There were news reports out about the Alabama move hours before the “announcement”.
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There were news reports out about the Alabama move hours before the “announcement”.
I like “hydropolis”!
#Manufacturing purchasing managers are severely depressed: ❗️"Tariffs wreak havoc" ❗️"Too much uncertainty" ❗️"Unstable" policy ❗️"Worse than Great Recession" ❗️"Layoffs" 15% ❗️"It's survival" ❗️"Made in USA more difficult due to #tariffs"
An informative discussion about how overtones of musical instruments drive dissonant and consonant note combinations youtu.be/tCsl6ZcY9ag?...
“A federal appeals court in Pasadena Friday blocked the Trump administration from canceling the temporary protected status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living in the United States” pasadenanow.com/main/pasaden...
I had a good experience with Taco Bell AI drive-through recently.
Buy Stablecoin=deposit in checking account; pay in Stablecoin=pay with check/bank routing; sell Stablecoin=withdraw from checking account. I don’t see the difference.
5th Circuit posted this: "Due to a PACER issue, filers are unable to upload PDF’s. The deadline for any pleading due Thursday, August 28 is automatically extended to Friday, August 29. This does not apply to jurisdictional deadlines, which cannot be extended." www.ca5.uscourts.gov
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
I’ll add that several of my friends in DC have posted their own ICE & National Guard photos on FaceBook and none of these people are trying to seek them out.
One Billion Americans is a good book on solid ground. But honestly I don’t understand how he went from that to where is he is now.
Catholic Charities provides disaster relief - catholiccharitiesla.org/disaster-rel...
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.
It is evil. However, it is the enforcement of laws on the books from 1965 (or 1921 depending on how you look at it) that Democrats could have changed when they controlled Congress, but chose not too.
Especially if you drive in those high rolling hills above all the lights
Amazing that they have radar that operates under saltwater now. They’ll have to re-write the physics books.
Informative!
Thousands of Afghan civilians were killed by US forces “Prof Marc W. Herold of the University of New Hampshire estimated that in the 20-month period between October 7, 2001, and June 3, 2003, at least 3,100 to 3,600 civilians were directly killed by U.S.-led forces.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilia...
As a DC resident I feel like I should say: This is a complete and utter lie. My kid, under age 12, walked to school last year into an area close to downtown. Telling the truth is an important thing.
Members of the Fed Board of Governors receive an annual salary of $225,700. I can see fighting for the moral issue, but likely she can make much more in the finance industry. www.investopedia.com/insights/sal...
“Let me guess What is the average radii of your hair? Under 2 feet?”
Even in 1992 during the peak homicide rate in DC, here I am with friends using a park in DC.
Isn’t hat the VLC hat? www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
We just went to a theater sing-a-long for K-Pop Demon Hunters. I am serious: it’s 1 of the best movies this year. Beyond catchy songs, it’s a movie that ultimately rejects xenophobia & supports friendship. 200+ Iowans singing about embracing differences & learning Korean myth was a glimmer of hope.
Denny’s Original Grand Slam: Two fluffy buttermilk pancakes, two eggs made your way, two Applewood-smoked bacon strips, and two sausage links. Yet the All-American Slam is scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese, bacon, sausage, hash browns, and toast. I’m baffled.
Kansas City, known for sweeter sauce, has barbecue ice cream www.kansascity.com/living/liv-c...
“Postal services in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Italy said they will stop shipping most merchandise to the US effective immediately. France and Austria will follow Monday, and the United Kingdom Tuesday.” www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
“Under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, use of the military for civilian law enforcement is limited – but the National Guardsmen will be mobilizing under Title 32 Section 502F authority, to which Posse Comitatus does not apply.”
Lenny is great at encouraging innovation in the DMV art scene!
All about the upcoming gigantic, multi-venue Women Artists of the DMV show. My work is at McLean Project for the Arts 🎨
“That time Benito Mussolini declared war on Italian pasta - His plan to replace it with homegrown rice did not go well.” bigthink.com/the-past/pas...
