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🚨 Reminder: Apply to be part of our Local Reporting Network by Feb. 5!
If selected, we cover your salary (up to $80K, plus benefits) and partner with your newsroom to help you dive deep into a project that matters to your community. All newsrooms are eligible.
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If selected, we cover your salary (up to $80K, plus benefits) and partner with your newsroom to help you dive deep into a project that matters to your community. All newsrooms are eligible.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🚨 Reminder: Apply to be part of our Local Reporting Network by Feb. 5!
If selected, we cover your salary (up to $80K, plus benefits) and partner with your newsroom to help you dive deep into a project that matters to your community. All newsrooms are eligible.
More info 👇
If selected, we cover your salary (up to $80K, plus benefits) and partner with your newsroom to help you dive deep into a project that matters to your community. All newsrooms are eligible.
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We still have rights. Time to use them.
Hell no, it's not over
We still have rights. Time to use them.
www.motherjones.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
We still have rights. Time to use them.
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Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: Celebrating the companies still prioritizing sustainability reut.rs/3Zey8fA
Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: Celebrating the companies still prioritizing sustainability
Japan topped the global climate leadership rankings, while the United States fell behind.
reut.rs
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: Celebrating the companies still prioritizing sustainability reut.rs/3Zey8fA
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“At a time when public trust in institutions is fragile, FOIA remains essential.
Our lawsuit seeks to enforce the public’s right to know and to ensure that the government lives up to its obligation of transparency.”
Our lawsuit seeks to enforce the public’s right to know and to ensure that the government lives up to its obligation of transparency.”
Mother Jones sues the Bureau of Prisons for Ghislaine Maxwell records
Why was Jeffrey Epstein's procurer transferred to a cushy prison?
www.motherjones.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
“At a time when public trust in institutions is fragile, FOIA remains essential.
Our lawsuit seeks to enforce the public’s right to know and to ensure that the government lives up to its obligation of transparency.”
Our lawsuit seeks to enforce the public’s right to know and to ensure that the government lives up to its obligation of transparency.”
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The FBI raid on the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday took the Trump administration’s attacks on press freedoms to a troubling new level,” writes the lawyer David Schulz.
“The FBI raid on the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday took the Trump administration’s attacks on press freedoms to a troubling new level,” writes the lawyer David Schulz.
Opinion | By Raiding a Reporter’s Home, Is the F.B.I. Is Weaponizing National Security?
Knowing what the government is up to is essential for democracy to work.
nyti.ms
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The FBI raid on the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday took the Trump administration’s attacks on press freedoms to a troubling new level,” writes the lawyer David Schulz.
“The FBI raid on the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday took the Trump administration’s attacks on press freedoms to a troubling new level,” writes the lawyer David Schulz.
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In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless [via @vox.com]
In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless
How the agency’s new math favors polluters over people.
www.motherjones.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless [via @vox.com]
Digg returns, imagine reddit with effective moderation! Open beta live now! about.digg.com
Digg
Digg is where people go to look at cool things while they eat a big bowl of cereal.
about.digg.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Digg returns, imagine reddit with effective moderation! Open beta live now! about.digg.com
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Pete Hegseth is successfully keeping up with his “War Crime of the Day” calendar
January 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Pete Hegseth is successfully keeping up with his “War Crime of the Day” calendar
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The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
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Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories. Read the story behind this stat here: reasonstobecheerful.world/cycling-with...
January 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories. Read the story behind this stat here: reasonstobecheerful.world/cycling-with...
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Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
wrd.cm
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
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People often stop reading in adulthood because they're fatigued from school book assignments or just don't have the time. Here's how to turn the page on old habits and start reading again in 2026.
bit.ly/3YzoQdO
bit.ly/3YzoQdO
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
People often stop reading in adulthood because they're fatigued from school book assignments or just don't have the time. Here's how to turn the page on old habits and start reading again in 2026.
bit.ly/3YzoQdO
bit.ly/3YzoQdO
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Today is Stephen Hawking’s birthday! Along with his monumental contributions to science, Hawking was a vocal advocate for progressive politics, and a longtime member of the humanist community. His legacy is a reminder to always engage with mystery, and to never stop asking “why”!
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Today is Stephen Hawking’s birthday! Along with his monumental contributions to science, Hawking was a vocal advocate for progressive politics, and a longtime member of the humanist community. His legacy is a reminder to always engage with mystery, and to never stop asking “why”!
I find joy in human rediculousness, especially when it promotes charity and acts of kindness. Here for your viewing pleasure, the Church of Gnome documentary! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8oO...
License to Gnome: One Hat, One Faith, One Ridiculous Journey (a Church of Gnome Documentary)
YouTube video by Church of Gnome
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I find joy in human rediculousness, especially when it promotes charity and acts of kindness. Here for your viewing pleasure, the Church of Gnome documentary! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8oO...
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Looking for a good science book to give as a gift, or a good science read for yourself?
Check out this 2025 reading list from the editors at American Scientist (including me). Not trying to be a formal a best-of--just books that we all enjoyed. 🧪🔭
www.americanscientist.org/blog/science...
Check out this 2025 reading list from the editors at American Scientist (including me). Not trying to be a formal a best-of--just books that we all enjoyed. 🧪🔭
www.americanscientist.org/blog/science...
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Looking for a good science book to give as a gift, or a good science read for yourself?
Check out this 2025 reading list from the editors at American Scientist (including me). Not trying to be a formal a best-of--just books that we all enjoyed. 🧪🔭
www.americanscientist.org/blog/science...
Check out this 2025 reading list from the editors at American Scientist (including me). Not trying to be a formal a best-of--just books that we all enjoyed. 🧪🔭
www.americanscientist.org/blog/science...
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
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Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now.
In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.
In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."
www.motherjones.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now.
In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.
In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.
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Archimedes Manuscript Yields Secrets under X-ray Gaze
By Heather Rock Woods (from the archives)
www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2005-06...
Archimedes at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #science #xray_imaging
By Heather Rock Woods (from the archives)
www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2005-06...
Archimedes at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #science #xray_imaging
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Archimedes Manuscript Yields Secrets under X-ray Gaze
By Heather Rock Woods (from the archives)
www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2005-06...
Archimedes at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #science #xray_imaging
By Heather Rock Woods (from the archives)
www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2005-06...
Archimedes at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc...
#books #science #xray_imaging
Want to know about surveillance cameras in your town? Want to help point them out to others? Check out this project from the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF). www.atlasofsurveillance.org
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
www.atlasofsurveillance.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Want to know about surveillance cameras in your town? Want to help point them out to others? Check out this project from the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF). www.atlasofsurveillance.org
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How Colette Was Inspired By Her Many Cats
Susannah Fullerton on the French Writer’s Feline Muses
lithub.com/how-colette-...
Books by Colette at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature #animals
Susannah Fullerton on the French Writer’s Feline Muses
lithub.com/how-colette-...
Books by Colette at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature #animals
How Colette Was Inspired By Her Many Cats
La Chatte condescended to live with Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette), born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France, in 1873, died in Paris, 1954, novelist, actress and journalist. In 1926 Colette, t…
lithub.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How Colette Was Inspired By Her Many Cats
Susannah Fullerton on the French Writer’s Feline Muses
lithub.com/how-colette-...
Books by Colette at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature #animals
Susannah Fullerton on the French Writer’s Feline Muses
lithub.com/how-colette-...
Books by Colette at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
#books #literature #animals
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Sure, there are plenty of lists recommending places you should visit — including on CNN Travel — but here’s a roundup of the museums, spiritual sites and theme park rides that will be off limits in 2026 and maybe even forever.
https://cnn.it/4b3EMfJ
https://cnn.it/4b3EMfJ
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sure, there are plenty of lists recommending places you should visit — including on CNN Travel — but here’s a roundup of the museums, spiritual sites and theme park rides that will be off limits in 2026 and maybe even forever.
https://cnn.it/4b3EMfJ
https://cnn.it/4b3EMfJ
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REVIEW: The Testament of Ann Lee is part ye olde biopic, part holy-roller musical, and a testament to its star's commitment to divine madness.
Amanda Seyfried Finds God in America
bit.ly
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
REVIEW: The Testament of Ann Lee is part ye olde biopic, part holy-roller musical, and a testament to its star's commitment to divine madness.
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Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect https://theonion.com/musk-signals-willingness-to-bid-more-than-97-billion-to-acquire-respect/
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect https://theonion.com/musk-signals-willingness-to-bid-more-than-97-billion-to-acquire-respect/