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That’s seven.

@reuters.com
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Delight over reported sighting of orca calf off Isles of Scilly Two female Iberian orcas are seen off the Isles of Scilly with an unidentified new addition.

Delight over reported sighting of orca calf in pod. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

Hmmm 🤔

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

Evidence of herd immunity 17 years after HPV vaccination

www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

It’s midnight, which means Trump’s government just ran out of money.

Our entire government is shut down because Republicans in power refuse to lower health care costs.

Today’s meme: Croissant 😁 🥹 🥰

#DogsofBluesky

#DogsofTheResistance

A brown and white mini dachshund at the top of a mountain in southern Arizona thinking of how great it will be when Juan Ciscomani loses his seat in Congress

Everything is terrible so here’s a mini dachshund on a mountain to lift the spirits

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

The Machine Stops The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.

The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.

A TX Legislator’s annual salary is $7,200, w/ $.58 per mile -mileage or travel outlay pay & a per diem of $221 per day while in session.

The fine for breaking Quorum is $500 per day plus potential jail time.

There are big donors, but if you can Help Flip the Script in TX 👇
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You’re welcome x TikTok video by gregjames

In this same genre I have to say the Neanderthal voice wins it for me www.tiktok.com/@gregjames/v...

Sans intervention immédiate, les derniers reporters de Gaza vont mourir 21 juillet 2025 L'AFP travaille avec une pigiste texte, trois photographes et six pigistes vidéo dans la Bande de Gaza depuis le départ de ses journalistes staff courant 2024. Avec quelques autres, ils sont aujourd'hui les seuls à rapporter ce qu'il se passe dans la Bande de Gaza. La presse internationale est interdite d'entrer dans ce territoire depuis près de deux ans. Nous refusons de les voir mourir. L'un deux, Bashar, collabore pour l'AFP depuis 2010, d'abord comme fixeur, ensuite comme photographe pigiste, et depuis 2024 comme principal photographe. Samedi 19 juillet, il est parvenu à poster un message sur Facebook: « Je n'ai plus la force de travailler pour les médias. Mon corps est maigre et je ne peux plus travailler ». Bashar, 30 ans, travaille et vit dans des conditions égales à celles de tous les Gazaouis, allant d'un camp de réfugiés à un autre camp au gré des bombardements israéliens. Depuis plus d'un an il vit dans le dénuement le plus total et travaille en prenant d'énormes risques pour sa vie. L'hygiène est pour lui un problème majeur, avec des périodes de maladies intestinales sévères. Bashar vit depuis février dans les ruines de sa maison de Gaza City avec sa mère, ses quatre frères et sœurs et la famille d'un de ses frères. Leur maison est vide de tout aménagement et confort, à part quelques coussins. Dimanche matin, il a rapporté que son frère aîné était « tombé, à cause de la faim ». Même si ces journalistes reçoivent un salaire mensuel de l'AFP, il n'y a rien à acheter ou alors à des prix totalement exorbitants. Le système bancaire a disparu, et ceux qui pratiquent le change entre les comptes bancaires en ligne et l'argent liquide prennent une commission de près de 40%. L'AFP n'a plus la possibilité d'avoir un véhicule et encore moins de l'essence pour permettre à ses journalistes de se déplacer pour leurs reportages. Circuler en voiture équivaut de toutes les façons à pre…

🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.

They are out of energy and they are starving to death.

I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.

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The Payback: A Novel A Novel

Today in champagne problems: so lots of you keep telling me that your local bookstore is sold out of THE PAYBACK. Please try bookshop, and I know Skylight Books has copies too, links below.

Women with ADHD three times more likely to experience premenstrual dysphoric disorder – new research Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a serious condition that affects about 3% of women globally.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a serious condition that affects about 3% of women globally.

Very excited to share our article on gender and political expression! We explore why women are more likely to say they "don't know" in survey research. This project was in the works for many years-- thanks to the folks at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social for giving it a home. Please give it a read!

I have a Senior boy Zeus that was surrendered due to owner’s health. @nycacc.bsky.social is wanting to kill him because he’s scared and they kill them 1st! 227012 he’s only 8- he’s sad about his owner- please repost him! ⬇️⬇️

Zeus- needs our help to save him! He’s a big, gentle giant- sad that he is in this hellhole- EAST COAST FOSTERS PLEASE STEP UP!

Please repost!! 🙏

"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"

No: 85%
Yes: 5%

YouGov / June 22, 2025

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”

ktla.com/news/local-n...

I really wish the interviewers here would ask ‘why are you saying that?’ because it’s totally false but the fact check sounds like opinion. Make them cite some bullshit source or admit they don’t believe in peer reviewed science. That’s an avenue to get at the root of the grift or the science denial

Ha same!

Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University.

That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...

A scruffy but resilient chicken says they survived the day

Why is he dressed like a military dictator from a bad 70s movie?

Since the CDC guidelines for COVID vaccines are now just misinformation here is what the NHS (UK) says about COVID in pregnancy and the recommendation for vaccination.
www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/ke...

MUST WATCH: Kristi Noem said “Nope” when asked where habeas corpus is in the Constitution.

She wants to rule a nation she hasn’t even studied. Noem is not just ignorant—she’s dangerous.
Unqualified. Uninformed. Unapologetic. This is how democracies die.

He's been an asshole since he could walk. I think he was just never straightened out so he's ended up the way he is now, no dementia.