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NEW: The EPA wants to take away protections for millions of acres of wetlands in Louisiana and the rest of the country, allowing them to be polluted or developed without the need for permits under a new set of proposed regulations. @eplunk.bsky.social reports. lailluminator.com/2025/11/19/l...
Louisiana wetlands advocates fear new federal rules will peel back protections further • Louisiana Illuminator
The EPA’s long-awaited proposed rules would change what counts as federally protected waters in the United States.
lailluminator.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The EPA wants to take away protections for millions of acres of wetlands in Louisiana and the rest of the country, allowing them to be polluted or developed without the need for permits under a new set of proposed regulations. @eplunk.bsky.social reports. lailluminator.com/2025/11/19/l...
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Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.
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For decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable. The EPA was taking more steps to fix that under Biden. Guess what happened next.
New from @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
New from @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
For decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable. The EPA was taking more steps to fix that under Biden. Guess what happened next.
New from @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
New from @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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Zohran Mamdani is attempting to build a more positive relationship with the NYPD. But his previous remarks that they are racist, anti-queer, and a threat to public safety remain as true as ever.
www.leftvoice.org/cops-are-not...
www.leftvoice.org/cops-are-not...
Cops Are Not a Constituency and Don’t Deserve an Apology From Mamdani - Left Voice
Zohran Mamdani is attempting to build a more positive relationship with the NYPD. But his previous remarks that they are racist, anti-queer, and a threat to public safety remain as true as ever.
www.leftvoice.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Zohran Mamdani is attempting to build a more positive relationship with the NYPD. But his previous remarks that they are racist, anti-queer, and a threat to public safety remain as true as ever.
www.leftvoice.org/cops-are-not...
www.leftvoice.org/cops-are-not...
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The Speaker of Israel’s Parliament declared the Doha airstrike a “message for the entire Middle East,” posting footage to emphasize a major escalation in Israel’s regional aggression amid broad international condemnation.
Speaker of Israeli Parliament Says Doha Strike Is “Message for the Entire Middle East”
The politician posted a video of the strike in Doha, which marked a major escalation in Israel’s regional aggression.
truthout.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Speaker of Israel’s Parliament declared the Doha airstrike a “message for the entire Middle East,” posting footage to emphasize a major escalation in Israel’s regional aggression amid broad international condemnation.
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UPDATE — *Another* boat on the Sumud Flotilla has been hit in a suspected drone attack, according to organizers.
Comes after one of its boats, the Family, was attacked yesterday in Tunisian waters.
The flotilla is seeking to break the Israeli siege of Gaza and aid Palestinians.
Comes after one of its boats, the Family, was attacked yesterday in Tunisian waters.
The flotilla is seeking to break the Israeli siege of Gaza and aid Palestinians.
September 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
UPDATE — *Another* boat on the Sumud Flotilla has been hit in a suspected drone attack, according to organizers.
Comes after one of its boats, the Family, was attacked yesterday in Tunisian waters.
The flotilla is seeking to break the Israeli siege of Gaza and aid Palestinians.
Comes after one of its boats, the Family, was attacked yesterday in Tunisian waters.
The flotilla is seeking to break the Israeli siege of Gaza and aid Palestinians.
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The UN has declared famine in Gaza.
It is the first officially recognized famine in the history of the Middle East.
A human-made crime, not a natural tragedy.
Israel is deliberately starving Gaza before the eyes of the world.
This isn’t war.
It’s calculated extermination.
#GazaGenocide
It is the first officially recognized famine in the history of the Middle East.
A human-made crime, not a natural tragedy.
Israel is deliberately starving Gaza before the eyes of the world.
This isn’t war.
It’s calculated extermination.
#GazaGenocide
August 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The UN has declared famine in Gaza.
It is the first officially recognized famine in the history of the Middle East.
A human-made crime, not a natural tragedy.
Israel is deliberately starving Gaza before the eyes of the world.
This isn’t war.
It’s calculated extermination.
#GazaGenocide
It is the first officially recognized famine in the history of the Middle East.
A human-made crime, not a natural tragedy.
Israel is deliberately starving Gaza before the eyes of the world.
This isn’t war.
It’s calculated extermination.
#GazaGenocide
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NEW: Leaders of a small Arizona city ramped up affordable housing & services like soup kitchens for homeless people. In response, a former mayor got angry & tried to recall them. But they survived the recalls this month.
