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@nerudap.bsky.social

"I rhyme / To see myself, to set the darkness echoing." - Seamus Heaney, in Personal Helicon Let love, empathy, kindness guide everything we do. ...let's stop this divisive madness shredding our country apart. #StrongerTogether

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Mad Scholar Frights@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · last yr.

"I remember walking out of that luncheon feeling like I had glimpsed something important. The beating heart of the GOP no longer cared about principles or policy. There was a nihilist wing in control that scared me; they were happy to let it all burn."

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last yr.

I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes. If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:

Someone Somewhere@nerudap.bsky.social · last yr.

It's amazing it's come to this! "The case could determine whether immigration agents can rely on factors including a person's "apparent ethnicity" or speaking Spanish, as part of the "reasonable suspicion" standard that permits immigration stops."

Supreme Court to decide if ICE can arrest based on "apparent ethnicity"

The Supreme Court will consider staying an order that limits ICE agents from stopping people based on "apparent ethnicity."

newsweek.com

Someone Somewhere@nerudap.bsky.social · last yr.

America’s democratic system depends on the public’s understanding that law is bigger than politics. But now, Trump is sending a clear message that he is willing to go after his enemies and undermine that system.

Trump Is Sending a Terrifyingly Clear Message

America’s democratic system depends on the public’s understanding that law is bigger than politics, David Frum argues. But now, Trump is sending a clear message that he is willing to go after his enem...

theatlantic.com

Catapult Book Group@catapultbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

"Venturini’s exquisite prose and her boldness in diving deep into the consciousness of a troubled, outcast young girl, one who defiantly chooses her own uncompromising way in the world, makes this a novel well worth reading." — @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social‬ lareviewofbooks.org/article/open...

Opening the Pandora’s Box of Latin American Women’s Writing | Los Angeles Review of Books

Elaine Elinson reviews Kit Maude’s new translation of “We, the Casertas,” a novel by Argentine author Aurora Venturini.

lareviewofbooks.org

Someone Somewhere@nerudap.bsky.social · last yr.

There's so many different things he's done ...it's tough to keep track! Cut, Baby, Cut — a new report reveals the (almost) impossible task facing the US Dept. of Agriculture & Dept. of Interior as it looks to deliver on Trump's promise to deliver timber self-sufficiency.

Cut, Baby, Cut — Why Trump Must Ramp Up Logging 450% to Meet Order

Donald Trump will find it "incredibly challenging for the US federal timber harvest to offset Canadian wood products in the coming years" without significant ca

woodcentral.com.au

Someone Somewhere@nerudap.bsky.social · last yr.

!! International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen. ICC's staffers have been told that if they travel to the US they risk arrest.. hurdles for court staff since Trump slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, in Feb.

Trump's sanctions on ICC's chief prosecutor have halted tribunal's work, officials and lawyers say

Staffers and allies of the ICC said the sanctions have made it increasingly difficult for the tribunal to conduct basic tasks, let alone seek justice for victims of war crimes or genocide.

pbs.org

Someone Somewhere@nerudap.bsky.social · last yr.

While US economic model is of artificial scarcity, China has a model of abundance. Abundance is a supply side model, where there is sufficient goods for everyone at affordable prices. In China that means enough, not only for everyone at home, but for everyone in the world.

G7 finance leaders to seek US consensus on non-tariff issues at Canada meeting

Finance leaders from the Group of Seven democracies will strive for a show of unity when they meet this week on topics other than U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, including economic security, Ukraine and artificial intelligence cooperation.

reuters.com

Someone Somewhere@nerudap.bsky.social · last yr.

In Crypto Rush Aftermath by Georgian filmmaker Salomé Jashi, residents of Akhalkalaki in the Caucasus nation of Georgia recount how a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme ‘spread faster than COVID’ through their town, leaving big losses – and a few scattered winners – in its wake.

What happened when a crypto scam swept over a sleepy town in the Caucasus | Aeon Videos

First the rush, then the reality – how a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme spread faster than a virus in a sleepy Georgia town

aeon.co

Someone Somewhere@nerudap.bsky.social · last yr.

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) who was a German abbess, healer, poet, composer and polymath, wrote Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans (O virtue of wisdom). ...a sound as similar to a Gregorian chant.

Music from Another Age: The Devotional Songs of Hildegard von Bingen

A woman wrote the following song a thousand years ago. The song’s name is Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans (O virtue of wisdom). Readers who are familiar with early music will recognize this sound as si…

thesublimeblog.org

Overdue Podcast@overduepod.bsky.social · last yr.

“She would tell me stories about her own childhood…She described the life there—how the girls slept in little beds that stood in two rows and how they went walking in two straight lines, all dressed alike. She was happier there than at home.”

How A Jilted Mom, A Former Nun And A Shattered Childhood Inspired ‘Madeline’

Eric Carle Museum exhibit reveals Ludwig Bemelmans styled himself a carefree bon vivant, but his "Madeline" kids' books were inspired by things gone wrong.

wbur.org