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'Another Year, Another New Record': UN Highlights Rising Greenhouse Gas Levels Ahead of COP31 www.commondreams.org/news/atmosph... Again. And yet again and again, until the oceans rise to levels unimaginable, swallowing the major seaboard cities worldwide.

UN Report Details Israeli Crimes Against Humanity in Palestine, Including Extermination, Rape, and Torture www.commondreams.org/news/un-repo...

The reference to Henry Miller is priceless. Thanks for that. My favorite Miller book is 'Quiet Days In Clichy,' which I read a million years ago. There was an edition that had photos by Brassaï in it. 'Brassaï, 'The Eye of Paris.' Cheers

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

Vance is exaggerating the numbers and lying.

How the ‘Other Maine’ Has Helped Shape a Senate Race www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u... This is a very succinct article about the differences between the two candidates running for the Senate seat in Maine.

Trump's Greed and Moral Squalor Delivers a Despicable Era for the United States www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum... Bob Reich's piece is a good start, but doesn't come close to describing the moral depravity of the Trump regime.

America today.

A quiet Atlantic Ocean on the southern coast of Maine.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/b... Is Trump listening?

‘She Can Barely Read’: New Trump Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Faceplants in First Briefing www.commondreams.org/news/katie-z... Just embarrassing. She should leave immediately.

The last rose of the year, an 'Iceberg climber.' It just appeared one day last week, in the cold.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u... Even in southern Maine where I live, it gets cold, and the cost of heating an old house like ours is outrageously high. Higher than ever. Trump says just suck it up.

Mainers are tired of the negativity, and so are my kids. I'm running to build more housing and lower health care costs. That's the conversation Maine people want to have. Check out our new ad, "Time-Out".

Climate Crisis Likely Caused World's Largest Penguin Colony to 'Crash' www.commondreams.org/news/penguin... Heartbreaking. These unique animals are some of the greatest treasures of the national world. What are we doing?

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u... Mr. Rubio is advocating for a return to imperialism and the concept of an 'übermensch' who will defeat all opponents. This is really dangerous stuff.

In Senate Debate, Troy Jackson Calls Susan Collins an 'Arsonist' Who Brings a 'Cup of Water' to the Fire www.commondreams.org/news/troy-ja... Jackson is ahead in the polls now, but it is still close.

Trump is the first president to call for America to be attacked. And his Republican allies said nothing. They don't care about you, or the country. Vote Democratic this November. The future of America depends on it. youtu.be/DhIeyeqI2Ng

This ad should concern Susan Collins.

Just now running through all the CDs in this collection of the recordings of Glenn Gould, in copies of the original jackets. A good way to begin the morning every day.

Still photographs from 'The Burmese Harp,' Kon Ichikawa's masterpiece. Having not seen this film in a very long time, it was even more powerfully affecting than I imagined. Certainly one of the greatest anti-war films ever made.

Five Reasons Trump Might Actually Resign www.commondreams.org/opinion/dona... Please make it so. A very fine analysis by Ralph Nader.

We watched 'Au revoir, les enfants' last night, Louis Malle's masterpiece. A very beautiful story. Fine print on Criterion.

Western Capitalist Societies Have Rolled Out the Red Carpet for Fascism www.commondreams.org/opinion/west... Hits the nail on the proverbial head.

Laughing out loud, but not really funny.

@jillpiggott.bsky.social At the risk of beating a dead horse, I wanted to share an article from Common Dreams which I found to be just devastating. www.commondreams.org/opinion/west... It doesn't directly address the Collins race, but talks instead in general terms about neo-liberalism, etc. Cheers

There were at least five very critical articles yesterday in national and local news about the Collins campaign. The piece by Michelle Cottle in the New York Times yesterday was very damning. Collins has sold her soul in order to get ahead, and this will haunt her. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...

NOT TRUE: Collins costs ME $. Add up the pork she's brought back in 10 years, *subtract* it from the funding ME lost when she put T's "beautiful" bill on the floor knowing it would pass, & you get a NET LOSS of $675 million. Do the math before you buy her line. www.mecep-action.org/senator-coll...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o... A fine argument for letting Collins out to pasture.

We can only hope to escape the terrible ugliness of this world through music, if only momentarily. There are other ways, of course, but to listen to Jacqueline du Pré playing Dvorák's cello concerto is to be transported to a better place. I've listened to this many times before, but now...

@maddow.bsky.social I hope that you will find the time to read Katya Hoyer's recent book, 'Weimar: Life On The Edge of Catastrophe.' It is pertinent to today's historical moment.

Katya Hoyer's new book, 'Weimar: Life On the Edge of Catastrophe.' Her book is profoundly affecting, not least because it examines the lives of ordinary people and families living in Weimar, and how they came to deal with the war.

'Incredible Story of Corruption': Bombshell Report Puts Susan Collins at Center of Massive Bribery Scheme www.commondreams.org/news/incredi... Not a good look for the senator from Maine.

@maddow.bsky.social The Daily Beast also has a story about the Trump administrations' closing of corruption investigations, including the one about Collins' possible bribery involvement.

@maddow.bsky.social Hopefully you will take a look at the recent story from ProPublica about possible bribery schemes involving Senator Collins. It has the potential to upset her campaign.

Stephen Miller must be brought before the International Criminal Court to be tried for crimes against humanity.

A late blooming Dahlia.

Troy Jackson, a Progressive Brawler, Tries to Flip a Senate Seat in Maine www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u... This is a class battle between the ultra-rich and the ordinary Mainer. I'm unhappy with the title of this piece, 'A Progressive Brawler,' which is insulting; it's trite and easy.

@ahylton26.bsky.social It was disappointing to hear your interview with the Cuban minister. The Trump administration does not care about the Cuban people; he wants to take over the island and own it. The is all part of imperialism 2.0, with a takeover of Venezuela and threats to other countries.

Warming Played ‘Very Strong’ Role in Himalayan Floods, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c... Climate change? What's that.

CBO Finds Trump's Iran War Has Already Cost Nearly $40 Billion—And That's a 'Conservative' Estimate www.commondreams.org/news/iran-wa... Many others have estimated the total cost to be north of $1 trillion dollars. And, we have reached the end yet.

Biden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o... While we go about our everyday business, genocide takes place all around the world; not many are paying attention, certainly not Mr. Trump.

I saw this from the balcony of my loft. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Jay Maisel, Photographer of Miles Davis and Much More, Dies at 95 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/a... Another one gone.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Of course.

A recording from 1989 of 12 of Debussy's Études pour Piano, and the Suite Bergamasque, by Garrick Ohlsson. Tempos are chosen carefully, somewhat slower than most others, sensuous and beautifully felt. I had not been familiar with this recording until now, a pleasant and very sweet surprise.