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Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist and conservationist, died this week at the age of 91. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on her legacy and love for chimpanzees.

Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

Senate Republican Logic op: therapy.with.cj via IG

Good Day! Forest Sunrise by Albert Bierstadt late 1800s Oil on Canvas

Proud to be part of the UC At a special meeting today, the Academic Council unanimously endorsed The Defense of the University, a statement reaffirming UC’s public mission amid growing national threats to higher education. #HigherEd #AcademicSky #AcademicFreedom

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Folks, I'm gonna leave this here. They want to name an airport after 45 and a few good people had the sense to put this petition together. Because if we are renaming airports, it should be after a person who deserves it. And who is more deserving than Dolly Parton? ❤️ www.change.org/p/rename-nas...

The US invasion of Iraq began on this day 22 years ago. In the years since, the United States spent roughly $10 trillion on the so-called "war on terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds in climate, health care, housing, and education?

Lake Superior, Kewanaw Peninsula taken by my son.

-The Question: How the hell did we get here? -The Answer: Citizens United.

Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.

New video on egg prices! How much do high egg prices really come from bird flu, and how much of it is just price gouging? www.instagram.com/p/DF8FmyAtiUu/

Glad to see Dems are pushing back on the Republicans' partisan power grabs in NC. ncnewsline.com/2025/02/08/g...

"There's probably a couple of kinks in that slinky," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Trump's Gaza plans. The whole Trump presidency so far:

15 years ago, the Supreme Court decided that corporations were people. Ever since, dark money and corporate interference has defined our elections. Overturn Citizens United. Give elections back to voters.

We are about to enter an era of extreme and dangerous culture war in the United States. How do we protect our communities and work toward a cultural ceasefire? In this piece I wrote a couple months ago, I offer one possible path. wapo.st/40q1BDn

No one should be denied a credit card or a loan because the American health care system is broken. The CFPB’s decision to block medical debt from credit reports is a win for families who have been screwed over by greedy insurance companies. Next up, Medicare for All??

live your life in such a way that this is how willie nelson reacts to seeing you

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other

“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback: The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year.

#longexposure #photography #nikon #waterfall

Here’s a photo of Lock Eck. No idea if hashtags are used here? #landscapephotography #nikon #scotland #foggy

How many programmers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?? None. That's a hardware issue.

After we adopted Toro we discovered that his first owner taught him to laugh like an evil villain