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LaurenSKahn Jul 5, 2023

Anne Applebaum Jul 5, 2023

Zelensky is issuing a warning. Why is there so little reaction?

"We have information from our intelligence that the Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant..... Unfortunately, there was no timely and large-scale response to the terrorist attack on the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. And this may incite the Kremlin to commit new evil.

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1676336904285966336?s=20

Володимир Зеленський on Twitter

“Now we have information from our intelligence that the Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario. But in…”

Twitter

LaurenSKahn Jul 5, 2023

Musk Says Twitter Is Limiting Number of Posts Users Can Read https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/business/twitter-rate-limit-elon-musk.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

I solved my Twitter problem by closing my Twitter account. No idea why anyone is still there.

Musk Says Twitter Is Limiting Number of Posts Users Can Read

The change on Saturday came as thousands of users complained about getting an error message that they had “exceeded” their “rate limit.”

The New York Times

LaurenSKahn Jul 4, 2023

Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/harvard-alumni-children-affirmative-action.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

This is how the Ivies finance themselves. If you are wealthy, you buy Harvard a building, put your name on it & your kids get into Harvard.

The Ivies are very odd places filled with the children of the wealthy. Children from "deprived" backgrounds make up a teeny amount of students & it can be socially difficult for them. Affirmative action mostly benefitted children of wealthy minorities.

Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni

After the Supreme Court banned race-conscious affirmative action, activists filed a complaint, saying legacy admissions helped students who are overwhelmingly rich and white.

The New York Times

LaurenSKahn Jun 24, 2023

As Lord Mayor, a 22-Year-Old Vaulted From Public Housing Into London’s Elite https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/world/europe/london-lord-mayor-westminster-hamza-taouzzale.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

What a story! London advances into a multi cultural world.

Good luck to him in his future endeavors!

As Lord Mayor, a 22-Year-Old Vaulted From Public Housing Into London’s Elite

Hamza Taouzzale became the first Muslim and youngest ever Lord Mayor of Westminster, a ceremonial post that outranks many of the capital’s most powerful and privileged.

The New York Times

LaurenSKahn Jun 23, 2023

flexghost.Jun 23, 2023

36 year old grandmother and nonce aficionado Lauren Boebert went on television to tell why she’s leading the charge to impeach President Joe Biden

Jesus.

“I am directed and led by Him … by the spirit of God”

When your elected officials are taking orders from a special imaginary friend that no one else can see or hear…

It’s time to set up mechanisms to recall those elected officials

LaurenSKahn Jun 23, 2023

Wagner mercenary boss faces arrest over ‘incitement to armed rebellion’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/23/prigozhin-wagner-mercenary-russia-military/

Looks as there is going to be a Ruzzian Civil War with the winner being #Ukraine.

Wagner mercenary boss faces arrest over ‘incitement to armed rebellion’

A feud between Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Russian military leaders threatens to spill into open warfare. The Kremlin said President Putin was briefed and « necessary measures » were being taken.

The Washington Post

LaurenSKahn Jun 22, 2023

NewsThump Jun 22, 2023

Man riveted by news of five millionaires in a sunken sub has already forgotten news of five-hundred missing refugees and a sunken boat https://newsthump.com/2023/06/22/man-riveted-by-news-of-five-millionaires-in-a-sunken-sub-has-already-forgotten-news-of-five-hundred-missing-refugees-and-a-sunken-boat/

Man riveted by news of five millionaires in a sunken sub has already forgotten news of five-hundred missing refugees and a sunken boat

A man glued to every single update of the missing Titanic sub and its five millionaire occupants has already forgotten about the missing boat off the Turkish coast, and its 500 missing refugees.

NewsThump

LaurenSKahn Jun 21, 2023

Robert Reich Jun 21, 2023

Nothing says the Supreme Court needs a code of ethics like a justice accepting free luxury travel from a GOP billionaire megadonor, and then failing to recuse himself when that donor had business before the Court.

LaurenSKahn Jun 21, 2023

flexghost.Jun 21, 2023

Governor Greg Abbott just vetoed a bill that would allow disabled Texans to vote by mail

I’m guessing Abbott vetoed this from his wheelchair?

Same as Clarence Thomas looking to repeal interracial marriage, Lindsey Graham attacking same-sex marriage, and Dubya attacking education. Hate and self owns.

LaurenSKahn Jun 21, 2023

Pretty much the last of the great #BrooklynDodgers of my youth. So long and good speed, Roger Craig. I have gifted this tribute. I still miss the old team.

One More Chorus of ‘Humm Baby’ for a Baseball Lifer https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/sports/baseball/roger-craig-dodgers-mets-giants.html?unlocked_article_code=rPSercUTdRaGZUQ53aYYIdGUhzGLMMhlfbHfjW3A9j9Ev2QeqrUs-rcbu5Z5EQQ4w9W1WlWYCBHvlmew5wSpHU9dzIMcyos8f1KOtxS_wztFbwn-UhhYiPvPP1btMcsDH8SgrzBwjdECm6tokOLZOSwX3Wis7AlFgCUeYGkQvcojugeQJyhTgwi_2tr6UDVlGgsS6X0E4thqip6H9MTZ3Gj6t6CQxsrpHyVYUehq_EjJoQJ0VqKB8NWWjpj5RHwG-rqRf20kGosVmqXA5h3vKsJ_aaLyeeTuFmcoGAF3wE3q1D17VKuj2A3Ssx6xV18embkQVTXciD9TfDU0CMSVZnsfy3iTDDmROVggo3C_8eAL&smid=nytcore-android-share

Memorial Honors Roger Craig Whose Baseball Career Spanned Generations

At a memorial service for Roger Craig, a writer recalls time spent with a player, coach and manager who connected generations of baseball history.

The New York Times