Mary Jane Curry
@mjcinwnc.bsky.social
Retired university associate professor who taught research methods and academic writing to majors in the sciences including pre-med and liberal arts, and literature; and a specialist on the novel as a genre with a focus on Jane Austen
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Wednesday 11/19: Commemorate 100th Anniversary Of Murder Of Joe Hill
Wednesday 11/19: Commemorate 100th Anniversary Of Murder Of Joe Hill
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2022 Blake St.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wednesday 11/19: Commemorate 100th Anniversary Of Murder Of Joe Hill
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Update: Marion County, Kansas, agreed Nov. 10 to pay more than $3 million for its role in a raid on the Marion County Record newsroom in 2023.
Newsroom, personal equipment seized in Kansas raid
Local law enforcement executed a search warrant on the offices of the Marion County Record on Aug. 11, 2023, seizing …
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November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Update: Marion County, Kansas, agreed Nov. 10 to pay more than $3 million for its role in a raid on the Marion County Record newsroom in 2023.
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We’re not chasing hype. We’re building AI that works for real businesses, real supply chains, and real growth, the president of Alibaba.com Kuo Zhang writes in his opinion article for Euroviews.
Why AI must be grounded, not hyped, to serve Europe’s SMEs
We’re not chasing hype. We’re building AI that works for real businesses, real supply chains, and real growth, the president of Alibaba.com Kuo Zhang writes in his opinion article for Euroviews.
l.euronews.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We’re not chasing hype. We’re building AI that works for real businesses, real supply chains, and real growth, the president of Alibaba.com Kuo Zhang writes in his opinion article for Euroviews.
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As many European countries rethink the cost of maintaining close ties with China, Taiwan is skillfully exploiting the strategic reassessment.
Taiwan makes inroads into Europe as China hits rough patch with West
The self-ruled, democratic island is circumventing diplomatic obstacles despite Beijing’s efforts to ostracize it.
ebx.sh
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
As many European countries rethink the cost of maintaining close ties with China, Taiwan is skillfully exploiting the strategic reassessment.
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Liverpool. June 4, 2025. 📸: Rob DeMartin
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Liverpool. June 4, 2025. 📸: Rob DeMartin
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Take a few mins to hear from some of the young people I talked to about why they signed up to run for office, their struggles, their belief in making things better.
“Good ideas are still possible & can still be listened to instead of all this inflammatory bullshit."
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
“Good ideas are still possible & can still be listened to instead of all this inflammatory bullshit."
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The Trump Backlash That's Flying Under The Radar
In the past year, nearly 75,000 people have signed up to run for local and state office through Run for Something. And its candidates are winning.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Take a few mins to hear from some of the young people I talked to about why they signed up to run for office, their struggles, their belief in making things better.
“Good ideas are still possible & can still be listened to instead of all this inflammatory bullshit."
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
“Good ideas are still possible & can still be listened to instead of all this inflammatory bullshit."
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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Yeah, please Donald, tell us what this is all about. Wtf.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Yeah, please Donald, tell us what this is all about. Wtf.
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AGU is calling on Congress to finish full-year appropriations for science agencies—and we need your voice.
📢 Read more from our president, Brandon Jones, who reminds us that together, we can keep science standing strong: buff.ly/prxry8C
#ScienceIsEssential #AGUAdvocacy #SupportScience
📢 Read more from our president, Brandon Jones, who reminds us that together, we can keep science standing strong: buff.ly/prxry8C
#ScienceIsEssential #AGUAdvocacy #SupportScience
Don’t Just Reopen Government. Recommit to Science.
The United States has just come through the longest government shutdown in its history—a period of deep uncertainty that exacerbated hardships for the nation. Some scientists still reported for duty…
fromtheprow.agu.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
AGU is calling on Congress to finish full-year appropriations for science agencies—and we need your voice.
📢 Read more from our president, Brandon Jones, who reminds us that together, we can keep science standing strong: buff.ly/prxry8C
#ScienceIsEssential #AGUAdvocacy #SupportScience
📢 Read more from our president, Brandon Jones, who reminds us that together, we can keep science standing strong: buff.ly/prxry8C
#ScienceIsEssential #AGUAdvocacy #SupportScience
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The U.S. has just emerged from the longest government shutdown in its history — a period of deep uncertainty that put science, safety, and resilience at risk. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The U.S. has just emerged from the longest government shutdown in its history — a period of deep uncertainty that put science, safety, and resilience at risk. 🧵
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A U.S.-led program killed a young missionary and her daughter in Peru after mistaking their plane for drug smugglers in 2001. @schakowsky.house.gov said the actions amounted to "extrajudicial killing." Now Trump admin. celebrates summary execution of alleged drug smugglers w/o a hint of due process.
The latest episode of my podcast Collateral Damage is up today.
When we started this project a few years ago, we had no idea how timely this episode would be.
It's about Veronica and Charity Bowers, a mother and daughter killed in 2001 when the CIA and Peruvian Air Force shot down their plane.
When we started this project a few years ago, we had no idea how timely this episode would be.
It's about Veronica and Charity Bowers, a mother and daughter killed in 2001 when the CIA and Peruvian Air Force shot down their plane.
Episode Six: Airborne Imperialism
A U.S.-led program killed Veronica and Charity Bowers in Peru after mistaking their plane for drug smugglers. Trump’s Venezuela boat strikes make their deaths newly and urgently relevant.
theintercept.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A U.S.-led program killed a young missionary and her daughter in Peru after mistaking their plane for drug smugglers in 2001. @schakowsky.house.gov said the actions amounted to "extrajudicial killing." Now Trump admin. celebrates summary execution of alleged drug smugglers w/o a hint of due process.
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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“Don’t talk about me and my food insecurity to justify kicking people like me off of my health care.” interc.pt/47UslQ6
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Don’t talk about me and my food insecurity to justify kicking people like me off of my health care.” interc.pt/47UslQ6
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OPINION: Donald Trump just showed up — allegedly — somewhere no one would ever want to be found.
Trump spent years building this Epstein denial — a Karoline Leavitt slip just destroyed it
Donald Trump just showed up — allegedly — somewhere no one would ever want to be found.”Spending time” at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with one of the convicted child-sex predator’s victims.The allegation is one of several politically radioactive revelations in emails released by the Democrats on the Hou...
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
OPINION: Donald Trump just showed up — allegedly — somewhere no one would ever want to be found.
'Turning the tables': Watergate lawyer flags plans to question Trump on Epstein under oath
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
'Turning the tables': Watergate lawyer flags plans to question Trump on Epstein under oath
President Donald Trump could be asked about his links to Jeffrey Epstein under oath, a Watergate lawyer has claimed. Nick Akerman says the lawsuit the president brought against the New York Times has ...
www.rawstory.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
'Turning the tables': Watergate lawyer flags plans to question Trump on Epstein under oath
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
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Its plaque reads: “In Honor Of Friendship Month: We celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his ‘closest friend,’ Jeffrey Epstein."
At the bottom: “Voice Over: There Must Be More To Life Than Having Everything.”
A reference to Trump's creepy bday message to Epstein.
At the bottom: “Voice Over: There Must Be More To Life Than Having Everything.”
A reference to Trump's creepy bday message to Epstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Its plaque reads: “In Honor Of Friendship Month: We celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his ‘closest friend,’ Jeffrey Epstein."
At the bottom: “Voice Over: There Must Be More To Life Than Having Everything.”
A reference to Trump's creepy bday message to Epstein.
At the bottom: “Voice Over: There Must Be More To Life Than Having Everything.”
A reference to Trump's creepy bday message to Epstein.
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In a new letter to Trump, Elizabeth Warren uses his admin's own data to knock his claims about the costs of groceries and energy bills going down.
“Why do you believe that there is ‘virtually no inflation?’” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
“Why do you believe that there is ‘virtually no inflation?’” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In a new letter to Trump, Elizabeth Warren uses his admin's own data to knock his claims about the costs of groceries and energy bills going down.
“Why do you believe that there is ‘virtually no inflation?’” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
“Why do you believe that there is ‘virtually no inflation?’” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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A name change for the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost $2 billion to enact, according to one report.
Trump's big Dept of Defense change dubbed 'cosplay' that could cost $2 billion to enact
A name change for the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost $2 billion to enact, according to one report.Donald Trump confirmed the name change earlier this year, but replacing signage and building titles with the new name could cost the government billions. The name change must ...
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A name change for the Department of Defense to the Department of War could cost $2 billion to enact, according to one report.
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Hours after Dems on the House Oversight Committee released damning new emails from Jeffrey Epstein saying Trump "knew about the girls," Republicans on the committee just released 20,000 more pages of documents from Epstein's estate www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Oversight Republicans Release 20,000 More Pages Of Epstein Documents
www.huffpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hours after Dems on the House Oversight Committee released damning new emails from Jeffrey Epstein saying Trump "knew about the girls," Republicans on the committee just released 20,000 more pages of documents from Epstein's estate www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Al-Astal is one of at least 95 Palestinian medical workers, 80 of whom are from Gaza, still being held without charge in Israeli prisons.
Dozens of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared in Israeli Detention
A doctor returned, but a first responder never showed up. No one knows why Israel held them for two years.
theintercept.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Al-Astal is one of at least 95 Palestinian medical workers, 80 of whom are from Gaza, still being held without charge in Israeli prisons.
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The president of Colombia recalled his ambassador from the U.S. when an image was spotted in a White House photo, intensifying a growing rift between the two countries.
To influence Trump on Colombia, Sen. Bernie Moreno brought a fake image of the country's president
The president of Colombia recalled his ambassador from the U.S. when the image was spotted in a White House photo, intensifying a growing rift between the two countries.
nbcnews.to
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The president of Colombia recalled his ambassador from the U.S. when an image was spotted in a White House photo, intensifying a growing rift between the two countries.
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Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end
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Thousands of protesters in Serbia symbolically formed a human shield Tuesday around a bombed-out military complex, vowing to protect it from redevelopment as a luxury compound by a company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. https://to.pbs.org/47zMEDJ
Serbians protest real estate project linked to Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner
Thousands of protesters in Serbia have formed a human shield around a bombed-out military complex, vowing to protect it from redevelopment.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thousands of protesters in Serbia symbolically formed a human shield Tuesday around a bombed-out military complex, vowing to protect it from redevelopment as a luxury compound by a company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. https://to.pbs.org/47zMEDJ
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Indigenous protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil
Indigenous protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil
The demonstrators waved yellow flags protesting oil drilling in the Amazon.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Indigenous protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil
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US sanctions on Russia will not work unless Trump steps up enforcement on.ft.com/4hOPSGS | opinion
US sanctions on Russia will not work unless Trump steps up enforcement
Moscow has had four years to hone its evasion skills — and markets have priced it in
on.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
US sanctions on Russia will not work unless Trump steps up enforcement on.ft.com/4hOPSGS | opinion