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Bring Formula E racing to the Bay Area please! @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

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The batteries powering the world's fastest racing EVs
Formula E, an all-electric racing competition, is pioneering technology that could find its way into vehicles at a charging station near you.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Giving Tuesday started early!

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An anonymous $50M gift will cover some tuition for medical lab students at University of Washington
An anonymous donation expected to exceed $50 million is helping cover tuition costs for medical laboratory science students at the University of Washington for the next half-century.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Looks like a town out of a story book.

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Italy's smaller, smarter alternative to Venice
As Venice struggles with crowds and pollution, nearby Treviso is quietly proving that sustainability and good taste can go hand in hand.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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What an inspiration!

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80-year-old grandmother becomes oldest woman to finish the Ironman World Championship
Just 20 years ago, Natalie Grabow was learning to swim. Now she's hailed as an inspiration after winning her age group at the famously grueling triathlon competition in Hawaii.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Dogs are the best!

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Eeyore the dog helps a Florida deputy find a missing 86-year-old woman, video shows
A dog named Eeyore became a hero by leading a Florida sheriff's deputy to a missing 86-year-old woman who had fallen while walking him.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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🥹

Bob Ross paintings will be auc...
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Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned in support of U.S. public TV stations | CBC News
Thirty paintings by Ross, whose TV show The Joy of Painting aired on public TV stations in the 1980s and 90s, will be auctioned off with proceeds going to stations that use content from distributor Am...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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🥺

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Watch rare Gobi bear's reaction to finding water
So rare they were thought to be a myth and undertake arduous journeys of up to 100 miles to find water.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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It's always fun to browse around this shop.

Celebrating 100 years in business is big milestone, especially for a specialty mom and pop shop in San Francisco.
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Soko Hardware in SF's Japantown celebrates 100 years in business
Celebrating 100 years in business is big milestone, especially for a specialty mom and pop shop in San Francisco. On Saturday, the city marked the occasion with a special celebration for Soko Hardware...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Can't wait!

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Spooked Live Tour | KQED
The hit podcast "Spooked" comes to life onstage as host Glynn Washington and guests celebrate Halloween season with live storytelling magic.
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September 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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"They have misjudged Modi, 'a man of great ego - as big an ego as Trump's'"

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Modi's firm approach to punitive US tariffs could turn the tables on Trump
New negotiations are set to begin this week between Washington and New Delhi on the Trump administration’s steep tariffs on imports from India. So far, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has refused...
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September 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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He did scream for 'Help'! 🤣

#TheMoment police were called ...
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#TheMoment police were called over a screaming goat
Devon Hawes tells The National about the moment her screaming goat alerted local law enforcement when it was mistaken for a woman in distress in Etna, Maine.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Wish the menu's in McDonald's here was as creative as their partners around the world...

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McSpaghetti to McAloo Tikki: Inside the world's local McDonald's
From paneer wraps in India to ski-through burgers in Sweden, photojournalist Gary He's new book McAtlas shows that the world's most global chain is also one of the most local.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Just hilarious!

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Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.
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August 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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A new bar for the unemployed: holding a 9-5 'job'

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China's unemployed young adults who are pretending to have jobs
With Chinese youth unemployment high, individuals are paying to go into offices and pretend to work.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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“I stood taller than him as proud Tsuut’ina Isgiya.”

Couldn't agree more.

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Canadian Indigenous leader says he was 'filled with rage' before 'intense' conversation with Trump
A Canadian Indigenous leader who greeted world heads of state arriving for the Group of Seven summit says he was “filled with rage” and considered leaving before Donald Trump arrived.
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June 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I mean, it's right there...

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Elephant with a taste for crime rifles the shelves of a grocery shop near Thai national park
An elephant caused a commotion in a grocery store in Thailand when he strolled in from a nearby national park and brazenly helped himself to some snacks.
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June 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Joy, joy, joy!

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Nuns go viral for beatboxing and dancing on TV
In Brazil a pair of nuns have gone viral after beatboxing, singing and dancing on TV.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Time to buy lottery ticket.

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Norwegian man wakes up to find grounded cargo ship narrowly missed his home
Authorities say they received reports that the NCL Salten had run aground shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday. No injuries or oil spills were reported.
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May 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Compassion...a rare commodity in US government officials

Why this U.S. ambassador cried at a press conference -- and is being called a hero : Goats and Soda www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why this U.S. ambassador cried at a press conference -- and is being called a hero
Michael Gonzales, the ambassador to Zambia, announced at an emotional press conference that the U.S. would cut $50 million in aid due to theft of medications.
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May 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Don't tell me these people are pro Russia, or worse yet, N Korea

DOGE team gain accounts on classified systems with nuclear secrets www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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April 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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That's American 💕

Hundreds of Americans accept B...
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Hundreds of Americans accept B.C. man's social media invite, attend festival in Nanaimo | CBC News
Months after a British Columbia man's social media invite to Americans went viral, hundreds showed up in Nanaimo, B.C., over the weekend to show their support for Canada.
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April 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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A sad day. Another kind and generous soul has left us.
April 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Pope Francis shown great kindness here, just as Jesus shown kindness to Judas Iscariot.

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Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration, gets chocolate eggs for kids
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia.
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April 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Invite us too! We are smart in a different way...

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‘Choose Europe!’: Macron invites scientists to work in France amid US funding cuts
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday invited international scientists to work in France or elsewhere in Europe. The country's newly launched "Choose France for Science" platform comes as US Pres...
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April 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Wait, when was the last time he did his confession?

Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance

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Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance
U.S. Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican’s No. 2 official amid tensions over the U.S. crackdown on migrants, with the Holy See reaffirming good relations but noting 'an exchange of o...
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April 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM