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It's James Taylor's birthday.
So posting this is required.
A song about a friend who committed suicide.
Most of us have one of those.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1nKGVDhQ60
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4 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump and 14th Amendment - 🎁 Excellent analysis
https://wapo.st/3T0OLYz
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Here's a startup in Greenland chopping up ancient glaciers to ship the ice to cocktail bars in DUBAI.
Why are there even COCKTAIL BARS in DUBAI!?
https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/business/startup-is-shipping-ancient-arctic-ice-to-dubai-bars/
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Urban areas in the United States generate an estimated 59.5 million acre-feet of stormwater runoff per year on average—equal to 53 billion gallons each day—according to a new report from the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit research group specializing in water. Over the course of the year, that equates to 93 percent of total municipal and industrial water use.
if you see this, I invite you to post a picture from whatever device you are using without explanation
A tune from the Who's abandoned Lifehouse project (an unfinished sci-fi rock opera that was to be their follow-up to Tommy)
Mary - Pete Townsend
#CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHe7eNrmV0o
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( I don't know about you, but I think this is good news.)
White House, tribal leaders hail ‘historic’ deal to restore salmon runs in Pacific Northwest
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of Oregon and Washington celebrated on Friday as they signed papers formally launching a $1 billion plan to help recover depleted salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest.
By Matthew Daly
For years I kept one guitar tuned to GADDAD, or Celtic Tuning, just to practice this song. Plus you can get some really great drone sounds out of it.
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
#CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEYqSorzOZs
They were talking about this on the Daily Show & I thought surely it was a joke. No.
In unprecedented decision, Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are children. It could have chilling effects on IVF, critics say
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/20/us/alabama-embryo-law-ruling-supreme-court/index.html
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Just discovered this awesome Netflix series on Our Great National Parks narrated by Obama. It’s not just on America’s parks. Beautifully filmed and narrated… just hearing his wonderful voice fills me with joy for days gone by.
Shawn Phillips was huge among the crowd I hung around with back in the 70s & early 80s.
He seems largely forgotten now.
Landscape, about a car trip through Italy.
#CoSoMusic @Eulimnadian @pewtergod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwAtsFZZRws&list=OLAK5uy_l_doctfzMnCOPsrPK9-qrcGLFQXrkExf4&index=1
Pete Townsend & Ronnie Lane - A Heart To Hang Onto
#CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ4PIFeofd4
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One of Malaysia's biggest media sites apparently wants to see notorious reactionary troll Ian Miles "Antboy" Cheong charged with sedition.
https://time.com/6694681/ian-miles-cheong-malaysia-execution-internet-trending-israel/
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Justice Department Conducts Court-Authorized Disruption of Botnet Controlled by the Russian Federation’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU).
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-conducts-court-authorized-disruption-botnet-controlled-russian
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Teen illegally working at chicken processing plant killed in horrific fashion https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/16-year-old-boy-dies-being-pulled-into-deboning-machine-while-illegally-working-at-beleaguered-chicken-processing-plant-with-history-of-violations-lawsuit/ #news
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some states were specifically incorporated to get more senators to help Presidents get laws passed
Yes. we need a do over. Kind of federal level gerrymandering
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