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This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This breaks me 💔

The Shutdown Is Pushing Air Safety Workers to the Limit Federal employees say that flying is still safe despite the strain on air traffic controllers. But expect even more airport delays ahead.

NEW: The government shutdown is pushing air safety workers to the limit.

“One person can only answer, troubleshoot, and resolve so many problems at once,” an FAA employee tells @aarianmarshall.bsky.social:

sometimes i think contemporary christianity is to christ like the twenty-dollar federal reserve note is to andrew jackson.

Donald HUSSEIN Trump

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

Price went from 39 to 54 today

Massive Brown Seweed Belt Spreading Through Atlantic Ocean Is Visible from Space The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is a shockingly large mass of brown algae almost double the width of the American continent, and clearly visible from space.

"It stretches from West Africa all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, forming a massive brown ribbon visible from outer space."
#weird #weidnews #science #ocean
www.odditycentral.com/news/massive...

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia. There’s a lot to learn.

"'No one’s ever seen a candidate like me in Virginia and quite frankly most places across the country,' Reid boasted not long ago. He’d be right—except that, for those keeping count at home, Reid is the second Republican to be engulfed in a Nazi porn scandal in just over a year."

Good reminder to cancel your Washington Post subscriptions

❗️There were many Shaheds, new ones are constantly arriving: the main threat to Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Kyiv.

10/18 general strike

Shabbat Shalom. Am Yisrael Chai. #JewSky

Adam Klasfeld @KlasfeldReports "Brooklyn, NJ" Lindsey Halligan flubs the address on an official court filing. h/t @Jose_Pagliery Related Cas Follow ... Defendant Information: Juvenile -- Yes Defendant Name: Letitia A. James Address: Brooklyn NJ 11238 9:55 PM · Oct 9, 2025 · 16.4K Views No X FBI #

Imagine the uproar if AG James had made this kind of error on a court filing

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

Okay quick thread of the sort of stuff you'll get if you pay a modest monthly or yearly amount to read Gravity Is Gone:

Today's newsletter, about the shutdown and RIFs and how employees are so in the dark that their bosses want them to email UP the chain if they get fired.

The woman in front of me at the supermarket paid with a check—she was in her 90s. I haven't seen that in years. And I just realized: that really might be the last time I ever see that again, too.

heavensickness Follow Greetings professor, I did not do your assignment because I am mentally ill bisexual-bifurcations Follow Greetings student, I did not grade your assignment because I am also mentally ill blue-dimond-smokes-weed-now Follow 100,661 notes

Honestly seeing how corrosive academia could be on the mental health of literally everyone involved was enough for me to tap out

💭 🇺🇦 🚀  Ukraine is currently coordinating all the details with the U.S. regarding the transfer of Tomahawk missiles, — Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

💬  We are going over all these details: in what forms, in which configurations, and which of these missiles could be provided to Ukraine

- 👍

🇺🇦 Ukrainian Air Defence shot down or suppressed:

▪️405/465 strike UAVs;
▪️1/2 aeroballistic missiles Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal";
▪️4/14 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
▪️9/12 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
▪️1/4 Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles.

*In addition, 4 enemy missiles did not reach their targets.

California ‘treading water’ as 22 states near recession, Moody’s says California’s steady performance — despite high unemployment — could be key to preventing a nationwide recession.

California’s steady performance — despite high unemployment — could be key to preventing a nationwide recession.

MSNBC is reporting that the DOJ is seeking an indictment of John Bolton.

I can’t stand that guy, and still: THIS IS SO WRONG.

God who hasn't

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

LIVE: Sens. Duckworth, Durbin speak at Broadview ICE facility YouTube video by ABC 7 Chicago

www.youtube.com/live/mr1X5nh...

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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🇳🇱🇳🇱The Netherlands announced a support package for Ukraine worth 200 million euros, — Defense Minister Brekelmans.

Oh I get it! Shake shake shake!

Bats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...

This….
I will never understand how some people don’t get the journeys are different
White privileges are real thing you don’t even have to be a good white person

And that will always disgust me
And I will always make sure history is told
And never whitewashed away
Literally