Leo's gonna have to come off the sidelines soonTrump Makes Embarrassing Blunder in Dramatic Iran Threat
The president signed off his threat with a flourish ahead of Easter Sunday—despite warnings from Pope Leo XIV, who used his Palm Sunday message to caution against leaders waging war and invoking Christianity to justify it.
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Trump Makes Embarrassing Blunder in Dramatic Iran Threat
The president gave Tehran 48 hours before he promised to unleash “Hell” in an ultimatum with an unfortunate spelling mistake.Tamilore Oshikanlu (The Daily Beast)
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The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for DecadesIn “What We Are Seeking,” the cult author Cameron Reed returns to show us a strange, totally alien world that somehow feels like our own.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-sci-fi-novelist-who-disappeared-for-decades
The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for Decades
The new sci-fi novel “What We Are Seeking,” by Cameron Reed, the author of “The Fortunate Fall,” is about social change and family life, queerness and faith, all on another planet.Stephanie Burt (The New Yorker)
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"Yarn-bombed Bikes"
Someone in Skykomish was having fun!
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things trump wants to cut to pay for his massive military budget:
$510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research $82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated) $61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated) $240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated) $659 million - Community building grants $47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated) $449 million - Economic development grants for communities $1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA) $993 million - Scientific research and technology standards $150 million - Support for American exports and trade $2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs $8.5 billion - Funding for public schools $1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated) $2.7 billion - College access and higher education support $15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects $1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated) $1.1 billion - Scientific research funding $386 million - Environmental cleanup programs $150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research $4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated) $768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance $819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children $775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated) $5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention $5 billion - Medical research (NIH) $129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research $356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response $1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants $707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure $52 million - Airport and transportation security $40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats $53 million - Funding for homeland security operations $3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated) $1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated) $393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness $529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated) $489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities $50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated) $60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws $58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated) $45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated) $1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety $20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated) $1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated) $395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated) $234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs $101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws $46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad $2 billion - International humanitarian aid $1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated) $4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs $2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships $642 million - International economic and treasury programs $315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad $486 million - Grants for public transit projects $4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure $372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities $145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure $204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities $1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement $100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated) $1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection $2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds $90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated) $3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research $297 million - NASA technology innovation programs $1.1 billion - International Space Station operations $143 million - STEM education programs $309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs $170 million - Small Business Administration operations $158 million - Loans for small businesses
https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/the-saturday-report-4426-vance-targets?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webThe Saturday Report 4/4/26 — Vance Targets Blue States as Trump’s New Fraud Czar
The Best of the Rest of the News and OpinionThom Hartmann (The Hartmann Report)
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♲ @mark_wollschlager@diaspora.glasswings.com:I've heard stuff about US bases in the middle east being rendered unusable.
This article puts some scale on one instance.
#USExcursion #Iran #USPol
NPR - Evacuation of U.S. troops from Mideast base sends community groups scrambling to help
♲ @mark_wollschlager@diaspora.glasswings.com:Japan’s Yakult Ladies are quietly preventing lonely deaths and improving thousands of elderly lives
They’ve became one of the most important social safety nets in the world’s oldest nation.
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Looks like I need to match a ~100 ohm full loop antenna with reflector, for 70cm. What are some of your favorite transmission line impedance match devices? :3 #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
"Stay #4: Bacon Bicycle Hostel"
We had a bit of trouble finding it, and it involved a lot of steep climbs, but it was well worth it when we did! It was a full-on hostel, with a real kitchen and everything. The TV/DVD/VCR unit refused to play VHS tapes, but would play DVDs. I mainly listened to the radio, however.
We ended up ordering a pizza on our second night there.
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Expecting your first attempt at something to be perfect sounds like a great way to set yourself up for disappointment after disappointment in life. :/
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Truth. I cooked my first brisket yesterday. Followed the recipe exactly, but the meat was still tougher than shoe leather. Disappointment was high.
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Ground Beef Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage | Moneyhttps://share.google/0jf4QioGSEkJyQZ5B
A Pound of Ground Beef Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage
One pound of the typical 20% fat ground beef costs between $6.49 and $8.96. A minimum-wage worker only earns $7.25 per hour.Adam Hardy (Money)
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If one has time to cook there are lots of great Indian recipes for lentils, & other pulses that are better for us than beef & much better for the environment.
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If the US is the way I think it is, it's only a matter of time before another sociopathic narcissist sends us on the same kind of journey again. Trump no longer being president doesn't solve the systemic issues that led to his presidency. :/
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The main issue is that you are ruled by 2 parties whose agenda is to impose the oligarchs rule alternating carrot or stick to inflict it upon the people.
Never forget that the carrot party would rather lose to the stick by moving further to the right on each election cycle, than to support any of the popular left-wing policies that would have mobilized the common people to vote for them (You know: Universal healthcare, living wages, end to wars and genocide support...)
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On Easter Sunday all Hell Will Rain Down"48 Hours Before Hell Will Rain Down": Trump Reminds Iran Of Hormuz Deadline
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Must be those Christian values to bring violence and grieve over others in the most sacred holiday of the own religion...
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US hearing exposes links between Russia’s energy sector and abduction of Ukrainian children https://kyivindependent.com/us-hearing-exposes-links-between-russias-energy-sector-and-abduction-of-ukrainian-children/US hearing exposes links between Russia’s energy sector and abduction of Ukrainian children
During a recent hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. lawmakers blasted the Trump administration's decision to lift sanctions on Russian oil giants Gazprom and Rosneft — companies now accused of aiding the mass abduction of Ukra…Olena Goncharova (The Kyiv Independent)
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Stuck outside because of a major natural gas leak. Over a dozen firefighting units so far. :(
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Friendly reminder that Democrats are conservatives and Republicans are reactionaries. >:(
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GM And Other Automakers Suggest Replacing Gas Tax With Vehicle Fee In The U.S
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