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Photos show polar bears chilling at home in abandoned Russian research station Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately captured in drone footage by Vadim Makhorov.

Movin' on up!

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Under pressure from federal government, Fenway Health ends gender-affirming medical care for patients under 19 - The Boston Globe The community clinic, long a key institution for the LGBTQ+ community, treated 5,000 patients transgender patients in 2023, although its unclear how many were minors.

We are in the worst fucking timeline.

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Roman grave marker found in New Orleans yard left there by US soldier’s granddaughter Erin Scott O’Brien says grandfather Charles Paddock brought back artifact with him from second world war

They figured it out! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is wild! SO MANY CARS!

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US west coast faults could trigger catastrophic back-to-back earthquakes, study finds Study shows high-magnitude temblor in north-west could set off another in California, causing unrivaled disaster

ooh exciting. 🤯

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New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

What a cool story! I hope they figure out how it got there eventually!

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Unstoppable Tadej Pogacar defends men’s road race world title in Rwanda Pogacar reclaimed the rainbow jersey he won last year, with Remco Evenepoel in second and Ireland’s Ben Healy third

Allez Tadej!

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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

Real beneficial infrastructure.

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John H. Luckadoo, Last Pilot From a Storied Bomber Group, Dies at 103

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/u...

‘Someone must know this guy’: four-year wedding crasher mystery solved Bride finally tracks down awkward-looking stranger she and husband noticed only when looking through photos

The accidental crasher!

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People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years | PNAS Archaeological and paleoecological evidence shows that by 10,000 BCE, all human societies employed varying degrees of ecologically transformative l...

Humans have been F'ing up the earth for much longer than you think.

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New Mexico is such a fascinating success story because it's the only solid blue state that's also poor by US standards and despite theoretically having the least tax base to work with they quietly roll out some new social democratic policy every year

I don't normally get too crazy about the Apple Keynote addresses, but the Live Translation feature of the new Airpods is probably the coolest new feature of ANY Apple product in at least the past decade!

New Jersey man goes viral for breakdancing through town hall tax questions Will Thilly danced, backspun and moon-walked at Cranford meeting while raising questions on local tax hikes

hahah, I bet this guy is an absolute MENACE at town hall meetings. :) I love it.

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Old master painting looted by Nazis recovered a week after being spotted in Argentinian property listing Portrait of a Lady by the Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi handed over by daughter of the late Nazi financier Friedrich Kadgien

FOUND! This whole story is pretty wild to read back to how it was discovered in the first place.

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World’s biggest iceberg breaks up after 40 years: ‘Most don’t make it this far’ ‘Megaberg’ known as A23a has rapidly disintegrated in warmer waters and could disappear within weeks

Pour one out for Megaberg A23a. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

People put up with terribly-tuned diesels emitting thick black smoke, so, yes, they probably would. :|

Arizona dust storm engulfs Phoenix, bringing power outages and flight delays Haboob swept through capital, rattling homes, terrifying drivers and leaving tens of thousands without power

Funny name, terrifying effects!

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Dale Webster, surfer who rode waves for 14,642 consecutive days, dies aged 77 Dale Webster, who surfed every day for more than four decades in Northern California, has died at 77, leaving a legacy of unmatched dedication to the sport

LEGEND.

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Cucumber Vodka makes for an excellent Vodka tonic.

The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

Interesting, I'd never heard of this until today!

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You could know literally nothing else about Zohran and know with 100% certainty he's the right guy for the job based solely on the names of the people who are apoplectic about his win

RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale

One more step on the road to becoming the crazy uncle ranting in the corner that no one listens to anymore among the world's nations: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

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News Flash: Drivers in cars hate when cyclists act like the drivers in the cars act, and get all bent out of shape. Oh no, a cyclist crossed an empty-intersection red light? Ask me how many times the green light for my intersection changed and I had to wait for cars speeding through on their red.

Trump plans on ‘phasing out’ Fema disaster agency after hurricane season President says disaster relief funds will be distributed from White House: ‘We’re going to give out less money’

What else does the current president need to do to convince the southern red states that supported him that he does not have their best interests at heart?

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282 Commonwealth Avenue 💔

Conrad ‘Gus’ Shinn, first pilot to land at the South Pole, dies at 102 - The Boston Globe In 1956, Commander Shinn, a veteran naval aviator who planned and executed the flight, touched down at the South Pole for the first time in history. It was nearly 60 degrees below zero.

I had not heard of this man before.

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Group stranded with Ice in Djibouti shipping container after removal from US Deportees and officers are ‘ill’ and face risks after flight to South Sudan was stopped by US court in late May

Interested to see how THIS is going to be resolved.

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