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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
Note about a friend in Ashville
Ed note: I received this note today from a friend who was able to contact a mutual friend in Ashville, NC. Hard to imagine. Are we ready here with water, supplies, sanitation and cash? “I had a good full talk … Continue reading
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60 Minutes, Medicare and more — comments from Heather Cox Richardson
“It’s been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates for president sit down with 60 Minutes in October,” host Scott Pelley said to the camera last night before 60 Minutes aired an interview with … Continue reading
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Art on screens at Museum House
The twin towers just east of the Cascade Tower are opening in the coming months. They are beginning to show art (hard to discern) on exterior screens. Not sure how this is really going to work but here’s a current … Continue reading
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Telecom giant AT&T to remove 8 miles of lead cables in Lake Tahoe after legal battle
A remnant of an old telecommunications system, the lead cables were forgotten for decades By Julie Brown Davis, Tahoe Editor (thanks to Pam P.) Lake Tahoe is one of the most protected bodies of water in the country — and yet, … Continue reading
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Trick or “Treat” at Mar-a-Lago
Thanks to Pam P.
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Contraceptive pill available over the counter for more women in NSW after ‘huge success’ of trial
from The Guardian – Thanks to Pam P. No requirement to go to GP for new prescription for pill, as long as it has been taken for at least two years More women in New South Wales will have easier access to … Continue reading
Nice to see PCC help with recycling
Thanks to Mary M. RECYCLE WITH SEADRUNAR Bring the plastic bags, wraps and films that aren’t accepted curbside to your neighborhood co-op. Our partner Seadrunar is breaking down barriers to recycling with a program that supports the wellbeing of planet … Continue reading
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Elon Musk Presides Over Yet Another Failed Launch
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images BUTLER, PA (The Borowitz Report)—In what experts are calling his most embarrassing implosion ever, Tesla CEO Elon Musk presided over yet another failed launch on Saturday. As Musk looked on, a visibly impaired rocket started emitting abnormal, … Continue reading
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Platforms and shelters improperly built on new Capitol Hill RapidRide
By Nicholas Deshais Seattle Times staff reporter Three station platforms aren’t the correct height for wheelchair access — and 25 shelters need to be removed, welded and painted again — along Seattle’s latest addition to its RapidRide bus service. The … Continue reading
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What I’m Thinking About on the First Anniversary of the War
By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist in the NYT So what am I thinking about on this first anniversary of the Hamas-Hezbollah-Iran-Israel war? Something my strategy teacher, Prof. John Arquilla of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, taught me: All wars come … Continue reading
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Regressive Burden: WA’s Climate Act Taxes the Working Class
by Casey Corr in the Post Alley commentary — thanks to Ed M. Twelve years ago, I left my hometown of soggy Seattle and moved to dry Yakima, where my wife and I bought land overlooking acres of shrub steppe … Continue reading
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Falsely justifying high tariffs – commentary by Heather Cox Richardson
William McKinley is having a moment (which I confess is a sentence I never expected to write). Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is elevating McKinley, representative from Ohio from 1877 to 1891 and president from 1897 to 1901, to justify … Continue reading
Will this judgement apply to his other crimes?
Thanks to Diana C. – Time’s cover a few month’s ago For six weeks, the former most powerful man in the world sat like an ordinary citizen in a drab courtroom, a criminal defendant being judged by a jury of … Continue reading
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From Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge to Juan Soto, Bryce Harper: 16 players in MLB playoffs who earn more than entire Tigers roster
from Sportskeeda – thanks to Mike C.
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A history of the “stolen” 2020 election by Heather Cox Richardson
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After a Decade, Scientists Unveil Fly Brain in Stunning Detail
Scientists have mapped out how 140,000 neurons are wired in the brain of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. By Carl Zimmer Oct. 2, 2024 A fruit fly’s brain is smaller than a poppy seed, but it packs tremendous complexity into that … Continue reading
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John Green, Jodi Picoult, Angie Thomas join publishers in lawsuit fighting Florida book bans
From GoodGoodGood – thanks to Pam P. Authors John Green, Jodi Picoult, and Angie Thomas have three things in common: They’re all majorly successful writers, their books have been banned in states across the country, and now, they’re joining a lawsuit to fight … Continue reading
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