Statement by Heather McPherson, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic, on reports that 150 Canadians have been held by ICE this year. #cdnpoli heathermcpherson.ndp.ca/news/stateme...
Update: “the $8.9 billion is supposed to come from $5.7 billion awarded-but-not-paid to Intel under the Biden administration’s CHIPS Act, as well as $3.2 billion also awarded by the Biden administration through the Secure Enclave program.” techcrunch.com/2025/08/23/t...
We’ll see how this works out for Jonah “The Madisonian structure of our system assumes there will always be another election.” triblive.com/opinion/jona...
stalagmite from Ancient Greek σταλαγμίας (stalagmías) 'dropping, trickling'. stalactite from σταλακτός (stalaktós) 'dripping'. Ole, maybe you could have found some Greek words that sound more different? Now we’re stuck.
Apparently stalactite and stalagmite were both coined in the mid-17th century by Danish physician and naturalist Ole Worm from slightly different Greek words derived from the verb stalassein, meaning "to drip".
These footnotes from a month ago seem important for right now
UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
The rates imply that the US could have nearly 2 million people with sex chromosome trisomies.
The world's largest retailer — like many others — has been absorbing most of the increased costs, but raising prices of some goods.
Note: “Germany imported 67.0 TWh of electricity in 2024, up 23.2% on the previous year’s figure of 54.3 TWh. The country supplying the largest of amount of electricity to Germany was France, with 15.8 TWh”
“Electricity consumption (grid load) in Germany in 2024 was up 0.9% and generation down 4.2% compared to the previous year. Renewables’ share of generation was 59.0%. The average wholesale electricity price fell by 17.5% to €78.51/MWh.” www.smard.de/page/en/topi...
On Amazon: a.co/d/i1nbmE7
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
“There are such things in the world as human rights. They rest upon no conventional foundation, but are external, universal, and indestructible. Among these, is the right of locomotion; the right of migration” www.theunpopulist.net/p/our-compos...
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One step forward to more housing in South Pas: “The Aug. 20 vote may raise the general height limit by 10 feet — from 45 feet to 55 feet” www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/08/21/s...
🌍 M8 earthquake near Drake Passage at 2025-08-22 02:16 UTC More info: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt25234000
China's July 2025 solar production was ~50% higher than its July 2024 solar output! China's solar generated 839 TWh in 2024 and will likely exceed 1,200 TWh in 2025. China's solar will generate in 2025 an amount of electricity equal to about 27% of USA's electricity demand. #energysky
Plato: “They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written” fs.blog/an-old-argum...
Another option in the long term is to expand the House beyond the 435 seats set in 1929: www.amacad.org/ourcommonpur...
Shout out to the Squamish Nation for building some housing! macleans.ca/society/sena...
Why doesn’t the White House Press Corps ask the follow up question now “after seven months in office, has the Administration seen a reduction in the cat eating statistics?”
“Hope and progress” in the struggle for civil rights like the Voting Rights Act…oh afj.org/article/supr...
Just set your password to: “Traveling-in-a-fried-out Kombi”
Stablecoins are not money. They are a bank, and should be regulated as such.
127 Cs sounds very unstable! I prefer my atoms with mass number 127 to be Iodine - 100% stable.
137CS has a half-life of 30 years. I wonder if this was related to a radiotherapy device that met an improper end. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium...
How does radioactive Cesium get in shrimp? There haven’t been atmospheric nuclear tests in quite a while.
At a time when we need reminders of what motivates environmental regulation, here comes a great new PBS documentary "Clearing the Air: The War on Smog." Our @law.ucla.edu faculty help tell the tale of how LA’s noxious smog led to the creation of the EPA and Clean Air Act www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
Trump could have arrested Putin in Alaska…it would have all been over.
If Putin allows a free, democratic, and pro-European Slavic country to exist on the border of Russia, his personal political power (and thus his life) are at risk, so he will never allow that. Putin is the problem.
