‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies

‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies

Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summers The Major oak, one of Europe’s oldest, largest and most celebrated ancient trees, has died. The huge tree, which has grown in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, for at least 1,000 years, failed to produce any leaves this year, after becoming stressed by a series of hot, dry summers. Continue reading...

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Thread: Johannes Vermeer (1632-75) is one of the most famous & popular old masters. Despite this, we know little about him or his life. Indeed, his work was only rediscovered in the 19th century. Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665) [1]

FYI ! Thanks, Andrea.......

Charles Mauldin said he’ll never forget the sound of John Lewis’ skull cracking as police beat several civil rights activists in Selma in 1965. Mauldin spoke to ProPublica about that day — and how being tear-gassed as a teenager has affected him.

At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.

At least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign. Charles Mauldin, a civil rights activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma, warns them to get me...

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Suzanne Vega releases “Luka” 39 years ago this weekend. She said she once received a fan letter about it: “Dear Suzanne, Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time. There are no words 2 tell U all the things I feel when I hear it. I thank God 4 U, Prince”

A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good!

IBM training manual, 1979

Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.

If we as a nation "require" a child's presence in a government institution for between 6 and 8 hours a day, then there is no question as to whether we are responsible for feeding them.

Justin@jlentini09.bsky.social · 4mo ago

TRUTH.

“ We Defunded Cancer Research for this “ #Resist #Photo by @m-uscle.bsky.social #MiamiMasterPhotographer

Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.

The authentic sound of ancient musical instruments. Hear what the ancients hear. #music #ancientinstruments

They are not long, the weeping & the laughter, Love & desire & hate: I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate. They are not long, the days of wine & roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for a while, then closes Within a dream. ~ Ernest Dowson, 1896 #Photography, Fred Lyon

I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad. There’s not.

We can afford healthcare for all We can afford childcare for all We can afford education for all We can afford housing for all We can afford living wages for all We can afford green energy for all We don’t have those things because a handful of evil old men spend that money waging endless war.

American tax dollars subsidize defense contractors' yachts. War is their product. Our tax dollars buy it. Republicans funnel our money to the War Hawks & bypass EVERY tax funded program that would use our hard earned money on the American people. WAKE UP, VOTERS. War is profit - not security.

This doesn’t seem unreasonable.

Listen to this ICE whistleblower. This is why Trump’s iteration of ICE needs to be completely dismantled and its leadership impeached.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 6mo ago

Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

#Words Portuguese

And an underrated villain, Trump's Director of OMB, slashed funding from programs that kept millions of people alive around the world so he could spend that money on something more important -- himself

Trump Official Who Helped Kill USAID Now Using Its Funds for Himself

Russ Vought, White House Office of Management and Budget director, has decided what is happening with USAID funds.

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Excellent and empoweringe educacioun will nevir be "efficient" yn the waye that a businesse doth stryve to be "efficient." It ys the heighte of knavery to use one standarde to measure everye human activitye. Businesses are ther to make profits. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes

Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

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Extraordinary US government surveillance of ordinary people is beginning www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon

Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

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🔥 AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF: “This is the 3rd or 4th time Trump threatened to sue me… I believe if the 🇺🇸 public knew the real nature of Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein they would turn away in revulsion and horror. So sue me.”

the children are protesting from inside the camps. i hope they know that we hear them.

SBOMfunk MC@fack.bsky.social · 7mo ago

There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945