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Donna A. Patterson
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Prof & Chair @ Del State. Texas-born; East Coast-based.
Geopolitics, Africa, Europe, African diaspora, global health, pandemics, Sahel, Horn. Book: http://amzn.to/2xbzdJ1 Fmr: @WilsonCenter, @NewAmerica, @Wellesley

Writing a book on Juneteenth.
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Several tourists, kitchen workers killed in fire at nightclub in North Goa's Arpora village.
At least 23 people killed in nightclub fire in India’s Goa
Several tourists, kitchen workers killed in fire at nightclub in North Goa's Arpora village.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I got to know Quinta when we were both working at BuzzFeed and she has always been wonderful, bold and fierce. And kind. She inspired me to think bigger about what I wanted for myself and others. It means so much to her escalate her vision.
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Scientists studied thousands of children born March 2020-May 2021.

Out of 800+ mothers diagnosed with COVID-19, 16.3% of their babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by 3 years old, compared with 9.7% who weren’t exposed to COVID-19 in utero.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Punaises de lit : la Cinémathèque française ferme ses quatre salles à Paris pour un mois
Punaises de lit : la Cinémathèque française ferme ses quatre salles à Paris pour un mois
Cette fermeture intervient « à la suite de nouveaux signalements » et doit permettre de « garantir » aux spectateurs « un environnement parfaitement sûr et confortable », précise l’institution.
www.lemonde.fr
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Airbus demande à ses clients d’« arrêter immédiatement les vols » de 6 000 A320, en raison d’un logiciel de commande vulnérable aux radiations solaires
Airbus demande à ses clients d’« arrêter immédiatement les vols » de 6 000 A320, en raison d’un logiciel de commande vulnérable aux radiations solaires
Cela fait suite à un incident survenu aux Etats-Unis le 30 octobre, quand un appareil a soudainement piqué vers le bas sans intervention des pilotes. L’avionneur reconnaît que ces « recommandations entraîneront des perturbations opérationnelles pour les passagers et les clients ».
www.lemonde.fr
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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A fire that broke out in an apartment building in Hong Kong’s suburban Tai Po district on Nov. 26, and engulfed seven towers, has killed dozens and left hundreds missing. Here's what to know ⤵️
Hong Kong’s Deadly Tower Fires: What We Know So Far
Hong Kong is grappling with a fire that broke out in an apartment building and soon engulfed seven towers, killing at least 44 people with hundreds still missing.
bloom.bg
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Previously: His wife visited him ICE in detention on his 50th birthday. She couldn’t even bring him the card she’d made. They could only speak through a phone, divided by a thick pane of glass. It was one of few times she’d ever seen him cry.
Trump's ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country.
Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.
www.texasobserver.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Monarch butterfly tracks in today’s NYT.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Hourly Walgreens employees will reportedly no longer receive paid time off for six major holidays, including Thanksgiving and Christmas, after the pharmacy giant was acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners
Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays
The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.
www.whio.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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A Brooklyn-based collective, Artists in Resistance (A.I.R.) NYC, is not only committed to hosting COVID-safer art and music events from borough to borough, but also ensuring that anybody can do so for free.
How an Air Purifier Can Make Your Art Event Safer
The Brooklyn collective A.I.R. loans out the devices under the tenet that “illness need not be the price of living in community or participating in the arts.”
hyperallergic.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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I interviewed ferociously brilliant filmmaker Mira Nair, a.k.a Zohran Mamdani’s mother, about how her voice and vision have shaped a man who sees a better way forward for all of us. SPOILER ALERT: Love matters.

www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
How Mira Nair Built the World That Made Zohran Mamdani
The legendary director talks with Harper's Bazaar about becoming an artist and a parent
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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#ICYMI: The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver's license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking citizenship.

By @jenafifield.bsky.social and @zachdespart.bsky.social
DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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CBS News: Border Patrol plans to expand Trump's immigration crackdown to Charlotte and New Orleans

"Internally, officials have dubbed the plans 'Charlotte Web' and 'Catahoula Crunch,' references to the children's novel and the official state dog of Louisiana, respectively."
Border Patrol plans to expand Trump's immigration crackdown to Charlotte and New Orleans, with armored vehicles and special agents
The Trump administration is planning to dispatch Border Patrol agents to Charlotte and New Orleans to oversee immigration operations that could involve armored vehicles and special operations teams.
www.cbsnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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…copy of the Resolute Desk on display in the Mar-a-Lago lobby..

He had it removed for renovation earlier and it did reappear. One can hope it’s a replica.
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM