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ATTENTION!!!!!!! Gangster ALERT....elected officials rorting the system....keeping the Algorithm ticking 👍👍along...retweeting informative content....☮

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“When our genes could not store all the information necessary for survival, we slowly invented brains. But then the time came, perhaps ten thousand years ago, when we needed to know more than could conveniently be contained in brains. So we learned to stockpile enormous quantities of information outside our bodies. We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes nor in our brains. The warehouse of that memory is called the library.

A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called ‘leaves’) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person - perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.”

— Carl Sagan

[Michael Taylor @AusIndiMedia]

“Hanson spoke at CPAC, endorsing Trump’s policies and expressing her desire to replicate them in Australia.

If you only read one thing - if you share one thing with someone – make it this.” Outstanding read from @SueBarrett (Link to full article in replies below).

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@smc429 @Acyn Heard Island applauds you.

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@mark_giltrow @7NewsSydney Bot
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@HunterBiden Tapper on tap
a poison to avoid

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@FordJohnathan5 @tedlieu Seriously folks...this is the end

World Gone Wrong

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Hunter Biden SHREDS the media's double standard toward the Trump family in one devastating post — and EVERY word is documented.

Hunter Biden just posted something on X that cuts right to the heart of America's broken media landscape — and it's IMPOSSIBLE to argue with.

"So let me get this straight," he wrote. "Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom," referring to the comments the CNN anchor has made about disbelieving some of the claims in Jill Biden’s latest memoir.

"Meanwhile, Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land." TRUE. Over 100,000 Albanians are in the streets. Anti-corruption prosecutors have opened an investigation. Flamingo habitats are being bulldozed. It BARELY registers on mainstream media.

"Don Jr. married the daughter of Epstein's banker." Also TRUE. While Epstein survivors read their FBI abuse reports aloud outside the Justice Department, Pam Bondi refused to answer a even a SINGLE question about Trump and the Epstein files, and DOJ lawyers intervened to make sure she didn't.

"A startup that Donald Jr. fund backs just got a record $620 million Pentagon loan." FACTCHECK: ALSO TRUE. While Trump's own financial disclosures show him trading stock in companies his administration then hands billion-dollar contracts to, Don Jr.'s SHADY investment connections to Pentagon contractors receive almost NO scrutiny from mainstream media.

"Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5 billion in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted." Also TRUE, but that story got almost NO coverage.

And then Hunter Biden delivered the punchline that lands like a sledgehammer: "And I know: 'But what about your paintings, Hunter?'"

HUNTER IS 100% RIGHT: His art sales, laptop, and legal troubles consumed years of breathless media coverage. The Trump children's CORRUPT overseas business deals, foreign investments, Pentagon contracts, and connections to Jeffrey Epstein's associates a free pass.

And while Jake Tapper attacks Jill Biden is being attacked for a book, Jared Kushner is bulldozing protected wetlands for a $4 billion resort while his father-in-law runs foreign policy, while raising BILLIONS from shady deals with foreign governments.

There is simply NO comparison!

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[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Here's what happens to your nation's air defenses when the budget for Pansirs ends up in Swiss Bank accounts, luxury flats in Knightsbridge and the Paris apartments of mistresses with a fondness for Versace Crocodile skin toilet seat covers.

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@lmauricecpr @wd5jlr Mason minus the N
10,000 dune buggies
Comin down the mountain

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@DemocraticWins The MAGA hat conviently placed says everything you need to know about Hamburger Kat....blah blah..lap it up lapdog.

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@maddenifico

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@pelinylm06 Warning...Bullshit post for clicks.

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@AdamParkhomenko WTF....no mention of his collapsed sphincter.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

You can crash your yard's mosquito population without spraying a single chemical with a Mosquito Bucket of Doom.

Fill a 5-gallon bucket about two-thirds with water. Drop in a handful of grass clippings, leaves, or hay. Let it sit for a day, then drop in a Bti dunk (also called Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, sold at any hardware store as "mosquito dunks," about $10 for six).

