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Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.
Three delivery apps, including UberEats, will pay NYC delivery workers $4.6 million after they violated the city's minimum pay law.
The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/t...
The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/t...
The Mamdani Effect: Three Delivery Apps Must Pay $5M In Minimum Pay Settlement - Streetsblog New York City
A new era: Mayor Mamdani's worker protection department announces new enforcement against UberEats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan for not complying with the minimum pay law.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.
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"The Last Baby Will Be Born in 2012 and, Worse, He'll Look Like This."
A 1913 news article suggested that a decline in birth rates and social changes, such as women entering the workforce and fewer people marrying, would lead to a "neuter type" of human and eventually, the end of the human race.
A 1913 news article suggested that a decline in birth rates and social changes, such as women entering the workforce and fewer people marrying, would lead to a "neuter type" of human and eventually, the end of the human race.
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
"The Last Baby Will Be Born in 2012 and, Worse, He'll Look Like This."
A 1913 news article suggested that a decline in birth rates and social changes, such as women entering the workforce and fewer people marrying, would lead to a "neuter type" of human and eventually, the end of the human race.
A 1913 news article suggested that a decline in birth rates and social changes, such as women entering the workforce and fewer people marrying, would lead to a "neuter type" of human and eventually, the end of the human race.
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Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
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A year ago, two dams were opened as propaganda, spilling vital water resources into a void.
Now, it seems America is also spilling out into a void, evaporating away for absolutely no reason and nothing at all.
But we have a choice: say no to the lie.
I say no.
www.greatpower.us/p/2026-nonse...
Now, it seems America is also spilling out into a void, evaporating away for absolutely no reason and nothing at all.
But we have a choice: say no to the lie.
I say no.
www.greatpower.us/p/2026-nonse...
2026, nonsense orders, and the flood… (part 2)
No to making America small. No to living in the lie. No to thinking freedom is something only some people can have.
www.greatpower.us
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
A year ago, two dams were opened as propaganda, spilling vital water resources into a void.
Now, it seems America is also spilling out into a void, evaporating away for absolutely no reason and nothing at all.
But we have a choice: say no to the lie.
I say no.
www.greatpower.us/p/2026-nonse...
Now, it seems America is also spilling out into a void, evaporating away for absolutely no reason and nothing at all.
But we have a choice: say no to the lie.
I say no.
www.greatpower.us/p/2026-nonse...
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BREAKING Star Tribune:
Eight additional federal prosecutors are in the process of leaving the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The departures follow the mass exit of six veteran prosecutors who left the office last month.
Eight additional federal prosecutors are in the process of leaving the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The departures follow the mass exit of six veteran prosecutors who left the office last month.
The latest: Eight more federal prosecutors set to leave the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office
The recent wave of departures follows the mass exodus of six veteran prosecutors last month who quit in protest of recent directives from the U.S. Department of Justice.
www.startribune.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
BREAKING Star Tribune:
Eight additional federal prosecutors are in the process of leaving the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The departures follow the mass exit of six veteran prosecutors who left the office last month.
Eight additional federal prosecutors are in the process of leaving the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
The departures follow the mass exit of six veteran prosecutors who left the office last month.
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Academia is so incredibly fucked up and also a lot of the intellectual work that goes on in the academy is incredibly important
Part of what makes life in the academy tough is holding and navigating both of these truths at the same time
Part of what makes life in the academy tough is holding and navigating both of these truths at the same time
February 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Academia is so incredibly fucked up and also a lot of the intellectual work that goes on in the academy is incredibly important
Part of what makes life in the academy tough is holding and navigating both of these truths at the same time
Part of what makes life in the academy tough is holding and navigating both of these truths at the same time
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🛢Transit of Russian oil through Ukraine has fallen to a historic low
ExPro notes that compared to 2024, the volume of oil transportation through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline has decreased by 14%.
ExPro notes that compared to 2024, the volume of oil transportation through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline has decreased by 14%.
February 2, 2026 at 4:38 PM
🛢Transit of Russian oil through Ukraine has fallen to a historic low
ExPro notes that compared to 2024, the volume of oil transportation through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline has decreased by 14%.
ExPro notes that compared to 2024, the volume of oil transportation through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline has decreased by 14%.
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“Geologists as Astronauts”
(26:00 timestamp)
Learn how NASA trains astronauts on Earth for lunar (& future Mars) missions.
