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Olympic medal from first modern Games up for auction American runner James Connolly was a star of Athens 1896.

That's one way to earn a medal.

www.popsci.com/science/olym...

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'Clear' pattern exposed as Epstein files mysteriously vanish: 'Massive cover-up' Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) identified a clear pattern in a key tranche of files that appear to be missing from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files — and what they might reveal about a large-...

'Clear' pattern exposed as Epstein files mysteriously vanish: 'Massive cover-up' www.rawstory.com/robert-garci...

A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’ Planned ‘megaconstellations’ of satellites could cause unforeseen harm to the ozone layer and climate systems. Global regulation is needed before it’s too late.

"Rocket launches already contribute to climate change and ozone depletion. Scaling them up to deploy a million aircraft-sized satellites would push upper-atmosphere heating and ozone loss far beyond previous estimates, with the steady burn-up of dead satellites compounding the impacts." 🧪🛰️🚀

This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science 🧪🧵

When powerful men start calling for women to be institutionalized, we need to pay attention. For much of the 19th and early 20th centuries, women were institutionalized in psychiatric asylums for trivial reasons like being outspoken. This is also done to dissidents in dictatorships.

US denies visas to Cuban baseball officials ahead of international tournament The Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation on Wednesday said that the United States government on Tuesday had denied visas to eight members of the delegation competing to represent Cuba in the World Baseball Classic tournament.

US denies visas to Cuban baseball officials ahead of international tournament reut.rs/3My5WBQ

Maine university pulls support from conference on Palestine, citing Trump sanctions

Organizers scramble for new venue after University of Southern Maine cites sanctions over Francesca Albanese’s virtual talk

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“Treating Americans equally is not a suggestion — it is a core constitutional guarantee that educational institutions must follow,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement announcing the intervention.
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YouTube video by StormCenter Communications | GeoCollaborate Blizzard of 2026 Impacting New England, Power Out and Record Snow, Atm River Impacting OR & CA

Historic blizzard continues to impact NE, record snowfall, power outages, coastal impacts, wildfire in SW Florida, and atmospheric river hits OR and CA in today's update for the All-Hazards Consortium by @geocollaborate.bsky.social. Please stay aware and stay safe. 🧪

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6WQ...

BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Elizabeth Warren: "This one is to me not even open or arguable. How would the US government keep money that the Supreme Court said it did not legally collect from American businesses, that it did not legally take away from American families that ultimately paid this?"

Tanille Johnston answers rabble's NDP leadership questionnaire Tanille Johnston answers rabble's NDP leaderhip questionnaire featuring questions on Indigenous issues, party strategy, and more.

Tanille Johnston says the top one per cent “hoard a quarter of Canada’s wealth while over 10 per cent live in poverty.” Her solution: a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income and a serious wealth tax. #canpoli #ndp

Would you feel safe taking a Mexican vacation? - Poll Smoke from torched cars and buses has cleared from the Puerto Vallarta skyline and, for a growing number of people caught in an eruption of cartel violence, so too has the "cloud of uncertainty."

Would you feel safe taking a Mexican vacation?

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This was not a pandemic. This was a killing.
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Are we alone? How Rhodes University is helping search for extraterrestrial intelligence “Are we the universe’s first technological species, or simply the only one left?” Dr Chenoa Tremblay began her public lecture at Rhodes University with a question that, over the years, has shifted…

“Are we the universe’s first technological species, or simply the only one left?”

Dr. Chenoa Tremblay began her public lecture at Rhodes University with a question that, over the years, has shifted from philosophy to experiment. 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬

Learn more: www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/m...

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Trump aides struggle with how to spend $500 billion more on military Some senior officials resisted the decision to approve the major military spending increase, people familiar with the matter say.

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‘I can destroy the country!’ Trump doesn't hold back on reaction to Supreme Court ruling President Donald Trump attacked the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling against his tariff authority, calling the decision "ridiculous." The court determined Trump acted outside his authority when imposing tar...

‘I can destroy the country!’ Trump doesn't hold back on reaction to Supreme Court ruling www.rawstory.com/tariffs-2675...

At some point, humans decided we wanted to draw flowers. Archaeologists may now have an idea of who first attempted floral patterns, thanks to pottery analysis at 30 sites from an 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian culture.

archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2026/digs-discoveries/prehistoric-plant-pots/

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“Trump’s name appears more times in the Epstein files than God’s name appears in the book about God,” he said, holding up a Bible.
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NEWS ALERT

Karen Bass says Casey Wasserman should step down as LA28 chair

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a CNN interview Monday that she believes LA28 chair Casey Wasserman should step down, despite the Olympic committee board’s recent decision to support him.

Injured seabird desperately pecks at hospital door for help An injured seabird sought help by pecking on a German hospital’s emergency room door. The black cormorant had a triple fishing hook stuck in its beak when it showed up Sunday at a hospital in the nort...

apnews.com/article/germ... seabird desperately pecks at hospital door for help