Mosquitoes are powerfully attracted to fermenting water and will lay their eggs in your bucket. Bti is a naturally occurring soil bacterium that produces a toxin that kills mosquito, blackfly, and fungus gnat larvae only.

This method doesn't harm bees, butterflies, fireflies, fish, frogs, birds, pets, or people. BTI dunks are EPA-approved for organic use and safe in animal water troughs and birdbaths.

One dunk lasts about 30 days. Top off the water as it evaporates. Cover with 1/2-in Mesh Hardware Cloth to prevent animals from getting trapped and put the bucket somewhere shady where pets and kids won't get into it.

The bucket becomes a mosquito magnet and a dead end. Compare that to fogging the entire yard with pyrethroids, which kills every insect in it, including the predators that eat mosquitoes.

Doug Tallamy's Homegrown National Park has been running the "Mosquito Bucket Challenge" since 2021. The more buckets in a neighborhood, the bigger the dent. One bucket per yard is a great start.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

In 1969, a terrified 22-year-old singer sat backstage at Woodstock with no guaranteed performance slot, no band, and barely anyone who knew her name.

Her name was Melanie Safka.

She had arrived believing Woodstock was just a small arts festival.

Then she saw it:

Nearly half a million people stretched across muddy fields in rural New York.

Backstage, famous musicians filled the main compounds while Melanie waited alone in a small tent, repeatedly being told:

“You’re next.”

Then:
“Actually, not yet.”

The stress became so intense she developed a violent nervous cough and feared she would lose her voice before ever reaching the stage.

Then Joan Baez quietly sent her tea and honey.

A small act of kindness Melanie never forgot.

Soon after, disaster struck the festival.

Rain poured across the grounds.
Equipment failed.
Schedules collapsed.

One band refused to perform in the storm because they feared damaging their instruments.

Organizers suddenly needed someone — anyone — willing to go onstage immediately.

They chose Melanie.

Alone with only a guitar, she walked onto the Woodstock stage wearing a red tunic and sat on a simple folding chair before one of the largest crowds in music history.

No backup band.
No production.
Just one frightened young woman facing 500,000 strangers.

Then something magical happened.

Members of the Hog Farm had handed candles out to the audience.

As Melanie sang, people began lighting them.

A few lights became hundreds.
Hundreds became thousands.

The dark, rain-soaked hillside transformed into a glowing sea of flickering light.

That moment inspired Melanie to write “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” which became an international hit.

And many music historians believe it helped inspire the concert tradition we still see today:

Audiences raising lights together during emotional songs.

Today it’s phone flashlights.

But the feeling is the same.

Light finding light.

Melanie never fit comfortably inside the music industry.

She was too unconventional for pop.
Too gentle for hard rock.
Too independent for corporate labels.

So she did something almost unheard of for a woman in the early 1970s:

She started her own record label.

Then she released “Brand New Key.”

It became a worldwide #1 hit.

Melanie spent decades making music entirely on her own terms, releasing more than 30 albums and inspiring generations of independent artists.

She died in January 2024 at age 76 while still working on new music.

Her children asked fans to light candles in her memory.

A perfect farewell.

Because decades earlier, on a rainy night at Woodstock, a frightened young woman accidentally created one of music’s most enduring symbols of human connection.

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@TheUnOz @lesstenny It's been said that if you lick her skin you hallucinate.

[Jimmy Carter Presidential Library @CarterLibrary]

Happy 85th birthday Bob Dylan! Dylan and Carter shared a close friendship that began in 1974, with Carter describing Dylan as one of his best friends. The bond, rooted in a mutual appreciation for songwriting and "kindred" spirits, lasted until Carter's passing.

[Susan @ifudontlike2bad]

If you think you have read everything about Mike Johnson think again. 🧵
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Mike Johnson has filed federal disclosures for 8 yrs & reports no bank acct, no savings, no retirement fund, no investments.
His office later admitted he does have a bank acct, but earns 0 interest so

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