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Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought." h/t MSNBC

Today is a good day to cancel those streaming services you’re not using very much, and contribute monthly to your local PBS and NPR stations instead.

I hadn’t seen this 2019 video of Stephen Colbert singing with Oscar the Grouch until today, and man oh man, was it just the hopeful reminder I needed. 💞

The US has pulled from the World Health Organization, the UN Human Rights Council, and now the UN Edu, Sci, and Cultural Org. This administration doesn't care about partnership. If the US needed help, would anyone come?

Thank you Sho Sato and International Game Developers Association Japan for organizing the Kyoto Serious Games Summit! I was sad to need to attend remotely but enjoyed the opportunity to hear more about Japanese serious games. May there be many more future events!

Come on, America. This is the worst kind of self-own. We need MORE Tae Heung Kims, not FEWER.

It is appalling how little coverage the shootings at the CDC received. A government agency was attacked with over 180 rounds of gunfire and David Rose, a responding police officer, was killed in the line of duty. Vaccine disinformation and hostility against science have

Better to keep your mouth shut than open it and expose your idiocy

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state needs to do this!

Don’t forget to give yourself sun, water, and all the time and space you need to grow! 🌻

Wow! Found in a stack of old newspapers

We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself nytimes.com/2025/09/08/opi… via @NYTOpinion

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In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

Apparently our local ABC station in Seattle won't be showing Jimmy Kimmel tonight. Where can we watch it live, Seattle? #JimmyKimmel #JimmyKimmelLive

We just saw a fire engine pulled up and emergency personnel running toward the International Fountain at Seattle Center... a group of people were huddled around someone sitting and someone lying down... I hope they're okay!

Thanks, Donald J. Trump!!