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MauriaBea
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California born. Brought up in West Germany. Minnesota life.
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May 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Waxing Gibbous Moon. 2012UT 9 May 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
May 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The CDC updated the numbers of measles cases in the country on Friday. Here's what they say and what it means for public health in the U.S.
Measles math: What to know about 1,001 measles cases across the country
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the numbers of measles cases in the country on Friday. Here's what they say and what it means for public health in the U.S.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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tired: SignalGate

@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.

Welp.
Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage
After a hacker reportedly stole data from TeleMessage Signal that included references to CBP, the agency has now confirmed that it used the app but has now “disabled” it as a “precautionary measure.”
www.wired.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Not only are they ignoring climate change—they’re trying to cover up the cost. Shutting down NOAA’s disaster tracking so we can’t see the BILLIONS it’s costing us? This ain’t solving the crisis—it’s hiding it.
US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more
abcnews.go.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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🚨Air traffic controllers managing flights in and out of Newark Liberty Airport faced another outage early Friday morning, losing radar for about 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m.

What the hell is Sean Duffy doing?
May 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
May 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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seems like hegseth is more interested in his white supremacist ideological project than actually building an effective military
Pete Hegseth’s culture war hits West Point. Books banned, syllabuses scrubbed, two professors resign in protest, the librarian quit.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
The Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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On this date in 1961, John Lewis and two others attacked at South Carolina Greyhound bus terminal.

calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
May 9, 1961 | John Lewis and Two Others Attacked at South Carolina Bus Terminal
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court says retired Justice David Souter has died at age 85.
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
May 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Israel’s unrelenting violence came as its total blockade of Gaza entered its third month. The World Central Kitchen charity said Wednesday it had halted Gaza relief efforts after running out of supplies.

www.democracynow.org/2025/5/8/hea...
World Central Kitchen Ends Food Distro Due to Israel’s Genocidal Blockade
Israel’s unrelenting violence came as its total blockade of Gaza entered its third month. The World Central Kitchen charity said Wednesday it had halted Gaza relief efforts after running out of suppli...
www.democracynow.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in U.S. air travel.

Listen to "The Daily."
A Frightening Moment to Fly
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Steny Hoyer: "Is this infantile bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico really this House's top priority?

*phone rings*

I think Saturday Night Live just called me. They want me on."
May 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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The new Pope is an American (from Chicago), Robert Francis Prevost
May 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM