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The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
Vietnam sees 35 rainfall records broken in October - VnExpress International
Vietnam's northern and central regions saw a total of 35 rain records broken in October alone as two storms, Matmo and Fengshen, caused unprecedented downpours.
e.vnexpress.net
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
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Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
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“Our trains are routinely patrolled by Tory leadership hopefuls desperate for publicity”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
June 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“Our trains are routinely patrolled by Tory leadership hopefuls desperate for publicity”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Brian Wilson heard immensely beautiful things the rest of us do not. We can be grateful that he did the hard work to make all of that real for us. From his brilliant mind to our ears. May he find harmony in the eternal summer. RIP Brian. Many thanks.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Brian Wilson, singer-songwriter who created the Beach Boys, dies at 82
His early hits — “Surfer Girl,” “I Get Around,” “All Summer Long,” “Help Me, Rhonda” and “California Girls” — evoked a fantasy world of fast cars, beautiful youth, eternal surf and sunshine on an imm...
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Brian Wilson heard immensely beautiful things the rest of us do not. We can be grateful that he did the hard work to make all of that real for us. From his brilliant mind to our ears. May he find harmony in the eternal summer. RIP Brian. Many thanks.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82
Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82
Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.
abcnews.go.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82
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From a week and a half ago: “As of Monday, the model shows, about 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died because of the administration’s cutbacks to funding for aid groups and support organizations. The overall death count grows by 103 people an hour.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Rubio’s claim that it’s ‘a lie’ that people have died from foreign-aid cuts
The secretary of state rejected convincing evidence documented in news reports and by disease modelers.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From a week and a half ago: “As of Monday, the model shows, about 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died because of the administration’s cutbacks to funding for aid groups and support organizations. The overall death count grows by 103 people an hour.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Works with sea horses, too, evidently.
June 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Works with sea horses, too, evidently.
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From @theathletic.bsky.social: Pope Leo madness has taken over Chicago. After the white smoke appeared, it was a shock to see an American and even more to see a South Sider. Once people found out he was a White Sox fan, forget about it. nyti.ms/4j65jJT
May 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
From @theathletic.bsky.social: Pope Leo madness has taken over Chicago. After the white smoke appeared, it was a shock to see an American and even more to see a South Sider. Once people found out he was a White Sox fan, forget about it. nyti.ms/4j65jJT
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NEW: As Trump cozies up to Putin, demonizes Zelenskyy & moves to betray Ukraine, don’t forget Putin covertly intervened in the last three elections to help Trump win the White House twice. Get the full story in the new issue of my OUR LAND newsletter. 1/2
link.motherjones.com/public/38744...
link.motherjones.com/public/38744...
February 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: As Trump cozies up to Putin, demonizes Zelenskyy & moves to betray Ukraine, don’t forget Putin covertly intervened in the last three elections to help Trump win the White House twice. Get the full story in the new issue of my OUR LAND newsletter. 1/2
link.motherjones.com/public/38744...
link.motherjones.com/public/38744...
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Silvertop House: A Contemporary Extension in Melbourne
February 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Silvertop House: A Contemporary Extension in Melbourne
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Greenpeace Belgium HQ by archipelago
February 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Greenpeace Belgium HQ by archipelago
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Mito Civic Center by Arata Isozaki
December 30, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Mito Civic Center by Arata Isozaki
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This is one of my son’s all-time favorite Calvin & Hobbes strips
December 15, 2024 at 8:26 PM
This is one of my son’s all-time favorite Calvin & Hobbes strips