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bilingual(πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡°πŸ‡·) cellist/writer/lawyer poetry as contemporaneous reflection, contemplating such topics as expression, sensory inspiration, power and its abuse, community, healing & agency. sometimes painting I worked on this book: tinyurl.com/3kjjxabv

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Leavenworth officials approve permit for CoreCivic to reopen prison after β€˜agonizing’ yearlong fight LEAVENWORTH β€” CoreCivic will reopen its private prison in Leavenworth to house immigration detainees after city commissioners approved the company’s special use permit on Tuesday, the result of a…

More than 115 people signed up to speak during the meeting, but because public comment was limited to one hour, only about 45 people got the chance. Many were passionate about how CoreCivic and ICE’s presence would change Leavenworth.

via @kansasreflector.com

11.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Today at noon I'll be on a panel with the great @nateraymond.bsky.social about how we cover federal courts today. It'll be followed by a panel on state courts and then a panel of judges! Should be a great eventβ€”anyone can sign up here and submit questions: tinyurl.com/covering-cou...

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Former Portage Mayor James Snyder sentenced to 3 years on probation for federal IRS charge Former Portage Mayor James Snyder was sentenced to three years probation Tuesday on his federal conviction for obstructing the IRS.

Former Portage, Indiana Mayor James Snyder has been sentenced to probation for tax fraud β€” the latest in a decadelong legal saga that landed before the Supreme Court and helped redefine a key federal bribery statute

www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/f...

11.03.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Duterte’s drug war faces judgement at the ICC Victims of the Philippines’ drug war finally see a path to justice in The Hague.

As world institutions wobble, The Hague has unexpectedly become the stage for a reckoning long denied in the Philippines. My take in @AJEnglish on the recent hearing at the International Criminal Court in the case of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

11.03.2026 04:25 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Crow looking for parking lot fries

Crow looking for parking lot fries

Good morning. 😎 πŸ¦β€β¬›

10.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 2516 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ€– image processing for #JWST πŸ”­ data (J0823+2806). RGB Filters: 1800, 1130, 770
PI: Berg, Danielle, program 07041. CRVAL: 125.954449, 28.093835
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

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Ellen Powell Thompson: How Women’s Suffrage Benefitted from the Work of a Botanist in the Nineteenth-Century American West Ellen Powell Thompson’s life illustrates how environmental exploration and women’s reform were deeply interconnected.

πŸ“– πŸ”ŠWe have your weekend reading (and listening)!

The new season of our podcast is accompanied by a series of pieces published in partnership with KCET.

Today's is by Erika Bsumek at UT Austin about the work of botanist and suffragist Ellen Powell Thompson.

www.pbssocal.org/ellen-powell...

06.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 576 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

β€œThe Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.”

06.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 5533 πŸ” 2185 πŸ’¬ 185 πŸ“Œ 97
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This is not my image, nor was it my camera. My hats off to whoever took this beautiful picture. It shows that life will allow more than one species to benefit from one thing at once. Even Bees and Hummingbirds can share water or nectar.

05.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 2120 πŸ” 335 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 16

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So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

05.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 18770 πŸ” 7317 πŸ’¬ 796 πŸ“Œ 414
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House Panel Subpoenas Pam Bondi In Epstein Investigation The House Oversight Committee voted in favor of the subpoena with bipartisan support.

The House Oversight Committee voted in favor of the subpoena with bipartisan support.

04.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 2259 πŸ” 513 πŸ’¬ 140 πŸ“Œ 47

The reason we have β€œstupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.

05.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 22671 πŸ” 5566 πŸ’¬ 607 πŸ“Œ 171

Why ?

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Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone.

But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

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It's almost mushroom season here.
Here's a pair of yellow boletes from last spring.

06.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

04.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 21490 πŸ” 6392 πŸ’¬ 1067 πŸ“Œ 474
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Uncertainties of enhanced rock weathering for climate-change mitigation - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategy that converts atmospheric CO2 to stable carbonates by applying minerals to agricultural land. This Perspective discusses the p...

Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) on agricultural soils is being considered as a carbon dioxide removal strategy. However, uncertainties remain regarding feedstock availability, plant-soil impacts, CDR efficiency, and socio-economic considerations, limiting large-scale deployment. πŸ§ͺ

04.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Justice Department rescinds Biden-era β€˜no-knock’ warrant policy Policy launched after the police killing of Breonna Taylor restricted when law enforcement could burst into a home without knocking.

Trump's Deputy Attorney General has rescinded the Biden Justice Department's policy that tightly restricted when law enforcement agents executing a search could take the exceptional step of bursting into a home without knocking first β€” known as no-knock warrants. www.ms.now/news/justice...

04.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 534 πŸ” 320 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 27

Going to try to be super brave and go to a book club at a bookstore I’ve never been to full of people I’ve never met this week just because they’re reading a book thats been on my TBR

01.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
A bunch of pale yellow primroses and their green leaves against a background of dried leaves, twigs and rotted bark at the bottom of my London garden.

A bunch of pale yellow primroses and their green leaves against a background of dried leaves, twigs and rotted bark at the bottom of my London garden.

I’m usually away at this time of year, invariably missing the moment when the primroses start blooming at the bottom of the garden. It is difficult to think of a plant that carries the hope and freshness of spring the way a primrose does. Worth staying home for.

01.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 3684 πŸ” 274 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 14

debate among friends wrt the strike targets is whether or not the targeting of a school was on purpose.

it doesn't matter, bc they're not trying to pretend to distinguish military and civilian lives.

it would be woke and soy to care about dead children to these people.

28.02.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 1197 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 9

"The Executive Branch is the branch most prone to war, therefore, the Constitution, with studied care, delegated the war power to the legislature." β€” James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 1798

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Isn’t it! Nature continuing quietly and beautifully

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