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Let’s talk origami shall we? The first couple origami posts I did were picture diary’s- and quite a few folks spoke about and showed their origami projects in the comments. if you missed them… Origami part 1 Origami II I think I’ll do some more. Maybe...

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There will be stories of the end of the Russo-Ukrainian war that will do justice to its wartime leader. Sadly it has yet to be written as not the biography of Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, but as histories of his presidency dominated by a war,...

Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos. You will be able to find ...

A case brought by four Indonesian fishermen who are survivors of slavery at sea just cleared a major legal hurdle. A San Diego federal judge declined tuna giant Bumble Bee’s request to dismiss the ...

Trump is literally tearing down the White House. My understanding is that he had no permits to do this. From anyone. This is his biggest eff you to the US government ever. It’s a historical building. So if hopefully we can elect a Democratic President...

Trump accidentally boosts Mamdani as MTG’s resignation sparks a MAGA civil war. A sharp look at shifting political power and rising progressive influence. WBAI’s Jenna Flanagan: A Political Earthquake No One Saw Coming Watch Politics Done Right T.V....

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I got turned on to DeFeet’s wool knit socks and gloves because one of my bicycle parts/equipment suppliers sells them. The gloves are excellent. I was going to order a bunch this year and looked for them on BTI’s website. They had the socks, but not...

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin likes to fancy himself a scholar of both proto and modern Pan-Slavic history. In his twisted historiography, all things Slavic find their genesis in Moskva Rus. To him and his ilk like Alexandr Dugin, Kyvian Rus, the...

Full event listings at http://hubevents.blogspot.com and this service is available as a free listserv. Just let me know if you’re interested. The offerings from World Resources Institute over the next month are wide-ranging and on point:...

Fox hyped a capitalism-vs-socialism battle, but Velshi shows Trump’s autocratic socialism dwarfs anything Mamdani proposes. Ali Velshi: Trump Built an Autocratic Socialist State Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Podcasts (Video — Audio) Summary Ali...

Journalists and people who have legal permission are being rounded up into detention camps in swamps with miserable conditions that the leadership is proud of. They now take immigration cases and file for dismissal and then deport — no case — no...

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Song "A" Washington Matthews (1843-1905) translated from the Navajo� Where my kindred dwell, there I wander. Child of the White Corn am I, there I wander. At the Red Rock House, ...

Greetings, beer lovers!��‘Tis (Black) Friday, and after a long hiatus (not that anyone noticed or cared), ‘tis chingchongchinaman as your guest FNBB blogger tonight, with esquimaux taking a very ...

Yes, your intrepid reporter braved the anarchist/ socialist enclave of San Francisco, widely known as ‘Baghdad by the Bay’. Known as a ‘wasteland’, ‘worse than the third world’ and ‘not America anymore’, the city I once lived in is now a ‘slum’, ‘trash...