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Real Name: Edward Cherlin
DOB: 4/29/46
Gender: Male
Location: Utbana, Illinois, USA, 61802
Occupation: Retired
Groups: KosAbility, Climate Hawks, History for Kossacks, Pro Choice, Meatless Advocates Meetup, Anti-Capitalist Meetup, Anti-Capitalist Chat, DKos Sangha, Readers and Book Lovers, SciTech, Spiritual Organization of Unapologetic Liberals at Daily Kos, Welcome New Users, DAILY KOS UNIVERSITY, Black Kos community, In Support of Labor and Unions, America Latina, LatinoKos, Elders of Zion, Street Prophets, Education Alternatives, Kosowatt, Good News, Keynesian Kossacks, Invisible People, Political Language and Messaging, Remembering LGBT History, Psychology of Conservatives and Liberals, Courtesy Kos, Kossacks for Marriage Equality, Climate Change SOS, Indianapolis Kossacks, More and Better Democracies, Whovians on DKos, This Week in the War on Women, Firearms Law and Policy, Obamacare Saves Lives, Climate Action Hub, Nuz Hounds , DK5 Manuals, 50 State Strategy Project, Religious Freedom Day, Tuxville, the End of the Republic, EV Revolution, Climate Change Anxiety Support Group, Regenerative Culture for an Altered Planet, GreenRevolution A Direct Action Environmental Protest Group, Covid19 State by State, Covid19 support group on Daily Kos, Kos Diabetes Group, Talk Radio Monitor, Foreign Policy & International Issues/Events, ClimateBrief, Truth Sandwiches, Boosting Biden Outreach Group, Cat Ladies for Kamala
Hobbies: Math, SF, languages, music, saving the world
Twitter: Mokurai
LinkedIn: Edward Cherlin
Diaries published: 1621 (5 days since last diary on Fri Dec 05, 2025 at 04:00 AM PST)
Comments posted: 60767 (4 days since last comment on Sat Dec 06, 2025 at 04:29 AM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 10107
Total Comment Ratings: 3300
Most Recommended Diary: Thursday GNR: Resistance vs. Epic Fails Galore, 98 comments, 132 recommends
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I have mostly been getting Global Warming news from Bluesky lately, and I have been preoccupied with COP30. I find that I have a backlog of climate-related e-mails. So today I am giving you the best of what I have received in the last month, with links...
by Mokurai
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on Fri Dec 05, 2025 at 04:00 AM PST
with 24 Recommends
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There are a lot of would-be bad guys around, but they are mostly superlatively bad at it. That is especially true for those who claim that karma doesn’t apply to them, and that they are getting away with everything. I am collecting Epic Fail memes to...
by Mokurai
98 comments
on Thu Dec 04, 2025 at 04:00 AM PST
with 132 Recommends
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Medicare has just added another 15 drugs to the Medicare Maximum Fair Prices (MFPs) for prices that will take effect on January 1, 2027. The negotiations for these price cuts began under President ...
by Mokurai
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on Wed Dec 03, 2025 at 09:00 AM PST
with 19 Recommends
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Far too many around the world consider that if the COP process does not immediately and totally condemn fossil fuels and order the end of their use, then the whole process is a failure. This is not ...
by Mokurai
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on Tue Dec 02, 2025 at 03:59 AM PST
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The day after Thanksgiving I commented to my friends in the Good News Roundup that I should write up our family’s plant-based Thanksgiving for this Christmas etc. holiday season, along with my ...
by Mokurai
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on Mon Dec 01, 2025 at 04:00 AM PST
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- Rep. Jim Costa is promoting a Holiday Cards for Veterans program this month. It is his way of giving back to the people that sacrificed everything for our country.49 comments 28 Recs
- Before I get to this week’s good news (and there was a lot!) I want to talk about why I am not sweating SCOTUS’s awful decision to let Texas Gerrymandering stand. First, this SCOTUS is terrible and I only expect terrible from it. I keep my mental...174 comments 271 Recs
- In WAYR?, I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books… I am reading: Obsession: The Life and ...32 comments 26 Recs
- Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News! Several other GNR authors have brought up a fairly study showing how important it is to have hope in our lives. Hereâs another article about it (Andy ...145 comments 152 Recs
- News came yesterday that after throwing a legion of barely-trained Mobiki at the Ukrainian defenses on the Pokrovsky line, the Russian command has decided that is not working(fast enough?). They have to try something new because they’re : 'Crawling...70 comments 247 Recs
- In the last month, we have seen significant weakening of the felon and his enablers. A brief summary of some of the evidence of the increased weakness: The elections in November proved that. And,36 comments 128 Recs
- No matter what holiday people celebrate this time of year is usually celebrated. The days are getting super short and the harvest is in. For us Americans, Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror and ...88 comments 142 Recs
- UPDATE #1, 7:15 pm EST — For Analysis and Live Results Analysis — Voting Trend, begins LIVE at 7:15 pm EST — MS Now, Steve Kornacki — begins LIVE at 7:45 pm EST Live Results (Polls close in TN at 7:00 pm CST, or 8:00 pm EST) — Tennessee Secretary of...161 comments 214 Recs
- There is so much corruption and criming being done by the felon, the felon’s family,�and his cronies and minions. On top of it, he has pardon power, which means many of them are getting�away with ...66 comments 187 Recs
- Good Day, Gnuville! I hope you all had a pleasant Thanksgiving. 🥧🧡🍗 I’d like to open with this nice discussion about Thanksgiving by Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman. Something that really caught my interest and which...155 comments 140 Recs