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Facing Arizona’s Crackdown on Homelessness, Two Cities Offer Different Responses - Bolts
Fewer than 250 voters cast a ballot in a South Tucson recall election this month targeting the mayor and two allies in city council. The three officials, Mayor Roxy Valenzuela... Read More
boltsmag.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
NEW: Leaders of a small Arizona city ramped up affordable housing & services like soup kitchens for homeless people. In response, a former mayor got angry & tried to recall them. But they survived the recalls this month.
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
Bolts reports on what's happening—& the warring responses to homelessness:
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“Stringer noted that real police officers do not wear ski masks.”
I think I see a problem…
I think I see a problem…
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks claiming to be officers, HPD says
Two men are dead after police say they were impersonating officers at a southeast Houston home overnight.
www.khou.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Stringer noted that real police officers do not wear ski masks.”
I think I see a problem…
I think I see a problem…
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Surveillance tech is not making us safer – it’s putting innocent people at risk. This isn’t public safety. It’s automated injustice. Read more: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Human Toll of ALPR Errors
This post was written by Gowri Nayar, an EFF legal intern. Imagine driving to get your nails done with your family and all of a sudden, you are pulled over by police officers for allegedly driving a
www.eff.org
August 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Surveillance tech is not making us safer – it’s putting innocent people at risk. This isn’t public safety. It’s automated injustice. Read more: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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What the Retina Can Reveal About COVID-19’s Effect on the Brain.
"Retinal cells exposed to COVID-19’s spike protein showed Alzheimer’s-like changes — and an experimental cancer drug helped reverse them."
beingpatient.com/retina-covid...
"Retinal cells exposed to COVID-19’s spike protein showed Alzheimer’s-like changes — and an experimental cancer drug helped reverse them."
beingpatient.com/retina-covid...
What the Retina Can Reveal About COVID-19’s Effect on the Brain | Being Patient
Retinal cells exposed to COVID-19’s spike protein showed Alzheimer’s-like changes — and an experimental cancer drug helped reverse them.
beingpatient.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
What the Retina Can Reveal About COVID-19’s Effect on the Brain.
"Retinal cells exposed to COVID-19’s spike protein showed Alzheimer’s-like changes — and an experimental cancer drug helped reverse them."
beingpatient.com/retina-covid...
"Retinal cells exposed to COVID-19’s spike protein showed Alzheimer’s-like changes — and an experimental cancer drug helped reverse them."
beingpatient.com/retina-covid...
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I wrote about how Trump's threat to end mail-in voting is just his latest attack on disabled people, some of whom find voting by mail to be much more accessible, at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's promise to end vote-by-mail is yet another attack on disabled voters
The president credits democracy superfan Vladimir Putin with the idea. Yes, really.
www.motherjones.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I wrote about how Trump's threat to end mail-in voting is just his latest attack on disabled people, some of whom find voting by mail to be much more accessible, at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trump administration's decision to abandon lawsuits challenging civil rights violations in carceral facilities leaves incarcerated people vulnerable to more abuse.
The Department of Justice has a responsibility to defend the rights of incarcerated people.
The Department of Justice has a responsibility to defend the rights of incarcerated people.
Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive group homes. Both cases are now on hold.
www.propublica.org
August 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Trump administration's decision to abandon lawsuits challenging civil rights violations in carceral facilities leaves incarcerated people vulnerable to more abuse.
The Department of Justice has a responsibility to defend the rights of incarcerated people.
The Department of Justice has a responsibility to defend the rights of incarcerated people.
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Severe COVID-19 induces long-lasting epigenetic reprogramming in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) and monocytes.
These changes persist for up to a year and include altered chromatin accessibility and transcriptional programs.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
These changes persist for up to a year and include altered chromatin accessibility and transcriptional programs.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
August 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Severe COVID-19 induces long-lasting epigenetic reprogramming in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) and monocytes.
These changes persist for up to a year and include altered chromatin accessibility and transcriptional programs.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
These changes persist for up to a year and include altered chromatin accessibility and transcriptional programs.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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It's pretty clear by now that the mass shooting in Manhattan a week ago today was not some random act.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nfl-shooti...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nfl-shooti...
“NFL” Shooting Wasn’t Random
Another manifesto gets censored in a case that needs transparency
www.kenklippenstein.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It's pretty clear by now that the mass shooting in Manhattan a week ago today was not some random act.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nfl-shooti...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nfl-shooti...