*Hey NASA- I’d love to help train future astronauts for Mars sedimentology/ geology. Aaand you already have my resume on record in Houston #DreamJob 🤝
🧪🪨🔭 #PlanetarySci
(26:00 timestamp)
Learn how NASA trains astronauts on Earth for lunar (& future Mars) missions.
*Hey NASA- I’d love to help train future astronauts for Mars sedimentology/ geology. Aaand you already have my resume on record in Houston #DreamJob 🤝
🧪🪨🔭 #PlanetarySci
Artemis II and III: The science that brings us back to the Moon
Podcast Episode · Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science · 01/28/2026 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
“Geologists as Astronauts”
(26:00 timestamp)
Learn how NASA trains astronauts on Earth for lunar (& future Mars) missions.
*Hey NASA- I’d love to help train future astronauts for Mars sedimentology/ geology. Aaand you already have my resume on record in Houston #DreamJob 🤝
🧪🪨🔭 #PlanetarySci
(26:00 timestamp)
Learn how NASA trains astronauts on Earth for lunar (& future Mars) missions.
*Hey NASA- I’d love to help train future astronauts for Mars sedimentology/ geology. Aaand you already have my resume on record in Houston #DreamJob 🤝
🧪🪨🔭 #PlanetarySci
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”Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
”Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
- Maya Angelou -
American writer & poet
#HappyBlackHistoryMonth
Thread 1/2🧵
”Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
- Maya Angelou -
American writer & poet
#HappyBlackHistoryMonth
Thread 1/2🧵
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
”Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
”Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
- Maya Angelou -
American writer & poet
#HappyBlackHistoryMonth
Thread 1/2🧵
”Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
- Maya Angelou -
American writer & poet
#HappyBlackHistoryMonth
Thread 1/2🧵
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Red Deer!
Looks like there's a permanent signing location now for both Jason Stephan and Adriana LeGrange
Downtown Office
4730 50 Street
1/2 Block East of Gaetz United Church
3:00pm to 7:00pm
Looks like there's a permanent signing location now for both Jason Stephan and Adriana LeGrange
Downtown Office
4730 50 Street
1/2 Block East of Gaetz United Church
3:00pm to 7:00pm
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Red Deer!
Looks like there's a permanent signing location now for both Jason Stephan and Adriana LeGrange
Downtown Office
4730 50 Street
1/2 Block East of Gaetz United Church
3:00pm to 7:00pm
Looks like there's a permanent signing location now for both Jason Stephan and Adriana LeGrange
Downtown Office
4730 50 Street
1/2 Block East of Gaetz United Church
3:00pm to 7:00pm
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Russian forces dropped a FAB-250 air bomb with a UMPK module on a home in Oleksiievo Druzhkivka, Donetsk region. A 44 year old man and his 23 year old son were killed. The mother and two children were injured, with the boy in serious condition. #Ukraine
February 2, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Russian forces dropped a FAB-250 air bomb with a UMPK module on a home in Oleksiievo Druzhkivka, Donetsk region. A 44 year old man and his 23 year old son were killed. The mother and two children were injured, with the boy in serious condition. #Ukraine
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As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast.
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
Tracker Newsletter: ICE in Focus
As federal agents carry out Trump’s program of mass deportation, this limited-series newsletter will track what’s happening and what’s coming next.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 PM
As Trump’s mass deportation program unfolds, immigration policy and enforcement is shifting fast.
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
That’s why we’re launching Tracker, a limited-series newsletter navigating what’s happening and what’s next. Sign up for free: www.wired.com/newsletter/I...
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If I were writing this as a spy novel there would be someone trying to blackmail the administration into doing something and the administration calls their bluff and then poof there’s the less-bad portion of the Epstein files on the DOJ website. Which they tried to undo. But couldn’t. Now permanent.
February 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
If I were writing this as a spy novel there would be someone trying to blackmail the administration into doing something and the administration calls their bluff and then poof there’s the less-bad portion of the Epstein files on the DOJ website. Which they tried to undo. But couldn’t. Now permanent.
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That's the only way people are going to see that horrible propaganda piece.
February 2, 2026 at 1:50 PM
That's the only way people are going to see that horrible propaganda piece.
