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For today, just some calming, contemplative music… multicultural, by one of our master composers.  Happy Holidays to all, from all cultures and backgrounds!  Hope you had a great  Rosh Chodesh ...

Greetings one and all. I hope you all are safe and well. I’m sorry to say that I’ve got a bit of a personal medical issue that our awesome public health system is addressing promptly, but it may ...

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"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy." — U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff Rep. Jim Hines (D-CT) has called the latest Witkoff/Rubio kerfuffle a “Goat Rodeo” What does goat rodeo mean? A goat rodeo is a slang term for something going totally,...

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...

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This is just...beneath pathetic. As reported by Chris Cameron and Maxine Joselow, writing for the New York Times: The Trump administration will raise prices and add new fees next year for international tourists visiting national parks, the latest...

Unfortunately, I have been very busy with all things Thanksgiving this week in addition to my sister getting a new job as a Supervisor of Special Ed in my mom’s hometown. That will necessitate her ...

Good evening, everyone. The publishing industry has entered its end of the year doldrums. They have already released most of their top titles of the Fall season, with hopes of selling lots of copies ...

Tōshi Yoshida : Autumn in Hakone (1954) Good evening, Kibitzers! I hope everyone is set for the holiday, and not needing to travel ...

Sometimes a book comes along that garners a great deal of public attention, even getting noticed by pop culture. Buckeye by Patrick Ryan is such a book, chosen for one of the celebrity book clubs (...

Donald Trump has once again declared that this is the week he finally reveals his big healthcare plan. Stop me if you have heard this one before. Actually, do not bother, because we have all heard this one before. It is Infratructure Week all over...

WELCOME TO THE EVENING SHADE A SANCTUARY OF SANITY AFTER A LONG HARD DAY OF FIGHTING FASCISM YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS (Or NOT As the CASE MAY BE) AND EVEN MORE CRITTERS THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS...

Randall Munroe, creator of the XKCD comic strip, published this comic yesterday titled “Fifteen Years.” This comic is the fourth one in a series since 2012 - 2012: Two Years, 2017: Seven Years 2020: Ten Years 2020: Fifteen Years Parts of the previous...

How do taxpayers pay for a UBI? If the "UBI" takes the form of a redistribution of market power, the question doesn't arise. But I'll answer it anyway! As a base case, consider a Universal Basic Income funded by a tax on land. From the viewpoint of...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced that former city employees who were fired for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine will be given another chance to come back to work. About 1,500 workers, including teachers, public housing staff, and other city...

November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci Day.�Because 1123... is the beginning of the Fibonacci sequence The nth Fibonacci number is the sum of the previous two Fibonacci numbers, starting with 1,1. ...

We know from MAGA Republicans that DEI is bad. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion—the words have been attacked so long and so hard that I almost can’t stand to speak them. When I do, they leave a terrible taste in my mouth. For the MAGA Republicans, they...

I’ve been on vacation, and I had a mountain of things to catch up on. But I still felt the need to draw this cartoon about MBS visiting the White House. What annoyed me most about this visit was how shamelessly Trump and many who reported the story...