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In support of Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian freedom , we’re very proud to announce, Modesto,�California just performed the first world premiere of Dmytro Klebanov’s Symphony In Memory of�The ...

A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� Watch this Trump Cabinet meeting devolve into ass-kissing ...

The Hall of World War II in the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon is a huge exhibit showing World War II in models. One exhibit shows the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

We don’t know for sure how long humans have been� wearing clothes. But we can be certain that sometime after clothing was “invented” the need to wash or clean clothes to rid them of dirt, ...

How many billionaires does it take to fill a lagoon with millions of gallons of industrial wastewater?� Apparently, just one.� Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has caused quite a stir in Florida’s ...

Republicans were forced on the defensive this week after a slew of new economic data confirmed what regular Americans already know: President Donald Trump’s economy is a mismanaged disaster.� ...

Tariffs, extreme weather events and the president’s funding cuts are contributing to increasing rates, sometimes by double digits. By� Marcus Baram �for Capital & ...

Bold statement, yes, but backed up by this Wall Street Journal article on the “peace negotiations” being run by Trump’s special envoy. � The take away from the article is that in exchange for ...

Hello, my sanity-starved friends!

A quiet battle has played out in court over money that “sanctuary” states say is needed to fight true extremist threats from both ends of the political spectrum. by � Tony Schick ,� Oregon ...

The disappearance of a federally mandated report to address high numbers of Indigenous deaths, disappearances, and trafficking has exposed a deeper setback. The administration has reduced a national ...

Good morning, folks. I don’t know if you have seen snow yet this season—or even if you typically�do—but I just came in from traipsing through about eight inches of�white stuff�when it’s ...

A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related |� Why can't Trump remember why he had an MRI?

Good morning, Newdists!� Aren’t you lot cold, going around all Newd and such?� Get yer clothes on, grab a cuppa and warm up with us for a bit!

Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886. He is probably best known for his murals and or being Frida Kahlo's husband. An assortment of his works, mostly parts of various murals can be found on ...

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it’s been a�busy couple weeks here at casa del plumber...TLO married...grandma getting a new knee. very well could be at the hospital when this is posted...but will be checking in regardless “...

With apologies in advance for almost turning this diary into a travelogue... I met Tanya on this site in 2013 when she wrote to me expressing her astonishment at our shared intimate knowledge of ...

I’m a rookie when it comes to these diaries so I am not sure what themes have already been used and which ones haven’t. I don’t remember this one but it was probably used before. Hopefully it was long enough ago that y’all don’t mind doing it again....

It has been nearly five years since Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection against the United States, exhorting his MAGA cult followers to storm the Capitol in order to undermine democracy and retain his authoritarian grip on power. On that day...

Lacking imagination, bigots and transphobe trolls ‘deadname’ trans people on social media by misgendering them or using their pre-transition name. They think they’re being clever, much like the close of drag shows or in older media when the wig is torn...

I sat on the floor, surrounded by unwrapped gifts. I took stock. Wrapping paper? Check. Scissors? Check. Tape? I picked up the tape and held it in the air. “Check,” I said. “Check what?” ...

Damage from Russian bombings to the Chernobyl site will require extensive repair. The containment building had already passed its supposed lifespan before the Russian attack. In February a drone strike blew a hole in the “new safe confinement”, which...

Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon, hosts an Annual Dahlia Festival. The Festival features 50 acres of Dahlias. Dahlias were originally native to Mesoamerica where they were domesticated by ...

A set-up by reactionaries who believe that sex is biological, gender is ideology, and that if they ask people what women are, they will advance Christian Nationalism. This “pre-med” student wrote a reactionary rather than a reaction paper to an...

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on December 4 to 5. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 137 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other strike drones, of which about 90 were Shaheds, from...

Venusian pasta and Martian waffles. How so easy it is to promote binary cognitive models that oppress entire populations using anachronistic�ideologies, because there’s always the promise of ...