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Californians: Know your Props. In November, to get the rich to pay more taxes, vote YES for 40 and 3. Vote NO for Props 41, 42 and 43, which would make it harder to tax billionaires more.

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So $17,700,000 to $89,744, or 197 times as much. “NEW YORK (AP) — The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded … executives … The median employee at companies in the S&P 500 earned $89,744 …” Associated Press apnews.com/article/ceo-...

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Though working as an engineer I was also art trained. The colors were reflected & refracted from whatever was near the glass. Astonished, he had no idea there was a real answer. He just wanted to see people sweat.

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Bad interviewers have always been with us. I had a boss - thankfully I never interviewed with him as I was on the team he was appointed to - who showed prospective employees a glass object & asked how colors twisting within the glass got there.

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Success! On 9/4/2026 the Olympic Club withdrew its MOU to cover Westlake Park with plastic!

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Fast action! On 9/4/2026 the Olympic Club withdrew its MOU to cover Westlake Park with plastic! savewestlakepark.com

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Global warming is ruining their way of life. These Colorado ranchers demand accountability

Oil companies & global warming “My livelihood is directly dependent on the environment,” he said. “Increasingly inconsistent weather patterns — including hotter summers, mild winters & a lack of summer moisture — make an already dynamic and complex job more unpredictable & difficult to navigate.”

latimes.com

Colorado ranchers struggling with severe drought and heat have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a climate case that soon will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Actually Hegseth’s a classic T pick. Heg kinda looks WWE, so T thought he’d be perfect cast as “Secy War” T does not live in the real world.

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Does anyone else think that John Cena playing the evil ACME lawyer Buddy Crane looks sorta like Hegseth but hella smarter?

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I like how the photographer managed to put those two little wings behind his shoulders. More like a demented bat and less like an eagle.

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… “They would staff the immigration courtrooms inside those buildings, prepare the removal paperwork, complete the flight manifests and, in ICE’s words, ‘effectuate departures.’”

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

“Contractors would hold people in vans at …arrests. They… drive them more than a million miles a year across … states. They would house them … in private [buildings] call[ed] ‘the federal facility’ … “

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Inside One of Peru’s Most Vulnerable Penguin Colonies (Gift Article)

Meanwhile… “‘When you see the carcasses of penguins on beaches, that is an indication that the El Niño is really, really strong,’ Dr. Zavalaga said.”

nytimes.com

Scientists worry about the penguins’ future amid changing temperatures and warming waters this year.

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That’s wasn’t a “favorite.” Here’s a better take: After running far away to host a bar he stumbles around a bit before patriotically losing the girl (ok, woman).

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Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: After cheating to win he takes a boat full of men the wrong way home.

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