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#MedSky: In August, we reported that the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year.
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?
ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#MedSky: In August, we reported that the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year.
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️
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While Elon Musk brandished the DOGE buzzsaw, insiders saw Russ Vought’s prints on DOGE’s actions.
“I can’t imagine that the DOGE team knew to target all these little parts of the government without Russ pointing them there,” a former official said.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
“I can’t imagine that the DOGE team knew to target all these little parts of the government without Russ pointing them there,” a former official said.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
Russell Vought, Trump's Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump's second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”
www.propublica.org
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
While Elon Musk brandished the DOGE buzzsaw, insiders saw Russ Vought’s prints on DOGE’s actions.
“I can’t imagine that the DOGE team knew to target all these little parts of the government without Russ pointing them there,” a former official said.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
“I can’t imagine that the DOGE team knew to target all these little parts of the government without Russ pointing them there,” a former official said.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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Conservative education activists such as Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice have access to the top levers of the government.
“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.
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“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.
@megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Conservative education activists such as Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice have access to the top levers of the government.
“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.
@megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.
@megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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“There’s nothing in farm policy that takes into account climate change,” said one former USDA official. “In fact, most arguments would be that it’s at best neutral and at worst counterproductive for climate change.”
Published Sept. w/ @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
Published Sept. w/ @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
The Floods Kept Coming. He Needed to Grow a Crop That Would Thrive in Water — or to Quit.
One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring diversity to the Corn Belt, but improbable so long as federal farm policy remains f...
www.propublica.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“There’s nothing in farm policy that takes into account climate change,” said one former USDA official. “In fact, most arguments would be that it’s at best neutral and at worst counterproductive for climate change.”
Published Sept. w/ @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
Published Sept. w/ @capitolnewsil.bsky.social
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...
projects.propublica.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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🎥 WATCH: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.”
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
October 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🎥 WATCH: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.”
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
Those behind the law have stressed that their goals are bodily autonomy. But they do not take that stance when it comes to abortion.
➡️ More: https://propub.li/3JgEGWQ
Hurricane Melissa - reminder - hurricane season lasts until the end of November
www.clickorlando.com/weather/2025...
www.clickorlando.com/weather/2025...
Melissa becomes a hurricane, expected to be major storm before Jamaica landfall
Tropical Storm Melissa continues to show signs of better organization as it moves slowly over the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea, an environment that favors further strengthening.
www.clickorlando.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hurricane Melissa - reminder - hurricane season lasts until the end of November
www.clickorlando.com/weather/2025...
www.clickorlando.com/weather/2025...
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Inherited IRAs have a key change for 2025. What beneficiaries need to know
Inherited IRAs have a key change for 2025. What beneficiaries need to know
There is a key change for inherited IRAs for 2025. Here's what beneficiaries need to know before year-end to avoid an IRS penalty.
cnb.cx
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Inherited IRAs have a key change for 2025. What beneficiaries need to know
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Can a startup take on Apple and Samsung? Carl Pei, the founder and CEO of Nothing, who called the iPhone boring, is betting on it.
🔗 Listen to the latest episode of Bold Names: on.wsj.com/4hwvL0a
🔗 Listen to the latest episode of Bold Names: on.wsj.com/4hwvL0a
October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Can a startup take on Apple and Samsung? Carl Pei, the founder and CEO of Nothing, who called the iPhone boring, is betting on it.
🔗 Listen to the latest episode of Bold Names: on.wsj.com/4hwvL0a
🔗 Listen to the latest episode of Bold Names: on.wsj.com/4hwvL0a
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After serving a federal prison sentence for violating anti-money laundering laws and US sanctions, former crypto exchange CEO Changpeng Zhao has been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.
‘War on Crypto Is Over’: Donald Trump Pardons Binance Founder CZ
After serving a federal prison sentence for violating anti-money laundering laws and US sanctions, former crypto exchange CEO Changpeng Zhao has been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.
wrd.cm
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
After serving a federal prison sentence for violating anti-money laundering laws and US sanctions, former crypto exchange CEO Changpeng Zhao has been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.
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As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn't left.
Astronomers Have Discovered Earth's Latest Quasilunar Moon
As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn't left.
wrd.cm
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn't left.
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In this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI.
How Data Centers Actually Work
In this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI.
wrd.cm
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we discuss the economics and environmental impacts of energy-hungry data centers and whether these facilities are sustainable in the age of AI.
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In OpenAI’s new Atlas browser, the Ask ChatGPT sidebar is moderately helpful at best. Sometimes, it’s confusingly wrong.
