“…to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures.”

— Flannery O’Connor

Ho Khanh, a farmer, stumbled on the entrance to the world’s largest cave passage. In Vietnam’s dense jungle, it took him years to find it again. cbsn.ws/4m03Aca

"It’d be hard to come up with a better formulation of Trump’s attitude toward American evangelicalism, its attitude toward him, and why their partnership has become so dangerous for the country." lnk.thebulwark.com/4r5TzMj

The US isn't Denmark when it comes to vaccines, written by a scientist from Denmark @annalsofim.bsky.social
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Great response by Rep. Moulton.

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS (NYT): Lead DHS Attorney From First Trump Administration—Repeat, *Trump Administration*—Confirms That What America Is Now Experiencing Is Lawless, Premeditatedly Cruel Fascism

We Must Not Forget Ukraine After 1,400 days, its war with Russia remains the world's most important crisis

From Kyiv in three days, to bleeding out in the field. Russia must be finished off

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This is how #Kyiv residents survive without electricity and heating after Russian attacks.

Invincibility points are places where people can warm up, rest, charge mobile phones and other devices, use the internet, get hot drinks, and receive basic assistance.

📷: Volodymyr Opryshko / Facebook

In a statement, head of World Relief Myal Greene calls the Minneapolis situation a "five alarm fire," saying refugees they resettled were detained over the weekend.

Karma isn’t dead yet.

THE PRISONER ended its run on CBS #OTD in 1968.

Originally broadcast on ITV in the UK, it aired on CBS Sat nights from June-Sept, 1968.

Patrick McGoohan created and starred in this series about a secret agent held captive in a mysterious village. So prescient it's scary. #TVSky #ClassicTV

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Europe will continue to stand firmly by your side.

For a just and lasting peace.

For a sovereign nation that shapes its own future.

For a country that belongs in the European Union.

→ europa.eu/!p4g43G

Happy Fourth! I love these words from Washington Square in Philadelphia: "Freedom is a light, for which many men have died in darkness."

The Beauty of Empathy On the poetics of resonance

Empathy: Nervous systems - wired for connection - begin to hum in harmony. Resonance circuits awaken, allowing us to carry within ourselves a living echo of the other’s inner world. We feel them, not just with our minds, but with the whole of our being.

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There is increasing FBI unease as Director Kash Patel ousts top officials and threatens staffers with polygraphs. Former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord and Columnist @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social joined Katy Tur to share their reaction.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2mP...

I can't emphasize enough how brazen this attempt was - to shutter a private, independent, nonprofit organization. It received federal funding - by act of Congress! - and worked for US interests around the world by promoting peace.

We must continue to pray for the rule of law to prevail.

The Catholic Church has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as pope White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 cardinals inside have elected a new pope. But we don't yet know his identity.

JUST IN: The Catholic Church has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as pope. The new pope will address the crowd soon. Watch here:

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

It’s not only Ukrainians that fall victim to Russia’s war but also the land.

Russia has destroyed Ukraine’s soil, some of the world’s most fertile.

Oleksii, an environmentalist, thinks it may take over 100 yrs to heal.

How does exercise and fitness promote healthy brain aging?
An outstanding, comprehensive review @thelancet.bsky.social
reduced neuroinflammmation, preserves blood-brain-barrier, neurogenesis, role of exerkines, and much more
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

There are so many ways to rev up our immune response against cancer. Here, the oncolytic viruses
www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...

The vulnerability the Pentagon was warning about appears to be related to attackers using manipulated QR codes to link people's Signal accounts to their own devices (not a vulnerability in Signal's end-to-end encryption). Signal patched this in an update in February: www.wired.com/story/russia...

A lupus-derived autoantibody that binds to intracellular RNA activates cGAS-mediated tumor immunity and can deliver RNA into cells Delivery of autoimmune disease–associated antibodies activates the immune system to fight glioblastomas.

I wouldn't have anticipated a Lupus self-directed antibody (4H2) might someday turn out to be an anti-cancer treatment
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

With Rubio confirming most USAID contracts permanently canceled - what does that mean for PEPFAR?

- about half of PEPFAR funds go thru USAID. so yeah, a big chunk of PEPFAR is gone.

- If PEPFAR is resurrected at State, unclear how you rebuild it very quickly. Bad news for patients.

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.

It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.

They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.

I’m happy to invest and/or help

Narcissism at its core is the preservation of the self as both good and grand. Success, power over others, adoration, and approval are a true narcissist’s food, drink, and oxygen, exploiting anything or anyone in the service of their ends. For your consideration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BU3...

Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.

NOAA fires about 800 employees, with more possible Friday | CNN Politics The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two s...

800 families suddenly and without warning losing a job. And not because of some well thought out plan to reduce costs. No, it isn’t that. It’s simply the whim of a criminal & his henchman bent on destroying the U.S. & terrorizing Americans.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/p...

Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.

I am beyond sorry, Ukraine, for how Zelensky was treated today by Trump and Vance.