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· Dec 20
Gen Z does not exist: Why phony generational labels fail us - Salon.com
Generational labels have no scientific meaning. Experts say they’re tired — we should be too
www.salon.com
i often think about how generations aren't real but we don't talk enough about how these labels have tangible negative effects. my latest for @salon.com
www.salon.com/2025/12/19/g...
www.salon.com/2025/12/19/g...
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In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
www.wfaa.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
what's happening on the ground in Minneapolis is stunning, to say the least, but the outpouring of protesters seems far greater
www.salon.com/2026/01/23/c...
www.salon.com/2026/01/23/c...
Could the military further militarize Minneapolis? - Salon.com
Critics argue the move is more about signaling power than improving safety
www.salon.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:35 AM
what's happening on the ground in Minneapolis is stunning, to say the least, but the outpouring of protesters seems far greater
www.salon.com/2026/01/23/c...
www.salon.com/2026/01/23/c...
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Great interview with Krystle Hickman, a wonderful photographer & community scientist who I'm lucky to know. She first learned about native bees as an adult and is not a trained scientist, and has since made important scientific contributions and inspired countless people (including me). 🌿🐙📷 #BugSky
Making the Invisible Visible: Photographing Native Bees with Krystle Hickman - Bioneers
Through photography, observation, and community science, Krystle Hickman is documenting the lives of native bees that most people never notice. In this conversation, she shares her observations and in...
bioneers.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Great interview with Krystle Hickman, a wonderful photographer & community scientist who I'm lucky to know. She first learned about native bees as an adult and is not a trained scientist, and has since made important scientific contributions and inspired countless people (including me). 🌿🐙📷 #BugSky
i strongly believe we're collectively processing the trauma from a pandemic that killed over 1 million Americans but i will never understand how the lesson from all that was to vote for more disease and suffering. historians will never understand this era.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
i strongly believe we're collectively processing the trauma from a pandemic that killed over 1 million Americans but i will never understand how the lesson from all that was to vote for more disease and suffering. historians will never understand this era.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
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Statement from Rep. Alma Hernandez saying that ICE took a family who are currently in the asylum process from her neighborhood in South Tucson this morning. Rep. Hernandez says this also occurred in front of an elementary school as children were outside.
January 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Statement from Rep. Alma Hernandez saying that ICE took a family who are currently in the asylum process from her neighborhood in South Tucson this morning. Rep. Hernandez says this also occurred in front of an elementary school as children were outside.
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I just voted no on the FY26 $838.7 billion Defense Funding bill that would continue to support billions in arms sales to Israel.
We should be providing troops better healthcare and expanding our industrial base, not sending a blank check to Netanyahu.
We should be providing troops better healthcare and expanding our industrial base, not sending a blank check to Netanyahu.
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I just voted no on the FY26 $838.7 billion Defense Funding bill that would continue to support billions in arms sales to Israel.
We should be providing troops better healthcare and expanding our industrial base, not sending a blank check to Netanyahu.
We should be providing troops better healthcare and expanding our industrial base, not sending a blank check to Netanyahu.
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"When you have an ICE agency that has gone rogue... I could not in good conscience vote for something that is increasing the ICE budget. This is a moral test for the Democratic Party."
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social to me at the Zeteo live event in DC.
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/what-is-th...
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social to me at the Zeteo live event in DC.
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/what-is-th...
January 23, 2026 at 2:10 AM
"When you have an ICE agency that has gone rogue... I could not in good conscience vote for something that is increasing the ICE budget. This is a moral test for the Democratic Party."
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social to me at the Zeteo live event in DC.
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/what-is-th...
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social to me at the Zeteo live event in DC.
Full interview: zeteo.com/p/what-is-th...
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Today is, among other things, a reminder that you don't get a general strike by posting that we should have a general strike.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Today is, among other things, a reminder that you don't get a general strike by posting that we should have a general strike.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
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AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Agreed?
CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer
AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed
CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer
AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM
AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Agreed?
CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer
AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed
CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer
AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed
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Hard to convey how much you can tangibly feel the love and care for one another people are showing here in Minneapolis. Even in the few days we’ve been here more businesses have come on board with the strike and we've met people from every walk of like doing the work to keep each other safe.
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Hard to convey how much you can tangibly feel the love and care for one another people are showing here in Minneapolis. Even in the few days we’ve been here more businesses have come on board with the strike and we've met people from every walk of like doing the work to keep each other safe.
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I met so many heroic observers on the ground today, folks I’m starting to see every day. I still don’t know real names, but there are certain pseudonyms who are always out there and that make me feel safe. I’m meeting neighbors when we discover we’re rapid response together. Community is how we win.
January 23, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I met so many heroic observers on the ground today, folks I’m starting to see every day. I still don’t know real names, but there are certain pseudonyms who are always out there and that make me feel safe. I’m meeting neighbors when we discover we’re rapid response together. Community is how we win.
i love these giant phallic things no one can figure out
Meet the mysterious Prototaxites: “No matter what...it’s something weird doing its own thing,” one scientist says of the fossil
Mystery tower fossils may be a whole new kind of life
Towering Prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science
www.scientificamerican.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 AM
i love these giant phallic things no one can figure out
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The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon."
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
Pentagon wants a ‘refocus,’ but Stripes hasn’t wavered from its true mission
www.stripes.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon."
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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🇸🇩 SUDAN | “A chronicle of cruelty is unfolding before our very eyes and we must not look away.”
Ravina Shamdasani (OHCHR) on UN High Commissioner Volker Türk’s Visit to Sudan
Ravina Shamdasani (OHCHR) on UN High Commissioner Volker Türk’s Visit to Sudan
January 22, 2026 at 4:09 AM
🇸🇩 SUDAN | “A chronicle of cruelty is unfolding before our very eyes and we must not look away.”
Ravina Shamdasani (OHCHR) on UN High Commissioner Volker Türk’s Visit to Sudan
Ravina Shamdasani (OHCHR) on UN High Commissioner Volker Türk’s Visit to Sudan
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There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
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Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
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1 of the 3 journalists killed in the Israeli airstrike on a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle in central Gaza early Wed. was Abed Shaat, a veteran freelance cameraman who worked closely with CBS News for years & regularly filed footage from Gaza, CBS News said on Wed.
➤ Shaat, 30, has recently...
➤ Shaat, 30, has recently...
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 AM
1 of the 3 journalists killed in the Israeli airstrike on a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle in central Gaza early Wed. was Abed Shaat, a veteran freelance cameraman who worked closely with CBS News for years & regularly filed footage from Gaza, CBS News said on Wed.
➤ Shaat, 30, has recently...
➤ Shaat, 30, has recently...
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Beating the previous record for the oldest known cave artwork by at least 15,000 years, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave might shed light on when early humans migrated to Australia
This handprint is the oldest known cave art
Beating the previous record for the oldest known cave artwork by at least 15,000 years, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave might shed light on when early humans migrated to Australia
www.scientificamerican.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Beating the previous record for the oldest known cave artwork by at least 15,000 years, a hand stencil in an Indonesian cave might shed light on when early humans migrated to Australia
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“Dems Are Set to Give ICE More Money. Here’s What They Could Do Instead”
Democrats Are Set to Give ICE More Money. Here’s What They Could Do Instead
Hakeem Jeffries and Democratic leaders appear resigned to allowing Trump to expand his violent ICE raids after Renee Nicole Good’s murder.
zeteo.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 AM
“Dems Are Set to Give ICE More Money. Here’s What They Could Do Instead”
