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Polar night vs. midnight sun in early/mid-December...

Animation looks downward at the North Pole (left; 🌙) and South Pole (right; ☀️) over a 24-hour period.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Friends! I have one more story about heat pumps to share with you in 2025.

It's a biggie! About some real biggies!

Behold: the biggest heat pumps in the world
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The giant heat pumps designed to warm whole districts
Across Europe huge heat pumps are being installed that can heat tens of thousands of homes.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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*FORD TO TAKE $19.5 BILLION CHARGE IN OVERHAUL OF EV STRATEGY
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Kristi Noem has attacked Sister Norma Pimentel, a leader of Catholic Charities serving immigrants in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, after she spoke out bravely criticizing DHS deportation projects, echoing the words of Pope Leo. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/268391/...
DHS cuts off aid to Texas Catholic Charities
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has suspended Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) from receiving federal funding, according to CCRGV.
www.catholicnewsagency.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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"The Trump administration in May canceled a $700 million contract with Moderna to develop a human bird flu vaccine. Secretary Kennedy has cut other funding for vaccine research and scrapped long-held federal vaccine guidance."
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US senators push USDA for urgent action on bird flu vaccine
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators this week urged the administration of President Donald Trump to finalize a science-based plan for developing a bird flu vaccine for livestock, according to a letter...
www.reuters.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Did you know that, in Baltimore County, you can ask for the County Council to change the zoning on a property you don't own? It's true. And did you know that someone can ask for your home to be considered a historic landmark without your knowledge or consent? Also true. This is the $160,000 bargain.
She had a budget to renovate the historic Ruxton home. Then a neighbor raised the price by $160,000.
Maroney House will be the first property considered for landmark status under a new law passed in October after the surprise demolition of Choate House.
www.thebanner.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Springfield-on-the-Credit (Harrie, Edith, and Weymouth de Lisle Schreiber)
Charlotte Schreiber
c. 1875
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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A new investigation has revealed that grocery delivery service Instacart is using a covert, AI-powered dynamic pricing scheme to charge customers different prices for the same items — potentially costing households over $1,000 more a year.
Instacart Reportedly Using Secret AI-Powered Dynamic Pricing to Jack Up Prices
In an experiment, investigators found that the same grocery basket at a Seattle store cost between $114 and $124.
truthout.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Pictured: a prior generation's cookie-cutter housing
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”

She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Let us first see peace
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts

www.nber.org/papers/w34524

via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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US Commerce Secretary Lutnick: The US can reshore advanced manufacturing with robotics.
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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ANOTHER threat against an Indiana Republican who opposes redistricting

Sen. Mike Bohacek says his family received "threats of a bomb placed at our home"
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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A new post by a Republican state Senator in Indiana, saying she will "not cave" on redistricting as she shares that she was just the target of a pipe bomb threat to due "DC political pundits."
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Young adults who took just a one-week break from social media showed improvement in depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms, a new study says. Plus, tips for how to take a break from your feed. n.pr/4oN4dWp
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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When it saves you money to put solar on your roof, you put solar on your roof. Does it make the utility owners angry. It sure does.

This is remarkable and happened very very fast.
Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand in some hubs next year
Pakistan's rooftop solar generation will for the first time exceed power demand on the country's electrical grid during daytime hours in some major industrial regions next year, a senior government of...
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.

It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Wake up, babe—new apples just dropped!
U of M to license new fruit varieties, including a sequel to the Honeycrisp apple
The Superior Fruit Innovations program promises access to top-performing fruits, such as the Big Flirt Apple and the LumiGlo grape.
www.mprnews.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Solar power made up 9.7% of US electricity this September, up from 7.6% last year

Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 8.3% of US electricity, a record high!
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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“It blows my mind that George is 24 when he finishes Sgt. Pepper. When I was 24, I was probably trying to make a bong out of a potato," Episode Nine director Oliver Murray tells Rolling Stone.
It's a Love That Lasts Forever: How 'Anthology' Redefined The Beatles Story
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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By highlighting changes in a beloved landscape, scientists hope to bring climate realities home through the pages of the White Mountains Almanac. From Molly Rains #NHPolitics
Highlighting changes in beloved landscape, scientists hope to bring climate realities home • New Hampshire Bulletin
The almanac is  a free publication created through a collaboration among three North Country research institutions: the Appalachian Mountain Club, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, and the Mount…
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM