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Girl, 11, on bicycle dies after collision with MCPS school bus in Rockville Roads near crash site closed to traffic Thursday evening, police say

"Thursday’s incident marked the second traffic death of an MCPS student in less than three weeks. On the night of Sept. 21, James Evert Anderson, 16, of Kensington died after he was struck by an SUV in the 3500 block of University Boulevard West."

Brijuni, the second capital of Yugoslavia In the aftermath of World War II and the creation of socialist Yugoslavia, Brijuni became a kind of second Yugoslav capital. Tito used to spend a good part of the year on the islands, welcoming…

History and present-day reality of the #Brijuni Islands, part 2

Turkey’s Drone Sales to Kosovo Test its Friendship with Serbia A shipment of Turkish-made military drones to Kosovo reignited old tensions between Ankara and Belgrade. But after initially accusing Turkey of imperial ambitions, Serbia’s president backtracked, high...

Outrage one day, admiration the next.

Vučić’s reaction to Turkey's drone sales to Kosovo captures the fragile pragmatism holding Serbia–Turkey relations together.

✍️ My latest in Balkan Insight: balkaninsight.com/2025/10/10/t...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

NEW: A federal judge hands win to clergy (and others) who say ICE agents violated their religious freedom by, among other things, shooting them with pepper balls.

Also: a pastor tells me senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino personally shoved him last week. religionnews.com/2025/10/09/f...

What a top Russian cyber forensics conference reveals about the country’s ability to hack iPhones and Androids — Meduza The human rights group Memorial found a publicly available video recording of the 2025 Moscow Forensics Day conference, held in mid-September in the Russian capital. The event brought together…

We watched 10 hours of footage from Russia’s leading conference of experts in smartphone hacking so you don’t have to. Here’s what they can do to your phone.
meduza.io/en/slides/wh...

Crazy that in <1 year we went from plans for dedicated lanes to improve performance to ceasing operations. I don’t think the streetcar was particularly well executed, but stuff like this makes me feel despair

Interestingly "Why don't we sell more apples to Russia?" was one of the lines in Stoianoglo's closing speech in Comrat ahead of last year's first round presidential election.

U.S. Sanctions on Serbian Oil Giant NIS Take Effect Despite Expected Delay The move targets Serbia’s largest energy company, majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, increasing pressure on Belgrade to reduce its reliance on Moscow.

The move targets Serbia’s largest energy company, majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, increasing pressure on Belgrade to reduce its reliance on Moscow.

www.occrp.org/en/news/us-s...

NEW: A charter bus company will pay $85,000 and adopt strong anti-idling measures across its entire bus fleet.

DC Trails repeatedly violated anti-idling laws and operated without a required basic business license for more than three years.

We will always enforce the District's air pollution laws.

YouTube video by KUULAR Linkin Park - Numb (Throat singing cover)

I assume you've already heard this Tuvan throat singing cover of Numb, but if you haven't, here you go. Global banger. youtu.be/jV4ASCadZ4s?...

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...

New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"

www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

I've read a fair amount of work by one author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He's almost a different author before the win vs. after; after the win, nearly impossible to work through. I strongly suspect that's because his editor(s) started getting overruled after the Prize.

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month.

But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

hearing rumors about bill b and unc. really want to be the news org that breaks this news so espn has to refer to the blogblog.

if you know something tell us please.

I got more details on this poll from people who received it, and it sure reads like it's by someone aligned with Bowser. It asks about her stances on various policy issues (including testing out negative messages against her).

And very notable that it asks specifically about a JLG-Bowser matchup...

She has no real way of explaining the danger of their situation to her son, who is 17 years old but cognitively closer to a toddler. And as a single mother too weak to forage, she has no real way of ensuring their survival. She also is too old to benefit from a recent policy change the Thai government made in a bid to prevent mass starvation, granting work rights to some of the 107,000 Myanmar refugees who, like her, live in Thailand’s border camps. Her son never learned to speak, and needs her help with everything from getting dressed to using the toilet. Since the funding cuts, their survival has hinged on the charity of her Christian church, whose members occasionally give her handfuls of their rice. She suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and begins to sweat and grow dizzy when her hunger is at its fiercest. Some days, she eats nothing.

when the people who shuttered USAID learn of a diabetic single mother and her disabled son starving to death 9,000 miles away because of aid cuts, they don't see failure or dereliction or tragedy, but rather success: the people they view as unworthy of life are dying

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Open-Source Reporter (Video Journalist), Visual Investigations | The New York Times Company

Our New York Times Visual Investigations team is hiring a reporter. It's the same job I have -- use visual investigation/OSINT/etc. skills to report on the world.

You'll need to be based in/near NYC. Pay range is ~110-130k.

www.nytco.com/careers/job-...

And before. They need masks, "manly" outfits, and guns before they dare do their tasks. The priest needs only God.

Professor Flees to Europe After Turning Point USA Calls Him Antifa Rutgers University professor Mark Bray no longer feels safe at home.

Professor Flees to Europe After Turning Point USA Calls Him Antifa, Leading to Death Threats for Him and His Family
newrepublic.com/post/201448/...

I've been on two calls today with fire safety professionals where the topic was the safety of single-stair buildings. On both calls, somebody was driving while on the call – one a firefighter, the other a fire protection engineer.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Pleasantly, CM Nadeau and her staff draw a sharp contrast. I've encountered her and her staffers on the bus, on bikes, and while they were driving.

Unsurprisingly, CM Nadeau is far more supportive of non car transportation (including more pro walking!) than Chair Mendelson. Experiences matter.

I'm recalling that in his 2022 reelection campaign, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson couldn't name the last time he took public transportation. Couldn't even name it!

🚨 My fellow Rhodes Scholar, David Adler, is being held in Israeli prison w/ 20 other Americans. Israel detained them in international waters. They were bound for Gaza onboard the Sumud Flotilla to deliver aid.

25 Congresspeople petitioned Sec. of State Rubio to demand their release.

🧵 1/10

Yup, I voted (and volunteered) for Erin Palmer, who did her entire campaign via public transit.

24/7 Russian Propaganda Blitz Hit Moldova Before the Elections - VSquare.org Moldovans had faced months, if not years, of an information onslaught at levels beyond what just about any society has faced. In the end, the pro-European ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) w...

💥🔎🇷🇺 Our analysis reveals the scale of Russia’s massive propaganda offensive in Moldova: in 3 weeks, 9,900 TikTok videos were published and generated over 93 million views, created with artificial intelligence. Yet despite Moscow’s efforts, the pro-European PAS secured 50.2% in the Sept 28 election.

I'm recalling that in his 2022 reelection campaign, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson couldn't name the last time he took public transportation. Couldn't even name it!