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Did the Asian press report this a month ago?

Potentially, but I have met so many self-declared socialists who think that people earning $100k shouldn't be paying taxes that I think North America in particular (and perhaps broader Anglo culture) are just hopelessly devoured by libertarian mindsets on some level.

Hey does anyone remember how we had like a decade of near zero interest rates? Thank god the USA spent that time investing in infrastructure! What a calamity if we had just squandered the last best chance of our lives

*Jolts upright out of a doze*

DID GRAMMARLY PRETEND TO BE NORA ROBERTS?!

wow

I've always been worried I would stay awake because of the CPAP on me

Black and white photo of a medium haired white cat sitting up on its haunches next to a woman in a chair, seeming to beg.

Cat that obviously hasn’t been fed in weeks, needs that tiny crumb to survive. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

I’m at an art gallery show featuring college student artist/scientist teams creating new works about climate hope and I just saw an exhibit on decomposition of fallen trees as a fertile home for other organisms that says “There Is No Death In This Ancient Forest” and it hit so hard I had to sit down

*a dress

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords.

Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords.

Get drunk in our office party. Wear Doc Martins with address. Talk when you’re not supposed to.

Cover the oil in cat litter, let sit an hour and sweep it up.

No.

Annie Easley, Computer scientist, mathematician and rocket scientist As one of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, which enabled several landmark spaceflights in the later 20th century.

One of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, enabling several later landmark spaceflights, and helped develop early battery powered vehicles. adalovelaceday.subst...

IISS is looking for a drone researcher!

(I started my career counting drones for IISS’s military balance)

www.iiss.org/careers/jobs...

They let my college boyfriend be a cook. I had to teach him how to make chili. No one should eat there. He once sent a steak to the table with the inside frozen.

Please use your local library. It's full of books, DVDs, CDs, games, toys, puzzles and even possibly a library of things or a 3d printer.

Wonderful things await you at the library

Dear medievalist and medieval-curious friends, please help spread the good word about a new opportunity to enroll in the Advanced Certificate in Medieval Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. CUNY may not be rich, but we are uniquely rich in medievalists! www.gc.cuny.edu/events/medie... #medievalsky

Wtf

On reflection the funny thing is that “paperwork isn’t what makes you american” is actually an argument for legalizing people who are American in every respect except the law bsky.app/profile/adam...

Development of CPS Safety Plan Can Serve as Model for Other School Districts: Study Nearly two years after CPS removed police officers from campuses and implemented a new holistic approach to school safety, officials believe that shift could serve as a replicable model for school dis...

Study: Nearly two years after Chicago Public Schools removed police officers from campuses and implemented a new holistic approach to school safety, officials believe that shift could serve as a replicable model for school districts across the country.

😔

It's where I met my roommates, with whom I might be happily living with forever.

But also, y'know, there's literally my entire career.

museum curators describing literally any portrait of a woman: she boldly meets the viewer's eye, confronting our gaze

Art Print – "Zoomies" (RP-001) 🖼️ About the Print: Each piece is a faithful fine art reproduction of ShouXin’s original graphite drawing.Printed at 1:1 scale to capture the full depth and texture — from the darkest shadows to the s...

They have a store

shop.shouxin-art.com/products/rp-...

Love!

Expressive Cat Drawings Capture Feline Personalities Through Gestural Lines The way this artist turns scribbles into incredibly expressive cat drawings is absolutely amazing!

Artist ShouXin brilliantly captures the range of personalities of cats with his energetic pencil drawings. trib.al/R9wjsog

What It’s Like To … Build Space for African Speculative Fiction from Nairobi As editor of the speculative fiction journal ‘Will This Be A Problem?,’ Olivia Kidula talks to OkayAfrica about building literary space, paying writers, and creating room for African horror, fantasy, ...

"What It’s Like To … Build Space for African Speculative Fiction from Nairobi"

www.okayafrica.com/what-its-lik...

beautiful!

🇮🇩🇦🇺 You've got to fight for your right (to make a fuss about religious freedoms) Syaban Shadikillah on Pastafarianism, blasphemy laws and freedom of expression

@erincook.bsky.social Did you already post this on here? flatkopi.substack.com/p/youve-got-...