Nothing says “Interests of Russia” like 250,000 dead and 750,000 wounded for no good reason.
This happened a month ago, but I only heard about it today. I encourage you to read about what happened to this US citizen - an ed. professional - at a port of entry. (Normally, I'd share a news source, but this substack has more details & cites sources.) thesestories.substack.com/p/they-false...
Seriously, although all these filler words bug me too, they have a linguistic point: www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/um-...
Literally, yes, basically :)
Reposting so it is less “quietly” done
Oh sure, worms start sharing memories, what could go wrong?
There was a proposal for a “National Slavery Museum” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
“FS-600 is a small high-range radiation detector, the main function is to monitor X-ray, γ-ray and β-ray.” a.co/d/5OXxHBU
I find edas.info pretty easy to use
Community leaders condemn ICE arrests of construction workers in Alexandria's Chirilagua neighborhood www.alxnow.com/2025/08/18/c...
Elected officials and advocates in Alexandria held a press conference this evening on the site of what they believe to be the first workplace ICE raid in the city. They say several men were detained while on their lunch break doing a roofing job in the Chirilagua neighborhood.
“TOTAL CANADIAN LUMBER TARIFFS RAISED TO MORE THAN 25%” www.rismedia.com/2025/08/07/c...
"But that one of the symbols of local resistance would be a man launching a sandwich is about as unexpected as things get. (That being said, a group of men dumping tea into a harbor did help inspire the Revolutionary War.)" @maustermuhle.bsky.social for @51st.news 51st.news/email/e53cf0...
If BYD is allowed into the US, the only “hellscape” is people getting affordable electric cars.
“We are arresting the mayor right now, per the deputy attorney general of the United States. Anyone that gets in our way, I need you guys to give me a perimeter so I can cuff him.”
Today, Knight Foundation is committing $10M to the Public Media Bridge Fund — part of a nearly $37M effort to support public media. We’re calling on others to join us in ensuring public media remains a pillar of civic life. Read more in @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
Oh “Die AGILITE Six Pack Kleiderbügel-Tasche is a compact yet spacious tactical accessory that increases your readiness. With its optimized geometry, this pouch offers 1.8 liters of storage, instant one-handed access, and an internal elastic retention system…” mssdefence.com/de/produkt/a...
Wisconsin, 1939 - source link: www.life.com/arts-enterta...
“Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a new measure that allows elections at all levels and referendums to be conducted by mail and via the Internet” www.rferl.org/a/putin-sign...
On the other hand, maybe Putin threatened a tactical nuclear strike by an air launched ballistic missile or cruise missile on the Wagner column. Only the crew member inputting the target coordinates would need to know where it was going, and could have even been kept in the dark about the details.
It is still unknown why the Wagner march on Moscow stopped. Did Prigozhin just have a “change of heart”? Or was it due to a military threat? Perhaps Putin did not think he could get the Russian Air Force to have an “eye-to-eye” conventional attack on the Wagner, or that it would be politically bad.
If Putin feels the military situation puts his political control of Russia is at risk (and thus his personal safety), I believe he would be willing to order tactical nuclear weapon strikes on Ukrainian troop masses or Ukrainian command-and-control.
“Article II, Section 1, Clause 2: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress”
AI would have used an em dash
The current US administration has had its extra-legal activities blocked by courts 119 times, so not setting a great example that legislation is actually “binding” on an executive. www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
“The Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation…signed in 1997 between Ukraine and Russia, which fixed the principle of…recognition of the inviolability of existing borders” Russia took Crimea. In 2014. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian...
"With goggles fogging and gears grinding, I perched atop a copper rooftop, pondering how even in a world powered by steam and circuitry, the most complex device still couldn’t replace a broken heart."
When the US military occupied Baghdad “Armed mobs roamed the city looking for plunder.” www.theguardian.com/world/2023/f...
