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Enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe.

Auvers Town Hall in 14 July 1890, 1890 #vangogh #postimpressionism

How did U.S. debt get so big? The answer may surprise you

Authorities in Ulster County are investigating the deaths of two well-known Hudson Valley first responders Continue reading…

Good morning from Mabel, who is licking her lips with satisfaction after a treat!

“Across Ohio, a state that receded from the nation’s political battle zone as its voting patterns turned an ever deeper shade of red, signs of discontent this year are everywhere,” the New York Times reports. “In packed public forums, residents rage about data center projects. In grocery store aisles, shoppers lament to cashiers how little […]

“The war in the Middle East is increasingly unpopular. So is the president as his numbers dip perilously — a common development in the sixth year of a presidency. Congressional Republicans are embroiled in unsavory scandals. Americans are shelling out big bucks for gas while economic anxiety runs high,” the New York Times reports. “The […]

“The fight over data centers is suddenly at the epicenter of the midterm elections,” the New York Times reports. “One new ad in Texas begins with someone typing into a chatbot, ‘Why is my electric bill going up?’ Another in Ohio blames one of the state’s Republican senators for a proliferation of data centers, calling […]

“Hours after Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan this month, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) called the man who could be the first Muslim senator a ‘TERRORIST’ and ‘RADICAL ISLAMIST’ on social media,” the Washington Post reports. ”Tuberville’s post previewed a deluge of attacks on El-Sayed’s Muslim identity from influential and high-profile conservatives.” […]

Folly at the Lectern, 1515 #hansholbein #holbein

Jesse and Emily Cole created theSavannah Bananaswith a simple mission in mind: to make baseball as entertaining as possible. They introduced some innovations to America’s pastime, including twerking umpires, stilt-walking pitchers and TikTok-ready choreographed dance numbers...

“Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, met privately in recent weeks with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, and discussed potential areas of common ground, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting,” the New York Times reports. “The rare engagement was held in a private […]

“Democrats fighting to win back the Senate from the Republicans spent their summer sweating out a last-minute candidate switch in Maine and the emergence of an antiestablishment progressive in swing-state Michigan,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The two races remain central to Democrats’ hopes of winning back Senate control in the November elections as they […]

“Since President Trump has returned to office, the United States and Canada have repeatedly come close to an all-out trade war — only for Mr. Trump to dial back some of his harshest attacks against one of America’s closest allies,” the New York Times reports. “But that period of relative calm came to an end […]

Peter Drucker argued that the purpose of a corporation is to serve the customer. It turns out that organizations that focus on this do well. Milton Friedman argued (mistakenly, in my view) that the corporation doesn’t need to care about customers, unless this helps increase the value of the company to shareholders. Corporations are a […]

Luxury water can contain different minerals and taste noticeably different. But a remote source, alkaline pH, and high price do not necessarily mean better hydration.

John Singer Sargent, Sketches of Soldiers in Rain Capes (recto and verso), 1918 #johnsingersargent

In this 134th episode of the Gutenberg Changelog Podcast, Birgit Pauli-Haack hosts Jessica Lyschik , senior developer at Greyd, to discuss recent Gutenberg and WordPress developments. The conversation centers on the releases of Gutenberg 23.7, 23.8, and WordPress 7.1 (“Mary Lou”), highlighting user-facing enhancements and developer-oriented changes. WordPress 7.1 introduced notable features, including new styling […]

Landscape at Eragny, 1890 #camillepissarro #danishart

Roy Lichtenstein, Peace through Chemistry II, 1970 #printsanddrawings #minneapolisinstituteofart