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Today is World AIDS Day. The White House ignored the AIDS crisis when it began because a Republican (Reagan) was president. The United States is no longer observing World AIDS Day because another Republican (Trump) is president. #Bigots
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today is World AIDS Day. The White House ignored the AIDS crisis when it began because a Republican (Reagan) was president. The United States is no longer observing World AIDS Day because another Republican (Trump) is president. #Bigots
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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Coming back from vacation to some good news!
The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.
Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.
The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.
Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Coming back from vacation to some good news!
The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.
Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.
The first baby whale of the 2025-2026 North American right whale calving season was spotted Nov 28 near South Carolina.
Mom is Champagne (ID #3904) and its her 2nd documented calf. What joyful news for a species with 384 whales remaining.
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Definitely have to share one of the most iconic Thanksgiving Day reenactments today. Grab those cardigans and highballs and enjoy! 🦃 🍁 🪶🔥🍽️
Addams Family Values: Thanksgiving play (HD CLIP)
YouTube video by Binge Society
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November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Definitely have to share one of the most iconic Thanksgiving Day reenactments today. Grab those cardigans and highballs and enjoy! 🦃 🍁 🪶🔥🍽️
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At last here is the place to download the *digital* version of the new issue of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. The paper version is supposed to be shipping now.
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Summer 2025
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, founded in 1949, is the award-winning SF magazine which is the original publisher of SF classics like Stephen King’s Dark Tower, Daniel Keyes’s Flowers for A...
weightlessbooks.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
At last here is the place to download the *digital* version of the new issue of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION. The paper version is supposed to be shipping now.
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
Inducing immunity against cancer via the gut
Could a microbe that can smuggle antigens into the immune system of the gut provide a simple way to treat cancers?
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yet another unique way to stimulate cellular immunity against cancer.
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
“Using the gut immune system to induce cellular immunity is a unique approach,” Shirakawa notes. “And it should be very easy to extend it to other antigen proteins and also infectious diseases.”
#ScienceSunday
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Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
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Russia drafted a 28 point surrender plan, handed it to the Trump team, and the regime delivered it to Kyiv unedited, demanding Zelensky sign it by Thanksgiving or lose all US support. Trump and Vance then promoted the plan exactly as Russia wrote it, verbatim, on TV, online, and in person.
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Russia drafted a 28 point surrender plan, handed it to the Trump team, and the regime delivered it to Kyiv unedited, demanding Zelensky sign it by Thanksgiving or lose all US support. Trump and Vance then promoted the plan exactly as Russia wrote it, verbatim, on TV, online, and in person.
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On a local mom group, someone asked how to overcome the guilt they feel about getting charity gifts for their kids at Christmas. I cannot stress this enough: donors give out of love and we get so much joy from giving. This is what true community does for each other.
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
On a local mom group, someone asked how to overcome the guilt they feel about getting charity gifts for their kids at Christmas. I cannot stress this enough: donors give out of love and we get so much joy from giving. This is what true community does for each other.
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“‘Insane nonsense to hand #Donbas over to russia’. Sloviansk residents knew occupation and don’t want it again
Residents of government-controlled Donbas have no wish to 'be voluntarily handed over' to russia and fear the russian soldiers who "gun down civilians"
khpg.org/en/1608815280
Residents of government-controlled Donbas have no wish to 'be voluntarily handed over' to russia and fear the russian soldiers who "gun down civilians"
khpg.org/en/1608815280
“‘Insane nonsense to hand Donbas over to Russia’. Sloviansk residents knew occupation and don’t want it again
Residents of government-controlled Donbas have no wish to 'be voluntarily handed over' to Russia and fear the Russian soldiers who
khpg.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
“‘Insane nonsense to hand #Donbas over to russia’. Sloviansk residents knew occupation and don’t want it again
Residents of government-controlled Donbas have no wish to 'be voluntarily handed over' to russia and fear the russian soldiers who "gun down civilians"
khpg.org/en/1608815280
Residents of government-controlled Donbas have no wish to 'be voluntarily handed over' to russia and fear the russian soldiers who "gun down civilians"
khpg.org/en/1608815280
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Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Mary Crosby seen here in the "Who Done It?" episode of "DALLAS" dir. Leonard Katzman revealing the person who pulled the trigger was Kristin, J.R.'s scheming sister-in-law and mistress who shot him in a fit of anger, which aired #OnThisDay in 1980
📺 Lorimar Productions
📺 Lorimar Productions
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Mary Crosby seen here in the "Who Done It?" episode of "DALLAS" dir. Leonard Katzman revealing the person who pulled the trigger was Kristin, J.R.'s scheming sister-in-law and mistress who shot him in a fit of anger, which aired #OnThisDay in 1980
📺 Lorimar Productions
📺 Lorimar Productions
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Only with independence Scotland would go from the most expensive electricity in Europe to the cheapest talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/20/o...
Only with independence Scotland would go from the most expensive electricity in Europe to the cheapest
Professor John Robertson OBA The above video excerpt is already out these across social media. I’m just giving another wee push and, importantly reminding folk that location pricing is never,…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Only with independence Scotland would go from the most expensive electricity in Europe to the cheapest talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/20/o...
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Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
New Reports Bring Global Solutions to Bolster U.S. Lawmakers in the Fight to Protect Reproductive Freedom - O'Neill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health, released Beyond Borders, a groundbreaking report series that examines how countr...
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
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My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
love some fuckin common sense
Why the UK government is going broke
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
love some fuckin common sense
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Alongside local community members, WCK teams are providing food kits to families across the Navajo Nation—where more than 33% of households rely on SNAP benefits that are delayed. Packed with staples like rice, beans, and flour, these kits help families cook their own meals. #ChefsForNavajo
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Alongside local community members, WCK teams are providing food kits to families across the Navajo Nation—where more than 33% of households rely on SNAP benefits that are delayed. Packed with staples like rice, beans, and flour, these kits help families cook their own meals. #ChefsForNavajo
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“The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas.”
It’s the very least they could do.
It’s the very least they could do.
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas.”
It’s the very least they could do.
It’s the very least they could do.
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The Writers Museum - Edinburgh, Scotland
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Writers Museum - Edinburgh, Scotland
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Whenever I tell people I specialise in Caribbean slavery, there will always be someone who says “but it’s such an uncomfortable and heavy topic!”
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Whenever I tell people I specialise in Caribbean slavery, there will always be someone who says “but it’s such an uncomfortable and heavy topic!”
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
Personally, the fact that thousands of UK adults are unaware of Britain’s role in the slave trade makes me feel uncomfortable.
How disappointing.
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As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
As it’s Sunday, take a moment to imagine how good life would be if your neighbourhood was built for people.
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Nathalie, owner of Kajay’s Seafood Restaurant in New Hope, Westmoreland Parish, turned her restaurant into a relief hub after Hurricane Melissa. She leads the distribution of hundreds of WCK-provided hot meals every day ensuring members of her community get the support they need. #ChefsForJamaica
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Nathalie, owner of Kajay’s Seafood Restaurant in New Hope, Westmoreland Parish, turned her restaurant into a relief hub after Hurricane Melissa. She leads the distribution of hundreds of WCK-provided hot meals every day ensuring members of her community get the support they need. #ChefsForJamaica
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Alice Wong ask that this be posted after her passing. Honoring that.
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Alice Wong ask that this be posted after her passing. Honoring that.
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