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Demodex mites live in your facial pores and have lost some of the genes that respond to daylight. They cannot make their own melatonin, so they use the melatonin your skin releases at night as a cue to crawl out and mate on your face.
You're never truly alone. ❤️
🧪 #entomology #invert 🪲🪳
You're never truly alone. ❤️
🧪 #entomology #invert 🪲🪳
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Demodex mites live in your facial pores and have lost some of the genes that respond to daylight. They cannot make their own melatonin, so they use the melatonin your skin releases at night as a cue to crawl out and mate on your face.
You're never truly alone. ❤️
🧪 #entomology #invert 🪲🪳
You're never truly alone. ❤️
🧪 #entomology #invert 🪲🪳
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High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet, turbulent future
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org/content/arti...
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org/content/arti...
High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet, turbulent future
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet, turbulent future
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org/content/arti...
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org/content/arti...
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In the course of a couple days in Fairbanks, stunning light pillars were visible, followed by a rare red aurora, says Alaska science writer Ned Rozell. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
As the dark season settles in, a unique parade of light appeared in Interior Alaska
In the course of a couple days in Fairbanks, stunning light pillars were visible, followed by a rare red aurora.
www.adn.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In the course of a couple days in Fairbanks, stunning light pillars were visible, followed by a rare red aurora, says Alaska science writer Ned Rozell. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.
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“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”
@pbsnews.org
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October 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”
@pbsnews.org
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The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity
In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
www.levernews.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
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A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.
PEN America warns of rise in books 'systematically removed from school libraries'
A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.
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Some 154 million people in the United States get health care through their employer — and for many, their costs are about to go way up.
Health care costs are soaring. Blame insurers, drug companies — and your employer
Some 154 million people in the United States get health care through their employer — and for many, their costs are about to go way up.
n.pr
September 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Some 154 million people in the United States get health care through their employer — and for many, their costs are about to go way up.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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CBS News' ugly new surrender to Trump is an open invitation to Trumpers to lie on their network. As today's WaPo piece on this fiasco notes, it would "allow guests to spout falsehoods knowing they would not be edited out by the show."
(cites my piece on this)
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
(cites my piece on this)
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Following backlash, ‘Face the Nation’ will air interviews unedited
CBS changes its policy after DHS Secretary Kristi L. Noem accused the network of trying to “whitewash the truth” by editing an interview on the Sunday morning show.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
CBS News' ugly new surrender to Trump is an open invitation to Trumpers to lie on their network. As today's WaPo piece on this fiasco notes, it would "allow guests to spout falsehoods knowing they would not be edited out by the show."
(cites my piece on this)
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
(cites my piece on this)
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
China’s Military: ‘We’re Coming for You’
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
China’s Military: ‘We’re Coming for You’
The People’s Liberation Army has been planning for decades to challenge the U.S. military. They may be getting close.
open.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
China’s Military: ‘We’re Coming for You’
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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All of the election fraud lies and conspiracy theories have softened the ground underneath our election process, enabling the Trump regime’s next steps… to use those lies to justify changing the rules of elections to (further) tilt them in their favor.
Brennan Center experts Sean Morales-Doyle and Lawrence Norden forecast how the Trump administration will undermine confidence in our elections in the months leading up to the 2026 midterms: bit.ly/4fRIqtA
What to Expect Next in the Trump Administration’s Strategy to Meddle with the Vote
Efforts to protect the coming elections must begin now.
www.brennancenter.org
September 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
All of the election fraud lies and conspiracy theories have softened the ground underneath our election process, enabling the Trump regime’s next steps… to use those lies to justify changing the rules of elections to (further) tilt them in their favor.
Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Another attempt at rewriting history: Ashli Babbitt will get US Air Force funeral honors. thehill.com/policy/defen...
Air Force to provide funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt
The U.S. Air Force will provide Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt with military funeral honors, reversing a Biden-era decision that denied her family’s request, according to a legal group that has …
thehill.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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8/7/25🚨453 days until 435(+5 non voting) House seats vote(218 needed-ample primaries) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Midterm 2026
This will be a comprehensive list of all the Republicans & Democrats senators that need to be voted out OR kept in. These will be do-nothing democrats or MAGA republicans AND a list of candidates tha...
docs.google.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
8/7/25🚨453 days until 435(+5 non voting) House seats vote(218 needed-ample primaries) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The winners of the midterms are already working on how to integrate ChatGPT , Gemini , etc into their campaigns. Millions of voters will simply ask " who should I vote for this election"
August 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The winners of the midterms are already working on how to integrate ChatGPT , Gemini , etc into their campaigns. Millions of voters will simply ask " who should I vote for this election"
Here in Indiana, our governor has by fiat replaced the trustees of our great public university, Indiana University, with hispolitical picks.
And has done away with the tradition of alums on the board.
And, IU has been stripped of most of its liberal arts majors.
Any cogent support for this?
And has done away with the tradition of alums on the board.
And, IU has been stripped of most of its liberal arts majors.
Any cogent support for this?
music.ma
August 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Here in Indiana, our governor has by fiat replaced the trustees of our great public university, Indiana University, with hispolitical picks.
And has done away with the tradition of alums on the board.
And, IU has been stripped of most of its liberal arts majors.
Any cogent support for this?
And has done away with the tradition of alums on the board.
And, IU has been stripped of most of its liberal arts majors.
Any cogent support for this?
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Even with flat funding for the NIH, under the current FY26 plan, there will be 60% less cancer research and much less research funded overall. We need to make sure Congress understands these tricks and protects against them in their budget plan.
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite
Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards
www.science.org
July 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Even with flat funding for the NIH, under the current FY26 plan, there will be 60% less cancer research and much less research funded overall. We need to make sure Congress understands these tricks and protects against them in their budget plan.
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In “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” the author describes “inevitablism” as a tactic companies use to stop conversation about the amount of our private lives they are commodifying and selling.
Whenever anyone tells you “A.i.” is inevitable or you better use it or get left behind, look at where their money comes from.
July 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” the author describes “inevitablism” as a tactic companies use to stop conversation about the amount of our private lives they are commodifying and selling.