OpenAI's Atlas Wants to Be the Web’s Tour Guide. I’m Not Convinced It Needs One
In OpenAI’s new Atlas browser, the Ask ChatGPT sidebar is moderately helpful at best. Sometimes, it’s confusingly wrong.
wrd.cm
October 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In OpenAI’s new Atlas browser, the Ask ChatGPT sidebar is moderately helpful at best. Sometimes, it’s confusingly wrong.
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Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web
Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
wrd.cm
October 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.
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I test smart bird feeders for a living, and have fought years’ worth of squirrel battles so you don’t have to. These are my tried-and-true tips on how to foil the wily rodents.
Don’t Let the Fuzzy Rats Win: Tips from a Squirrel Hater Who’s Seen It All
I test smart bird feeders for a living, and have fought years’ worth of squirrel battles so you don’t have to. These are my tried-and-true tips on how to foil the wily rodents.
wrd.cm
October 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I test smart bird feeders for a living, and have fought years’ worth of squirrel battles so you don’t have to. These are my tried-and-true tips on how to foil the wily rodents.
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A degree in computer science used to promise a cozy career in tech. Now, students’ ambitions are shaped by AI, in fields that blend computing with analysis, interpretation, and data.
AI Is Changing What High School STEM Students Study
A degree in computer science used to promise a cozy career in tech. Now, students’ ambitions are shaped by AI, in fields that blend computing with analysis, interpretation, and data.
wrd.cm
October 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A degree in computer science used to promise a cozy career in tech. Now, students’ ambitions are shaped by AI, in fields that blend computing with analysis, interpretation, and data.
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'This fire could have been prevented': How utilities fought removal of old power lines
'This fire could have been prevented': How utilities fought removal of old power lines
Regulators wanted Southern California Edison and other utilities to remove abandoned power lines — such as the one suspected of igniting the Eaton fire — but backed down amid utility opposition.
www.latimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
'This fire could have been prevented': How utilities fought removal of old power lines
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A 15% increase in US solar-power generation is associated with a reduction of 8.54M metric tons/yr in CO2 emissions, >12% of the yearly target of 69 MMT CO2 reductions needed to cut CO2 emissions by 1380 MMT in 20 years.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Quantifying effects of solar power adoption on CO2 emissions reduction
Analyzing the impact of solar power adoption on CO2 reduction targets provides key insights for policymakers and stakeholders.
www.science.org
August 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A 15% increase in US solar-power generation is associated with a reduction of 8.54M metric tons/yr in CO2 emissions, >12% of the yearly target of 69 MMT CO2 reductions needed to cut CO2 emissions by 1380 MMT in 20 years.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Without intervention, plastic production is on track to triple by 2060 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Oil producer pressure, Trump rollbacks threaten global treaty on plastics pollution
Hopes for a "last-chance" ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the United Nations in Geneva for what was intended to be the final round of negotiations.
www.reuters.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Without intervention, plastic production is on track to triple by 2060 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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“Are we actually saving money or just giving taxpayer dollars to a private company?”
Private Companies Step up to Gather Weather Data for NOAA as Staffing Cuts Hobble Agency Forecasting - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0108202...
Private Companies Step up to Gather Weather Data for NOAA as Staffing Cuts Hobble Agency Forecasting - Inside Climate News
WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered agency’s National Weather Service, but they can’t fill all...
insideclimatenews.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Are we actually saving money or just giving taxpayer dollars to a private company?”
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EPA eliminates $7-billion rooftop solar grant program
EPA eliminates $7-billion rooftop solar grant program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will eliminate the Solar for All program designed to help low-income households install solar panels on their homes.
www.latimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
EPA eliminates $7-billion rooftop solar grant program
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Twenty years after California adopted a landmark heat safety law, farmworkers are still getting sick and sometimes dying from preventable heat illness. Advocates and legislators say a toothless enforcement system is often to blame. @jessicagarrison.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Farmworkers keep dying from heat illness, 20 years after California vowed to protect them
Agricultural workers are toiling in the state's worst heat wave this year, amid questions about the state's commitment to ensure their safety.
www.latimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Twenty years after California adopted a landmark heat safety law, farmworkers are still getting sick and sometimes dying from preventable heat illness. Advocates and legislators say a toothless enforcement system is often to blame. @jessicagarrison.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago www.bbc.com/news/article...
Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral decline on record
Reefs have been battered by cyclones and starfish that eat coral, but heat stress driven by climate change is the main cause of damage.
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago www.bbc.com/news/article...