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📸 Jennifer Sexton

Sister Jean was a role model in Illinois — inspiring us to embrace our neighbors.

As a lover of life, she taught us to channel positivity to keep us hopeful in times of need and kept that attitude all the way to a life well-lived at 106 years old.

May her memory be a blessing.

Free Texas!

Oh look everyone….how a real president writes and speaks…..

This public art is so profound

How 20 minutes in nature can boost your health. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Connection with nature can benefit our mental health and biodiversity, but how can conservation orgs and healthcare providers work together more effectively?

Read on to find out 🧪

Full study: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#WorldMentalHealthDay

Validating habitat suitability models for pine marten (Martes martes) reintroductions to England and Wales 📈🧪

The adaptive methodology can be applied to other species as reintroduction projects continue to grow in popularity 💭🌏

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Unlocked | South Korea bidder says it 'refrained' from proposing domestic construction of Canada’s new submarine fleet after feedback from Canadian officials. #cdnpoli

But the Germany bidder has signalled 'mutual interest' in building vessels in Canada.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

A US friend checks in with me to see if W Europeans will need explanations on who or what specific US terms are when he writes. Yesterday he asked me how crazy ‘Europeans*’ think the US is. This was in relation to the UN designated genocide in Gaza.

I had to explain I had bad news for him. [1]

I’m sure this is fine. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

It’s a material reality that right now the AI tech bubble is holding up the empire. It increasingly powers all commerce, and is central to the most invasive surveillance apparatus the world has ever seen. Predictive analytics trained on our data have allowed billionaires to track us like wildlife.

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

"Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History"

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured & dangerous psyche. But now Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.

María Corina Machado wins this year’s Nobel Peace Prize despite Trump lobbying

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Illinois needs to divest from any Texas investment. No companies. No shares. Red divest.