“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I’m not a hater, I just play one at work
I am going to swat at a hornets nest here and say its probably not a coincidence that as soon as Mike Tomlin left Aaron Rodgers went back on the Pat McAfee show and showed his ass to everyone.
Remembering the legendary & incomparable Louis Armstrong, Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter and singer on his 125th birthday. He was #BOTD on 8/4/1901 and passed away at 69 on 7/6/1971.
El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.
Politico@politico.com · 9h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
Once a Liar, Always a Liar ================== The White House shared a photo of Trump's 1964 New York Military Academy yearbook photo. They failed to mention that the medals he's wearing are NOT his. Trump borrowed a dress jacket and multiple medals from fellow cadet Michael Scadron for the photo.
Happy book birthday to @edgeofsports.bsky.social "Dave Zirin’s masterful recounting of Howard Zinn's life is rich in political detail & ideological insight, yet delightfully warm & compelling in its storytelling." — J. Nichols Order from Bookshop or library ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...
The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
Book — Non-fiction. By Dave Zirin. 2026. 400 pages. A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the t...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d ago⚡️ UPDATE — AIPAC backs Brent Taylor in TN-9 @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “A majority of all voters (Republican/Independent/Dems) oppose sending more money to Israel to fund their genocide while our hospitals get shut down and our schools lose funding.”
Remember, if you see someone stealing copper from a data center, no you didn't. youtu.be/xCzkSyAAf4M?...
Suspects steal $100K in copper from data center site
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#AIPAC has lots of shell PACS that are lobbying for Israel. Well, #Kars4Kids with the annoying jingle is an Israeli Charity that supports organization in Israel. Donate your car to @pbs.org OR @npr.org ! headlineusa.com/kars4kids-ex...
Kars4Kids 'Charity' with Annoying Jingle Exposed for Ties to Israel | Headline USA
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) It is widely considered to be one of the most annoying — and effective — commercial jingles of all time. Three decades later, the original child performers in the ubiquitou...
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Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” From the archives:
She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...
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Diahann Carroll The first Black woman to win a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, No Strings (1962) 🎼
#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 5 - A song from the 1990’s with a color in the title. Soundgarden - “Black Hole Sun” A little dark, a little surreal, and unforgettable. 🖤☀️ youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg?...
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
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Prince and The Revolution's 'Purple Rain' hit #1 on the US albums chart 42 years ago on August 4, 1984 album.ink/PrincePR
Rediscover Prince and The Revolution’s ‘Purple Rain’ (1984) | Tribute
Prince’s ascendancy into the stratosphere of pop and funk royalty seemed pre-destined prior to the arrival of ‘Purple Rain,’ but its brilliance solidified what all of us had rightfully expected.
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Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors. Paz maintains that he earnestly believed at the time that its license-plating scanning cameras would help find missing persons, not to conduct mass surveillance. It’s always a good thing when insiders get a conscience.✊
Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors
A former Flock employee says the company lied about how its cameras would be used and that it tried to undermine protestors.
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Current results with 33% reporting: Abdul El-Sayed: 254,781 votes (49.7%) Haley Stevens: 239,395 votes (46.7%)
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 14h agoCurrent Results with 28% in: Abdul El-Sayed - 208,829 votes - 51.0% Haley Stevens - 185,539 votes - 45.4
NBA players open their own offseason training facility in Los Angeles hoopswire.com/nba-players-...
NBA players open their own offseason training facility in Los Angeles
NBA players have gathered for offseason workouts and pickup runs for years. Now they have a place designed specifically for them.
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Trump is rolling out yet another key plank of Project 2025: privatizing airport security. History has shown us time and again this makes both workers and passengers less safe. Everything is for sale under Trump.
TSA Privatization Returns Airport Security to a Dangerous Past - The American Prospect
The Trump administration wants airport screening to revert to the way it was before 9/11, when private security companie
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Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu