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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Cape Verde qualify for first-ever World Cup www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Cape Verde qualify for first-ever World Cup
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October 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Cape Verde qualify for first-ever World Cup www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Source: The New Bedford Light
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Protesters show solidarity with New Bedford father, son at ICE check-in - The New Bedford Light
Demonstrators arrived at the Burlington facility early Tuesday to support Juan DeLeón Mayic and Diego DeLeón Lucas, who were later detained.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Source: The New Bedford Light
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Samuli Tanner - Live @ Oulunkylän kirjasto/Oulunkylä Library, Kylänvanhimmantie 27, Helsinki. Wed 15 October 2025. 18:00. "Improvised experimental music with custom-made electronics and animation loops by Tanner."
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#SamuliTanner #experimental #improvisation #Helsinki
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#SamuliTanner #experimental #improvisation #Helsinki
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Samuli Tanner - Live @ Oulunkylän kirjasto/Oulunkylä Library, Kylänvanhimmantie 27, Helsinki. Wed 15 October 2025. 18:00. "Improvised experimental music with custom-made electronics and animation loops by Tanner."
helmet.finna.fi/Organisation...
#SamuliTanner #experimental #improvisation #Helsinki
helmet.finna.fi/Organisation...
#SamuliTanner #experimental #improvisation #Helsinki
ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering $2,500 Payment for Deportation
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ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering $2,500 Payment for Deportation
ICE confirmed its plan to pay unaccompanied immigrant children in exchange for their agreement to be deported.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering $2,500 Payment for Deportation
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Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.
February 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.
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That’s more like it.
February 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
That’s more like it.
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CFPB made Wall Street give back over $21 billion to cheated consumers; this is Wall Street’s revenge via billionaire stooge Vought. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
CFPB to Close Office After Vought Tells Staff to Halt All Supervision
The acting director is closing the financial regulator’s headquarters and has ordered staff to halt all supervisory efforts.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
CFPB made Wall Street give back over $21 billion to cheated consumers; this is Wall Street’s revenge via billionaire stooge Vought. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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For years, the Twitch streamer Valentin Squirelo has been seeking new ways players with disabilities can enjoy games without expensive hardware. Now he and his community of fans have invented a solution.
The Twitch Streamer Using Face Recognition to Make Video Games More Accessible
For years, the Twitch streamer Valentin Squirelo has been seeking new ways players with disabilities can enjoy games without expensive hardware. Now he and his community of fans have invented a soluti...
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January 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For years, the Twitch streamer Valentin Squirelo has been seeking new ways players with disabilities can enjoy games without expensive hardware. Now he and his community of fans have invented a solution.
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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
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A Food and Drug Administration project to promote diversity in clinical studies of cancer treatments was removed from the agency's website, as the Trump administration halts DEI initiatives.
The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website
A Food and Drug Administration project to promote diversity in clinical studies of cancer treatments was removed from the agency's website, as the Trump administration halts DEI initiatives.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A Food and Drug Administration project to promote diversity in clinical studies of cancer treatments was removed from the agency's website, as the Trump administration halts DEI initiatives.
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If you haven't already, today is a good day to go get your library card.
January 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you haven't already, today is a good day to go get your library card.
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One thing before tomorrow:
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
January 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
One thing before tomorrow:
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
Use your local libraries.
Get your card.
Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.
Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).
Attend promoted activities.
Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.
Tell your kids that libraries are good.
They are.
📚
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"Even the story of his near-murder, his tragi-farcical trials, and his ordeal in the penal colony is told with humor—and humanity." Navalny's refusal to knuckle under is permanent, now that he's dead, and is still a threat to Putin's regime. www.thebulwark.com/p/even-in-de...
Even in Death, Navalny Still Threatens the Putin Regime
The opposition leader’s posthumous memoir is a chronicle of a death foretold.
www.thebulwark.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Even the story of his near-murder, his tragi-farcical trials, and his ordeal in the penal colony is told with humor—and humanity." Navalny's refusal to knuckle under is permanent, now that he's dead, and is still a threat to Putin's regime. www.thebulwark.com/p/even-in-de...
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Finally feeling like a human again, so just wanted to say:
You, whoever you are, are capable of great things, and that current thing your working on, that's going to turn out great, and a small but meaningful number of people are going to really like it. Carry on.
You, whoever you are, are capable of great things, and that current thing your working on, that's going to turn out great, and a small but meaningful number of people are going to really like it. Carry on.
January 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Finally feeling like a human again, so just wanted to say:
You, whoever you are, are capable of great things, and that current thing your working on, that's going to turn out great, and a small but meaningful number of people are going to really like it. Carry on.
You, whoever you are, are capable of great things, and that current thing your working on, that's going to turn out great, and a small but meaningful number of people are going to really like it. Carry on.
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Sisters with Transistors is on hoopla, which many of us can access for free through our local library.
January 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Sisters with Transistors is on hoopla, which many of us can access for free through our local library.
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Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82
Bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961, he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms.
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January 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC
Jimmy Carter on the American oligarchy
He was a truth-teller. We should remember what he said — and act on it.
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January 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC