Thanksgiving by Edgar A. Guest
Thankful for the glory of the old Red, White and Blue,
For the spirit of America that still is staunch and true,
For the laughter of our children and the sunlight in their eyes,
And the joy of radiant mothers and their evening lullabies; /1
Thankful for the glory of the old Red, White and Blue,
For the spirit of America that still is staunch and true,
For the laughter of our children and the sunlight in their eyes,
And the joy of radiant mothers and their evening lullabies; /1
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Thanksgiving by Edgar A. Guest
Thankful for the glory of the old Red, White and Blue,
For the spirit of America that still is staunch and true,
For the laughter of our children and the sunlight in their eyes,
And the joy of radiant mothers and their evening lullabies; /1
Thankful for the glory of the old Red, White and Blue,
For the spirit of America that still is staunch and true,
For the laughter of our children and the sunlight in their eyes,
And the joy of radiant mothers and their evening lullabies; /1
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The first human giant flag in World Series history.
Very cool
Very cool
October 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The first human giant flag in World Series history.
Very cool
Very cool
Thanksgiving Rest by Hattie Whitney
The busy year has ceased its toil,
Its peaceful hour of twilight won;
Its leaves and bloom are laid away,
Its webs of shade and luster spun;
The fleeces of the fields are shorn,
The fruitage gathered from the bough;
The fervor of the sun is lost - /1
The busy year has ceased its toil,
Its peaceful hour of twilight won;
Its leaves and bloom are laid away,
Its webs of shade and luster spun;
The fleeces of the fields are shorn,
The fruitage gathered from the bough;
The fervor of the sun is lost - /1
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thanksgiving Rest by Hattie Whitney
The busy year has ceased its toil,
Its peaceful hour of twilight won;
Its leaves and bloom are laid away,
Its webs of shade and luster spun;
The fleeces of the fields are shorn,
The fruitage gathered from the bough;
The fervor of the sun is lost - /1
The busy year has ceased its toil,
Its peaceful hour of twilight won;
Its leaves and bloom are laid away,
Its webs of shade and luster spun;
The fleeces of the fields are shorn,
The fruitage gathered from the bough;
The fervor of the sun is lost - /1
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The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN.
The shutdown is over, but things are not back to normal | CNN Politics
The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN.
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN.
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While other presidents have largely kept their activities focused on helping end past government shutdowns, President Trump has visited six countries, undertaken a massive construction project and attended a “Great Gatsby”-themed party at Mar-a-Lago.
How Trump spent his time during the shutdown
During the shutdown, the president visited six countries, spoke at a million-dollar-a-plate dinner and undertook a massive construction project at the White House.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
While other presidents have largely kept their activities focused on helping end past government shutdowns, President Trump has visited six countries, undertaken a massive construction project and attended a “Great Gatsby”-themed party at Mar-a-Lago.
"Ashley Bander, who lives in Alexandria and has been volunteering since being furloughed last month, joked that it was 'almost like having a job — I’ve been here six hrs a day sometimes.'"
"Danielle Romanetti, who opened the yarn shop in 2009, has offered free beginner lessons to federal employees during shutdowns dating back to the one in 2013, during the Obama admin."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Ashley Bander, who lives in Alexandria and has been volunteering since being furloughed last month, joked that it was 'almost like having a job — I’ve been here six hrs a day sometimes.'"
"Danielle Romanetti, who opened the yarn shop in 2009, has offered free beginner lessons to federal employees during shutdowns dating back to the one in 2013, during the Obama admin."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Danielle Romanetti, who opened the yarn shop in 2009, has offered free beginner lessons to federal employees during shutdowns dating back to the one in 2013, during the Obama admin."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Asian fusion restaurant co-founder: “I think what ppl are going through right now doesn’t really have a geographical location. Ppl are hungry, people are stressed, and these are all things that we can empathize with.”
"... Ekiben (a co-founder of a fast-casual Asian fusion restaurant in Baltimore) began making 500 food boxes each morning for World Central Kitchen, an aid group founded by the celebrity chef José Andrés, which hands them out to fed workers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Asian fusion restaurant co-founder: “I think what ppl are going through right now doesn’t really have a geographical location. Ppl are hungry, people are stressed, and these are all things that we can empathize with.”
"... Ekiben (a co-founder of a fast-casual Asian fusion restaurant in Baltimore) began making 500 food boxes each morning for World Central Kitchen, an aid group founded by the celebrity chef José Andrés, which hands them out to fed workers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"... Ekiben (a co-founder of a fast-casual Asian fusion restaurant in Baltimore) began making 500 food boxes each morning for World Central Kitchen, an aid group founded by the celebrity chef José Andrés, which hands them out to fed workers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
MiXT food hall chef in Brentwood, Md: "The community has a ton of empathy for each other and wants to help out other ppl. It just doesn’t feel like we’re feeling that from the govt right now.”
"... vendors have offered cheap and nutritious meals, including a $5 chicken, broccoli and rice bowl. Earlier this year, the food hall hosted networking events, a résumé workshop and free headshots for fed workers amid layoffs."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
MiXT food hall chef in Brentwood, Md: "The community has a ton of empathy for each other and wants to help out other ppl. It just doesn’t feel like we’re feeling that from the govt right now.”
"... vendors have offered cheap and nutritious meals, including a $5 chicken, broccoli and rice bowl. Earlier this year, the food hall hosted networking events, a résumé workshop and free headshots for fed workers amid layoffs."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"... vendors have offered cheap and nutritious meals, including a $5 chicken, broccoli and rice bowl. Earlier this year, the food hall hosted networking events, a résumé workshop and free headshots for fed workers amid layoffs."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Managing director: “Hospitality at its core is just ab taking care of ppl. That means taking care of our community. Usually we’re inviting those outside of our community in, and this is our way of being hospitable to our locals and our neighbors.”
