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Just watched “Red Elvis: the Cold War Cowboy” on Curiosity Stream. Do any of you remember (or have you heard of) Dean Reed? I found it quite fascinating. And sad. Here’s another film about him (American Rebel) on YouTube:
youtu.be/lBZziSBxwwY

Here are some plays that are now illegal to perform in Tennessee:
Hairspray
Chicago
Rocky Horror
Matilda
Kinky Boots
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Victor/Victoria
La Cage Aux Folles
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Rent
Peter Pan
Tyler Perry's entire canon
M. Butterfly
Mrs. Doubtfire
Some Like It Hot
Yentl
Les Miserables
Head Over Heels
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Tootsie
As You Like It
Twelfth Night
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merchant of Venice
Cymbeline

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BEWARE —
"A sugar replacement called erythritol – used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products – has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study."

cnn.com/2023/02/27/health/zero


This Canadian technology could replace portions of damaged Soviet-era apartments without needing to demolish the buildings altogether.

architizer.com/blog/inspiratio

I live where wonder still exists

humpback whales, alaska 🐳
photo ~ scott methvin

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday announced a new $5.5 billion financial aid package for and will mark the first anniversary of the war by hosting an online Group of Seven summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

apnews.com/article/russia-ukra

🧵Rachel Simmons Madonna’s face was trending at last night Grammy’s. Observers tweeted their astonishment at her apparent use of plastic surgery. “Fans ‘so confused’ by Madonna’s ‘new face’ at Grammys 2023,” went the headline in the New York Post’s Page Six.

“Whaaaaaat happened to Madonna’s face?! ,” said one typical message.

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threadreaderapp.com/thread/161

timothy snyder [professor of history at yale] unpacks the issues surrounding the FBI [non-]investigation of russian interference in the USA 2016 presidential election – and the dangers looming over the 2024 election.

GQP

~*Reuters-no sub needed*~

'Trump fatigue' in New Hampshire complicates 2024 White House bid

archive.vn/Pwg4b#selection-441
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Norway finds 'substantial' mineral resources on its seabed

archive.vn/Pb74A#selection-433
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Fighting intensifies in east Ukraine, Kyiv seeks more weapons

archive.vn/6ivcq#selection-441
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McCarthy threw Adam Schiff—who was key in chasing down Trump’s machinations over Ukraine—off the House intelligence committee. “Schiff is [an] expert on Russian influence operations,” Snyder wrote. “It exhibits carelessness about national security to exclude him. It is downright suspicious to exclude him now.”
heathercoxrichardson.substack.

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In Perspective

CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.