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a cat is playing with an apple laptop on a table Alt: A black and white tuxedo cat is seated at a kitchen table. It appears that the cat is hurriedly typing on a MacBook laptop.

Today I am learning what a Teaching Philosophy is.

I want to ask my mom because she is literally an expert. I am apprehensive that she will tacitly encourage me to figure it out on my own, in true Malcolm Knowles andragogy style.

So here I go!

They want to say “infestation,” but don’t want to appear to be as evil as they really are. Instead, they use a word that is closest to it — invasion.

i’ve seen my future

“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger,” a senior adviser to the then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said in 2006. An Israeli court ordered the release of documents showing the details of those macabre sums two years later.

“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.”

That’s what a senior adviser to the Israeli prime minister said in *2006.*

In case you are wondering how long Israel has been using forced starvation as a tactic.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.

Congratulations to Professor Michele Dougherty FRS, who has become the first woman appointed as Astronomer Royal in the post's 350-year history.
#WomenInSTEM

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Professor Michele Dougherty.

The Royal Astronomical Society is pleased to congratulate Professor Michele Dougherty on her appointment as the first female Astronomer Royal. 🔭💫🪐

Read more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

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Former vaccine panel ousted by RFK Jr. says scientific rigor is "rapidly eroding" All 17 experts from the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices who were replaced last month by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the health secretary's new picks "inexperienced and biased."

The original ACIP members have come together to write a commentary on their concerns about how the process for unbiased scientific review of vaccines has been upended by RFk Jr 🧵🧪

JUST IN: 🇸🇻 El Salvador passes constitutional reform to abolish presidential term limits.

S5 E2 - Surekha Davies on Humans: A Monstrous History - The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science Today on The HPS Podcast, Thomas Spiteri speaks with Dr. Surekha Davies, historian of science, art and ideas, and author of the new book Humans: A Monstrous History (University of California Press). S...

What do monsters have to do with science?

Today, Dr Surekha Davies joins us to discuss her new book Humans: A Monstrous History – a sweeping look at how ideas about humanity have been shaped by encounters with that which did not quite "fit".

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#HPS #history #monsters

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How do I explain the sound of a bomb replacing a lullaby? Or the look in a starving child’s eyes? This is Gaza. This is my life now. I’m reaching out not just for support but for survival. Please help us, however you can.🙏🏻💔
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A Pressure Group Forced Steam to Remove Adult Games. It's Coming After Crypto Next Collective Shout issued an open letter to payment processing giants Mastercard, PayPal, and Visa this month to try and convince gaming storefronts to remove titles featuring rape, incest,

“In America, gun violence is a constant backdrop, yet we trust people to know the difference between a video game and reality. There’s no sweeping censorship there ... But when it comes to queer intimacy or kink, suddenly the fear kicks in, and the impulse is to erase."

Cynthia Miller-Idriss' Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism will be out in Sept: bit.ly/4oilqIc

Immigration Reporting Legal Guide | The Reporters Committee This RCFP guide helps journalists understand legal issues they may encounter while reporting on immigration enforcement and deportation.

From @rcfp.org — Understand the legal issues you may face reporting on immigration enforcement with the Immigration Reporting Legal Guide.

Journalists can also contact the Legal Hotline: www.rcfp.org/legal-hotline/

A photo of immigration protests with riot control officers on the left and camera personnel on the right. Text on top of the photo reads 'U.S. Journalist Assistance Network' and 'Immigration-related resources for journalists in the U.S.' with logos for five press-freedom organizations.

The US Journalist Assistance Network — @rcfp.org @pressfreedom.bsky.social @freedom.press @penamerica.bsky.social and Int'l Women's Media Foundation — compiled immigration-related resources to help journalists and newsrooms prepare for coverage and navigate safety threats.

Check the thread below 👇

a cat with the words kinda sus bro on it Alt: Luna Crunchycat is giving her signature side eye look to the camera. The caption says, “Kinda sus bro.”

A DHS officer requested to add me on LinkedIn and my spidey sense is tingling. He changed his job to “USCIS,” but the email notification listed it as DHS immigration officer.

Republicans Put Conspiracy Theorist With Far-Right Ties In Top Counterterrorism Job Joe Kent has pushed white nationalist views and fanned conspiracies about the 2020 election being “stolen” and the FBI planning the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Joe Kent has pushed white nationalist views and fanned conspiracies about the 2020 election being “stolen” and the FBI planning the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Immigrant Kids Detained in ‘Unsafe and Unsanitary’ Sites as Trump Team Seeks To End Protections - KFF Health News President Donald Trump’s Justice Department seeks to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which since 1997 has required U.S. immigration officials to hold migrant children in facilities that are...

Immigrant Kids Detained in ‘Unsafe and Unsanitary’ Sites as Trump Team Seeks To End Protections

Cambodia: De-Escalating Border Conflict: World Vision Urges Continued Protection for Children #Refugees

⚠️ US West Coast JUST upgraded from TSUNAMI WATCH to TSUNAMI ADVISORY

_USGS science for a changing world MENU Earthquake Hazards Program In cooperation with: US M 8.8 - 119 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 2025-07-29 23:24:50 (UTC) | 52.530°N 160.165°E 20.7 km depth Interactive Map Contributed by US

The earthquake has been upgraded to an 8.8 magnitude:

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Ted Cruz pushes legislation to use RICO to target activist groups Cruz introduced a bill that adds "rioting" to the list of activities prohibited by the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

Ted Cruz wants to be able to charge protester organizers under RICO... www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/art...

👏 👏 👏 So glad Prasad is out at FDA. He peddled so much disinformation on COVID vaccinations and mitigation. newrepublic.com/article/1949...

The last Japanese tsunami had news broadcasters shouting for viewers to get to higher ground. I thought that act was super effective and probably saved many lives. No such warnings yet. But many areas in eastern Hokkaido have probably just felt the first wave.

Another Japanese tsunami. Lady Cafe died during the last one. I miss her so much.

USCIS Issues Plan to Fulfill Trump Birthright Citizenship Order The agency that administers immigration benefits is making plans to carry out President Donald Trump‘s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, even though its currently blocked by the cour...

Trump's executive order upending birthright citizenship is blocked by multiple courts, but USCIS is making plans to carry it out if allowed to go into effect.

It's released an implementation plan defining which groups of immigrant children would lose automatic birthright citizenship.

He’s suing his girlfriend’s doctor for prescribing abortion pills. Could this gut access everywhere? Texas lawyer Jonathan Mitchell is going after a California doctor, Here’s why that’s terrifying.

“The whole game for Jonathan Mitchell is to get into federal court, both because he wants to shut down doctors in shield-law states, like everyone in the anti-abortion movement, and because he wants a federal court to weigh in on the Comstock Act.”

Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season

If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️

The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.

The brain activates front-line immune cells in response to the mere sight of a sick person

www.nature.com/articles/d41...