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So long, NFL, and thanks for all the concussions


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We put together a cartoon collection about Elon Musk's 'awkward gesture': https://t.co/e5Us1QKaNz

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6

— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd

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This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M

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most of what we fight over is made up... pic.twitter.com/T6UubOBNJ6

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The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9

— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r

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  • Daily Dot
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  • FrontBurner – D Magazine
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  • American Prospect
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  • Progressive Army
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  • GreenSource DFW
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  • Nina Illingworth
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  • Stinque
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  • Bud Kennedy
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  • Southeast Texas Record
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  • Save Buffalo Bayou
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  • Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
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  • Polygraph (global fact-check)
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  • CPI's Danger in the Air
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  • Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center
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  • New Progressive Alliance
    2024 Annual Report - *2024 Annual Report* - Publishing in social media means publishing a reference in Facebook at Colorado Best Democracy, Greens Discuss the Issues, L...
  • Texas Watch
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  • BEYONDbones
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  • Border/Lines
    The immigration 'vibe shift'—11-19-24 - Immigration news, in context.
  • Robert Reich
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  • Grits for Breakfast
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  • Right Wing Watch
    Right Wing Round-Up: One Really Violent Day - Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale @ CNN: Fact check: 12 election lies Trump is using to set the stage to dispute a potential 2024 defeat Former President Do...
  • Dos Centavos
    Ay Te Watcho, Houston - Well, if you’re reading this on this Labor Day, these words are being typed from Northern Colorado. After 26 years of living in Houston and 53 in Texas, it...
  • Morning Consult
    Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels - The post Replicating Experimental Findings with Online Panels appeared first on Morning Consult.
  • TXElects
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  • CT's short stories and novelettes
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  • The Intercept
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  • The Stars Hollow Gazette
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  • Texas Environmental News
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  • Shadowproof
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  • One People's Project
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  • Innocence Project
    Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma - The post Perry Lott is Exonerated After 35 Years of Wrongful Conviction in Ada, Oklahoma appeared first on Innocence Project.
  • Latino Rebels
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  • FiveThirtyEight.com
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  • Tribune of the People
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  • Caitlin Johnstone
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  • So Far From Heaven (Jack Purcell, RIP)
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  • Lawfare
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  • In These Times
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  • News Junkie
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  • DBC Green
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  • Living Blue in Texas
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  • Eclectablog
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  • Echidne of the Snakes
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  • VICE
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  • Texas Moratorium Network
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  • Liberal America
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  • PBD - Progressive Blog Digest
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  • Art Killing Apathy
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  • Defend our Movements
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  • Think 3 Institute
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  • IVN
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  • Modern Democracy
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  • The Metaphor Project
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  • Truthout
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  • Splinter
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