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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
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Kavanaugh should never be allowed to live down the Kavanaugh stop
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Kavanaugh should never be allowed to live down the Kavanaugh stop
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All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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DAB’s Peggy Wong, who defended the Wang Fuk Court Owners Corporation in Aug 2024 because they were doing a good job with repairs, is now reporting the OC to the police and ICAC for misconduct, negligence, and corruption
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
DAB’s Peggy Wong, who defended the Wang Fuk Court Owners Corporation in Aug 2024 because they were doing a good job with repairs, is now reporting the OC to the police and ICAC for misconduct, negligence, and corruption
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
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HKCourtNews reports that Miles Kwan, the activist who was arrested for launching a petition demanding accountability and an independent investigation into the Tai Po fire has been granted police bail and has left Cheung Sha Wan police station.
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
HKCourtNews reports that Miles Kwan, the activist who was arrested for launching a petition demanding accountability and an independent investigation into the Tai Po fire has been granted police bail and has left Cheung Sha Wan police station.
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HK migrant labour NGOs are working around the clock to locate domestic workers still missing after the fatal Tai Po fire and to support survivors, as more migrant workers have been confirmed dead in the tragedy. In full: buff.ly/Wnzezuh
Migrant groups mobilise support as 7 Indonesians confirmed dead in HK fire
HK migrant labour NGOs are working around the clock to locate domestic workers still missing after the fatal Tai Po fire and to support survivors, as more migrant workers have been confirmed dead in the...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
HK migrant labour NGOs are working around the clock to locate domestic workers still missing after the fatal Tai Po fire and to support survivors, as more migrant workers have been confirmed dead in the tragedy. In full: buff.ly/Wnzezuh
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Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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A HK university student has created a petition urging the gov't to respond to "4 big demands" after the deadly Tai Po fire, including setting up an independent investigation committee. In full: buff.ly/86gUoQk
HK student urges gov't to respond to 4 demands after fatal Tai Po fire
A HK university student has created a petition urging the gov't to respond to "4 big demands" after the deadly Tai Po fire, including setting up an independent investigation committee.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A HK university student has created a petition urging the gov't to respond to "4 big demands" after the deadly Tai Po fire, including setting up an independent investigation committee. In full: buff.ly/86gUoQk
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
White tail deer
Rhesus monkey
Wild boar
Giant Golden Orbweaver (spider)
Feral water buffalo
Rhesus monkey
Wild boar
Giant Golden Orbweaver (spider)
Feral water buffalo
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hawaiian monk seal
humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa
Balinese long-tailed macque
black bear
Drosophila grimshawi
Hawaiian monk seal
humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa
Balinese long-tailed macque
black bear
Drosophila grimshawi
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
black bear
fox
groundhog
raccoon
opossum
bonus bird: some sort of gigantic, gold-colored raptor, seen in Central Park from about 15' away. I was catcher in a softball game, and it landed on the backstop. We all just gaped in awe.
black bear
fox
groundhog
raccoon
opossum
bonus bird: some sort of gigantic, gold-colored raptor, seen in Central Park from about 15' away. I was catcher in a softball game, and it landed on the backstop. We all just gaped in awe.
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
White tail deer
Rhesus monkey
Wild boar
Giant Golden Orbweaver (spider)
Feral water buffalo
Rhesus monkey
Wild boar
Giant Golden Orbweaver (spider)
Feral water buffalo
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"I wanted to take everything, but I could take nothing... Instead, I stood quietly, looking around the wreckage, as if saying a final farewell to this home," Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court resident Lim ALim, who escaped the deadly blaze, wrote. In full: buff.ly/RSWd85s
HK fire: Wang Fuk Court resident recalls dramatic escape from burning tower
"I wanted to take everything, but I could take nothing... Instead, I stood quietly, looking around the wreckage, as if saying a final farewell to this home," Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court resident Lim ALim,...
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"I wanted to take everything, but I could take nothing... Instead, I stood quietly, looking around the wreckage, as if saying a final farewell to this home," Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court resident Lim ALim, who escaped the deadly blaze, wrote. In full: buff.ly/RSWd85s
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1/ I was in the US when 9/11 happened. In the days, weeks and months after, fire alarms'd go off in the middle of the night in the building I lived in, thanks to pranksters as well as paranoid folks. We'd have to evacuate the building. This made me not want to live on a high floor of a building.
