What I Saw Inside the Kennedy Center I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

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Queen of the night tulips, so purple, they’re almost black. Two tulips cross each other, their pedals arranged like the heads of two friends leaning on each other. In the background is a blurry shot of a pedestrian mall.

Same shot as the one I just described, but the background is the leaves of other tulip plants.

A shot of closed buds of red and pink tulips, about 20 of them, in a garden bed.

A garden bed on the Pearl Street mall with black metal edging. The tulips are dark pink with yellow edges, and they curve out at the bottom and top.

I visited the tulips on the Pearl Street mall in Boulder. 🌱

In the conditions they impose on others now.

Could be used to house ICE agents while awaiting trial.

Why Protecting Flowering Plants Is Crucial to Our Future In his latest book, biologist David George Haskell describes flowering plants as “world creators.” In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he explains how they spurred the evolution of new ecosyste...

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Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna until trial U.S. Judge Trevor Nunley ruled that consumers could suffer irreparable harm if Nexstar integrated Tegna's stations into its own operations ahead of an antitrust trial.

Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's deal for Tegna until trial

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Denver school board resurrects proposed policy on what to do with empty school buildings How to repurpose empty buildings is a growing issue as declining enrollment forces more schools to close.

DPS has already repurposed two of them: The former Palmer Elementary is now a preschool center, and the former Castro Elementary is the new home of Summit Academy

Attenborough’s Long-Beaked Echidna Zaglossus attenboroughi Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), known locally as “Payangko,” is one of the most evolutionarily distinct mammals and is native to the Cyclops Mountain…

Part of an ancient group of egg-laying monotreme #mammals, Attenborough Long-Beaked #Echidnas of #WestPapua are critically endangered. Fight for their survival when you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7Qj

The Effects of Deforestation In the Borneo Rainforest

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This is happening to tens of thousands of people. It is a disgrace. It is a parody of due process; after more than a decade, the government suddenly orders you to return to a court hearing in just days, thousands of miles from where you live. And it's tearing lives apart.

UCP GOVERNMENT REVEALS PLAN TO CHEAT, RIG ELECTION MAPS Engaging Albertans to build an economy for the future.

Today, Danielle Smith and the UCP caucus unveiled plans to rig the next election:

A new motion indicates the UCP's plans to manipulate the election maps for the next election in their favour, and without any requirement to consult the public.

This has never been done in Canadian history. /1

Reservation land is held in trust by Congress. So you might lease an acre to live on, but you can’t use it as collateral for a loan or build equity on it. www.nhonews.com/features/let...

‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened next

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A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.

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Water is life! I’m here in ABQ’s North Valley at one of my favorite acequias to talk about the importance of water to our communities. We’ve got a difficult year ahead with low snowpack, but are working every day to make critical investments in our water infrastructure.

For more than five decades, the #EndangeredSpeciesAct has saved 99% of species under its care from #extinction.

But this bill, H.R. 1897, would unravel that success and put countless species — like sea turtles, wolverines, monarch butterflies, and manatees — at greater risk of disappearing forever.

Barred Owl in Pinellas County, Florida #birds

Erika Arhuiz Vega died after suffering severe medical neglect at Core Civic’s privately owned ICE detention center in California City and being deported back to Peru. This isn’t the first case like this either and we fear that there is and will be more. @lataco.bsky.social

Doctors Without Borders on the war in Lebanon.
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Malawi autism: How a mother learned to cope with her autistic child Malawian Martha Ongwane, brought low by her daughter's autism, found a rare support group.

'I adore her now': Mother learns to cope with child's autism in a country with little help

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There should not be any tax incentives for any companies

The 6 arrested yesterday, along with the 9 arrested Wednesday, brings the total to 15 arrested at the Idaho State Capitol building this week in Boise while resisting the extreme anti trans bathroom ban, Idaho HB 752.

This law is the most extreme in the country but citizens are not going silently.

The rarest owl in the world is the Pernambuco Pygmy #owl. Maybe now #extinct due to massive forest loss in #Brazil 🇧🇷 from #meat 🥩 #palmoil 🌴 #soy 🥜 and #sugarcane #deforestation Help them and be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/20/p...

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Why is Cuba in crisis? Podcast Episode · Throughline · March 19 · 48m

A very good history of Cuba since the revolution.
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🚨 From red states to blue states, small towns to major cities — Americans rose up this weekend and said it loud: NO KINGS. This movement isn’t slowing down. It’s just getting started. 🇺🇸

DOGE Damage Drags on in DC, Where Inequality is Widening as a Result Harrison Beacher feels a little worried for some of his clients. The...

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Man arrested in plot to firebomb Palestinian activist's home after undercover op An official who was briefed on the investigation said Heifler, 26, identified as a member of the JDL 613 Brotherhood, a New Jersey-based group founded in 2024 that describes its membership as "Jewish warriors" fighting back against rising antisemitism.

An official who was briefed on the investigation said Heifler, 26, identified as a member of the JDL 613 Brotherhood, a New Jersey-based group founded in 2024 that describes its membership as "Jewish warriors" fighting back against rising antisemitism. n.pr/4bT2nPh

@columjournreview.bsky.social on SFGATE’s national parks reporting.
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