com/villages/202631/dead-geese-beaches-point-to-wave-bird-flu

Dead Geese on Beaches Point to Wave of Bird Flu | The East Hampton Star

Reports of dead Canada geese in great numbers along the ocean beaches in the waning days of February have announced the arrival of what appears to be a wave of avian influenza here, posing a threat not only to wild birds and domestic poultry but also to pets that “go outside and eat or are exposed to sick or dead birds,” according to the Centers for Disease Control.

dwntwnT Jan 29

Ars Technica Jan 29

States want to tax fossil fuel companies to create climate change superfunds
As climate costs rise, states are passing legislation so fossil fuel can pay their share.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/states-want-to-charge-fossil-fuel-companies-for-climate-change-superfunds/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

dwntwnT Jan 14

Heidi Li Feldman Jan 13

Intense but important to see photos out of Minneapolis today where ICE continues to wage war against the city. https://chaddavis.photography/sets/ice-in-minneapolis/

ICE in Minneapolis | Documenting "Operation Metro Surge"

Photography from Minneapolis as thousands of federal agents arrive.

Chad Davis Photography

dwntwnT Jan 9

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jan 8

Yesterday an ICE agent killed Renee Good in broad daylight.

Today I had the opportunity to interview Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan where I asked her what she's doing to protect Americans, whether she supports ending Qualified Immunity, and her message to parents to protect their children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xv58oc4geY

Qasim Interviews Minnesota Lt. Governor Flanagan After ICE Murders Renee Good | Let's Address This

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dwntwnT Jan 7

Heidi Li Feldman Jan 7

Appeals court prevents cuts to billions in medical and public health research funding https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/appeals-court-prevents-cuts-billions-medical-and-public-health-research-funding

Appeals court prevents cuts to billions in medical and public health research funding | Washington State

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling permanently preventing the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from implementing a policy that would cut billions of dollars in funds that support medical and public health research, including more than $120 million for the University of Washington and Washington State University.

dwntwnT Jan 2

Defend Democracy 🦋🌊Jan 2

#uspol #USPolitics #uspoli #uspolitik #trump

dwntwnT Nov 12

Heidi Li Feldman Nov 12

Mastodon for Hunger Relief received our first thank you note from one of the food banks we are benefiting! Food banks are still under strain, so let’s try to hit the $15,000 goal. Link to fundraiser is https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/xBnCKKa/Mastodon-for-Hunger-Relief. More information in the thread starting in my pinned post. https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115447427266419158

dwntwnT Nov 8

Jeff Jarvis Nov 8

This is filled with nasty digs--"Nebraska is a rare spot where Mr. Biden is welcome"--as the #BrokenTimes can't keep kicking the president it took down. Awful people.
Biden Warns of a ‘Very, Very Dark Moment’ as He Hits Out at Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/biden-trump-omaha-nebraska.html?smid=tw-share

Biden Warns of a ‘Very, Very Dark Moment’ as He Hits Out at Trump

The former president, now a far less popular figure in his party, appeared in Nebraska for an overtly political speech that slammed his successor.

The New York Times

dwntwnT Nov 6

Brennan Center on 2026 midterms

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FW6zg7PQlD4&si=O3E3r3GYx0Fxdw4y

The Campaign to Undermine the Midterms (with Sean Morales-Doyle and Jasleen Singh)

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