Mike Waltz leaving the Trump administration is like a tire fire losing a tire.
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Colorful houses in Istanbul
#photography #travelphotography #travel #architecture #istanbul #turkey
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A little mushroom village in the hollow of a mossy stump right there on the trail—how could I resist?
#PNW #USA #WA #ThurstonCounty #CSF #Spring #Nature #Plants #Moss #Fungi #Mushrooms #Trails #TrailRunning #Outdoors #Photography #MobilePhotography
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Good find! The mushrooms are Lichenomphalia umbellifera. A lichen, actually. The algal component is tiny green bubbles on the wood surrounding the fruiting body.
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"Trump inherited an incredible economy. To have a successful first 100 days all Donald Trump needed to do was limit himself to golf and stealing"
-David Frum
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April has passed, so how are my teams doing so far?
The Swallows are in last place in the Central League, 3.5 games behind the first place team.
The Rockies are in last place in the NL West, 11 games behind the team in next to last place.
Onward!
#baseball #MLB #NPB #YakultSwallows #ColoradoRockies
The Swallows are in last place in the Central League, 3.5 games behind the first place team.
The Rockies are in last place in the NL West, 11 games behind the team in next to last place.
Onward!
#baseball #MLB #NPB #YakultSwallows #ColoradoRockies
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Happy World Password Day. This offers a powerful lesson: If at first you don’t succeed, try again, and then try one more time with a question mark until you’re locked out. Then, wait 10 minutes and try again, all lowercase this time, until you finally give up and request an email to reset it.
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Sonnet 148 - CXLVIII
O me! what eyes hath Love put in my head,
Which have no correspondence with true sight;
Or, if they have, where is my judgment fled,
That censures falsely what they see aright?
If that be fair whereon my false eyes dote,
What means the world to say it is not so?
If it be not, then love doth well denote
Love's eye is not so true as all men's: no,
How can it? O! how can Love's eye be true,
That is so vexed with watching and with tears?
No marvel then, though I mistake my view;
The sun itself sees not, till heaven clears.
O cunning Love! with tears thou keep'st me blind,
Lest eyes well-seeing thy foul faults should find.
bot by @davidaugust
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I am so sad to hear Pope Francis has died. He was the absolute best of what the Catholic Church can represent - humble, standing up for immigrants & the poor and marginalized.
I truly believe he used his last strength standing up to forces of evil, including those twisting Catholicism.
May his actions and life be an inspiration to all of us who could take the easier route.
#popefrancis #francis #goodoverevil
I truly believe he used his last strength standing up to forces of evil, including those twisting Catholicism.
May his actions and life be an inspiration to all of us who could take the easier route.
#popefrancis #francis #goodoverevil
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May we instead speak up and act on behalf of those less fortunate, in favor of justice and what is right. Pope Francis did so on Easter. After he met JD Vance, his deputy read an Easter prayer supporting migrants.
I don’t know that there is another figure who can fill the void in the same way as Pope Francis did, other than a new Pope who espouses similar teachings and actions. May he rest in peace and may we collectively step up to have similar impact.
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Chinese Finance Ministry Calls Trump’s Tariff Hikes ‘A Joke in the History of World Economics’
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Chinese Finance Ministry Calls Trump’s Tariff Hikes ‘A Joke in the History of World Economics’
Link to: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-increase-tariffs-us-goods-125-up-84-finance-ministry-says-2025-04-11/Daring Fireball
the US is under the control of a person that talked about the idea of Gaza Riviera. A place where, today, human suffering is unimaginable. I was going to say that the US is being lead by a lunatic. But leading is the wrong word. The US is being destroyed by a lunatic.
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52 Weeks, 52 Half Marathons
Stage 15 completed
Guincho trails
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I was not expecting this many single tracks today. It was really nice.
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Fun route.
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Ashford, Kent (1958)
Photo: Allan Hailstone
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10 years later, the upstairs window is still open
Photo: Sainsbury Archive
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another 57 years, Sercombe's is empty and Sainsbury's is a Boots. There's also a massive tree that didn't exist before.
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I like the track this chip is leaving in the cast iron carbon dust as it slowly vibrates off the chuck guard.
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The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.
