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ICE agent threatens to check deputy’s status during DUI stop, asks if he’s Haitian Scott Deiseroth told a Florida sheriff’s deputy that he would have his colleague deported if “not legit,” body-camera video shows.

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Searching for true magic in a broken world, all of us are lost — even Kavalier and Clay The Met Opera's adaptation of Michael Chabon's 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay' asks big questions about the true point of art.

Searching for true magic in a broken world, all of us are lost — even Kavalier and Clay forward.com/culture/7720...

Watchhouse Band

Horto in urbs in horto.

Hands Off Chicago

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Opinion | This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is a frightening sign of an authoritarian slide.

"If someone legally in the United States can be grabbed from his home for engaging in constitutionally protected political activity, we are in a drastically different country from the one we inhabited before," writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg.

Trump’s Columbia attacks won’t stop antisemitism. So why are Jewish leaders applauding? Trump killed Columbia University's federal funding. Recent graduate Mahmoud Khalil was arrested. The signs for all minorities are dire.

forward.com/opinion/7029...

USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers The department is trying to rehire the employees as avian influenza causes egg prices to soar and as Elon Musk’s DOGE makes sweeping cuts to government agencies

The best and the brightest.

USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers

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Thousands of tourists flock to see Etna eruption, blocking rescue services Tourists blocking streets and indulging in ‘dangerous’ behaviour, say Sicilian officials

I blame Instagram and TikTok.
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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."

Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.

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In Last Remaining Days of Biden Administration, Education Department Announces Final IDR Account Adjustment Payment Counts to Help Protect Credit Towards Critical Student Debt Relief for Vulnerable Bo... Student Borrower Protection Center urges all borrowers to head to federal student aid account and document payment count updates.

In 4 years, the Biden-Harris administration has forgiven $183.6B in student debt to more than 5M borrowers through PSLF, borrower defense relief, disability discharge, and more. Thank you President Biden & Vice President Harris 4 keeping your promise to workers. protectborrowers.org/final-idr-ac...

By “sentenced” do you mean “face zero consequences”?

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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
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BOMB Magazine | Ralph Lemon’s Tell it anyway, 2024 A new performance by the renowned choreographer extends beyond dance.

A treat to get to write about Ralph Lemon’s latest for the December issue of BOMB bombmagazine.org/articles/ral...

A Cultural History Of Hypochondria : Fresh Air Are you hyper-vigilant about your health, constantly monitoring yourself and panicking when you feel the slightest symptom? You're not alone. Writer Caroline Crampton has a new book about illness anxi...

@cacrampton.bsky.social on @nprfreshair.bsky.social , how cool is that!

A Cultural History Of Hypochondria : Fresh Air

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OpenAI whistleblower who died was being considered as witness against company Suchir Balaji, listed in court filing as having ‘relevant documents’ about copyright violation, died on 26 November

What a coincidence.
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A few weeks old now, but I wrote about Olga Tokarczuk’s The Empusium (& tuberculosis, gender, nationalism) for the Brooklyn Rail - you can read it here: brooklynrail.org/2024/10/book...

Love Shack. Rock Lobster is too novelty-ish (though fun), Love Shack feels more like a real song.