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Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.

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What Extreme Poverty Looks Like
Ten percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see.
classroom.ricksteves.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:
September 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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"In DC a pilot (banning right turn on red) at 74 intersections led to a 92% reduction in failure-to-yield incidents and a 97% drop in vehicle conflicts"

Why cities like DC, Raleigh, Ann Arbor, Cambridge & Seattle are rethinking right turn on red @schlthss.bsky.social tooledesign.com/insights/202...
Right Turn on Red: It’s Time to Reconsider - Toole Design
Toole Design's Bill Schultheiss and Mariel Colman unpack why it's time to move away from a blanket approach to right turn on red (RTOR).
tooledesign.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Monday night’s one hour rainfall in NYC ranked 2nd…Only behind Ida. That this happened without a tropical system is significant and shows our new reality. The top 3 wettest one hour rainfalls for NYC in the past 156 years have all happened in the past four years.
an aerial view of a city skyline with the words viralhog below it
ALT: an aerial view of a city skyline with the words viralhog below it
media.tenor.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Yes On Ann Arbor Props A And B
look man i just want it to be not a parking lot
mgoblog.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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As the August 5th election nears, we've been getting a lot of questions from patrons who have heard or read false claims about Proposals A&B. So, we've put together this page with the false claims we've heard and the facts that refute them:

aadl.org/morefacts

Please share and tell your friends!
Things you may have heard about the August 5th Vote | Ann Arbor District Library
aadl.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
We welcomed a new mlem (Bea) to our family today on this #mlemsday.
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
January 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I really enjoyed this interview with @vox.com about why I continue to be broadly in favor of humans.

www.vox.com/future-perfe...
John Green’s crusade to make the world “suck less”
Tuberculosis is still the world’s top killer. The author has a plan to fight back.
www.vox.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:54 PM