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Running views this morning
#Running #runnersofmastodon
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St. Patrick's Bridge, Cork
Photo: Keystone View Co. / U. of Indiana
Not sure of date, but a different library has another photo of Cork from the same publisher dated 1902
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Under the Old Malthouse, Hambledon, Surrey by Helen Allingham, undated
Watercolour with Scratching Out
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Highway robbery as 'Historic Idaho sign goes missing days before donation to Museum of Idaho':
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From the latest edition of the SCA Weekly News:
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#SaveOurSigns #SignPainting #Ghostsigns #Idaho
Historic Idaho sign goes missing days before donation to Museum of Idaho - East Idaho News
Historic Stinker Station sign, which is currently missing. | Courtesy of Museum of Idaho. IDAHO FALLS — An iconic piece of Idaho history has gone missing, and the Museum of Idaho is desperate to find it.Kaitlyn Hart (EastIdahoNews.com)
Ted Cruz warns of midterm ‘bloodbath’ if Trump tariffs cause a #recession
Texas senator’s comments another sign of #Republican unease over ‘reciprocal #tariffs’ and stock market plunge
But we will let the dear leader do what he wants… I don’t see a groundswell of republicans standing up to #trump and President #Musk and the heritage foundation in any meaningful way
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Ted Cruz warns of midterm ‘bloodbath’ if Trump tariffs cause a recession
Texas senator’s comments another sign of Republican unease over ‘reciprocal tariffs’ and stock market plungeEdward Helmore (The Guardian)
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My hope is that left-leaning people finally realize it’s bad to stay home because whatever candidate is on the ballot isn’t quite right on some issue that’s important to them. You can hold your nose and vote for imperfect candidates or you can kiss more of our freedoms goodbye. Those are the choices we have. 😬
Anyone who didn't vote, voted for Jill Stein or voted for trump are complicit and need to be held accountable for their action. Period.
I've encouraged people to make a list so they dont' forget who in their circles or communities voted for trump or helped him get elected because they're going to start complaining and pretending they didn't and they need to outted
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Spring in Hyde Park by Alice Taite Fanner (1865 - 1930)
Oil on Canvas
(The Stapleton Collection)
I spent most of yesterday in the beautiful sunshine in Hyde Park. It looked very much like this with the World and his wife pouring in.
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#HandsOff Santa Fe #NewMexico getting under way.
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We the People means everyone!
#HandsOff #StopTrumpNow #RepublicansOwnAllOfThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain
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Dus net hoopte je op miljoenen, en nu het er miljoenen zijn vindt je dat ook maar weer niks.
Jo, dit soort cynisme, daar hebben we dus precies helemaal niks aan.
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A note to the billionaire bullies from State College PA: #handsoff
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52 Weeks, 52 Half Marathons
Stage 14/2025 completed
Sintra downtown and surroundings. That last climb…
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Climbing to the court room of Sintra
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Some extra photos
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Couloir de la Peyrouse.
L'exemple type du couloir du Balcon Est du Vercors qui est facile en neige (si elle est bien portante ce qui était pas le cas là), affreux dans la pierraille l'été !!
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😢 Zelensky: 3-year-old Timofiy, unfortunately, died today in the hospital. 7-year-old Radyslav. Arina, who will also be 7 forever. 9-year-old German. 15-year-old Danylo. 15-year-old Nikita. 15-year-old Alina. Konstantin, who will be 16 forever. Nikita is 17 years old. These are the children who were killed by a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.
Unfortunately, 9 adults also died. Another 62 people were injured in the strike, including 12 children.
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Hey lookit - another one of them “administrative mistakes”!
Forty-five years ago, Jose Francisco Garcia Rodriguez fled Cuba on a ship provided by the United States for people seeking refuge from the Cuban government.
While on his way to work on Monday, the 73-year-old grandfather was picked up by immigration enforcement agents near his Lafayette home. He sits today in an ICE processing center in Pine Prairie, a village in rural Evangeline Parish. - Claire Taylor
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ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years
The Lafayette man was detained outside of a gas station on his way to work, and his family posted a video begging for prayers and help to bring him home.The Advocate
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"I said 'No, Papa. They're not coming for you,'" she recalled. "'They want bad guys and you're not a bad guy.'"
Why do I get the feeling from the article that she used to be in favor of ICE removing the ‘bad people?’
He is 73years old and he has to go to work? Fuck me, the US of A is such a shithole country.
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"Suppose your doctor suddenly insisted that you needed to follow a strict diet and exercise regimen. He said he realized you had a serious problem when he divided your height by your birthday, and it came out way too high. You would probably decide that you need a new doctor.
This is basically the story of Donald Trump’s new round of import taxes (tariffs) on our trading partners. Trump somehow decided that trade was bankrupting the country, even though we were creating jobs rapidly, the economy was growing at a strong pace, and inflation was slowing to normal rates when he took office."
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lichen eating up a car repair workshop’s sign
#lichensubscribe
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That's brilliant.
