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Celebrate World Photography Day by showing NPR the coolest shot you've ever captured World Photography Day is celebrated on Aug. 19 to celebrate the storytelling behind photos. This year, NPR wants to hear the story behind your favorite picture you've taken.

World Photography Day is celebrated on Aug. 19 to celebrate the storytelling behind photos. This year, NPR wants to hear the story behind your favorite picture you've taken.

I need this book! Lol 😅🤣😂

Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth

One of my favorite streamers is running a campaign for Stack Up a 501(c)3 military charity supporting active and veteran service members from the US and allied nations by promoting positive mental health and suicide prevention through gaming and geek culture: tiltify.com/@pacificcrea...

The latest update that eliminates the auto hide/return feature of chat previews in teams while resizing the window has enraged me all day 😮‍💨 just so clunky

Yup. That’s the one.

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're in personal quarters, the lights are low. The carpet is a smokey red. A table sits close, lit with multiple candles burning. A glass & bottle set sits close by filled with a green liquid. Just behind the table, sitting on the floor facing us, is Barclay. His eyes are closed and he looks meditative. He's wearing what looks like a bathrobe, and we have an aggressive deep V-neck situation happening. Closed caption reads, "Computer, more birds."

"someday i'm going to have a comet named after me. i'm holding out for one that doe a lost of damage." source unknown

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A quarter of children have a parent with substance use disorder, a study finds A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

That is a very nice mushroom and honestly the highlight of my scroll through doom today.

Star Trek Picard scene. A middle aged man with a grey goatee sits in a dark room and looks like he's contemplating life and the meaningless of it all. Blue muted light is shown in the background, and he's holding a hand up next to his face as if he's pondering out loud. Closed caption reads, "I'm just some dipshit from Chicago."

“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork

So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.

A new green branch is rising up from the tree, covered in raindrops.

A small new growth emerges from the bark of a tree, a spiderweb strand is in the background.

My favorite tree at the park has new growth 💚 love to see it

Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS.

(Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

Trump Assures Wall Street He’ll Go Back To Just Fucking Over Poor People Soon WASHINGTON—In response to market panic about his new wide-ranging tariffs, President Donald Trump reportedly offered Wall Street assurance Friday that he would soon go back to just fucking over poor people. “While my trade policy might cause some temporary hardships for investors, it’s ultimately intended to completely fucking destroy the livelihoods of the financially destitute,” […]

“While my trade policy might cause some temporary hardships for investors, it’s ultimately intended to completely fucking destroy the livelihoods of the financially destitute,” said Trump
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How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.

Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy.

Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.

A perfect corkscrew shaped mushroom grows on the broken end of a fallen branch above its family and the lichen speckling the branch’s smooth bark. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

You have to see this.

PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

What childhood was like before vaccines The anti-vax movement has gone mainstream, but before these shots, grief and loss marked the lives of children.

What childhood was like before vaccines www.vox.com/health/40268...

Are there any other examples of times when reality breaks grammar and we just have to deal with it?

Example: Zero...it's a number so it has to be singular or plural, but since it isn't singular or plural, we just made it plural. "There are zero marbles."

Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at 74 Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at age 74. She left NPR in 2014. She's remembered for her love of facts, and here's another irrefutable one: She will be missed.

Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at age 74. She left NPR in 2014. She's remembered for her love of facts, and here's another irrefutable one: She will be missed.

Good morning friends! Sending you all a big hug on this Friday morning. Today I will be trying to remember that even small acts of kindness and love matter—and to do a few.

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PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana.

For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5.

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Picture of a young boy getting vaccinated by a nurse in Gaza.

The emergency #polio outbreak response in the #Gaza Strip continues & to respond to it, the Ministry of Health, WHO, UNICEF & others will hold a vaccination campaign from 22 to 26 February 2025.

The polio vaccine will be administered to over 591,000 children under 10 years of age.

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