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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 12h

Welp. Helluva game. Congrats, Mariners.

We’re gonna get ‘em next time.

Baseball is still the best.

Zzzzzz

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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 12h

"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 12h

🙅‍♀️

Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 12h

Actual lol 😂

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 12h

Team founded in 1901.

Jason Beck @jasonbeck.bsky.social · 12h

This is the longest postseason game in Tigers history. Technically, the Tigers' 13th-inning loss in the 2009 AL Central tiebreaker at Minnesota was a regular-season game, but that's now in the rearview mirror too.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 12h

The terror is real!

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 12h

What mad portal have we passed through.

Corey the Scary Street @cstrable.bsky.social · 12h

Skubal last pitched 8 innings ago

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👻 Boo!-ver Street Rag @hooverstreetrag.org · 13h

Tigers status:

a man in a black suit is standing in a field and saying `` and as you can see , i am not dead ''

Alt: a man in a black suit is standing in a field and saying `` and as you can see , i am not dead ''

media.tenor.com

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 2d

"'Maine is grappling with such a shortage of dentists that some doctors are adapting to treat early tooth decay themselves.'"

via @themainemonitor.org

Some doctors are treating kids' dental decay amid dental shortage

More pediatricians have begun using a topical solution made of silver and fluoride to treat their patients’ cavities.

themainemonitor.org

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 2d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 2d

"The Livingston County Sheriff's Office reported an increase in requests for deputies to appear at community meetings. ...

"'Some of them frankly have gotten to the point where we're there every meeting just because of the rift between the public and the particular board,'" said the sheriff.

Michigan library hires private security for upcoming board meeting after series of contentious meetings

Following discussions of controversial policies, the Cromaine District Library in Livingston County, Michigan, decided to hire private security at its next board meeting this month.

www.cbsnews.com

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 3d

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 3d

"The study found that before the Flint crisis ... [a certain number of water systems] reported lead concentrations rounded exactly to the federal threshold—a pattern the researchers say is statistically unlikely to occur by chance.

"After Flint, those suspicious clusters all but vanished ..."

Questionable Lead Reporting for Drinking Water Virtually Vanished after Flint Water Crisis, Study Reveals | UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst economists employ new statistical tools to detect suspicious reporting.

www.umass.edu

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 4d

"External reviews are one of the industry’s best-kept secrets, and only a tiny fraction of those eligible actually use them."

by @deldeib.bsky.social / @propublica.org

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 6d

COMING UP: I'm teaching this one-session online class on Sunday, October 12, and I'd love for you to join!

"This craft seminar will explore what is possible when we take the light as seriously as the dark."

Craft Seminar: How to Write About Goodness and Happiness with Anna Clark — The Shipman Agency

1 Session: Sunday, October 12 2:00-4:00pm ET Anna Clark Goodness and happiness are difficult to write about in more than a glancing way, as if writers believe they are not real or multidimensional...

www.theshipmanagency.com

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 7d

Some additional behind-the-scenes info on how the text messages were vetted. Thrilling to watch national news orgs following Andy Mannix's reporting in the @startribune.com — and a reminder to support your local newspaper!!! www.startribune.com/editors-note...

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 7d

Trump wanted to give King Charles one of Ike's swords. The Eisenhower presidential library said it could not provide one because it is government property and illegal to give away. Now the library director has been fired. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

www.nytimes.com

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 8d

"FLINT, MI -- The Environmental Protection Agency is asking two federal judges to suspend action on pending Flint water crisis lawsuits brought against it by city residents due to the federal government shutdown that began on Wednesday, Oct. 1."

via @mlive.com

Federal government shutdown could delay Flint water lawsuits against EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency is asking two federal judges to suspend action on pending Flint water crisis lawsuits brought against it by city residents due to the federal government shutdown th...

www.mlive.com

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 9d

The ex-Chicago cop who got out of dozens of traffic tickets by repeating the same bogus story — that his girlfriend stole his BMW — pleaded guilty.

But there’s more: @jodiscohen.bsky.social and I have been tracking pending court cases that relied on his policing.

More than 90 have been dropped.

Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison

Retired officer Jeffrey Kriv acknowledged repeatedly lying under oath to avoid paying dozens of speeding and other traffic tickets. Prosecutors have dropped at least 92 cases in which Kriv was a key w...

www.propublica.org

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 9d

Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 9d

RIP Jane Goodall, who could take a joke:

"In the aftermath, Goodall reached out to Larson, and the two became friends; Larson even licensed the cartoon to the Institute to produce a t-shirt that was then used to raise funds."

screenrant.com/far-side-con...

A cartoon of a female chimpanzee plucking a hair off the back of a male chimpanzee. Text: "Well, well - another blond hair - Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 9d

"Every single day we live, we make some sort of impact on the world. Most of us can choose what sort of impact we make," Goodall said.

"Hope isn't wishful thinking. ... Find something you can do in your community. Do it."

At 91, legendary chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall comes to Detroit with a message of hope

"Every single day we live, we make some sort of impact on the world," Goodall said. "Most of us can choose what sort of impact we make."

www.freep.com

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 9d

Hell of a life.

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote recently about how, nationwide, customer notice requirements are patchy, so people may not know about it when their fluoridation stops.

More at @propublica.org :

Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started

As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...

www.propublica.org

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 9d

Bloomington, Indiana -- home to Indiana University -- has been "without consistently fluoridated tap water for nearly six years, a fact that’s not been publicized despite impacts to public health."

Bloomington goes over five years without fluoridated water – and doesn't tell residents

The CBU said it withheld on sending out an alert about fluoride as it didn't affect the safety of the drinking water.

www.tmnews.com

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 10d

"While legislation strengthening ethics oversight did pass in some places, a ProPublica analysis found lawmakers across multiple states targeted or thwarted reforms designed to keep the public and elected officials accountable to the people they serve."

Lawmakers Across the Country This Year Blocked Ethics Reforms Meant to Increase Public Trust

Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements...

www.propublica.org

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