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karen
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Was a Pacific Northwest geek, now a New England geek
⛈️ skywarn weather spotter
🏡 heat pumps
🐶 foster mom
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"Hottest country anywhere" always makes me think of Stefan.
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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'RUMORS AND FEAR': Brookline select board chair, police chief, school superintendent issue statements seeking to quell "rumors and fear" after an MIT professor was shot and killed in his home earlier this week. on.nbcboston.com/IYgLnJZ
‘Rumors and fear' as search intensifies for suspect in deadly shooting of MIT professor
Police intensified their search for a suspect in the fatally shooting of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office says Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old professor of nuclear science and engineering, was shot Monday night in Brookline and died Tuesday at a local hospital. Officials say no suspects are in custody. Loureiro, who is from Portugal, joined MIT in 2016 and had been named last year to lead its Plasma Science and Fusion Center.
on.nbcboston.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker stressed that the city he leads “[does] more than any other city in the state” for those experiencing homelessness.

One advocate balked.

“Doing more than nothing doesn't mean that it's enough. If someone is still at risk of dying on the street, then it's not enough.”
After man dies on New Haven Green, homeless advocates push for better cold-weather services
The death of the 65-year-old is still under investigation, city officials said.
www.ctpublic.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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We were promised no new wars.
December 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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“I have lived in Providence for nearly a decade—first as a Brown student, and then when I returned to make it my home—and I have never seen it like this, the energy sucked out of it by fear.”

Read this moving piece by @h-lev.bsky.social on the shooting aftermath www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Watching Providence retreat into itself after the Brown shooting
What it's like when this uniquely American horror arrives in your city.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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New filing: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. APPLE INC. (Department of Justice sues Apple for antitrust violations.)"
Doc #353: Letter

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL68362334
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A CT lawyer is using an unusual way to remind people of their rights. How he's doing it and why. www.courant.com/2025/12/17/a...
A CT lawyer is using an unusual way to remind people of their rights. How he’s doing it and why.
“I see a lot of people that get themselves arrested by not knowing their rights,” he said.
www.courant.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you're ever in a full arm cast or splint, be sure to elevate your arm. I didn't know and I so wish someone had told me. 😬
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

Not only was yesterday's Arctic sea-ice extent a record low for the day, yesterday's extent beat every year prior to 2024 by over half a million square kilometers.

The Arctic currently has a streak of 21 straight days of record low sea-ice extent.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Favorite Rob Reiner films?

www.imdb.com/name/nm00016...
Rob Reiner | Actor, Writer, Producer
Known for: All in the Family, This Is Spinal Tap, The Wolf of Wall Street
www.imdb.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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DAMODARAN: “.. I’m thinking maybe I should hold something that is not going to be affected if inflation goes to 10% or if there’s a market and economic crisis .. The chance of that happening is perhaps greater than it’s been anytime in the last 20 years.”

substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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From the new issue: Meet the scientists (and a very good dog named Eba) rushing to save southern resident killer whales off the coast of Washington State
These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them
Inside the desperate rush to save the southern resident killer whales
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
From Providence PD fb pg (12/17 12:40pm ET):

Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying and speaking to the individual shown in these photos who was in proximity of the person of interest.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the tip line at 401-272-3121.

#BrownUniversity
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Omens and augurs. Smoke on the water. Fire in the sky. Three ravens on a dead cypress tree.
One of the Oracle (ORCL) Stargate data centers in Michigan doesn't have financing after Blue Owl (OWL) pulled out. Increasing signals that capital is starting to turn away from the sector having gorged for the past year.
Oracle’s $10bn Michigan data centre in limbo after Blue Owl funding talks stall
Investment firm concerned about tougher debt terms and the risk of delays to the vast project
www.ft.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Spirit Airlines Eyes Merger With Frontier Amid Restructuring www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (via @bloomberg.com)
Spirit Airlines Eyes Merger With Frontier Amid Restructuring
Bankrupt Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. is in discussions to merge with Frontier Group Holdings, people familiar with the matter said.
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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There’s more:
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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People are treating Chris Whipple's Susie Wiles articles in Vanity Fair today as big news - the NYT even recapped them. But Wiles is no dummy; she knows how to work the press. These articles read like a Trump press release, excuse after excuse with no pushback. It's the anti-Chotiner interview. 1/
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Providence police shared this enhanced video of the person of interest in the Brown University shooting.

https://bit.ly/4sig7un
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I love the implication that only the art of dance can save our nation
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Looks like the Bari Weiss experiment at CBS is off to a great start
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Good read.

"Rob Reiner's Murder and the Decline of Cultural Empathy in 2025: Why we should reconsider the director's later work through the lens of his family's struggles with addiction and mental illness"
by @colehaddon.bsky.social

colehaddon.substack.com/p/rob-reiner...
Rob Reiner's Murder and the Decline of Cultural Empathy in 2025
Why we should reconsider the director's later work through the lens of his family's struggles with addiction and mental illness
colehaddon.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM