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What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management Grab your umbrella and your tights.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

lmao. reading the opinion on the Texas gerrymander, the court, reasonably, ruled that (a) the Trump admin had sent Texas a letter demanding that it dismantle districts based entirely on their racial makeup; (b) that Texas acknowledged this as their motivation when they did this; (c) this is racist.

Schumer: "Thune wanted the provision. And we wanted to make sure that at least Democratic senators were protected from Bondi and others who might go after them ... but I'd be for repealing all of it"

Terrible day to be literate

Fired Bryan federal prison nurse says Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving special treatment — and she has the emails Noella Turnage was fired from her job at the prison last week. On Monday, she sat down with KBTX’s Rusty Surette

Fired Bryan federal prison nurse says Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving special treatment — and she has the emails via BCS journalism treasure @rustysurette.bsky.social

www.kbtx.com/2025/11/18/f...

parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole

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Tell Students the Truth About American History We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.

I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”

Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, is seen in a booking photo from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.

Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵

Heat index inside a South Florida prison hit 119 degrees, report says A lawsuit challenging extreme heat in a Florida prison collected temperature readings during the summer. It found brutal heat day and night.

Latest: An 8th Amendment lawsuit challenging extreme heat in a South Florida prison put sensors around the prison.

Data show the place is a heat sink. The heat index almost never dropped below 88 degrees. One room recorded a peak heat index of 119 ... at 10 p.m. reason.com/2025/11/17/h...

👀Fitzpatrick said Halligan made two apparent "fundamental misstatements of law" to the grand jury that could threaten the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UN peacekeepers shot at by IDF in Lebanon, says UNIFIL The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has said that Israeli soldiers shot at its peacekeepers this morning from a tank near an army position in the country's south.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking' Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.

Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:

Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.

So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.

A stock of U.S.-bought birth control, meant for sub-Saharan Africa, goes bad in Belgium Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives have been stored in Belgium since the U.S. froze foreign aid. A local official says some products were stored improperly and are largely unusable.

They’re wasting our tax dollars

Ethiopia confirms first Marburg outbreak as WHO lauds country's fast action Ethiopia has confirmed its first Marburg outbreak after nine cases were identified in the southern region of the country that borders South Sudan.

The suspected outbreak of a hemorrhagic vial illness in Ethiopia has now been confirmed to Marburg Virus Disease. So far 9 cases have been identified in a part of the country that shares a border with Sudan.
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A Louisiana girl hit a boy who was sharing deepfake nude photos of her. She was expelled. “This girl was abused,” one of the family’s attorneys said, noting that she endured sexual exploitation and harassment. And the expulsion “was like pouring salt in the wound.”

This is rape culture.

This is why so many people don’t come forward.

A young girl was being bullied at school by a boy who made AI generated nudes of her.

She told the principal. She told the guidance counsellor. They didn’t stop it.

Finally she hit the boy responsible, and SHE got expelled:

Sudan conflict: Mass killings investigation gets green light from UN "There has been too much pretence and performance, and too little action," says UN human rights chief Volker Türk.

"Our wake-up calls were not heeded. Bloodstains on the ground in el-Fasher have been photographed from space. The stain on the record of the international community is less visible, but no less damaging.”

New UN investigation into Sudan launched: www.bbc.com/news/article... #KeepEyesonSudan

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

Tragedy of Tanzania’s 98% vote History teaches us that when democratic pressure builds with no outlet, something eventually breaks. That is not stability; it is a ticking bomb

Tragedy of Tanzania’s 98% vote
"When you have been denied genuine choice for so long, even a soldier with a gun begins to look like hope.
That is the true cost of Tanzania’s 98%. It is the poisoning of an entire generation’s belief in democratic ideals."
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Tension as Mass Displacement Trails Local Militia Clashes in DR Congo Local officials said displaced persons are currently being sheltered by families, in schools, and in churches across Busumba and Kibarizo.

Worsening violence between militia groups have displaced thousands in eastern Congo this month.

Photo of Tremane Wood

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma governor spares life of death row inmate Tremane Wood just before scheduled lethal injection.

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.

We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.

www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.

All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.

James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off Dawson’s Creek Items Amid Cancer Journey James Van Der Beek has put several Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues items up for auction as he continues to battle stage 3 colon cancer.

You are infinitely closer to struggling than you ever will be to billionaires

Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal According to the ruling, Diana Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front of an immigration judge, who could order her released while her civil deportation case proceeds.

Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal

Great article about a case of mine where the MacArthur Justice Center skillfully handled the appeal, and @aclumn.bsky.social, @ij.org, @npapjustice.bsky.social, and @jesspish.bsky.social & Farhang Heydari filed important amicus briefs!

Why I Am Resigning A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

Judge Mark Wolf should serve as an inspiration to all of us who have secure enough positions to speak out against the Trump regime's assault on the rule of law.

He also highlights a few instances of Trump’s corruption and abuse of power for those who may not be paying attention.

Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.

Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE