To win a war they cannot avoid, Chief Justice Roberts and his allies must rediscover their belief in a simple notion: The American president is not above the law.
The Supreme Court Must Rescue Itself From Its Own Madness
To stand up to Trump’s lawless power grabs, the Roberts court must disavow its own mirror-image corruptions. It may yet feel obliged to do just that.The New Republic
BREAKING: The FDA has approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine—but only for older adults and high-risk individuals over 12. Critics warn it’s a blow to public health. “I think the goal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is to make vaccines less available, more expensive, and more feared.” — Dr. Offit.
shorturl.at/bwfxj #press
Pretty sure that the Wayne Foundation's idea of "the ultimate price" is "billionaires paying their fair share of taxes"
⚠️🇺🇦What’s happening in the Kursk Region (Reporting from Ukraine VIDEO) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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Events for the 18th of May from Wikipedia:
• 1291: Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_…
• Birth (1981) of Mahamadou Diarra, Malian international footballer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamado…
• Death (1910) of Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Or…
#history #events #historical #today @histodons
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa. At Booie, QLD.
#birds #birdwatching #photography #darktable #wildlifephotography
#nature #wildlife #australia #inaturalist #ecology #biodiversity
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iNaturalist is a social network for naturalists! Record your observations of plants and animals, share them with friends and researchers, and learn about the natural world.iNaturalist
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Ukraine, Estonia sign cultural cooperation program
Ukraine's Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Mykola Tochytskyi and Estonia's Minister of Culture Heidy Purga have signed a cultural cooperation program for 2025-2029. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Russian army destroys 19th-century wooden church in Donetsk region
In Novotroitske, Donetsk region, Russian forces have destroyed the wooden Holy Trinity Church, built in the 19th century. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Jasmine Paolini domina in finale e vince gli Internazionali d’Italia
Superata senza intoppi l'americana Coco Gauff con il punteggio di 6-4, 6-2. Festa per la tennista di Bagni di Lucca
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Occupiers remove equipment from military base in Sevastopol – Atesh
Partisans have reported that Russian invading forces have removed military equipment from a base in Sevastopol, located in temporarily occupied Crimea. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
HWiNFO v8.26公開。Radeon RX 9070 GREをサポート、他
2025年5月18日未分類PCシステムモニタリングアプリケーションであるHWiNFO v8.26が公開されました。今回のアップデートでは以下のサポートの追加や不具合の修正、改善等が含まれています。▼HWiNFO v8.WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
One Dead as Bomb Damages Palm Springs Fertility Clinic, Trump Will Speak with Putin & Zelenskiy, More
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2025-05-18/bomb-damages-fertility-clinic-trump-will-speak-with-putin-more?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Podcasts @podcasts-bloomberg
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
NG chief Pivnenko on enemy fiber-optic drones: like spider webs over front line
The commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, Brigadier General Oleksandr Pivnenko, has demonstrated the use of fiber optics on the routes of Russian drones. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
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Call for EU ban on anti-LGBTQ 'conversion' gets 1 million signatures
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Wouldn't it be we're 2.54 centimetering towards the metric system?
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Russia holds sham trial and sentences Australian man volunteering for Ukraine to 13 years in a Russian prison.
How long will we keep tolerating Putin’s sick games?
Two drawings in booklet, back of drawing and front of drawing
gouache, wool and pencil on paper in book
size of one drawing: 14 x 16 cm
#drawing #zeichnung #tekening #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #artbook #embroideryonpaper #embroidery #workonpaper #sztuka #dessin #abstractart #stitch #mixedmedia
US Wants To Exploit Bases In Brazil And Provoke The Country Over Its Role In BRICS
The plan by American diplomats to achieve rights for the United States to use Brazilian military bases is a radical maneuver and a political provocation against Brazil, particularly given its relationship with BRICS partners, especially China.Anonymous834 (South Front)
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@ridetheory in The Aarhus Library in Denmark you can have a giant bell give a single BONG when your baby is born.
It just about scared the sh&t out of me when I was in the library passing time.
Hidden Belgium: Ai Nati Oggi
Every time a child is born in one of the city’s four maternity hospitals, the mother is invited to push a button on the wall. It sends a signal that causes the street lights to flash.www.brusselstimes.com
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That 3am comment from Alexa makes this song even more creepy...
"Talking in Your Sleep" by The Romantics (1983)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=JmGMzyaj…
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.m.youtube.com
Saturday, tied for year’s warmest day, seemed among its best
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/05/17/weather-warm-washington-breezy-bright/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Local @local-WashPost
#OnThisDay, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, and called for Māori women to have the vote and to be members of the parliament.
#AotearoaHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
![A visiting card by F W Mason with a photo of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia. She is a Māori woman in a dark fitted jacket with a pale bow at her neck. Her hair is in a plaited bun.
Image credit: Mason, Frederick W., photographer. [Copy of Portrait of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia]. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-NEG-C5101.](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/46440873 "A visiting card by F W Mason with a photo of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia. She is a Māori woman in a dark fitted jacket with a pale bow at her neck. Her hair is in a plaited bun.
Image credit: Mason, Frederick W., photographer. [Copy of Portrait of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia]. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-NEG-C5101.")
White House considering suspending habeas corpus for deportations, Trump adviser Steven Miller says - UPI.com
The Trump administration is "actively looking at" suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is the right to challenge the legality of a person's detention by the government, senior adviser Stephen Miller said.UPI
Germany’s Merz urges EU to scrap green business rules
Germany’s newly appointed Chancellor Friedrich Merz has publicly called on the European Union to repeal the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a cornerstone of the bloc’s ESG regulatory framework.WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
I love when they leave hand prints! While we are not of the culture that created these impressions--and we have no clue what they mean--I don't think its insensitive to suggest that, in addition to what the hand prints meant to the people that made them, they also send a clear message across the millennia telling us that, "I was here."
#VisitWithRespect @Archaeology #Geology #Canyon #Desert #Photography
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Hamas: Witkoff vowed to lift Gaza blockade in exchange for American-Israeli captive Edan Alexander
Hamas says US special envoy Witkoff promised that the US would pressure Israel to end the Gaza blockade and permit humanitarian access within two days of freeing American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander.PressTV
Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier."
An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home.farmingdale-observer.com
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#Photography #GltchedPhotography #Glitch_Art #glitch_Photography #SurrealPhotography #SurrealArt #Dreamscape #Dreams #ImpliedSpace #EOS #EOS90D #MastoArt #Art #DigitalArt
Fascinating! Vintage undeveloped #film /photos found. Taken during the late 1960s #SanFrancisco I really hope they are able to develop all of them, and discover the identity of the wonderful photographer who took this now historic #photography
Story here:
youtu.be/c70oFiGTv90?si=JBHJAJ…
「欧州連合は中国よりもひどい」トランプ大統領の次の標的はEU 交渉失敗に備えEUは報復措置を準備（TBS CROSS DIG with Bloomberg）｜ｄメニューニュース（NTTドコモ）
「欧州連合は中国よりもひどい」トランプ大統領の次の標的はEU 交渉失敗に備えEUは報復措置を準備米国と中国が100％を超える高関税を90日間停止することで合意した直後、トランプ大統領は「欧州連合（ＥＵ）は中国よりもひどい」と発言し、関税交渉の次なる標的をＥＵに定めた。欧州の27ヶ国が加盟するＥＵは、「域内無関税・域外共通関税」の関税同盟を形成するため、貿易相手先としては一体の地域圏と見做すことができる。米国の対ＥＵ諸国向けの貿易収支をみると、欧州最大の貿易港を持つオランダ向けが巨額の黒字（最終仕…WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
Thinking of switching to Surf Fiber internet from the Comcast Xfinity Cable I currently have - any suggestions?
I got a flyer in the snail mail the other day that said "surf fiber internet will soon be available to you". My Mom has fiber internet in another state, and I know it's fast for her (albeit she has verizon fios). I live in the USA Midwest Chicago area- and I have had comcast xfinity for 20+ years here. They are a ripoff. I am charged 88.95 a month USD. I have no TV or any other services other than basic internet (I think it's the second lowest speed- they may call it "performance internet")
What I did notice (and this may be a coincidence) was that they must be doing some construction on my street because they made survey marks on my property and painted where the gas line and water lines are. Could this be because they are putting in the fiber cables?
Thinking of switching but want to get opinions of others. Besides cost reasons, comcast can suck off because they are basically part of other hollywood support corporations that are part of ACE. (this is the other reason I want to do it)
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A 14-step guide to taking a (fleeting) break from social media
Meditate instead of scrolling. Ha, just kidding. Doomscroll on news sites and gnash your teeth at the state of the worldEleanor Limprecht (The Guardian)
On your side. Until you block their ads.
Also, what does “better options” mean?
