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Memorial Day, an occasion to honor America’s war dead, originated from attempts to heal from war and prevent its recurrence.
First called Decoration Day, the holiday involved decorating the graves of Civil War soldiers and commemorating their sacrifices.
Some leaders at the time promoted the idea that the holiday could advance post-war reconciliation between the North and the South.
(Though that desire for reconciliation conflicted, to some extent, with advancing redress fo…

To Memorialize the Fallen, Renew the Pursuit of Peace
This Memorial Day is a good time for Americans to consider how to help mold a more peaceful future at home and abroad.

A Sinkhole Has Swallowed Part of a LaGuardia Runway Just Days Before Memorial Day, and Hundreds of Flights Are Already Cancelled https://aeroxplorer.com/articles/a-sinkhole-has-swallowed-part-of-a-laguardia-runway-just-days-before-memorial-day-and-hundreds-of-flights-are-already-cancelled.php

Monorails, Magnet- und Seilbahnen: Gadgetbahnen oder sinnvolle Systeme?
Magnetbahnen und Monorails werden oft als „Gadgetbahnen“ verspottet. Doch viele dieser Spezialsysteme haben ihre Berechtigung – wenn der Einsatzzweck stimmt.

Monorails, Magnet- und Seilbahnen: Gadgetbahnen oder sinnvolle Systeme?
Magnetbahnen und Monorails werden oft als „Gadgetbahnen“ verspottet. Doch viele dieser Spezialsysteme haben ihre Berechtigung – wenn der Einsatzzweck stimmt.

Uusi raportti: Ilmastotavoitteiden saavuttaminen on mahdollista ilman kriittisten mineraalien holtitonta käyttöä https://www.greenpeace.org/finland/tiedotteet/ilmastonmuuto…

Uusi raportti: Ilmastotavoitteiden saavuttaminen on mahdollista ilman kriittisten mineraalien holtitonta käyttöä - Greenpeace Suomi
Raportti osoittaa, kuinka maapallon mineraalivaroja voidaan hallinnoida uusiutuvan energian murroksessa siten, että välttämättömiä, maapallon elämää ylläpitäviä järjestelmiä suojellaan niin kutsuttujen kriittisten mineraalien maanpäälliseltä ja syvänmeren louhinnalta.

Mike Reid, who served as chief science officer for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has quit the position because the State Department is considering withholding assistance from people with HIV in Zambia to push the country into signing a favorable ⁠critical-minerals deal with the U.S. (hand to ear as if getting an update) I’m now hearing: the United States is the bad guys.

Expert quits US HIV role, rebukes Trump's global health approach
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The chief science officer for the U.S. flagship HIV/AIDS program left his role this week and criticized the...

came across this pretty amazing WBAI broadcast of lenny bruce's 1966 memorial at judson church, with ginsberg & other heavies, & a brief sliver of the '66 fugs performing a garage-jangle "carpe diem": https://youtu.be/PzGy9VAKpc8&t=1254
snipped a l'il mp3 for fugs…

Trump and Rubio blackmailing the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/health/zambia-hiv-aid-minerals-trump.html

No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: U.S. Ponders ‘Sticks’ Against Zambia
A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support “on a massive scale.”

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The Senate will go on recess without voting on a reconciliation bill tied to the Department of Justice's $1.8 billion weaponization fund, according to reports on Thursday.
PunchBowl News reported that Sen. John Thune (R-ND) told senators the bill would be left unfinished while the lawmakers returned home for the Memorial Day holiday.
"House is expected to follow suit soon," Sherman wrote in a post on X.

Trump's slush fund left hanging as Senate makes 'remarkable' last minute move
The Senate will go on recess without voting on a reconciliation bill tied to the Department of Justice's $1.8 billion weaponization fund, according to reports on Thursday.PunchBowl News reporters Jake Sherman and Andrew Desiderio reported that Sen. John Thune (R-ND) told senators that the bill would...

"The flu killed 15,849 U.S. soldiers in France and another 30,000 in stateside camps. That’s 45,849 killed by the flu versus 26,277 killed at Meuse-Argonne — documenting that the flu was by far our most deadly battle.
More civilians (over 50 million) died from the flu than from both World Wars and the Holocaust combined. Another 500 million civilians were incapacitated by the flu."