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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Russ Vought’s messaging may need some workshopping.

Video: buff.ly/6dMJjBG

A very tiny bright orange baby salamander. It is extraordinarily cute, lying happily on moss.

We saw our first little red eft of the year today. If you see one please do not pick it up! Their skin is highly porous and the salt, oils, lotion, sunblock, bug spray, etc. from your hands can make them sick. Use a leaf to move them if they must be relocated for their safety. ❤️

​Jared Golden votes with GOP to defeat Iran war resolution Golden, the moderate from Maine's 2nd District, was the lone House Democrat to vote with Republicans, who narrowly defeated the latest effort to put checks on President Donald Trump's actions in Iran.

You know you are a traitorous DINO when you say things like:

"a resolution like this would weaken our hand"

Our hand?
The chaos we (& Israel) started and no longer control?
That hand?

www.pressherald.com/2026/04/16/j...

American Conversations: Senator Andy Kim YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

@hcrichardson.bsky.social has an important conversation with Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov I admire this man’s heart for our country and Americans.

#SenateDem
#IranWar
#TrumpIsDeranged
#MassDestruction
#CongressShouldBeWorking

www.youtube.com/live/qJ2KmH2...

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Save Big Oil a buck or save a life?

Easy choice, says the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Watching them all fall in line to brazenly lie to protect their new secret police/terror squads from accountability for shooting a scared mom in the face 3 times, is a reminder (in case we still needed one) that it’s no where near enough to just replace Trump. It’s the entire immoral & corrupt GOP.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down

This incredibly disheartening news was made possible thanks to voters like you!

(Well, perhaps not exactly like you, especially if you think the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and/or public media are generally worthy of support. But you get the idea...)

#GiftLink #CPB #PBS #NPR

ICE posing as utility workers to detain immigrants, Gresham lawmaker warns • Oregon Capital Chronicle Rep. Ricki Ruiz, D-Gresham, in December received reports of his constituents getting detained by people posing as utility workers.

ICE agents have altered license plates and placed Mexican flag stickers on their vehicles to try to lure and detain people, NPR reported. And now, Oregon utilities are taking steps to ensure their customers don’t mistake ICE agents for their employees.

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?

Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

Two years since conservatives took over a liberal arts college, what’s been lost — and gained Once a top college, it dropped nearly 60 spots in rankings and spent twice as much per student as its peers. Here's what happened.

www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...

The fangy under-chin eclipse of a sleeping cat out cold on his back - atop a plush purple blanket. The “Jaws” theme is playing, sideways.

anyway good night

We’ll stop criticizing when they stop doing appalling things.

Perfect day to donate to the radical left. NPR, for example. :/

The plan to block voters they perceive (rightly, most likely) as not supporting them is a core GOP plan right now for 2026.

They'll use many techniques, likely including ICE agents massed at selected polling stations.

Also, you know, gerrymandering on steroids.

The Secretary of Education Outlined a Vision for Higher Ed in a Speech. Here’s Some Context. In an address to Hillsdale College, Linda McMahon articulated the Trump administration’s vision for higher education. We annotated the speech.

"Degree programs must deliver a clear return on investment... College is not a place to 'find yourself' - but to quip yourself for a concrete career," like making lots of 💰 off people who like to watch guys in spandex and face paint pound the crap out of each other, says our Secretary of Education

Library Synergy Please allow 10 working days to process before shipping Garment Dyed - Concrete Long SleeveMade in USA - 100% USA Cotton BARC / Synergy By the 1960s, social protest movements in larger society we...

BootBoyzBiz (of all places) has a great literature review informing the design of its (sadly sold-out) Library Synergy sweatshirt — ft the Bay Area Reference Center's Synergy magazine, Bootlegger mag, radical reference, library activism, Celeste West, Sandy Berman...

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The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S. ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...

#ICYMI: For years, the FDA quietly allowed substandard foreign manufacturers to ship drugs to the U.S. from factories the agency had officially banned.

We compiled a list of the drugs and their makers.

Graphic filled with stats on the efficiency of urban biking and how safe it is.

Why do we need a lot more protected bike-lanes in cities? Because biking in protected #bikelanes poses just 1/10th the risk of biking on major streets with parking. Via @momentummag.bsky.social. Plus they mean a LOT more people choosing biking, which has all sorts of health and cost saving benefits.

The Ice alert app founder sparking fury in Trump officials: ‘Pam Bondi said I better watch out? Please.’ After IceBlock’s launch in April, Kristi Noem attacked developer Joshua Aaron and his wife was fired from the DoJ. The attention has only led to more raids being reported

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

2 adolescent squirrels loitering by the sidewalk

These two adolescent squirrels were loitering on the sidewalk outside work. So cocky :)

Wisdom, Laysan Albatross Super Mom, Is 73 and Still Going Strong Wisdom the Laysan Albatross (left) on Midway Atoll in 2015, with her mate, Akeakamai. Photo by Kiah Walker / USFWS via Wikimedia Commons. When we first wrote about Wisdom the Laysan Albatross, in 2...

I’m not entirely comfortable with how much of my mental health is tied up in whether or not this one individual albatross continues to breed. #OceanChat

www.allaboutbirds.org/news/wisdom-...

Happy National Library Week! Read, resist and refuel with knowledge. #BookSky

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Ursula Le Guin YouTube video by National Book

I miss her so much, but the work is on the rest of us now.

@ursulakleguin.com at the 2014 National Book Awards. "I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et9N...

Excellent points!