For some reason it made me think of this:
[Content Warning: Do not click this link unless you want to see what looks like a possessed baby image arising from the fading of a perfectly innocent sign]
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18k on an empty stomache, stupid or smart?
Well it was pretty hard. At least the sunset was pretty.
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Absolutely glorious and thrilling to see the solar eclipse today in London ☀️🌕🌙🌞🔆 ☀️🌕🌙🌞🔆 ☀️🌕🌙🌞🔆 ☀️🌕🌙🌞🔆
Made a solar projector using a colander! And also watching the Greenwich live stream: rmg.co.uk/whats-on/online/sola…
Partial solar eclipse LIVE
Watch the Moon hide a portion of the Sun live online with Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomerswww.rmg.co.uk
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A better photo of the #eclipse!
☀️🌕🌙🌞🔆💛 ☀️🌕🌙🌞🔆💛
☀️🌕🌙🌞🔆💛 ☀️🌕🌙🌞🔆💛
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Very relevant note: yeah the opsec is terrible, but the rationale of using Signal was to hide from the official record, and that's worse.
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SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn’t Even the Worst Part Of It
I haven’t had time to comment on the Jeff Goldberg story about the war cabinet planning a military campaign on the Signal app. So a few brief thoughts.Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
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I don't know, the multiple extremely serious criminal acts on top of compromising sensitive national security information including at least one CIA human asset seems pretty bad.
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When you get invited to the NatSec group chat....
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It's kinda plausible that the Empire might bring in an 8 1/2 foot canary yellow biped bird in for questioning, plus Big Bird is being his usual cheery self.
This is the 1970s so he might get into an argument with Vader over whether Mr. Snuffleupagus is real.
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Playing Boycott Bingo at the supermarket. ‘Jackpot!’ come the cries from different aisles as the Sort Stjerne (the black star) confirms that our favourite snack, our preferred coffee beans, those loo rolls on special offer, are European. And therefore Not American.
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@TheNovemberMan You definitely don't need to say sorry - we're all sorry this is happening, especially to all of you there in the middle of it all there in the US. Sending sympathy and solidarity from Europe!
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
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White House claims no classified data was shared. #trump
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Remember when Pete Hegseth said anyone reckless with sensitive government information should be fired on the spot and criminally prosecuted?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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Mont St Michel
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Makes it all the more eearie ... I need to learn more about this building? Town? Leviathan?
I think I must know it as an icon never named from art and stories, but I had no idea that anything real that looked like this existed somewhere.
I was looking into the history of this place and found this interesting video with some footage from 44 of correspondents who stayed in the area as they tried to get in to Paris to cover the war.
Some of them died in their efforts. It's especially arresting because it's in color.
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One of the interesting things about Mont St Michel is that there's two of them. Sort of.
There is Mont St Michel in Normandy and, over the other side of the English Channel, there is St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. They are both tidal islands with medieval buildings on them and they share a name, though I will admit that the French version is the more impressive looking of the two.
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amazing place!
There is an odd indie film from the 1990s that was filmed there: rottentomatoes.com/m/mindwalk
Mindwalk | Rotten Tomatoes
Jack Edwards (Sam Waterston) is a disillusioned former presidential candidate who escapes to France to see his friend Thomas Harriman (John Heard), an expatriate poet. They travel to Mont Saint-Michel, speaking philosophically about their lives.Rotten Tomatoes
AH! I remember that, or at least the ads for it before the movies at the little art house cinema I hung out at as a teen. It has that actor from Law and Order in it for some reason.
I don't remember if it was any good, but it has a "vibe" that's attractive.
I saw (and loved) that movie as a youngster. It set unreasonable expectations for the kinds of conversations adults have on a regular basis.
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I loved that movie as well. I dont' think it changed any of my thoughts about QM anywhere, but it was fantastic for connecting some really disparate ideas.
more likely tidal channels. The area is known for having a big tidal range. During ebb, all the tourist busses park right in front of the island, the crowds storm the numerous shops in the narrow streets.
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The MOST inept administration in US history.
'Shocking recklessness': Trump’s defense department accidentally texted war plans to reporter
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#PeteHegseth #Reckless #Trumpkakistocracy #GOPIdiot #FoxNews #GOPRapist #GOPDrunkard #WhiteSupremacist #Racist #NoRepublicansEverAgain #TrumpDidThis #USPol
'Shocking recklessness': Trump’s defense department accidentally texted war plans to reporter
On Saturday, March 15, President Donald Trump announced military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The news broke in the afternoon, but The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg found out about the operation before other journalists.Alex Henderson (Alternet.org)
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