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“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

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No family, no stability, no social fabric: the anguish of Gaza’s wounded orphans As the number of WCNSFs – wounded child no surviving family – grows, charities struggle to find adults to look after them

‘There are so many such children that overworked trauma surgeons simply scrawl WCNSF on their files.

“It is the first conflict that such a term was needed,” said Kieran King…of War Child, a UK-based charity trying to protect & care for wounded orphans in Gaza.’

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Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.

ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social

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They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry.

(He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Quite a feat to go from this to "and therefore universities must ban faculty and students from belittling conservative ideas"

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María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Nobel committee:

“Despite serious threats against her life, she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions. When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist.”

Arctic seals and more than half of bird species are in trouble on latest list of threatened species Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction and more than half of bird species around the world are declining.

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction and more than half of bird species around the world are declining.

Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia ...

Read the piece: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...

This is a really clear yet meaty interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social about the actual tactics and history of antifa movements. Will be sharing with students! www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

Donald Trump: Stop trying to incite Illinoisans into violence. Pack up and go home.

When you see scary things in the news, look for the helpers.

Workers’ Wages Siphoned To Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections - KFF Health News Health care providers and debt collectors are biting from people’s paychecks to cover old medical bills. A KFF Health News investigation in Colorado shows that this aggressive collection practice is w...

In Colorado (and lots of other places), health providers garnish people's wages for medical debt with little oversight. State hospital association's comment:

“In some ways, I think it's funny to be asked the question."

Important story by @raelnb.bsky.social

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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

This incident demands a lot more scrutiny.

www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Trust in federal health leadership is failing under RFK Jr., new poll finds | CNN Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health agencies, according to a new KFF poll, and there’s erosion of trust in reliable vaccine inf...

6 in 10 adults disapprove of Kennedy's work; even among MAHA supporters, 30% disapprove. via @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/h...

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

A tweet from Mayor Brandon Johnson says Trump has tried to unjustly arrest a Black man and he’s not going anywhere. A reply from Donald Trump says the Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect ICE officers.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

I read somewhere recently that what the rich really want is slavery and it's hard not to read this article through that lens

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

Pelosi: "Democrats who created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, all of that, are now being asked to reject that so we can give a tax cut to the rich. We're not doing it. It isn't a question of, 'let's come back together so we can discuss it.' That isn't going to happen."

The judge, for his part, warned the government that the case shouldn't get off track because of classified information issues.

Either the information will be declassified or we'll go through the "fastest CIPA process you've ever seen in your life," he said.

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Despite getting whatever anti-trans narrative they wanted out of the Charlie Kirk shooting, the American right is now blaming the Jews instead, because content must be created. It is almost like the "first they came for" thing is not hypothetical!

‘“The employment numbers have clearly deteriorated,” said Jake Oubina, senior economist at Piper Sandler. Profit margins are down because of tariffs, and that makes companies less likely to hire, he said.’
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Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit. The family members of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to benefit from efforts to remake the pharmaceutical industry.

President Trump’s and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s family members are positioned to benefit from efforts to overhaul drug sales.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

And so it begins

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

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The Emerging Shape of American Politics Dynamism v. Reaction / Open v. Closed

“I wish I could be the guy who says, ‘everyone calm down; things have been just as bad before, and we got through it.’ But I can’t be that reasonable-sounding moderate floating above it all. Things are very bad. People should be far more alarmed than they are.”

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