"During the shutdown, Airlie (a hotel and event venue) has offered a free weekly buffet lunch for fed workers. Last week, it also provided therapy dogs and live music."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Managing director: “Hospitality at its core is just ab taking care of ppl. That means taking care of our community. Usually we’re inviting those outside of our community in, and this is our way of being hospitable to our locals and our neighbors.”
"During the shutdown, Airlie (a hotel and event venue) has offered a free weekly buffet lunch for fed workers. Last week, it also provided therapy dogs and live music."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"During the shutdown, Airlie (a hotel and event venue) has offered a free weekly buffet lunch for fed workers. Last week, it also provided therapy dogs and live music."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Even after the record-long federal government shutdown ends, flight delays will persist for at least a few days, if not longer. Here's what to know.
Why flight delays will likely persist days after the shutdown ends — or longer
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that if the shutdown doesn't end soon, "we're not going to get to Thanksgiving."
www.axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Even after the record-long federal government shutdown ends, flight delays will persist for at least a few days, if not longer. Here's what to know.
"Hundreds of air traffic controllers across the US hv taken on second jobs driving for Uber and Lyft, delivering food, or working in restaurants as the govt shutdown stretches past five weeks,... a union that represents nearly 20,000 aviation safety professionals."
"Many controllers in the busiest airspaces work 10 hrs a day, six days a week, leaving little time for a second job."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
Odd Jobs and DoorDash: How Air Traffic Controllers Are Surviving
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Hundreds of air traffic controllers across the US hv taken on second jobs driving for Uber and Lyft, delivering food, or working in restaurants as the govt shutdown stretches past five weeks,... a union that represents nearly 20,000 aviation safety professionals."
"A controller in the Mid-Atlantic w more than 20 years of exp said the shutdown felt like yet another blow after a series of cuts to the fed work force."
Controller: "This entire year has just been demoralizing."
Controller: "This entire year has just been demoralizing."
"Many controllers in the busiest airspaces work 10 hrs a day, six days a week, leaving little time for a second job."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
Odd Jobs and DoorDash: How Air Traffic Controllers Are Surviving
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"A controller in the Mid-Atlantic w more than 20 years of exp said the shutdown felt like yet another blow after a series of cuts to the fed work force."
Controller: "This entire year has just been demoralizing."
Controller: "This entire year has just been demoralizing."
"Many controllers in the busiest airspaces work 10 hrs a day, six days a week, leaving little time for a second job."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
Odd Jobs and DoorDash: How Air Traffic Controllers Are Surviving
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Many controllers in the busiest airspaces work 10 hrs a day, six days a week, leaving little time for a second job."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
"One air traffic controller earns cash by hanging Christmas lights for his neighbors. Another stocks grocery store shelves for six hours before heading in for his shift. A third drives for DoorDash after clocking out."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
Odd Jobs and DoorDash: How Air Traffic Controllers Are Surviving
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"One air traffic controller earns cash by hanging Christmas lights for his neighbors. Another stocks grocery store shelves for six hours before heading in for his shift. A third drives for DoorDash after clocking out."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
"For a controller in the Midwest, most days this week have begun w a 4 a.m. shift stocking ice cream, frozen vegetables and pizza at a local supermarket. When his shift ends at 10 a.m., he heads straight to the airport, where he directs traffic from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
Odd Jobs and DoorDash: How Air Traffic Controllers Are Surviving
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"For a controller in the Midwest, most days this week have begun w a 4 a.m. shift stocking ice cream, frozen vegetables and pizza at a local supermarket. When his shift ends at 10 a.m., he heads straight to the airport, where he directs traffic from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
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Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study.
Lead author: “It was the exact opposite of what we had expected to happen. But it opened the door to the possibility that we could design a universal vaccine that could be used to train any patient’s immune system to kill their cancer.”
"... at almost 900 patients w advanced lung cancer treated at MD Anderson and found that ths given covid-19 vaccines within 100 days of starting cancer immunotherapy exper median survival of 37.3 months compared w 20.6 months for those who were not vaccinated."
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www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Lead author: “It was the exact opposite of what we had expected to happen. But it opened the door to the possibility that we could design a universal vaccine that could be used to train any patient’s immune system to kill their cancer.”
Paper author: “I’m not saying this is the cure for cancer, okay? I’m saying that this is a tool, a tool that can allow us to markedly improve the response to immunotherapy we’re currently seeing."
"... at almost 900 patients w advanced lung cancer treated at MD Anderson and found that ths given covid-19 vaccines within 100 days of starting cancer immunotherapy exper median survival of 37.3 months compared w 20.6 months for those who were not vaccinated."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Paper author: “I’m not saying this is the cure for cancer, okay? I’m saying that this is a tool, a tool that can allow us to markedly improve the response to immunotherapy we’re currently seeing."
"... at almost 900 patients w advanced lung cancer treated at MD Anderson and found that ths given covid-19 vaccines within 100 days of starting cancer immunotherapy exper median survival of 37.3 months compared w 20.6 months for those who were not vaccinated."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"... at almost 900 patients w advanced lung cancer treated at MD Anderson and found that ths given covid-19 vaccines within 100 days of starting cancer immunotherapy exper median survival of 37.3 months compared w 20.6 months for those who were not vaccinated."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
"Scientists at both institutions followed up the examination of the MD Anderson patient records by experimenting in the lab w mouse models, and they found that when immunotherapy treatment was used w mRNA vaccination, the combination slowed tumor growth."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients
A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Scientists at both institutions followed up the examination of the MD Anderson patient records by experimenting in the lab w mouse models, and they found that when immunotherapy treatment was used w mRNA vaccination, the combination slowed tumor growth."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...