Austria's JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with pop-opera song 'Wasted Love.' Israel comes 2nd
https://apnews.com/article/eurovision-song-contest-grand-final-38de9d9fc86f75180036a6834edae2c2?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-AssociatedPress
A team of global publishers are working together to fund translations from non-colonial African languages into English.
Why?
- In all times and especially these times, authentic global storytelling is essential.
- You will enjoy reading stories from perspectives you have not before seen, and that are not created by requiring stories to be told in English.
- Our languages are as essential to our being to our culture as our stories.
Help me End AIDS with AIDS/LifeCycle 2025!
I'm supporting AIDS/LifeCycle 2025 to help support the life-changing services of San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Will you join in our mission End AIDS?AIDS/LifeCycle
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📷 Pentax KX | 🎞️ Ilford 400 (developed in Rodinal 1+50) |📍 Minnesota
#FilmPhotography #Ilford #PentaxKX #AnalogPhotography #35mmFilm #ShootFilm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #RainyMood #MoodyDays #BelieveInFilm #EverydayLife #FilmIsNotDead #AnalogVibes #Stillnes #Rain #BlackAndWhite #BW #photography #photo
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How long do you keep your spinning hard drives in service? - StrawPoll
What is your opinion? Vote now: Replace them as soon as warranty expires, Replace them after a certain amount of years, Replace them as soon as a threshhold of errors is reached, RepStrawPoll
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N.J. designates May 18 as Six Triple Eight Day to celebrate Black all-female World War II unit
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N.J. designates May 18 as Six Triple Eight Day to celebrate Black all-female World War II unit
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion played a crucial but overlooked role, clearing a backlog of millions of pieces of mail sent overseas to soldiers in Europe.Melanie Burney (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Le classifiche delle due semifinali dell'Eurovision Song Contest 2025, decise dal solo televoto. L'Ucraina ha vinto la prima, Israele la seconda.
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Eurovision 2025: le semifinali sono state vinte da Ucraina ed Israele
Le classifiche delle due semifinali dell'Eurovision Song Contest 2025, decise dal solo televoto. L'Ucraina ha vinto la prima, Israele la seconda.Donato Cafarelli (Eurofestival News)
#Photography #Nature #ElliotLake #SpineBeach #RetroColour #RetroPhoto #Environment #ImpliedSpace #NorthernOntario #EOS #EOS90D #MastoArt #Art
Bringing back the punishing factory floor to make America great again is like giving yourself severe acne to recapture your youth.
slate.com/life/2025/05/trump-t…
Trump Wants to Bring Back Factory Jobs. I Worked on the Assembly Line. It Was Hell.
trump-tariffs-american-manufacturing-factory-jobs-work-laborFranklin Schneider (Slate)
Behind Bars and Binaries: Music, Identity, and the Fight for Liberation
In the first part of the program, Nikki Morse, Noam Brown and Prince Jooveh talk about the album Bending the Bars, a project created via makeshift jail phone setups in order to uplift and amplify the voices of incarcerated musicians.Kate Horgan (Project Censored)
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Ecco i risultati completi del televoto e delle giurie di Italia e San Marino nella prima semifinale e nella finale dell'Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
eurofestivalnews.com/2025/05/1…
Eurovision 2025: come hanno votato pubblico e giurie di Italia e San Marino
I risultati completi del televoto e delle giurie di Italia e San Marino nella prima semifinale e nella finale dell'Eurovision Song Contest 2025.Donato Cafarelli (Eurofestival News)
Candidato del PLN definirá género de encabezamientos de diputaciones
El candidato presidencial del Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN), Álvaro Ramos, será quien defina el género de los encabezamientos de las próximas papeletas de diputaciones en todas las provincias. Así lo establece uno de los tres reglamentos que la Asamblea Nacional de la agrupación política aprobó este sábado. Miguel Guillén, secretario general del partido, e [...]
#Nacionales #PLN #Política #VisualB
DeChambeau collapses on Green Mile, falling from 1st to tie for 8th at PGA Championship
https://apnews.com/article/pga-championship-bryson-dechambeau-8f6b2197565de4a44b1519b04ca3f3de?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Sports @sports-AssociatedPress
TODAY IS THE FESTIVAL OF ANTINOUS IN HIS GUISE AS PAN AND CERNUNNOS
THE 18th of May is the festival of Pan and Cernunnos, Old Horny ... an aspect of Antinous in this art by ANTONIUS SUBIA . Pan represents t...antinousstars.blogspot.com
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