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November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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From cancer research to communications, Garth Finch loved his time at #WesternU. Now a two-time grad, he reflected on his “phenomenal” time @westernufims.bsky.social.
“I’ve never felt that sense of being where I’m meant to be before. I'm absolutely there now.” #WesternClassOf2025
Cancer research to comms: MMJC grad aims for impact - Western News
Garth Finch, BMSc'20, MMJC'25, was researchign melanoma in a lab at Western when he realized he had a different calling - sharing stories about science.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort the protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Nextar has now also folded and will start airing Kimmel again.

Remember this next time they tell you we are powerless in the face of rising fascism.

Companies capitulating to Trump need to feel heat.

Keep it going.

apnews.com/article/jimm...
Nexstar and Sinclair bring Jimmy Kimmel's show back on local TV stations, ending boycotts
Sinclair Broadcast Group has decided to bring Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show back to its ABC affiliate stations.
apnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. https://to.pbs.org/468IBfF
Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in Webb Space Telescope's latest snapshot
Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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There is wisdom in his words.
August 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, while some park visitors could face prosecution under protest restrictions that have been tightened under President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/3V8Cu5M
Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in Yosemite and park visitors may face prosecution
Park officials said Tuesday they are investigating alleged violations of protest restrictions that have been tightened under President Donald Trump. Shannon "SJ" Joslin, a ranger and biologist who stu...
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August 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night
Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"
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May 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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If you've had one of those days when all you really need is a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes, here's a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes.
April 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Many are comparing Trump and Maga to Hitler and Nazis.They should never do that, unless they can substantiate and show historical parallels. Therefore, I will do just that. #maga
May 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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"The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law, a memo obtained by Mississippi Today shows.

"One of the now deleted collections focused on 'race relations' and the other on 'gender studies'...”

mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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"It felt like we had all been kidnapped, thrown into some sort of sick psychological experiment meant to strip us of every ounce of strength and dignity," writes Jasmine Mooney, who was detained by Ice earlier this month.
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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1. A new Texas bill outright criminalizes being transgender as felony fraud. It is one of the most alarming bills that I have ever seen.

Though it stands little chance of passage, its rationale is already being used in other places and by the trump admin.

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March 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The bill here. It not only removed gender identity protections, it also removes all legal recognition of trans people from the law. www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
Iowa Legislature - BillBook
Information pertaining to the Iowa Legislature as well as the Executive and Judicial branch in as much as they relate to the legislative branch
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February 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM