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In a *small* bit of good news, NOAA’s Lapenta Internship program is now accepting applications for summer 2026:
vlab.noaa.gov/web/lapenta-...
Available projects are not yet listed - and may not be for a while as NOAA scientists need some time to put them together.
vlab.noaa.gov/web/lapenta-...
Available projects are not yet listed - and may not be for a while as NOAA scientists need some time to put them together.
Home - The William M. Lapenta - NOAA Student Internship Program - Virtual Lab
vlab.noaa.gov
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
In a *small* bit of good news, NOAA’s Lapenta Internship program is now accepting applications for summer 2026:
vlab.noaa.gov/web/lapenta-...
Available projects are not yet listed - and may not be for a while as NOAA scientists need some time to put them together.
vlab.noaa.gov/web/lapenta-...
Available projects are not yet listed - and may not be for a while as NOAA scientists need some time to put them together.
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This video is from a year ago today. MELIA spent Christmas at the shelter. Let's not let it happen again. Be her miracle 🙏
Hempstead Animal Shelter
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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Hempstead Animal Shelter
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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www.facebook.com/reel/5733265...
10K views · 954 reactions | Today Melia has been here 462 days making her the 10th longest resident at the shelter 💔 being a nervous black dog who needs someone that will work & commit to NEVER giving...
Today Melia has been here 462 days making her the 10th longest resident at the shelter 💔 being a nervous black dog who needs someone that will work & commit to NEVER giving up on her, she might wait.....
www.facebook.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This video is from a year ago today. MELIA spent Christmas at the shelter. Let's not let it happen again. Be her miracle 🙏
Hempstead Animal Shelter
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/5733265...
Hempstead Animal Shelter
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
⬇️
www.facebook.com/reel/5733265...
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I have a feeling someone who follows me knows someone who fits this bill.
Do you know someone who could run a bookstore?
There's one for sale in Grand Junction, Colorado for less than $250K.
www.bizbuysell.com/business-opp...
There's one for sale in Grand Junction, Colorado for less than $250K.
www.bizbuysell.com/business-opp...
www.bizbuysell.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I have a feeling someone who follows me knows someone who fits this bill.
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Or rather, all too believable. If you want to suppress all knowledge of how a relatively small number are enriching themselves by destroying our shared home then this destruction, following on the heels of the funding freeze for the national Climate Adaptation Science Centers, is completely logical.
Trump officials shut off funding for climate adaptation centers
A third of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers are expected to drastically wind down and possibly close after Sept. 30.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Or rather, all too believable. If you want to suppress all knowledge of how a relatively small number are enriching themselves by destroying our shared home then this destruction, following on the heels of the funding freeze for the national Climate Adaptation Science Centers, is completely logical.
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Congress Allocates $45 Million To Hang Fairy Lights Along U.S. Border https://theonion.com/congress-allocates-45-million-to-hang-fairy-lights-along-u-s-border/
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congress Allocates $45 Million To Hang Fairy Lights Along U.S. Border https://theonion.com/congress-allocates-45-million-to-hang-fairy-lights-along-u-s-border/
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The Trump administration has released an offshore drilling plan that would open nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska, California, and the Gulf Coast to new oil and gas development, an area more than half the size of the continental US
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop Trump’s Offshore Drilling in Alaska
The Trump administration has released a sweeping offshore drilling plan that would open nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. ocean waters to new oil and gas development, an area more than half the size of...
actionnetwork.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Trump administration has released an offshore drilling plan that would open nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska, California, and the Gulf Coast to new oil and gas development, an area more than half the size of the continental US
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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If you are in NYC, and you're interested in volunteer court accompaniment, the group I work with is The New Sanctuary Coalition (@newsanctuarynsc.bsky.social). I know DSA and Courtwatch also has people in the courts; I'm sure there are other groups across the country mobilizing.
December 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you are in NYC, and you're interested in volunteer court accompaniment, the group I work with is The New Sanctuary Coalition (@newsanctuarynsc.bsky.social). I know DSA and Courtwatch also has people in the courts; I'm sure there are other groups across the country mobilizing.
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Their “MAHA” bullshit was always a farce
The Trump administration has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale under EPA regulations.
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Their “MAHA” bullshit was always a farce
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number three...
OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.
my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.
my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
The new version of ChatGPT explains why it won’t generate rule-breaking outputs. WIRED’s initial analysis found that some guardrails were easy to circumvent.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
number three...
OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.
my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.
my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
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🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
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Any dentists in Kenosha, WI wanna help out a young autistic girl,?? This child needs 5 root canals due to her autism medicine.
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Donate to My 11 year old autistic granddaughter needs 5 root canals, organized by Shirley Tutor-Perez
My granddaughter Rhiannon will be 11 on 12/20. She has been b… Shirley Tutor-Perez needs your support for My 11 year old autistic granddaughter needs 5 root canals
www.gofundme.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Any dentists in Kenosha, WI wanna help out a young autistic girl,?? This child needs 5 root canals due to her autism medicine.
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
Imma trade you a pair of tickets to our show in Chicago with GNR and a meeting next July
www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-...
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The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
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I mean... Of course it can be airborne. The question is, how big an infectious threat is that?
📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I mean... Of course it can be airborne. The question is, how big an infectious threat is that?
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Public Health Grant applications now open to support local public health programs
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Public Health Grant applications now open to support local public health programs
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ISW is accepting applications for the Summer 2026 Hertog War Studies Program. Prospective students should include the following in their application.
Applications close February 2026, apply here: https://isw.pub/HWSPBlueSky
Applications close February 2026, apply here: https://isw.pub/HWSPBlueSky
December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ISW is accepting applications for the Summer 2026 Hertog War Studies Program. Prospective students should include the following in their application.
Applications close February 2026, apply here: https://isw.pub/HWSPBlueSky
Applications close February 2026, apply here: https://isw.pub/HWSPBlueSky
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Just gonna keep suggesting this: We are letting bad people set our information agenda when we talk about them all the time.
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just gonna keep suggesting this: We are letting bad people set our information agenda when we talk about them all the time.
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and once again you have over-credulous Musk fan Eric Berger at Ars burying the lede (Musk is lying to artificially inflate SpaceX's value)
After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why?
“Much of the AI race comes down to amassing and deploying assets.”…
arstechnica.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
and once again you have over-credulous Musk fan Eric Berger at Ars burying the lede (Musk is lying to artificially inflate SpaceX's value)
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
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December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
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Mike Johnson is not happy that we went around him with a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he and Trump robbed from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he and Trump robbed from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Mike Johnson is not happy that we went around him with a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he and Trump robbed from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he and Trump robbed from us:
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Can we talk about Steve Bannon helping Jeffrey Epstein behind the scenes a fraction as much as we talked about Hunter Biden's corruption?
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Can we talk about Steve Bannon helping Jeffrey Epstein behind the scenes a fraction as much as we talked about Hunter Biden's corruption?
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Bellingcat Volunteer Community made this work possible and there is some incredible geolocations and digital sleuthing in this piece.
sites.google.com/bellingcat.c...
sites.google.com/bellingcat.c...
Volunteer Community
Volunteer Community Program Update
Last updated: September 1, 2025 Our Volunteer Community has grown significantly since it began as a Global Authentication project in February 2022. It's truly ins...
sites.google.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Bellingcat Volunteer Community made this work possible and there is some incredible geolocations and digital sleuthing in this piece.
sites.google.com/bellingcat.c...
sites.google.com/bellingcat.c...
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BREAKING: A group of soldiers have appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup in the West Africa nation aje.io/ea1qgx
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
BREAKING: A group of soldiers have appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup in the West Africa nation aje.io/ea1qgx
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Dr. Bill Cassidy’s legacy as a hepatologist, will be that he brought about more liver disease. Put that in his obit.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Dr. Bill Cassidy’s legacy as a hepatologist, will be that he brought about more liver disease. Put that in his obit.