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And a column from yesterday on the greatest, fastest, most dramatic 800 freestyle ever competed: Katie Ledecky, bracketed by challengers who would not go away, had to stay calm and then dig deep to extend her reign. bit.ly/3JgNT0E
It Was the Closest Race Yet, but Katie Ledecky Is Still the Queen of the 800 Freestyle, 13 Years and Counting
The epic battle was one of the greatest races in history. In the end, the 28-year-old American captured her seventh world championship in the event.
bit.ly
August 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
And a column from yesterday on the greatest, fastest, most dramatic 800 freestyle ever competed: Katie Ledecky, bracketed by challengers who would not go away, had to stay calm and then dig deep to extend her reign. bit.ly/3JgNT0E
Reposted by Jessica Stokes
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
wapo.st
June 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
QOTD: “A dramatic failure to understand biology.”
Neuroscientist Rachel Levin, who studies the development of sex, characterizes an executive order issued by US president Donald Trump that attempts to define biological sex.
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Neuroscientist Rachel Levin, who studies the development of sex, characterizes an executive order issued by US president Donald Trump that attempts to define biological sex.
@statnews via @Nature www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/t...
Trump executive order declaring only ‘two sexes’ gets the biology wrong, scientists say
Trump executive order declaring two sexes defies decades of research into how human bodies grow and develop
www.statnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
QOTD: “A dramatic failure to understand biology.”
Neuroscientist Rachel Levin, who studies the development of sex, characterizes an executive order issued by US president Donald Trump that attempts to define biological sex.
@statnews via @Nature www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/t...
Neuroscientist Rachel Levin, who studies the development of sex, characterizes an executive order issued by US president Donald Trump that attempts to define biological sex.
@statnews via @Nature www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/t...