Sapient Librarian
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Retired: teacher, dir. health sci librarian (copyright archive training web admin) nonprofit exec, $/lib. consortia, comp intel analyst. Yes: science nature & evidence. “Out beyond ideas of right or wrong there is a field I will meet you there” No "DMs"
Dan Rather: Trump Retreat He said Iran a nuclear threat, spends BILLIONS to send military & try to heel Iran Now he's walking away w/NO deal w/nuclear. Strait of Hormuz control to Iran + $$$ to it to rebuild? If signed = most catastrophic failure by US president steady.substack.com/p/trump-in-r...
Trump in Retreat
Forced there by his inability to see beyond his nose
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Senator Cassidy made all of this possible by confirming RFK Jr. Cassidy posts “I’m a doctor This executive order is wrong President does not have expertise to make these changes. Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism” open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 437. 8/10/26
… Trump issued an executive order today seeking to mandate one of the conspiracies that he has held for decades which began shortly after Barron was born - that childhood vaccines cause autism.
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Donald Trump is guilty of mortgage fraud? It certainly looks that way. Read: "Donald Trump: He Wrote The Rule. Then The Records Showed He Broke It First" 2 Palm Beach mortgages both claimed as his primary residence? Read "John Hopkins Now" blog open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
Donald Trump: He Wrote The Rule. Then The Records Showed He Broke It First.
Two Palm Beach mortgages, one standard the rest of us are getting measured against, and a bill that’s coming due for the people who voted for him.
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Monday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Hides While Iran Laughs – 8/10/26 Iran ruling out any deal with Trump for the rest of his term, saying they’ll just wait him out until 2029! open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...?
Monday Afternoon News Updates: Trump Hides While Iran Laughs – 8/10/26
Your midday updates are here
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NatGeo: Did many small mistakes doom Amelia Earhart? Fellow pilot investigated & determined a series of critical errors may have added up to catastrophe Recent expeditions focus on possible locations crash from deserted island to ocean www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Did these small mistakes doom Amelia Earhart?
When a fellow pilot investigated the crash, he determined that a series of critical errors may have added up to catastrophe for the famous aviator on her final flight.
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Aww, RIP Jackie. 💔 The beloved bald eagle whose life was followed by millions through the Big Bear Lake live webcam has died. She will be missed!
What Happened to 1 Man on Trump's Enemies List h/w for ALL he attacks NOT in good faith legally BECAUSE: it's really to exploit legal system, CRUSH target w/astronomical legal bills, CREATE anxiety stress & BRING force his CITIZEN MOB to go after attack target open.substack.com/pub/briantyl...
Here's What Happened When Trump Put Me on His Enemies List
A look behind the curtain of Trump's attacks on his political enemies.
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World Lion Day os August 10th Founded in 2013 by Dereck and Beverly Joubert, it raises awareness about the critical threats facing wild lions, celebrates their majesty, and promotes international conservation efforts to protect their natural habitats tinyurl.com/y78c8rkx
World Lion Day
Join us for World Lion Day on August 10th, find out our top lion facts and how the big cat at the top of the animal kingdom needs our help.
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PETITION TO CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF DR. ANTHONY FAUCI AND AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH www.standupforscience.net/sufs-fauci-p...
SUFS Stand Up for Fauci Petition to Congress — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Sign the SUFS Petition to demand Congress rescind they contempt referral immediately.
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Sign the Petition STOP CLOSURE OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES. c.org/xwQ427pj4m Moves would create significant financial and time barriers, effectively cutting off access to important physical records for the people most directly connected to this information
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Stop the Closure of the National Archives in Chicago and San Francisco!
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ACLU affiliates filed 54 legal claims in 17 states & D.C. on behalf of people who suffered serious violence, abuse, and neglect @hands of fed law enforcement Each case is individual brutalized by fed immigration agents (IMHO ICE recruits SADISTIC people no other explanation) ACLU Rocks! www.aclu.org
imho GOLDEN RULE: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Universe will pay back travesty by Trump/Paul "Trump suggested support for prosecution of Anthony Fauci MD shortly after Sen. Rand Paul MD, R-Ky, asked DOJ to take action for contempt of Congress, Reuters/AOL tinyurl.com/mr35an8s
Trump suggests Fauci should be prosecuted - AOL
(Corrects Rand Paul's last name in paragraph 1 by removing extraneous letter) WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Dr.
