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I'm bad at the Internet.
I would have gone with "downplayed" and not "minimized" but who knows when this was written.
Breaking News: Paul Tagliabue has died at 84. As the NFL’s commissioner for 17 years, he helped achieve labor peace, pushed for minority hiring and oversaw the league’s expansion, but also minimized the risks of concussions. nyti.ms/486xx4Q
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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COYS COYS COYS COYS COYS 🤍
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges against a man who she said was “drunk” and harassed her, calling the incident “an assault on all women.”
Mexico’s President Sheinbaum takes legal action after groping incident | CNN
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges against a man who she said was “drunk” and harassed her on Tuesday, calling the incident “an assault on all women.”
www.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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So far, Republicans have enacted new maps in four states for a potential net gain of nine seats. New Democratic-leaning maps are pending in California and Utah.
Tracking states’ unprecedented redistricting efforts | CNN Politics
So far, Republicans have enacted new maps in four states for a potential net gain of nine seats. New Democratic-leaning maps are pending in California and Utah.
www.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Running by the (light)house
With a salmon in my mouth,
Misbehavin
Oh. My. God. What a day in the Puget Sound. 73 Endangered Southern Resident Orcas swam past Point Robinson Lighthouse on Vashon Island. Here is one breaching with a salmon in its mouth. 🦑
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Full marks to @megan-lebowitz.bsky.social for this gem:
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
No offense to this graphic design is my passion event, but could we hold cycling events instead of running events occasionally? You'd need less paper cups.
🏃🏃‍♂️ICYMI🏃‍♀️🏃
The City of #Rockville and Montgomery County Road Runners are sponsoring a 10K/5K race on Sunday. 🚧Please note there will be road closures associated with this race🚧
🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️▶️https://ow.ly/EyO750XjnEB
#MDTraffic #Weekend Montgomery County, MD Government #MDRoads #SUNDAY
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Just a reminder that Montbatten and Windsor aren't really these people's names, they made these names up to sound English because their real names were German.
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Character.AI plans to stop offering chatbots to users under 18 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/t...
Character.AI to Bar Children Under 18 From Using Its Chatbots
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And if you care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you
Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is a gross statement, and echoes the turn Bibi took in his 2015 reelect.
Eric Adams, endorsing Cuomo: "New York can't be Europe, folks ... Those Islamic extremisms that are burning churches in Nigeria, that are destroying communities in Germany, that have taken over the logical thinkings. And that's what I'm fighting for."
October 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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While at today's ribbon cutting ceremony for Georgetown’s new Capitol Campus building at 111 Mass Ave, I snapped this pic of the Cobb Park progress in Mount Vernon Triangle! I fought hard to save this site and fund a park for the community, and now it’s nearing completion! Looking great! 👀
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Y’ALL HAUL-O-WEEN IS GOING TO BE SO CUTE 🥹
Our yard sale is happening Saturday, October 25 and you can check out the map NOW! padlet.com/thehillishom...
October 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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wrote about an important piece of television journalism

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The Theft Of Guy Fieri's Tequila Is Now A Matter Of National Importance
[extremely newscaster voice] we're rollin' out...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
You can't fool me, that's just home and away
October 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Scientists off the coast of Washington state filmed a pod of over 20 Southern Resident killer whales. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance told CNN their researchers, alongside SeaDoc Society and NOAA, are using "non-invasive health monitoring technologies" to study threats to the endangered species.
October 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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As President Donald Trump continues to test precedents, the Supreme Court is seeing a high number of "shadow docket" cases.

Why that's so controversial: https://cnn.it/42mbx2I
October 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Shutting down the war on cancer.

“New presidential administrations have usually gone out of their way to make transitions at the NIH as seamless as possible so as not to disrupt ongoing research…”

Right. That’s not what is happening now. Must-read article.

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Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I remember when I would do pro bono work for these guys. It's just sad what they've become.
A federal judge ruled that fair use allowed Anthropic to train Claude on copyrighted books—but decided to send misguided “piracy” claims to trial. Facing copyright's ridiculous statutory penalties, Anthropic agreed to pay a record-breaking $1.5 billion to settle. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases and could lead more A.I. companies to pay rights holders for use of their works.
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Imagine leaking classified information to the intercept in 2025
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people, conspiracy theories, and crude insults aimed at critics of Trump.
Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics ran anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading and bigoted attacks | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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[howling into void] FOLKS!!!!!!

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THIS SMOKEY GIRL NEEDS A HOME

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September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Adams won't take a job at HUD. He's going to hold out for Ambassador to Turkey.
September 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.

Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM