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Open mike 11/05/2025
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RIP Bob Brockie. Distinguished scientist, top-notch cartoonist, and much else besides. A privilege to have known him, if only slightly.
https://waikanaewatch.org/2025/05/09/brief-tribute-to-the-late-cartoonist-bob-brockie/
The print edition of yesterday's Post carried a full-length tribute, but they seldom if ever put such items in their on-line versions. His obit at the NBR, which published his work for over 40 years, is unfortunately paywalled.
Nazi isn’t on the list…
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A growing list of words and materials are being scrubbed from government websites and documents in an attempt by the Trump administration to remove all references not only to diversity, equity and inclusion, but also to climate change, vaccines, and a host of other topics.
PEN America initially compiled a list of more than 250 words and phrases reportedly no longer considered acceptable by the Trump administration, from “abortion,” to “women,” and including “disability,” “elderly,” “Native American” and, unsurprisingly, the “Gulf of Mexico.”
The list has now expanded to 350+ words, encompassing even desirable goals like “safe drinking water,” the mention of which can result in research grants or other agreements with the federal government getting nixed
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https://pen.org/banned-words-list/
Apparently because she refused to let Musk and the billionaire class loot the place.
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“Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis. It is surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
https://democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/morelles-statement-abrupt-firing-shira-perlmutter-register-copyrights