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"The Nation" Anniversaries of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Have Special Meaning in a World Out of Control. As last US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty expires, anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki carry renewed urgency for a world edging toward a new arms race www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Have Special Meaning in a World Out of Control
As the last US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty expires, the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki carry renewed urgency for a world edging toward a new arms race.
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Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: What America's WWII atomic veterans want you to know as witnesses of aftermath @Hiroshima, Nagasaki Harrowing 1sthand accounts; warning against future nuclear conflict 100s in age, 3 vets in PBS documentary "Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories of WWII" tinyurl.com/ypr668n4
Here's what America's last WWII atomic veterans want you to know
As the last surviving US servicemen who witnessed the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reach their 100s, their harrowing firsthand accounts—and warnings against future nuclear conflict—offer a fadi...
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243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux President Trump's new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June. ITS KEY PROVISIONS STILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL by STEVE VLADECK open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux
President Trump's new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June. Its key provisions are still unconstitutional.
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Popular Science: "6 Month Silver cub on Katmai Bear Cam" Large population of blonde bears @Katmai National Park Preserve A ‘pizzly’ bear? (polar & grizz mix) NO, Katmai Nat Park too far south for polar bears to roam No evidence to suggest that Katmai bears travel that far north tinyurl.com/4yczrvn5
Silver cub spotted on Katmai Bear Cam
The six-month-old cub is not a 'pizzly' bear.
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Tricycle: Go Somewhere New: When you’re at home and everything is familiar, it’s hard to remember how miraculous everything is. When you go to a new place, everything freshens up. by Susan Moon in “The Old Woman of Pagazzano” tricycle.org/magazine/the...
The Old Woman of Pagazzano
Ancient Zen koans come to life in 21st-century Italy.
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Moronic Bullshit "Third Way" No middle between neofascist corps & democracy by ROBERT REICH This BS across America by "Third Way" political group is NOT CENTRIST. NY Times finds its FUNDED by billionaire megadonors, Fortune 500 CEOs, giant corps & their dark robertreich.substack.com/p/the-moroni...
The Moronic Bullshit of the "Third Way"
There's no "middle" between neofascist corporatism and democracy
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Since 1964, 800+ areas in national parks, wildlife refuges, forests & public lands have been protected by Wilderness Act. Trump & evil henchmen destroying OUR public lands, decimating homes of animals there, killing them. STOP the madness! More about our wilderness: defenders.org/blog/2026/07...
With Wilderness Rollbacks, Wildlife Stands to Lose the Most
After nearly a decade of Congressional debate, and nearly 70 rewrites, the Wilderness Act was enacted into law in 1964.
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George Washington, Master Mason: On August 4, 1753, George Washington became a Master Mason in his hometown of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The twenty-one-year-old young man would soon hold his first military commission www.loc.gov/item/today-i...
Today in History - August 4
George Washington, Master Mason
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The elusive and usually nocturnal African Wildcat spotted in Kruger National Park, South Africa. They are the closest living relatives of the domestic cat. IG: @ anna.in.africa
💜 The King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise inhabits montane forests of New Guinea. Famous for its extraordinary head plumes and elegant display, it is the only species in the genus Pteridophora and one of nature's most spectacular birds. Scientific Name Pteridophora alberti 📷 B. Sharma
🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Atlantic: Raytheon and Lockheed, makers of Patriot, justify their concerns with intellectual property theft and technology transfer, but what they are really worried about is that Ukrainians will find a way to improve Patriot and produce it faster and for much less money than they do in US.
This hits me hard. It hits Texans hard. Big Bend is our Eden. These fuckers.
🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀@onefussyone.bsky.social · 2d agoMike Davidson, a tour guide in Big Bend, told Newsweek; "They might as well send a bulldozer through the graveyard where my parents are buried or something like that. It hits me very strongly." Soulless, wretched people are responsible for this. They have to go. www.newsweek.com/bulldozers-p...
Funny how everyone does the “we must stop divisive rhetoric” when a progressive gets nominated and not when the leader of the United States says Haitians are eating their cats and dogs.