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
1/ I was in the US when 9/11 happened. In the days, weeks and months after, fire alarms'd go off in the middle of the night in the building I lived in, thanks to pranksters as well as paranoid folks. We'd have to evacuate the building. This made me not want to live on a high floor of a building.
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Again, as with all the other federal budget cuts that are incinerating 20-25% of the funding & the entire budget model of every R1 university in 🇺🇸, this is a five-alarm emergency that requires immediate, loud, collective condemnation by our university presidents. Total 🦗 as it’s all being gutted.
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Again, as with all the other federal budget cuts that are incinerating 20-25% of the funding & the entire budget model of every R1 university in 🇺🇸, this is a five-alarm emergency that requires immediate, loud, collective condemnation by our university presidents. Total 🦗 as it’s all being gutted.
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Police officers from the Disaster Victim Identification Unit (DVIU), dressed in white, arrived at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on Friday afternoon, after at least 128 people were killed in what has become Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades.
In full: tinyurl.com/24gj6owu
Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
In full: tinyurl.com/24gj6owu
Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Police officers from the Disaster Victim Identification Unit (DVIU), dressed in white, arrived at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on Friday afternoon, after at least 128 people were killed in what has become Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades.
In full: tinyurl.com/24gj6owu
Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
In full: tinyurl.com/24gj6owu
Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
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I've been saying this for years, we're on our way.
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I've been saying this for years, we're on our way.
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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The chief scandal of some big academic publisher profit margins is we end up forced to nickle-and-dime good quality independent publishing. Dysfunctional in several respects. Hats off to Australian/New Zealand librarians for helping hold the line. researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...
Librarians versus the world
Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The chief scandal of some big academic publisher profit margins is we end up forced to nickle-and-dime good quality independent publishing. Dysfunctional in several respects. Hats off to Australian/New Zealand librarians for helping hold the line. researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...
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Marilyn Whirlwind. ICE accosted Marilyn Whirlwind.
They've got to go.
They've got to go.
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Marilyn Whirlwind. ICE accosted Marilyn Whirlwind.
They've got to go.
They've got to go.
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Further political context: In the 2019 District Council elections, all 19 of the elected seats of Tai Po District Council were won by "yellow" (i.e., Hong Kong pro-democracy) candidates. The pro-Beijing camp was completely wiped out bar for the two ex officio members of the 21 person strong body.
This 2024 post from the DAB’s Peggy Wong is quickly becoming infamous.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Further political context: In the 2019 District Council elections, all 19 of the elected seats of Tai Po District Council were won by "yellow" (i.e., Hong Kong pro-democracy) candidates. The pro-Beijing camp was completely wiped out bar for the two ex officio members of the 21 person strong body.
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Awful news out of Tai Po with the death toll rising to 44 and 279 still missing. Seems like contractors cutting corners and government agencies failing to act.
Tai Po fire: 44 dead, 279 missing; 3 arrested as blaze under control
44 people are dead, 279 are missing and dozens are injured after a fire engulfed seven residential towers in Tai Po on Wednesday. Of those hospitalised, 45 remain in a serious condition.
hongkongfp.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Awful news out of Tai Po with the death toll rising to 44 and 279 still missing. Seems like contractors cutting corners and government agencies failing to act.
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"Flame-retardant nets – taking nets of the size seen in the fire as an example, 18×2 metres – costs about HK$75 to $90 per piece.
The same size but without the fireproof performance will cost $40 to $50 per piece, so it provides an incentive for some to take risks."
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
The same size but without the fireproof performance will cost $40 to $50 per piece, so it provides an incentive for some to take risks."
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
Experts urge laws to mandate fire-proof materials' use - RTHK
Hong Kong construction industry leaders called on Thursday for authorities to draw up legislation to make the use of fir...
news.rthk.hk
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Flame-retardant nets – taking nets of the size seen in the fire as an example, 18×2 metres – costs about HK$75 to $90 per piece.
The same size but without the fireproof performance will cost $40 to $50 per piece, so it provides an incentive for some to take risks."
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
The same size but without the fireproof performance will cost $40 to $50 per piece, so it provides an incentive for some to take risks."
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
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I wonder if they'd sponsor me lol
oh man, literally my professional life and my hobby are colliding! Interesting library job at Games Workshop!
jobs.games-workshop.com/search-and-a...
jobs.games-workshop.com/search-and-a...
Collections Management Librarian - Games Workshop Jobs
About the Job Games Workshop has an exciting new role for a Collections Management Librarian to join our Archiving team, where you will be responsible for
jobs.games-workshop.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I wonder if they'd sponsor me lol