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Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments and help patients live longer.

Researchers looked back at more than 1,000 cancer patients, including some who received a COVID mRNA vaccine around the time of treatment. Their findings excited them.

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

Gift link. "I resigned in order to speak out, support litigation, and work with other individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting the rule of law and American democracy. I also intend to advocate for the judges who cannot speak publicly for themselves." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Thanks to the Trump admin, the IRS’s FREE Direct File tool will not be available next tax season.

This tool lets Americans file taxes without paying an expensive service.

This is just another way that Trump is helping big corporations profit by screwing over working people.

Japan's sushi legend Jiro Ono turns 100 and is not ready for retirement Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so. He has served the world’s dignitaries and his art of sushi was featured in an awa...

Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so. He has served the world’s dignitaries and his art of sushi was featured in an award-winning film. https://to.pbs.org/4hs2qDU

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“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a recent study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.

(Published July)

Until October 11, buy a book for DC Books to Prisons from the @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlist and a donor will match the amount of the gift to DCBtP. So the store gets the sale, and we get the book and some money to send them! Check out the wishlist -
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‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

Here is the gift article for those without a subcription. #GiftArticle #FreePress #NYT #FreeArticle
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

As immigration agents have escalated their tactics, US citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody by law enforcement officers. Allison, Jenny and I took a closer look at the encounters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...

The Godfather of Zoot Suit Crime comics is @marcofinnegan.bsky.social. The first full issue of CALAVERA P.I. live. Go read it and buy the TPB!

“…this is America, where you can do anything with your body unless there’s a uterus in it.”

I am from Missouri and do politics for my job, and am just now learning of this sit-in to protest attempted RW seat-stealing.

Graphic that reads: The Tax Code is Rigged Working families pay an effective tax rate that is 4x higher than the average billionaire’s. The biggest source of income for the ultra-rich—the increase in value of investments they don’t sell—is never taxed at all. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” made things even worse, giving trillions in tax breaks to corporations, billionaires, and millionaires. It’s not fair that a billionaire can pay a lower tax rate than a public school teacher.

Our tax code is rigged.

It’s not fair that a billionaire can pay a lower tax rate than a public school teacher.

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ICE revives contract for spyware Targeted malware is the sharpest edge of the spear, but simple steps also do a great deal to lower your risk of attack

ICE revives contract for with Israeli spyware firm Paragon

Targeted malware is the sharpest edge of the spear, but simple steps also do a great deal to lower your risk of attack.

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The Met Opera Turns to Saudi Arabia to Help Solve Its Financial Woes The Met, which has withdrawn $120 million from its endowment since the pandemic, reached a lucrative deal to perform in Saudi Arabia for three weeks each winter.

The Metropolitan Opera, one of the world’s most renowned performing arts companies, is turning to Saudi Arabia to help it solve some of the most severe financial problems in its 142-year history.

North Carolina Man Had at Least 3 Wives at the Same Time, Police Say Money was the motivation, according to the authorities, who charged Harry Irvine Burdick Jr. with two counts of felony bigamy. There may be other victims, they said.

A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with being married to at least three women at the same time, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said, adding that there may be more victims.

Also, my friend and I absolutely loved Ron Howard's EDEN. It was a tour de force with everyone involved!!! Ana de Armas steals most of the movie... and other things. Phenomenal cast!!

If The Threesome is playing in a theater near you, please go see it!!! It was the #AMCScreenUnseen for tonight and it was uproarious!! The whole theater was laughing. It brought joy and hope to people. I do not get paid to promote this. I just want to support #independentcinema. #movies

I just watched the movie #TheThreesome and it is nothing like what you expect from the title!!! It was moving, hilarious, heart-wrenching and hopeful. There are no accounts from #Vertical, the distributor, I guess, but the fim is amazing and has a young cast that blows you away!!

Inside the USAID Fire Sale Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.

The fire sale at the end of the empire
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

I have learned some historical facts from them. There are also exceptions. I watched PILOT eiither earlier this year or last year. I dont know what the Korean title would be. No Japanese villain there, just a man learning to be less ignorant.l

I have to say I admire how much you kmow about Korean pop culture and cinema. I have watched a few Korean films in Cinemas, I live in Virginia near D.C., but the biggest trend in all of them has bern that the Japanese are the villains. It is inevitable, I guess?

What I 💗 is that Kurosawa inspired Leone to make spaghetti westerns which in turn inspired Lone Wolf & Cub.

The LW&C movies are gr8 fun. If you’re in the area, go see this.

Trump administration vetting all 55 million U.S. visa holders in growing crackdown The Trump administration said Thursday that it is reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, marking a growing crackdown on fore...

The Trump administration said Thursday that it is reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, marking a growing crackdown on foreigners who are even permitted to be in the United States. https://to.pbs.org/41Nf61w

Thankfully they didn’t have anything on me. But you should check your own info

beloved ones, i am sold out of books BUT still collecting donations thru wednesday to split between the dc migrant solidarity network and ward 2 mutual aid!! just venmo yours to raxkingisdead with a note indicating that it’s a donation ❤️

The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations

new: inside the $100 million race to rescue PBS and NPR stations (🎁🔗)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

McClatchy has added a gift link capability to the ~28 local English-language newspapers they own. As such, I've added them to the gift link feed.

If you subscribe to one, the gift link button loads below the journalist's name ~3 seconds after article load.

Please let me know if there are issues.