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Let's be clear about what's happening: the Republican Party is trying to rig the mid-term elections, so voters can't decide who we want in power.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to arrest every opposition party state legislator. They're trying to make the US a one party dictatorship.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to arrest every opposition party state legislator. They're trying to make the US a one party dictatorship.
The Republican governor of Texas has directed state police to arrest his Democratic opponents
August 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Let's be clear about what's happening: the Republican Party is trying to rig the mid-term elections, so voters can't decide who we want in power.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to arrest every opposition party state legislator. They're trying to make the US a one party dictatorship.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to arrest every opposition party state legislator. They're trying to make the US a one party dictatorship.
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Everything he said is wrong.
The NIH is a boon to states economically.
It did not, in any respect, cause the pandemic. This is lab leak bullshit.
And the final claim is just an open admission they’re imposing rightist ideology on science.
It’s a war on science this administration is waging.
The NIH is a boon to states economically.
It did not, in any respect, cause the pandemic. This is lab leak bullshit.
And the final claim is just an open admission they’re imposing rightist ideology on science.
It’s a war on science this administration is waging.
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Everything he said is wrong.
The NIH is a boon to states economically.
It did not, in any respect, cause the pandemic. This is lab leak bullshit.
And the final claim is just an open admission they’re imposing rightist ideology on science.
It’s a war on science this administration is waging.
The NIH is a boon to states economically.
It did not, in any respect, cause the pandemic. This is lab leak bullshit.
And the final claim is just an open admission they’re imposing rightist ideology on science.
It’s a war on science this administration is waging.
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Treating a Viral Infection in Cats May Solve the Mystery of Long COVID www.discovermagazine.com/health/treat...
Treating a Viral Infection in Cats May Solve the Mystery of Long COVID
Learn about the disease in cats that shows striking similarities to long COVID and the treatment that can restore feline immune dysfunction.
www.discovermagazine.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Treating a Viral Infection in Cats May Solve the Mystery of Long COVID www.discovermagazine.com/health/treat...
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Poll after poll shows broad agreement on issues like taxation of the rich, healthcare, and even COVID mitigation (when that was still a thing our government did).
Yet the opinion sections at the WSJ, NYT, WaPo, etc. overrepresent minority perspectives of powerful interests.
It’s just propaganda.
Yet the opinion sections at the WSJ, NYT, WaPo, etc. overrepresent minority perspectives of powerful interests.
It’s just propaganda.
July 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Poll after poll shows broad agreement on issues like taxation of the rich, healthcare, and even COVID mitigation (when that was still a thing our government did).
Yet the opinion sections at the WSJ, NYT, WaPo, etc. overrepresent minority perspectives of powerful interests.
It’s just propaganda.
Yet the opinion sections at the WSJ, NYT, WaPo, etc. overrepresent minority perspectives of powerful interests.
It’s just propaganda.
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Shit, we can't get MEDICAL PERSONNEL to mask AT MEDICAL FACILITIES, nor THE PATIENTS. Clinics and hospitals at the minimum should be mask-required (also measles), but noooOOOooo.
July 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Shit, we can't get MEDICAL PERSONNEL to mask AT MEDICAL FACILITIES, nor THE PATIENTS. Clinics and hospitals at the minimum should be mask-required (also measles), but noooOOOooo.
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I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
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it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
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for the past few years every time i publish an article i get a ton of harassment from the far-right that attempts to discredit my reporting and attack the outlet that published me.
every time except this time, that is. it’s been crickets from them, in fact.
every time except this time, that is. it’s been crickets from them, in fact.
New from me & @mazmhussain.bsky.social for @dropsitenews.com: Leaked chats show Zionist extremists, including Betar, plot to harass mosques, burn Qurans, buy lasers & mace to use on pro-Palestine protestors in NYC, & more. www.dropsitenews.com/p/betar-prot...
Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations
The secret chat logs include plans to burn Qurans and attack pro-Palestine protesters with pepper spray.
www.dropsitenews.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
for the past few years every time i publish an article i get a ton of harassment from the far-right that attempts to discredit my reporting and attack the outlet that published me.
every time except this time, that is. it’s been crickets from them, in fact.
every time except this time, that is. it’s been crickets from them, in fact.