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A Wood Village man currently facing more than 140 charges related to child sexual abuse is now accused of sexually assaulting chickens.
https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wood-village-man-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-chickens/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wood-village-man-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-chickens/?cid=bluesky_
Wood Village man charged with child sex abuse now accused of sexually assaulting chickens
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Wood Village man currently facing more than 140 charges related to child sexual abuse is now accused of sexually assaulting chickens. Iosif Blashishen, 56, was origi…
www.koin.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A Wood Village man currently facing more than 140 charges related to child sexual abuse is now accused of sexually assaulting chickens.
https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wood-village-man-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-chickens/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wood-village-man-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-chickens/?cid=bluesky_
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Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic. https://to.pbs.org/3MXJCB6
Historic floods have washed away homes and stranded families in Washington state
Washington is under a state of emergency and evacuation orders are in place for tens of thousands of residents.
www.pbs.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic. https://to.pbs.org/3MXJCB6
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ROOST stands for Robust Open Online Safety Tools, delivering great moderation tooling for all, rather than everyone needing to build their own from scratch.
They’ve shipped their roadmap, more details below.
They’ve shipped their roadmap, more details below.
Our initial roadmap for @roost.tools is now public! We have a lot of work planned, and we are pretty excited about it. Let us know what you think.
roost.tools/blog/introdu...
Check it out here: github.com/roostorg/com...
Give us your feedback and suggestions here: github.com/orgs/roostor...
roost.tools/blog/introdu...
Check it out here: github.com/roostorg/com...
Give us your feedback and suggestions here: github.com/orgs/roostor...
Introducing ROOST's Roadmap & Inaugural Technical Design Committee
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
ROOST stands for Robust Open Online Safety Tools, delivering great moderation tooling for all, rather than everyone needing to build their own from scratch.
They’ve shipped their roadmap, more details below.
They’ve shipped their roadmap, more details below.
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Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer | Full Comedy Special
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
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I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
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"Pluralising globality: Afropolitanism as epistemic self-assertion in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah" by Chalo ũa Way: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice
Pluralising globality: Afropolitanism as epistemic self-assertion in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s <em>Americanah</em>
In From Bomba to Hip-Hop (2000: 193), the Afro-Latino American writer Juan Flores discusses the nature of community—comunidad in the Spanish. He says that it is both a phenomenon existing in something...
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Pluralising globality: Afropolitanism as epistemic self-assertion in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah" by Chalo ũa Way: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice
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Teaser trailer this week. #Supergirl
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Teaser trailer this week. #Supergirl
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For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
Unpacking the Politics of the EU's €120M Fine of Musk’s X | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam and part of the DSA Observatory.
www.techpolicy.press
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
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First off, the good news: The world is a much better place than it used to be, especially for young children.
And now, the bad news: After decades of progress in preventing child deaths, the world is now going in the wrong direction in the very worst way imaginable.
And now, the bad news: After decades of progress in preventing child deaths, the world is now going in the wrong direction in the very worst way imaginable.
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
First off, the good news: The world is a much better place than it used to be, especially for young children.
And now, the bad news: After decades of progress in preventing child deaths, the world is now going in the wrong direction in the very worst way imaginable.
And now, the bad news: After decades of progress in preventing child deaths, the world is now going in the wrong direction in the very worst way imaginable.
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The federal government is ending its recommendation that every infant receive a hepatitis B vaccination at birth, the most substantive change to the childhood immunization schedule yet under US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
What this means:
What this means:
RFK Jr.’s anti-vax committee is recklessly overhauling childhood vaccine policy
America’s vaccine playbook is being rewritten by people who don’t believe in them.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The federal government is ending its recommendation that every infant receive a hepatitis B vaccination at birth, the most substantive change to the childhood immunization schedule yet under US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
What this means:
What this means:
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We've just moved our `any-widget` based directives and renders for @mystmd.org into a public repo on @curvenote.com . After quite a while tinkering these are nicely supporting interactive visualizations - more work to fully implement the full `any-widget` interface coming
github.com/curvenote/cu...
github.com/curvenote/cu...
curvenote/packages/any-widget at main · curvenote/curvenote
Create, edit, share, and publish scientific and technical documents. - curvenote/curvenote
github.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We've just moved our `any-widget` based directives and renders for @mystmd.org into a public repo on @curvenote.com . After quite a while tinkering these are nicely supporting interactive visualizations - more work to fully implement the full `any-widget` interface coming
github.com/curvenote/cu...
github.com/curvenote/cu...
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Looks like I’m havin’ a little chat with Stephen tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Looks like I’m havin’ a little chat with Stephen tonight.
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The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control. https://to.pbs.org/48ARqjs
Trump added his name to the U.S. Institute of Peace building while fighting the organization in court
On Wednesday, the State Department said it renamed the organization to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace to “reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation’s history.”
to.pbs.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control. https://to.pbs.org/48ARqjs
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Ooh definitely using this in my rhetoric & science course
"Cosmic filaments are the largest known structures in the universe: vast, thread-like formations of galaxies and dark matter that form a cosmic scaffolding. They also act as "highways" along which matter and momentum flow into galaxies."
Astronomers find vast spinning filament of galaxies 140 million light-years away
An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a "razor-thin" string of galaxies embedded in a giant spinning cosmic filamen...
phys.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ooh definitely using this in my rhetoric & science course
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The mind flayer needs a short rest now.
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The mind flayer needs a short rest now.
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What do the people behind ICE think about America?
The Department of Homeland Security recently released a spree of ads recruiting for new hires at ICE. And those ads circle around one strange idea: that America is a damsel who needs strong, powerful men to protect her.
The Department of Homeland Security recently released a spree of ads recruiting for new hires at ICE. And those ads circle around one strange idea: that America is a damsel who needs strong, powerful men to protect her.
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What do the people behind ICE think about America?
The Department of Homeland Security recently released a spree of ads recruiting for new hires at ICE. And those ads circle around one strange idea: that America is a damsel who needs strong, powerful men to protect her.
The Department of Homeland Security recently released a spree of ads recruiting for new hires at ICE. And those ads circle around one strange idea: that America is a damsel who needs strong, powerful men to protect her.