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first they need to get a hobbit and find the mean old dragon that stole all their gold
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In Arizona, the far-right paramilitary group, Lions of Liberty, launched what they're calling "Operation: Drop Box." With the help of a supportive sheriff, they "plan on watching the ballot boxes throughout Yavapai County."
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This was a difficult story to write for a number of reasons. For , I wrote about nitrogen hypoxia, also known as nitrogen gas execution, a new and still untested method of capital punishment.
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My Sept. 22 conversation with the seismologist to the stars is available to watch. There’s a lot going on inside those roiling gaseous masses!
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Learn more about the inner workings of distant stars and pose your questions about the long-term fate of the Earth and more, in our latest #18MinutesWith 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 Q&A with 2022 Astrophysics Kavli Prize laureate Conny Aerts. [Sponsored by @KavliPrize] twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
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Learn more about the inner workings of distant stars and pose your questions about the long-term fate of the Earth and more, in our latest #18MinutesWith 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 Q&A with 2022 Astrophysics Kavli Prize laureate Conny Aerts. [Sponsored by @KavliPrize] twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
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My latest: Today, many people know the Ivy League universities as the most selective schools in the world. What they don't know is that those selection policies were put in place to keep Jews out. A dive into the untold history of America's academic elite:
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6pm Eastern time tonight, I’ll be talking to the seismologist to the stars—and you can ask questions too.
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Learn more about the inner workings of distant stars and pose your questions about the long-term fate of the Earth and more, in our latest #18MinutesWith 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 Q&A with 2022 Astrophysics Kavli Prize laureate Conny Aerts. [Sponsored by @KavliPrize] twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
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For decades, amphibians around the world have been dying in unthinkable numbers from a fungus, but the catastrophe didn't much touch the human world. Now researchers have shown that losing frogs led to spikes in human malaria cases. Me at :
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Award-winning novelist Annie Proulx writes non-fiction book mouring the loss of #wetlands, attacking human hubris in thinking nature is made purely for human use.
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your reminder that nobody sieg heils Joe Biden because Joe Biden is not the fucked up leader of some fucked up cult
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This is the top of CNN's and MSNBC's homepage on the day a hurricane has once again devastated Puerto Rico
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It's important to remember those who suffered under rightwing purges. Marsha Hunt wasn't a communist. Her "crime" was speaking out against Joe McCarthy and his goons in 1947 during the Red Scare. Her career was ruined. She never recanted.
Hero.
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. has written this brilliant piece in about the antisemitism and Jew hate let loose by MAGA. It will kill. Again.
You should read this. It will help give you greater context to understand the impact of the hate wave.
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Just over two years ago, took the unprecedented step of endorsing a candidate for president, Joe Biden. I’m happy to report that the magazine is fine. The tweeter, however, eventually had his account permanently suspended. (Yes, I saved it for this cold serving.)
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Hey everyone. My latest piece "Everybody Has a Price: Ari Fleischer, the LIV Golf Tour, and the House of Saud"
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There were some very nice people on both sides of the Holocaust - American conservative Dennis Prager. That's where we are now.
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Dennis Prager: "There were nice people who supported -- who voted for the Nazis. You think every single German who voted for the Nazis was personally despicable?"
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If Graham's bill is as advertised, we should be clear that this is actually a blue state abortion ban. The vast majority of red states already have bans stricter than this one. So the point here is really only to overrule the laws of blue states that protect abortion rights.
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NEW: Senate Republicans led by @GrahamBlog are introducing a national ban on abortions later in pregnancy tomorrow.
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Brett Kavanaugh reassured everyone that Dobbs would just leave abortion policy to the states. But today, Lindsey Graham made it clear that Republicans absolutely plan to pass national abortion bans.
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Steve Bannon’s indictment reveals the truth about Trumpism theguardian.com/us-news/commen
#RepAOC #IlhanMN #digby56 #RepJayapal #HouseDemWomen #ahimes #Reptedlieu #RepRubenGallego #RepKatiePorter #SenWarren #RepEscobar #RepDMP #SenBrianSchatz #RepSpanberger #RepMGS #RepSherrill
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Some folks murder #LGTBQ+ people with baseball bats, knives, guns, and fire. Others with "religious freedom" rulings.
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BREAKING: US District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas rules that requiring employers to provide coverage for PrEP drugs (preventing the transmission of HIV) violates the religious rights of employers under federal law (RFRA).
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That’s Candice Bergen’s dad (on the right)
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Jemele Hill got in trouble for saying this 5 years ago
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There's no full newsletter today, but there is a Labor Day message and it's free for everyone.
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Mazel Tov.
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It’s official: I have been invested in the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, Knights Templar. I took an oath to protect the Christians in the Holy Land.
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![“In Louisiana, black women were put in cells with male prisoners and some became pregnant. In 1848, legislators passed a new law declaring that all children born in the penitentiary of African American parents serving life sentences would be property of the state. The women would raise the kids until the age of ten, at which point the penitentiary would place an ad in the newspaper. Thirty days later, the children would be auctioned off on the courthouse steps 'cash on delivery.' The proceeds were used to fund schools for white children. many of [the black children] were purchased by prison officials.” Source: American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
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That this MAGA bunch is determined to call Biden a fascist & a dictator is beyond ridiculous. I could note he responded to a heckler by letting him speak, not ordering thugs to beat him up like someone else would. But no point: We’re dealing w/a cult that refuses to face reality.
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Trump called Marines who died for our country “suckers and losers” but MAGAs are outraged Biden made a speech about democracy with Marines in the background. Why don’t you treasonous creeps crawl back under the rocks you came out of. Thanks.
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Climate Change Actions Are Far More Popular Than People in U.S. Realize scientificamerican.com/article/climat via
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An anti-Fauci opinion piece in today’s NY Times notes only that the writer covers sci/tech and edits The New Atlantis. I’m familiar with that publication. From Wikipedia:
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Tom is not a serious person.
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60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion—which disenfranchises voters—a Democrat "won."
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This Hot Summer Is One of the Coolest of the Rest of Our Lives scientificamerican.com/article/this-h via
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In late August 1936, 86 years ago, Nazi authorities implemented the first nationally coordinated mass arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany. Watch to learn about Franz Wohlfahrt’s experiences and how a paint roller helped him survive.
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"...across public health, banking, manufacturing, employment, consumer protection, tax, and environment: the things that cause the greatest suffering and threats to public safety—many of which are crimes—receive a fraction of the attention as..." police press releases
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We are facing huge threats to our health, well-being, and safety. It is vital that the news more objectively report about public safety. Here I talk about what counts as news and how we can do better. equalityalec.substack.com/p/what-is-news
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Even if you don't know Harry, do me a favor maybe and retweet this.
Harry's a friend. And I've actually got his new book sitting here on my desk, a gift from a generous and kind man.
To let actual Nazis take down his account is an injustice.
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Dear @Twitter and @TwitterSafety, please reconsider your decision to ban @hnturtledove. This Jewish author of alternate history novels only defended himself against a Nazi troll. #HarryTurtledove is a national treasure, and he is not the one who should have been canceled. twitter.com/stealthygeek/s…
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“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
John Lubbock, The Use Of Life
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