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Hey Trump: STFU PIGGY
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hey Trump: STFU PIGGY
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🎧: Under fire from powerful enemies at home and abroad, how can the BBC save itself? @arusbridger and the FT’s @janinegibson.ft.com speak to Pat Younge, former chief creative officer of BBC Television.
‘Trump is a grifter. The BBC must not pay him a dime’
Under fire from powerful enemies at home and abroad, how can the broadcasting service save itself?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🎧: Under fire from powerful enemies at home and abroad, how can the BBC save itself? @arusbridger and the FT’s @janinegibson.ft.com speak to Pat Younge, former chief creative officer of BBC Television.
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The US Mint produced its last penny yesterday (here's a video of US treasurer Brandon Beach pressing the button). The one-cent coin, in circulation for more than 230 years, has fallen victim to digitisation and rising production costs.
A primer on the death of the penny, brought to you by #FTEdit 👇
A primer on the death of the penny, brought to you by #FTEdit 👇
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The US Mint produced its last penny yesterday (here's a video of US treasurer Brandon Beach pressing the button). The one-cent coin, in circulation for more than 230 years, has fallen victim to digitisation and rising production costs.
A primer on the death of the penny, brought to you by #FTEdit 👇
A primer on the death of the penny, brought to you by #FTEdit 👇
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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More than 30 years after his death, the work of Bob Ross continues to engage viewers. https://to.pbs.org/49Hzu96
Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting
More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public bro...
to.pbs.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
More than 30 years after his death, the work of Bob Ross continues to engage viewers. https://to.pbs.org/49Hzu96
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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. …
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November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
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Animals at zoos across the United States got into the Halloween spirit this month. 🎃
Video via Oregon Zoo via Storyful and AP, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via Storyful and the John Ball Zoo via AP
Video via Oregon Zoo via Storyful and AP, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via Storyful and the John Ball Zoo via AP
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Animals at zoos across the United States got into the Halloween spirit this month. 🎃
Video via Oregon Zoo via Storyful and AP, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via Storyful and the John Ball Zoo via AP
Video via Oregon Zoo via Storyful and AP, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium via Storyful and the John Ball Zoo via AP
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President Donald Trump is demolishing the East Wing of the White House without review, recourse, or an approval process.
Here's what to know. 👇
Here's what to know. 👇
Trump’s East Wing demolition, briefly explained
The president vandalizes the White House.
www.vox.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
President Donald Trump is demolishing the East Wing of the White House without review, recourse, or an approval process.
Here's what to know. 👇
Here's what to know. 👇
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Why is Vought’s role as Trump’s budget director so key to the president’s plans?
“Every goddam thing in the executive branch goes through OMB,” a former official explained. The agency is the choke point for $7 trillion in federal spending.
“Every goddam thing in the executive branch goes through OMB,” a former official explained. The agency is the choke point for $7 trillion in federal spending.
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Why is Vought’s role as Trump’s budget director so key to the president’s plans?
“Every goddam thing in the executive branch goes through OMB,” a former official explained. The agency is the choke point for $7 trillion in federal spending.
“Every goddam thing in the executive branch goes through OMB,” a former official explained. The agency is the choke point for $7 trillion in federal spending.
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A band of unusually hard rock, formed from magma about 15 million years ago, near the epicenter of the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake likely worsened the disaster, researchers have said in a newly published paper.
Ancient magma may have supercharged Noto quake, Japan researchers say
The findings help explain why a series of small earthquakes over a period of about three years suddenly culminated in the magnitude 7.6 Noto Peninsula quake in January 2024.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A band of unusually hard rock, formed from magma about 15 million years ago, near the epicenter of the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake likely worsened the disaster, researchers have said in a newly published paper.
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Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam was released Oct. 3 from prison after serving 40 years for a crime he didn't commit. ICE immediately took him into custody.
Exonerated after serving 40-plus years, he's now detained by ICE
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam was released Oct. 3 from prison after serving 40 years for a crime he didn't commit. ICE immediately took him into custody.
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam was released Oct. 3 from prison after serving 40 years for a crime he didn't commit. ICE immediately took him into custody.
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“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.
ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.
trib.al
October 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.
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“I think Comey’s indictment is momentous because it tests a principle that has protected American democracy for 50 years: Presidents should not direct prosecutors to charge their political enemies,” according to a law professor who studies legal ethics.
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#polisky #freespeech
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#polisky #freespeech
James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians
The former FBI director’s indictment breaks a principle that has protected American democracy for 50 years.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“I think Comey’s indictment is momentous because it tests a principle that has protected American democracy for 50 years: Presidents should not direct prosecutors to charge their political enemies,” according to a law professor who studies legal ethics.
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#polisky #freespeech
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#polisky #freespeech
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Robert Reich warned that Trump's use of the act would be an "authoritarian power grab."
Why Trump’s Insurrection Act Threats Poses ‘Imminent Danger’: Professor
www.newsweek.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Robert Reich warned that Trump's use of the act would be an "authoritarian power grab."