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Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history. n.pr/3KZCl3a
We caught up with one of the kids who sang on 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' He's 72 now
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
n.pr
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history. n.pr/3KZCl3a
I'm fine, just crying at my desk ... this is a beautiful article.
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm fine, just crying at my desk ... this is a beautiful article.
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Oh no! My printer is otter paper!
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oh no! My printer is otter paper!
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Will be interesting to see how these cases play out - I suspect we will see more and more cases of "free speech for me but not for thee". I hope the courts will stand up for free speech for all, even those they disagree with.
New post by Randy Evans: Will these Iowa districts accord their teachers and coaches full speech rights, the way the U.S. Supreme Court did for Coach Kennedy? Or will the districts claim some new exception applies for comments about Charlie Kirk?
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/24/l...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/24/l...
Lawsuits highlight differing applications of teachers' rights
Randy Evans: Will Iowa school districts accord their educators full speech rights, or claim an exception for comments about Charlie Kirk?
www.bleedingheartland.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Will be interesting to see how these cases play out - I suspect we will see more and more cases of "free speech for me but not for thee". I hope the courts will stand up for free speech for all, even those they disagree with.
“Come and get me.” I love my governor 👏🏼
just talked to Gov. Pritzker who dared President Trump to “come and get me” after POTUS threatened him with arrest. But Pritzker said he thinks Trump will chicken out.
October 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“Come and get me.” I love my governor 👏🏼
Turns out we all got screwed. Even the farmers who voted for him. Imagine. Who could have predicted this - oh wait!
Wow so Iowa farmers are literally on their last leg at this point because the Soy beans that they used to sell to USAID isn’t happening since Trump decided to cut the program to feed starving children abroad and China said screw you we will get our Soybeans from Brazil! 😡
September 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Turns out we all got screwed. Even the farmers who voted for him. Imagine. Who could have predicted this - oh wait!
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"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
We Can Save Public Radio and Television
Viewers and listeners like us.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
Agreed. We're pretty mad about it here in the Urbana-Champaign heartland.
We’re on watch, you say? No, Mr. President, we’re the goddamn Big Ten. You’re on watch. newrepublic.com/article/1983... Hell yes.
The Big Ten Rises Up
Against Trump
The press acts as if “higher education” = Harvard. But a more interesting and gutsier stand is being taken in the heartland by schools that have a lot more going for them than football.
newrepublic.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Agreed. We're pretty mad about it here in the Urbana-Champaign heartland.
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How Scientific Empires End
And what it means for America
www.theatlantic.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Um ... yes. Can confirm that it sure feels like it.
Stress, isolation, and uncertainty appear to have caused the brain to age quicker for those who lived through the crisis. www.wired.com/story/the-pa...
The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid
Stress, isolation, and uncertainty appear to have caused the brain to age quicker for those who lived through the crisis.
www.wired.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Um ... yes. Can confirm that it sure feels like it.
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
Such an appalling sequence of unforced errors.
Scenes from a science crisis: a selection of recent developments 🧵1/6
July 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Such an appalling sequence of unforced errors.
Wow, what a crazy coincidence. 😒 Who could have predicted this?
Published in the Kyiv Independent: Russia is building its own USAID—just days after we gutted ours. This is what betrayal looks like in #Ukraine. We walked off the field. Now Russia gets to turn on the Starlink. We didn’t just leave—we handed them the keys.
Russia eyes USAID-type development model to expand global influence, official says
Yevgeny Primakov, the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Russia's foreign aid and cultural outreach arm, said Russia's Foreign Ministry is currently drafting legislation that would establish a formal framewo...
kyivindependent.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Wow, what a crazy coincidence. 😒 Who could have predicted this?
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I remember this. All hail the shoe-throwing journalist! Absolute icon.
Gen Z/Gen Alpha (and those who maybe missed it the first time):
I feel like now is a good time to re-up shoe throwing guy, aka Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi:
Just. Things you should know.
I feel like now is a good time to re-up shoe throwing guy, aka Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi:
Just. Things you should know.
Man Throws Shoes At Bush
YouTube video by CBS
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I remember this. All hail the shoe-throwing journalist! Absolute icon.
Iowa's top research university, hamstrung by abysmal leadership at the state level.
Red-state public universities are just as worried about their blue-state peers about cuts to federal research funds. But they can't say anything publicly for political reasons. www.chronicle.com/article/faci...
June 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Iowa's top research university, hamstrung by abysmal leadership at the state level.
Urbana!! ✊🏻
Huge. Thousands.
June 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Urbana!! ✊🏻
This. 👍🏻
Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.
June 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This. 👍🏻
Seriously. I don’t have a count but I’m here and it’s amazing!
At the Urbana No Kings - hard to capture the size but it’s huge. Probably 2-3x the size of the one in March.
June 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Seriously. I don’t have a count but I’m here and it’s amazing!
Minnesota will not back down ✊🏻 Be strong, friends.
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
June 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Minnesota will not back down ✊🏻 Be strong, friends.
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NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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Happy ANTIFA Day to those who celebrate.
June 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Happy ANTIFA Day to those who celebrate.
Again: they are killing people. Stealing away cures that were in the pipeline. Taking away clinical trials. Stopping scientific progress. Throwing away millions of dollars already invested.
If you were wondering why Trump’s war on Harvard matters, here is The Times of London detailing the costs: cancelling a planned TB vaccine, ending a clinical trial for severely allergic children, killing a new generation of air purifiers, curtailing research on ALS.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
We are Harvard researchers. Trump’s cuts are endangering lives
The president’s funding cuts at the university will harm cancer patients, ALS sufferers and 800 babies and toddlers, academics warn
www.thetimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Again: they are killing people. Stealing away cures that were in the pipeline. Taking away clinical trials. Stopping scientific progress. Throwing away millions of dollars already invested.