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Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show A Washington Post analysis of videos sheds light on the encounter that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead.

My @washingtonpost.com colleagues worked round the clock this weekend to expose the truth of what's happening in Minneapolis and bring urgent weather news to millions facing dangerous cold and snow.

If you value this work, tell Jeff Bezos to #SaveThePost
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

26.01.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 417    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 12
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

03.11.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 13583    πŸ” 4017    πŸ’¬ 315    πŸ“Œ 159

Much love to @versharma.bsky.social, who did the lord’s work at @teenvogue.com.

What a loss for our industry.

04.11.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 317    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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A last lifeline in β€˜detention alley’ Most of immigration lawyer Christopher Kinnison’s clients in rural Louisiana are detainees. Every week, more calls come in, and Kinnison hasn’t been able to process what his days at work are becoming.

Christopher Kinnison, who owns a one-man law firm in the central Louisiana, is "tired of losing.”

His clients are among the thousands of people who had been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Trump took office.

23.08.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8

need an episode of food network’s β€œchopped” where they’re also unc

13.08.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fact-checkers always want the facts. That’s why Snopes is unionizing for transparency from management. @snopes.com

30.06.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 14
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Trump administration to crack down on Chinese visas, applicants, Rubio says Rubio said the State and Homeland Security departments will work to β€œaggressively revoke” visas of Chinese students in the United States, β€œincluding those with connections to the Chinese Communist Par...

Breaking news: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that the State Department will β€˜aggressively revoke’ visas for Chinese students with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and those studying in β€œcritical fields.”

29.05.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 10
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Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow

Since President Donald Trump took office, the Park Service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow.

06.04.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 13
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Pentagon may turn to Musk’s SpaceX for military satellites Concerns rise as competitors have fallen so far behind SpaceX that many fear they won’t be able to catch up.

In a Capitol Hill hearing last month, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota) said he’s worried the Pentagon will restructure the Space Force satellite program, which was designed to have multiple contractors, and rely on SpaceX for a significant portion of the work.

07.04.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 20

just watched Mickey-17 and I didn’t know bong joon ho was a freak like that

07.03.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts U.S. DOGE Service workers embedded in the Education Department have been processing sensitive agency data using artificial intelligence.

"Representatives from Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service have fed sensitive data from across the Education Department into artificial intelligence software to probe the agency’s programs and spending, according to two people with knowledge of the DOGE team’s actions." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

06.02.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 727    πŸ” 357    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 43

the substance deserves every award

27.01.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i’m having a sonosferatu 3 weekend

28.12.2024 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The β€˜perfect’ predator The people of Maypearl, Texas trusted Police Chief Kevin Coffey. Then they learned he was a sexual predator with a troubled past.

The people of Maypearl trusted Police Chief Kevin Coffey.

Few were aware that Maypearl was the eighth law enforcement agency that Coffey had worked at in 11 years. And none could have predicted the destruction he would wreak in their town.

18.12.2024 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 12

ap latin to gladiator 2 pipeline

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triangle shirtwaist factory fire to lead department of labor

14.11.2024 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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This disruptive late-night train commuter is ... a horse The horse, which reportedly escaped from nearby stables, trotted into Warwick Farm Station near Sydney, hung out on the platform for a while, then left.

she took the midnight train going anywhere

11.04.2024 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 565    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 36
Sunlight shines through fall foliage. Text on the image reads, "Today is the fall equinox. The sun appeared directly over the Earth's equator at 2:50 a.m. Eastern time."

Sunlight shines through fall foliage. Text on the image reads, "Today is the fall equinox. The sun appeared directly over the Earth's equator at 2:50 a.m. Eastern time."

The autumnal (or fall) equinox is the halfway point between the summer and winter solstices and marks the precise moment when the sun appears directly over the Earth’s equator. wapo.st/46f6DnS

23.09.2023 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 259    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 12
Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Georgia Republican Party’s state convention on Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Columbus, GA. The text reads, "Trump pleads not guilty to 2020 election charges." (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Georgia Republican Party’s state convention on Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Columbus, GA. The text reads, "Trump pleads not guilty to 2020 election charges." (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Breaking news: Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, appearing in the federal courthouse that sits just blocks away from where his angry supporters stormed the Capitol building. https://wapo.st/3YkAqbI

03.08.2023 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

ooo thanks for the recs !!

16.07.2023 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

reminds me a bit of the novella Fox 8 by George Saunders ! 🦊

03.07.2023 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

omg I just picked up southern book clubs guide to vampire hunting !! it led me to wondering about other books haha thank u sm will check these out ! πŸ₯°

03.07.2023 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ooo thank you !! lol love the lottery πŸ–€ but I’ll check out manhunt !!

02.07.2023 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

anyone got any horror book recs ?? πŸ‘»

02.07.2023 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

TIRED: Killing your service’s third-party apps

WIRED: Killing your service’s first-party apps

01.07.2023 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2646    πŸ” 566    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 6
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Outback Steakhouse was born in America. But nowhere loves it like Brazil. Despite Brazil's own grilling culture, the American riff on Australian barbecue has gained extraordinary cachet

reached 10k followers βœ…
got more than 3 hours of sleep ❌
wrote about outback steakhouse βœ…
https://wapo.st/3pe2sZq

20.06.2023 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Apple says new iPhone autocorrect will know you don’t mean β€˜duck’ Apple announced the iPhone autocorrect adjustment at the Worldwide Developers Conference, where it also unveiled its mixed reality headset Vision Pro.

ducking finally

06.06.2023 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
A bottle of sriracha

A bottle of sriracha

FINALLY

03.06.2023 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this sriracha shortage is driving me INSANE

28.05.2023 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

what do these orcas know that we don’t

20.05.2023 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0