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Most economists agree that by the time you're 50, you should be living in a book-filled cottage at the edge of the forest and solving minor mysteries in your village with the aid of a curious ghost cat.

Monochrome photograph featuring a group of women in saris each individually hugging a tree in a forest.

Chipko movement ("to hug" in Hindi) non-violent women-led, forest conservation movement, 1970s, of India (Uttarakhand). Participants hugged trees to prevent loggers from cutting them down, successfully preventing massive deforestation. Where "tree huggers' originated #WomensHistoryMonth

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Morning Kids

When a cat rescued a ferret…

“Seminites?”

Detroit 1950s in color, Street Scene [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added YouTube video by NASS

Detroit 1950s in color, Street Scene [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design added
NASS
2026/03/09
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL1Y...

Billionaires Are Swaying Elections in All Corners of America

This entire piece is worth the read: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

holy shit

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me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

The president of the United States meeting the coffins of soldiers he's had killed to amuse himself while wearing a white baseball cap and, I don't know, counting his fingers...? Meanwhile, the wraith he's married to is demonstrating her customary compassion for anyone who's not her.

I don't suppose that there's some sort of...context...for this.

Join us tomorrow night as we celebrate silent films. We're watching THE ARTIST (2011) at 10pE! Hope you can join the party!
#TCMParty ^

There's no rational energy or security argument for oil and gas to drive U.S. policy—it's purely lobbying power. Newly grateful for our solar panels and EV!

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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

Years after Congress ordered a plaque to honor the police defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, it was finally installed — at 4 am this morning.

@oliviacgeorge.bsky.social was there. Read her eloquent, somber scoop.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This needs to be blown up as big as Alex Pretti’s killing was

Opinion | Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?

"It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show. These are not creative embellishments of personality. They are assertions about conduct — and they are false." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

The 100 Greatest Cinemas In The World Right Now Classic kinos, cult film temples and fabulous picture palaces from across the planet

The world’s 100 greatest cinemas right now according to Time Out Worldwide.

I've been to exactly one of them, No. 9, the incredible Music Box Theatre in Chicago.

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So much better than the original!

Catherine Turney was one of the only female contract writers at MGM and would enlist other women to help her, like Barbara Stanwyck, to pitch projects for her to develop such as #filmnoir Mildred Pierce and No Man of Her Own. #WomenInNoir

Oh, Rose . . . [some personal news]

Meanwhile, back in the land of human-generated text, @uchicagopress.bsky.social is reissuing Sally Benson's novel Meet Me in St. Louis, I've written the foreword, and you should (please) consider preordering the living heck out of it.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with my life today a wealthy mysterious benefactor out of a Charles Dickens novel couldn't cure.

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To those who think Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" is the worst adaptation ever: Nay I say... pray take a gander at this: www.instagram.com/reel/DU_K0ex...

As we approach Lobo Week, we’re reminding you to take action for Mexican gray wolves.

H.R. 4255, misleadingly named "Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025", is still on the table and would prematurely strip ESA protections based on misinformation. 📣Take action now: https://bit.ly/406r5Gn