Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼
Dayna Bateman
@daynabateman.bsky.social
Incurably curious // 2026 PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History // 2025 Bridport Memoir Prize Runner Up Winner // https://campsite.bio/daynabateman // Storyknife, Tin House, Granta Memoir Alum
According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, global peacefulness has declined for 11 consecutive years. Many preconflict conditions—political instability, resource competition, neighboring-country conflict—sit at their highest levels since World War II. www.afar.com/magazine/wha...
What to Do If Civil Unrest Arises While You’re Traveling Abroad
In a world where conflict has become increasingly common, experts offer their tips and advice on how to prepare, stay safe, navigate travel insurance and emergency assistance, and return home swiftly.
afar.com
“They were like hymns, almost,” Williams said in January, on the eve of releasing her fourteenth album of original music, World’s Gone Wrong. “Everybody knew them. And that feeling of a group of people standing close together singing like that—it’s very powerful.” oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/lucin...
Lucinda Williams Has Had Enough
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Middle East war live: US counterterrorism chief quits over Iran war - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT #giftlink
Well said, President Catherine Connolly of Ireland: “As we gather together to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, it is appropriate that we recall the foundational story upon which our national day is based. Patrick was trafficked across the Irish Sea from Britain as a young man in the 5th century... 1/
Thank you @bridportprize.bsky.social and Judge Manni Coe🙏🏼💛✨ Grateful and glad to be named Runner Up among this talented cohort of Bridport Memoir Prize winners ✨ #amwriting
The Bridport Prize@bridportprize.bsky.social · 5mo ago🎉 We’re thrilled to announce this year’s Memoir Award results! Congratulations to our winners and a big thanks to everyone who trusted us with their words. buff.ly/NX1ARRa Our Memoir Award 2026 will open for entries 15 June. #MemoirPrize #WritingPrize
After failing for 130 years to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery except as punishment for crime, the state of Mississippi finally did so on March 16, 1995. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Mar. 16, 1995 | Mississippi Finally Ratifies the 13th Amendment After Failing to Do So for 130 Years
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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“We’re not savage. We’re not animals. We’re not aliens. We are humans, and we are Americans.” —Bad Bunny
Election law experts are questioning the legality of the FBI’s unprecedented seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton County, Ga. in a raid that has further inflamed fears of federal interference in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI’s Fulton County raid may have been illegal, legal experts warn. But it definitely raises fears for 2026
'This is a test run for 2026... Trump could try to seize voting machines or otherwise interfere with state ballot tabulation processes in swing districts around the country.'
democracydocket.com
It is 85 seconds to midnight thebulletin.org/2026/01/pres...
PRESS RELEASE: It is 85 seconds to midnight
At the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement, the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board moved the Doomsday Clock forward from 89 seconds to 85 seconds to midnight, citing a failure in global leadership.
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refuse silence when you can still sing —Diana Di Prima
“Secretary Kennedy's vaccine policy will ruin more than just Americans' health -- it'll ruin our economic security.” www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
a poster that says measles is very contagious on it
ALT: a poster that says measles is very contagious on it
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Just how many scientists have abandoned careers in the United States may not emerge for years. ... “There have definitely been some cuts and delays in getting funded,” one chemist says. But “what we’re more seeing is the toll of the uncertainty.” www.science.org/content/arti...
How Trump's moves could dramatically reshape the scientific workforce
Threats to funding and cuts to diversity efforts are putting pressure on the pipeline of new scientists
science.org
Not funny. “Billy Long, Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Iceland, joked with lawmakers this week that Iceland will become the 52nd U.S. state (it remains unclear, which country Long suggests will become the 51st state) and that he would serve as its governor.” www.arctictoday.com/trumps-icela...
Trump's Iceland ambassador nominee jokes country will become a U.S. state - ArcticToday
Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Iceland joked about making Iceland a U.S. state as Washington prepares for high-level talks on Greenland.
arctictoday.com
We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Finds www.sciencealert.com/we-emit-a-vi...
We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Says
Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada.
sciencealert.com
“If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none.” —Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina and member of the Banking Committee www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
nytimes.com
“Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation,” he said this week, calling Trump’s comments “entirely unacceptable”. —Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland #giftlink giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the Greenlandic leader under pressure
The Arctic island’s 34-year-old prime minister is at the centre of one of the world’s most meaningful geopolitical struggles
giftarticle.ft.com
Yes: This is worrying
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 7mo agoEnsuring that lawful voters can cast their ballots and have them counted should be a bipartisan goal. It is not. For now, it falls to Democrats and the pro-democracy community to step forward — even as the USPS has taken a step back. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
“Greenland is not for sale,” Jacob Isbosethsen, head of representation of Greenland to the U.S. and Canada, said. “I think our Prime Minister and our Foreign Minister have made it very, very clear. Our country belongs to the Greenlandic people.” thehill.com/homenews/568...
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«There is not much, if anything, Secretary Kennedy has done well in 2025. ... To understand the magnitude of the damage Secretary Kennedy has done, one must first appreciate what we once had: global leadership.» www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/pres...
Opinion | I Was Wrong About RFK Jr.
In early 2025, I was overly optimistic he might get a thing or two right for public health
medpagetoday.com
Jackson Hole Airport pulled out all the stops to obtain a DarkSky certification, ... but the biggest difference the average traveler will notice is how many more stars are visible in the skies above and around the airport. »
The Only Airport Inside A National Park Is Now The World's First DarkSky Certified - Islands
Jackson Hole Airport, located inside Grand Teton National Park, became DarkSky certified for its work to protect wildlife and night views.
islands.com
Just improvised chilaquiles for the first time ever and it did not suck