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Air pollution policy, semi-retired. Love cooking, fishing, gardening and reading. Mom to college kids and too many cats.

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IIRC Starr covered himself in shame at Baylor dealing with sexual assault claims.

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11.03.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 446 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 6

cannot wait for the italian stadium hot dog topped with marinara and pasta just like nonna used to make

11.03.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

7 year anniversary of making Jerry Falwell Jr big mad.

10.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 525 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 1
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Made a little site that lets you draw your own constellations

neal.fun/constellatio...

10.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

2yr old Tennessee has been killed

10.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov @governor.ny.gov @aoc.bsky.social @

10.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
What even are β€˜ultra-processed’ foods? Here’s a workable definition.

What even are β€˜ultra-processed’ foods? Here’s a workable definition.

In a recent Nature Medicine article, Roberto and two co-authors proposed a different approach: Instead of trying to define what qualifies as ultra-processed, define what does not qualify.

In a recent Nature Medicine article, Roberto and two co-authors proposed a different approach: Instead of trying to define what qualifies as ultra-processed, define what does not qualify.

lmao this is not a "workable definition" of ultra-processed foods, it's just rewording the problem
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

10.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1071 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 36

The idea that every process you can subject foods to could possibly all be equally bad in the same kind of way is so obviously silly it's genuinely vicariously embarrassing to read

10.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Let’s get one thing straight: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian.

Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.

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Lucky!

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🀭

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Court Blocks Attempt to Gut Right to Appeal Immigration Cases The court upheld a pause on a Trump administration rule that would have gutted people's right to appeal decisions by immigration court judges.

unless a majority of the Board of Immigration Appeals voted to revive them within just 10 days, a change that would have fast-tracked mass deportations.

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if you were good at these books, the rest of us are counting on you to tell us when something is AI

10.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 258 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

Ah yes who can forget the words of shakespeare

10.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 3

america is the land of opportunity. you could become a navy seal, and then even a US senator, and before you know it you’re breaking a marine veteran’s arm with no repercussions. greatest country on earth.

10.03.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 2922 πŸ” 544 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 8

Next time this culture of casual massacre Republicans have created and forced us all to live in ricochets back to hurt one of their own every media outlet will start wringing their hands about political violence as if this guy hasn’t been out here saying loathsome shit like this all along.

09.03.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 700 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
Natural colored T-shirt. Image of a baby goat standing on a big tortoise that says this machine kills fascists. Underneath that is the beer garden at Blue Heron farm

Natural colored T-shirt. Image of a baby goat standing on a big tortoise that says this machine kills fascists. Underneath that is the beer garden at Blue Heron farm

We have started printing the new shirts for the bar. They should be up on our website soon if you want one.

10.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 371 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

It is, isn't it? Just marvelous work all around.

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Make 'Em Laugh (1952): Full Song & Dance - Donald O'Connor - Musical Romantic Comedy - 1950s Movies
Make 'Em Laugh (1952): Full Song & Dance - Donald O'Connor - Musical Romantic Comedy - 1950s Movies YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

It just occurred to me--it is statistically probable that at least one person reading this has never seen Donald O'Connor stake his claim to GOAT status in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. I must remedy that immediately:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCN...

09.03.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

Given this is Tesla this might be why it tried to kill her

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My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me.

In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.Β 

On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.Β 

Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.Β  On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.Β  Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.Β 

"It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do.

Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTokβ€”the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go.

It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.Β  "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTokβ€”the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

09.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 4787 πŸ” 993 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 92

Jesus, Japan’s Nikkei index is down over 4,000 points, over 7%

South Korea’s KOSPI is down 8% and hit a circuit breaker.

Tomorrow is gonna be brutal, but it will probably also eventually make Trump TACO.

09.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 3835 πŸ” 945 πŸ’¬ 240 πŸ“Œ 48

There is a healthy looking but seemingly lost tabby cat that keeps trying to get in the house. It has made buddies with my kids but I'm afraid it's someone's outside cat or they got out, no posters around the neighborhood.

I don't want joke answers, but what's standard protocol here?

08.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 675 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 1

Despite signs requesting that they not, at least a few people watch tv on their phones without benefit of earphones or plugs in the f'ing chemo infusion center where half of us don't feel well or are trying to nap through it. Almost all older folks.

09.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Look at these nerds

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ICE detains celebrated mariachi brothers in South Texas "ICE is ripping apart families."

Teen mariachi performers recognized on Capitol Hill detained in Texas
Several Texas congress members have spoken out about their detention.

08.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 6
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ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation.

Two brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates were recognized by their congresswoman last June for winning a state mariachi competition. Nine months later, the brothers, along with their parents and younger brother, are in ICE detention and facing deportation.

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A gimbap roll, seaweed wrapped around rice and Korean banchan veggies, egg, and beef bulgogi

A gimbap roll, seaweed wrapped around rice and Korean banchan veggies, egg, and beef bulgogi

Huge food tip for NYC: one of best sushi spots of past decade is Nami Nori (@minjinlee.bsky.social will back me up) & their chef Jihan soft opened a gimbap to go place next door this weekend. Insanely good, paid $12 for one of biggest, best bulgogi rolls I’ve ever eaten. www.instagram.com/tbdgimbap

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Atomic Empire

Atomic Empire

β€œWhere can i find a good man”

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