Deaths now outnumber births in reliably Republican counties for the first time since at least 1982. We explain how this may already be affecting voting patterns in America bit.ly/471apDL
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Even if you think you know the whole Kennedy Center story, this is enlightening and enraging. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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"It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track." www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
This is awesome, esp the guitar work on Robert's and the sweet version of Relatively. Respect to ZB for keeping the focus where it should be. Just a nice ~30 minute interlude on a Sunday morning .... youtu.be/DUP2jPVoQ4c
Jason Isbell - The Belting Bronco - Episode Nine
YouTube video by Zach Bryan
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Watch all the way to the end for the least shocking plot twist of all time bc this is just so emblematic of how all these people are.
So I've got another essay in ihavethatonvinyl.com 🥳 Big thanks again to Michele for all she does to run the site and give a helping hand to aspiring writers. Check it out! ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/will-...
I Have That on Vinyl
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Lock them all up and throw away the key #fuckICE
unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 2mo agoNew: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.
Damnit it was so sad to see that GH is gone. What a talented guy. RIP
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 2mo agoGlen Hansard: A life and music career in pictures
Red States in the US southeast, led by Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, have the highest level of maternal deaths in the entire developed world. Anti-abortion policies are simply a pretext for what is in fact extreme hostility to women's healthcare. Here an exploration of Texas.
‘I Don’t Want To Die’: Texas Patients Are Afraid to Get Pregnant
The fear of losing their lives is precisely what many pregnant Texas residents say they’ve experienced after four young women died in the state when they were unable to access medically necessary abor...
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@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social at @heatmap.news points out that the smoke days we're experiencing were not foreseen by climate models & so nobody has reckoned on their cost in lives, health, & economic disruption—which appear to be MORE than EVERY OTHER climate impact PUT TOGETHER.
Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.
Aren’t they arresting and deporting students who say this exact thing
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4mo agoVance blasts Israel’s response to Iran deal: “You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.”
Great stuff from @yourmandevine.bsky.social on last night's miracle. Still hard to believe that this really happened #LFGK
Dan Devine@yourmandevine.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Knicks were down 27 at halftime and looking absolutely desolate. All was lost. Until ... “Had to give ’em a little Wu-Tang prayer, nahmean?” Ghostface Killah told me. At Y! Sports: I wrote about the greatest comeback in NBA history. yhoo.it/3ShQDPX
stevie wonder tearing through superstition for almost seven minutes on sesame street is one of my favourites things (found a version that doesn't look like a 5th gen vhs rip) youtu.be/FZeigvMA4go?...
Stevie Wonder - Superstition - Sesame Street 1973 - STEREO HD
YouTube video by Shadi Frick
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happy mother's day, here's 17 minutes of colleen donaghy www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9oH...
Best Of Jack's Disappointed Mom, Colleen (ft. Elaine Stritch) | 30 Rock
YouTube video by 30 Rock Official
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Such a sad anniversary. Never forget that Prince's live shows were so much damn fun. RIP youtu.be/LNrAFb3I2js?...
Prince Live - Play that funky Music - Hollywood Swinging - Fantastic Voyage 4/28/11
YouTube video by sean d
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These numbers are only going to get more egregious this year ips-dc.org/the-average-...
The Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 for War and Weapons Last Year - Institute for Policy Studies
The Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 for War and Weapons Last Year
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Big thanks to the wonderful and generous Michele Catalano @ihavethatonvinyl.com for posting my work on IHTOV. So exciting!
inthefade@ihavethatonvinyl.com · 6mo agotoday on IHTOV @m1chael0c.bsky.social takes us on a sweet, personal journey through his history with music and the songs and genres that shaped him and got him through ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/a-mus...
I loved how Picasso, Bowie and other ground breaking artists are cited here as examples of how creativity can thrive in the AI era. "When reality can be captured perfectly, expression becomes the differentiator" is an optimistic thesis for our often pessimistic times 🔥 www.nfx.com/post/infinit...
The Infinite Game: What Artists Know That Founders Don’t
AI is shifting founders from builders to artists. Learn why technology expands industries—and why thinking like an artist is now a competitive edge.
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Great thread. "(Tr*mp's) job is to make it LOOK like this isn't a well-planned heist by the people actually orchestrating the whole scheme (Thiel, Putin, Bessent...)" 🎯🎯🎯
Snow Burrow@bostonjerry.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe need to talk about the trope of "Trump was so bad at business that he bankrupted a casino." It's true that he did declare bankruptcy for his casinos. But it wasn't because he's a "bad" businessman... it's because he and the mobster overlords who control him STOLE ALL THE MONEY from those casinos
THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
Today's edition of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's newsletter includes links to some of her best Substack posts from the last 2+ years. This incredible piece from Nov 2023 is a sobering reminder of how clearly she has seen this dystopia coming sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/behold-a-p...
Behold, A Pale Horse Race
On elections without choice and genocide without consequence
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The loss of trust in our fellow US citizens might be MAGA's most lasting legacy
Pew Research Center@pewresearch.org · 7mo agoWe asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country. The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...
Between this and the snow cleanup, Zohran has gotten more positive things done this week than Adams did in 4 years 👏👏👏