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Man Charged With Leaving Girlfriend to Freeze to Death on Mountain The experienced mountaineer is accused of abandoning his girlfriend at the top of Austria’s highest mountain.

The bear would never

Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Vanity Fair to part ways with journalist Olivia Nuzzi

Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

How Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Thinks Democrats Can Win Rural America The two-term governor spoke with TNR about the challenges and opportunities for his party in the Trump era—and whether he’s planning to run for president.

I spoke with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear: newrepublic.com/article/2040...

Renowned Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry dead at 96 | CBC News Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry, whose works included the 2008 redesign of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, has died.

Oh wow. What a loss. RIP

#FrankGhery

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If you zoom in you'll see my dog Prairie.

The thing I love most about snow is how quiet it makes everything. We already have a lot of it and probably won't see the ground again til March.

the funniest thing about Trump is that if he doesn’t have someone actively poisoning him a few times a week he reliably comes out with “I just had the best idea—what if you didn’t have to PAY to go to the DOCTOR” or similar

One of my number one pet peeves with respect to western perceptions of Buddhism is that it gets treated as either a minus sign in front of the Bad Bits of Christianity or as Generic California Hippyshit, neither of which take actually-existing Buddhism into account.

William Shakespeare in heaven like, "Man, I can't believe they keep casting hunks to play me. Paul Mescal. Wow. That's crazy lol"

The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...

Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/

Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.

“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”

The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

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Heavy metal remediation (paint, pipes, soil, etc.) is the lowest hanging fruit out there in terms of making demonstrable improvements in community health, educational achievement, and safety (a theory behind crime dropping has been lower lead exposure). It needs to be done.

So good to know. It's like unlocking a magical new applicance.

Honestly we haven't entirely gotten rid of these things! We should work harder to remediate old buildings.

ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.

The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge

"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."

Also, all of the information those quoted was available before the prison came to their neighborhood. We have a duty as citizens to be informed, and I don't know if we should keep letting voters off the hook for things they don't know when they make their political choices.

Many of those quoted admit that they voted for this! They voted for more incarceration. They voted for Trump and thus voted for the ICE crackdown that is leading to an even bigger carceral state. But they only object when it affects their own lives negatively. I need people to develop some empathy.

I do not feel charitable toward people who think they can amass 300 acres and it gives them the right to control everything around them. If it were up to me, this entire swath of the state would be part of the Ozarks National Forest and a protected wilderness area. More important...

The Prison Next Door - Bolts How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered residents in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.

As an Ozarks native, I have lots of thoughts about this. One, I don't know how secretive this was. I knew it was coming before I left at the end of 2023, and would like be either in the Ozarks or the delta. But also... boltsmag.org/arkansas-pri...

Did you do half power? This has been my go-to lately for lots of things and I think it's working.

Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.

JAW DROPPER: Chicago Police promoted Sgt. Christopher Lockhart this year despite the Civilian Office of Police Accountability’s findings last year that his conduct “seriously undermines public faith, credibility, and trust in the Department.” @invisible.institute

Nvidia CEO says AI will actually make everyone a lot busier: 'Everybody's jobs will be different' | Fortune “I would say that there's every evidence that we will be more productive and yet still be busier because we have so many ideas,” Jensen Huang said.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will unleash a wave of new ideas and unfinished projects—leaving people busier, not freer, as “everybody’s jobs will be different.” trib.al/i8LvkCC

I have to put all the food I cook on top of the fridge or in the oven so my dogs can't reach. I've done this for five years now. I will never have a normal kitchen life again.

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.

She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

I miss Gawker and Jezebel and The Toast, et. al. Imagine what they'd be doing with this Lizza/Nuzzi mess.

One thing I always want to ask these masculinity entrepreneurs is why men can’t look to women as role models, and can’t see in women models of human virtue and thriving that are worth emulating. After all, women look to men for these all the time.

He’s an Unapologetic Fascist Who ‘Despises’ Democracy. He Still Wants You to Vote for Him. He was once leader of the Proud Boys, has posted racist threats online, and sports a white nationalist tattoo.

Jason Lee Van Dyke was once a leader of the Proud Boys, has posted racist threats online, and sports a white nationalist tattoo.

Now he’s running for public office as a Republican.

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