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🛳️🇺🇦 Zelenskyy signed a decree on sanctions against the Russian tanker fleet
The measures also hit Kremlin propagandists and GRU hackers responsible for cyberattacks against Ukraine and its international partners.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/zelenskyy-si...
The measures also hit Kremlin propagandists and GRU hackers responsible for cyberattacks against Ukraine and its international partners.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/zelenskyy-si...
Zelenskyy signed a decree on sanctions against the Russian tanker fleet
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree imposing sanctions on companies supporting the Russian tanker fleet. These restrictions target entities that trans
theukrainianreview.info
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
🛳️🇺🇦 Zelenskyy signed a decree on sanctions against the Russian tanker fleet
The measures also hit Kremlin propagandists and GRU hackers responsible for cyberattacks against Ukraine and its international partners.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/zelenskyy-si...
The measures also hit Kremlin propagandists and GRU hackers responsible for cyberattacks against Ukraine and its international partners.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/zelenskyy-si...
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A heroic 21-year-old Canadian combat medic says he is not done fighting after saving 50 soldiers and surviving a landmine blast in Ukraine.
Canadian Combat Medic Who Saved 50 Brothers-in-Arms and Stepped on a Mine: “I’m Not Done Yet"
A 21-year-old Canadian lost his leg fighting for Ukraine—but he’s not done. Read Cooper’s powerful story of courage, survival, and defiance…
united24media.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
A heroic 21-year-old Canadian combat medic says he is not done fighting after saving 50 soldiers and surviving a landmine blast in Ukraine.
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I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
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Hmm, Paul Weiss, where have I heard that name before?
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Hmm, Paul Weiss, where have I heard that name before?
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Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:
Russian aggression against Ukraine&Russia's hybrid war against Europe continue unabated.
Putin still believes he can win.
Any misunderstanding within the transatlantic family encourages him to explore our weaknesses and fosters the Kremlin's criminal endeavours.
Russian aggression against Ukraine&Russia's hybrid war against Europe continue unabated.
Putin still believes he can win.
Any misunderstanding within the transatlantic family encourages him to explore our weaknesses and fosters the Kremlin's criminal endeavours.
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:
Russian aggression against Ukraine&Russia's hybrid war against Europe continue unabated.
Putin still believes he can win.
Any misunderstanding within the transatlantic family encourages him to explore our weaknesses and fosters the Kremlin's criminal endeavours.
Russian aggression against Ukraine&Russia's hybrid war against Europe continue unabated.
Putin still believes he can win.
Any misunderstanding within the transatlantic family encourages him to explore our weaknesses and fosters the Kremlin's criminal endeavours.
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one way to avoid having a measles outbreak at the child concentration camp would be to not have a child concentration camp
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
one way to avoid having a measles outbreak at the child concentration camp would be to not have a child concentration camp
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Ukrainian forces report intensified fighting in Chasiv Yar as Russian troops use fog and snowfall to deploy assault groups, rocket artillery, quad bikes and ground drones. The 24th Brigade says it continues to detect and destroy attackers despite low visibility. #Ukraine
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Ukrainian forces report intensified fighting in Chasiv Yar as Russian troops use fog and snowfall to deploy assault groups, rocket artillery, quad bikes and ground drones. The 24th Brigade says it continues to detect and destroy attackers despite low visibility. #Ukraine
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Trump's immigration human-rights nightmare isn't pulling back. It's about to get much worse
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A not-‘toned down’ Trump regime prepares for ethnic cleansing in Ohio
A plan for immigration raids this week on thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio shows that nothing has changed.
www.inquirer.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Trump's immigration human-rights nightmare isn't pulling back. It's about to get much worse
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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Lifetime appointments to any position, especially judges/justices, are ridiculous and have us wrapped around the cosmic axle.
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Lifetime appointments to any position, especially judges/justices, are ridiculous and have us wrapped around the cosmic axle.
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Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck enemy targets overnight on Feb 2. Two Russian command posts at regimental and divisional levels and an ammunition depot were hit near Kurakhivka in occupied Donetsk region. Drone control points were also struck in Zaporizhzhia region. #Ukraine
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck enemy targets overnight on Feb 2. Two Russian command posts at regimental and divisional levels and an ammunition depot were hit near Kurakhivka in occupied Donetsk region. Drone control points were also struck in Zaporizhzhia region. #Ukraine