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sanders.senate.gov
Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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nytimes.com
Here is what goes into an accurate weather forecast that reaches your phone and how government cuts could affect that data. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
August 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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motherjones.com
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
I show this clip from Colbert in my lecture on stratospheric ozone depletion.
July 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Stephen Colbert: "Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending the Late Show in May."

[boos]

"And yeah, I share your feelings."

www.instagram.com/reel/DMOhWKs...
July 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
The story about Colbert being cancelled because…. Trump doesn’t like him, should be a warning shot to everyone. The oligarchy has the power… they will use their money to silence you.

Time to rise up.
July 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
CBS is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, calling it a “financial decision.” … sure. Totally nothing to do with the political commentary, right?
July 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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who.int
⚠️ Lack of access
⚠️ Conflict
⚠️ Disrupted supply
⚠️ Misinformation

are causing millions of children to miss out on one or more life-saving vaccine.

Even worse 🚨 over 14 million children received NO vaccines at all in 2024 👉 bit.ly/4kFzSGW
Illustration of a baby. Text reads: 'Immunizations are still not reaching every child, everywhere. 14.3 million children received no vaccines in 2024.'
July 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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karlykingsley.bsky.social
Stephen Colbert doesn’t need CBS anyway. Wherever he ends up, people are going to watch him even harder now. All CBS did was solidify the fact that they’ll be know until the end of time as just another spineless corporation that couldn’t do the right thing.
July 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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who.int
That soda or energy drink in your hand might be doing more than quenching your thirst. It could be fueling diabetes, heart disease & obesity.

WHO is calling for a global push to tax harmful products like sugary drinks & protect millions of lives.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/40A3T3N #Tax4Health
Graphic with the title “Re-think your drink.” Subheading: “The beverages you drink can have a big effect on your health.” Three illustrated drinks are shown: Two green beer bottles with a straw inserted, labeled “Heart disease” A can labeled “SODA” with a straw, labeled “Obesity” A cup of sugary red drink with lemon slices and a straw, labeled “Diabetes”
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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ncrenic.bsky.social
This is bleak reading
May 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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nytimes.com
Every avalanche starts with a snowflake. The shape of the snowflake, what happens once it hits the ground, the weather that precedes it — all those things can contribute to whether the flake becomes part of a destructive wave of snow rushing down a mountain.
How Snow Becomes Deadly
This season, more than 20 people died in avalanches in the U.S. Can mountains be safer?
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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cherylrofer.bsky.social
Another thing Musk's boys are breaking
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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propublica.org
When cities clear homeless encampments, workers often take people’s belongings — including important documents, survival gear and irreplaceable mementos.

Over and over, people across the U.S. told ProPublica they were devastated by such losses: https://propub.li/3WScD3g
A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, "My momma’s ashes were displayed on my table in my tent. I came back one day — and EVERYTHING was gone, including her ashes. They were clearly labled 'In loving memory — my mom, my best friend…' and her name. Her ashes were all that I had left of her. No one stored my stuff. I called tons of places and NO ONE knew anything. It is very difficult for me still, everyday. No warning, no remorse, nothing."
February 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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richardabetts.bsky.social
Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share

Don't let science be hidden
A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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nytimes.com
Breaking News: Cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu, indicating that the virus may pose a more persistent risk to people than thought.
Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu
A new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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profkelsey.bsky.social
Something else to thank EM for.

"The sustained rate of daily reentries is unprecedented," says Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics who tracks satellites. "They are retiring and incinerating about 4 or 5 Starlinks every day."
@planet4589.bsky.social
#astronomy
February 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM