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Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
US oil companies have never stopped investing and operating in Venezuela’s petroleum industry, despite many changes in the terms of their engagement.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
At the same time, Americans have been facing worsening storms, wildfires and deadly heat waves.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press
Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press
The president has sued multiple media companies. He may care less about winning in court than intimidating news outlets, suggest two media scholars.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press
In 1944, an active-duty US army soldier used this envelope to mail in his ballot.
Congress has passed laws to make it easier for overseas citizens to vote. The Supreme Court is considering a GOP challenge to laws allowing for votes that don’t arrive by election day to be counted. buff.ly/SSaBfnw
Congress has passed laws to make it easier for overseas citizens to vote. The Supreme Court is considering a GOP challenge to laws allowing for votes that don’t arrive by election day to be counted. buff.ly/SSaBfnw
Americans have had their mail-in ballots counted after Election Day for generations − a Supreme Court ruling could end the practice
29 states allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted days after an election. A case before the Supreme Court could take that decision away from the states.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:28 AM
In 1944, an active-duty US army soldier used this envelope to mail in his ballot.
Congress has passed laws to make it easier for overseas citizens to vote. The Supreme Court is considering a GOP challenge to laws allowing for votes that don’t arrive by election day to be counted. buff.ly/SSaBfnw
Congress has passed laws to make it easier for overseas citizens to vote. The Supreme Court is considering a GOP challenge to laws allowing for votes that don’t arrive by election day to be counted. buff.ly/SSaBfnw
Don’t do CPR like you see on TV! It’s easier than that.
TV characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life, and the CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques buff.ly/6v9ZLc8
TV characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life, and the CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques buff.ly/6v9ZLc8
CPR on TV is often inaccurate – but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives
TV shows can be misleading when it comes to educating viewers on hands-only CPR, along with who experiences cardiac arrest and where.
theconversation.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Don’t do CPR like you see on TV! It’s easier than that.
TV characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life, and the CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques buff.ly/6v9ZLc8
TV characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life, and the CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques buff.ly/6v9ZLc8
How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing period of domestic unrest buff.ly/CJQDtQo
How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing period of domestic unrest
Information is still getting out despite an almost total internet blackout, especially with the help of diaspora groups. That poses a big problem for the government.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing period of domestic unrest buff.ly/CJQDtQo
Cruelty has been normalized in capitalism. But leaders can still center care and fairness and build profitable, resilient companies buff.ly/AxVlgww
Taming the moral menace at capitalism’s core
Centuries of management practice were built on cruelty and exploitation. But history also offers a countercurrent – leaders who chose care, fairness and conscience.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Cruelty has been normalized in capitalism. But leaders can still center care and fairness and build profitable, resilient companies buff.ly/AxVlgww
TV characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life.
The CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques
(but it's still useful for raising awareness)
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The CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques
(but it's still useful for raising awareness)
theconversation.com/cpr-on-tv-is... 🩺🧪
CPR on TV is often inaccurate – but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives
TV shows can be misleading when it comes to educating viewers on hands-only CPR, along with who experiences cardiac arrest and where.
theconversation.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
TV characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life.
The CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques
(but it's still useful for raising awareness)
theconversation.com/cpr-on-tv-is... 🩺🧪
The CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques
(but it's still useful for raising awareness)
theconversation.com/cpr-on-tv-is... 🩺🧪
29 states allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day sent from overseas to be counted days after an election. A case before the Supreme Court could take that decision away from the states. buff.ly/5Srm3Ws
Americans have had their mail-in ballots counted after Election Day for generations − a Supreme Court ruling could end the practice
29 states allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted days after an election. A case before the Supreme Court could take that decision away from the states.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
29 states allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day sent from overseas to be counted days after an election. A case before the Supreme Court could take that decision away from the states. buff.ly/5Srm3Ws
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase, an expert on the U.S. media and its role in democracy explains. buff.ly/lcUuZZQ By @victorpickard.bsky.social #journalism
Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase, an expert on the U.S. media and its role in democracy explains. buff.ly/lcUuZZQ By @victorpickard.bsky.social #journalism
Po'pay, a Tewa religious leader, led the Pueblo Revolt, the most successful Indigenous rebellion in what’s now the United States. A historian of early America explains why he is not surprised Po’pay will be excluded from Trump’s Garden of Heroes. buff.ly/ym5J6D5
The 17th-century Pueblo leader who fought for independence from colonial rule – long before the American Revolution
Po'pay, a Tewa religious leader, led the Pueblo Revolt, the most successful Indigenous rebellion in what’s now the United States.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Po'pay, a Tewa religious leader, led the Pueblo Revolt, the most successful Indigenous rebellion in what’s now the United States. A historian of early America explains why he is not surprised Po’pay will be excluded from Trump’s Garden of Heroes. buff.ly/ym5J6D5
A nutrition scientist who advised the government on dietary guidelines between 2022 and 2024 explains how her scientific committee’s recommendations were ignored in developing the guidelines released this week. buff.ly/QTBFhD6
New US dietary guidelines recommend more protein and whole milk, less ultraprocessed foods
Irregularities in how the government developed the updated guidelines raise questions about its conclusions.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM
A nutrition scientist who advised the government on dietary guidelines between 2022 and 2024 explains how her scientific committee’s recommendations were ignored in developing the guidelines released this week. buff.ly/QTBFhD6
The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference
The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference
Critics of environmental protection laws may have forgotten how much progress has been made.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:28 AM
The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference
The clean energy transition is turning into a power struggle. Countries built on fossil fuels are pushing back, while others are racing ahead on renewables.
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#climatesky
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#climatesky
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026
While wind and solar energy led in investments globally, liquefied natural gas is also booming. A former climate envoy for Germany explains what’s coming and the countries to watch.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:35 AM
The clean energy transition is turning into a power struggle. Countries built on fossil fuels are pushing back, while others are racing ahead on renewables.
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#climatesky
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#climatesky
Most Americans actually like wolves, but when researchers reminded people of their political identities, Democrats became more friendly to wolves and Republicans far more opposed. It’s an interesting study in how politics and social identity can fuel partisan polarization.
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Americans generally like wolves − except when we’re reminded of our politics
New research shows how identity-driven assumptions can turn common ground into conflict.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Most Americans actually like wolves, but when researchers reminded people of their political identities, Democrats became more friendly to wolves and Republicans far more opposed. It’s an interesting study in how politics and social identity can fuel partisan polarization.
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The U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is not a list doctors randomly decided on. It evolved over decades in response to deadly outbreaks, hard lessons and rigorous research.
Rolling it back, says @jakescottMD.bsky.social, risks relearning those lessons the hard way.
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#VaccinesWork 🩺🧪
Rolling it back, says @jakescottMD.bsky.social, risks relearning those lessons the hard way.
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#VaccinesWork 🩺🧪
RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record
In an unprecedented move, health officials cut the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children from 17 to 11.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
The U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is not a list doctors randomly decided on. It evolved over decades in response to deadly outbreaks, hard lessons and rigorous research.
Rolling it back, says @jakescottMD.bsky.social, risks relearning those lessons the hard way.
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#VaccinesWork 🩺🧪
Rolling it back, says @jakescottMD.bsky.social, risks relearning those lessons the hard way.
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#VaccinesWork 🩺🧪
Chimpanzee mothers lose the ability to supervise their offspring around age 2. Researchers studying wild chimps suggest that loosened parental supervision, not puberty, may explain why adolescent chimps – and human teens – take more risks. buff.ly/u5hG9MA
Risks young chimps take as they swing through the trees underscore role of protective parenting in humans
The youngest chimpanzees are the biggest risk-takers. Would humans show the same pattern if adults weren’t keeping such a close watch on little kids?
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January 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Chimpanzee mothers lose the ability to supervise their offspring around age 2. Researchers studying wild chimps suggest that loosened parental supervision, not puberty, may explain why adolescent chimps – and human teens – take more risks. buff.ly/u5hG9MA
3 ways the US actions in #Venezuela break international law. It's not just about invading another country, according to Mary Ellen O'Connell, who studies peacemaking at @NotreDame
January 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
3 ways the US actions in #Venezuela break international law. It's not just about invading another country, according to Mary Ellen O'Connell, who studies peacemaking at @NotreDame
Child care in Colorado is so expensive that many families spend 30-40% of their income on it. Funding shortfalls have frozen child care subsidies in parts of the state, forcing parents to miss work or quit jobs. buff.ly/Wh28GwJ
Colorado faces a funding crisis for child care − local communities hope to fill the gaps
A lack of access to child care costs the state an estimated $2.7 billion in lost productivity and revenue.
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January 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Child care in Colorado is so expensive that many families spend 30-40% of their income on it. Funding shortfalls have frozen child care subsidies in parts of the state, forcing parents to miss work or quit jobs. buff.ly/Wh28GwJ
“The United States was the first country created under the rule of law, not of an individual human sovereign.”
But for decades, the US commitment to law around the world has been weakening, a decline President Trump capitalized on. ⬇️
But for decades, the US commitment to law around the world has been weakening, a decline President Trump capitalized on. ⬇️
January 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
“The United States was the first country created under the rule of law, not of an individual human sovereign.”
But for decades, the US commitment to law around the world has been weakening, a decline President Trump capitalized on. ⬇️
But for decades, the US commitment to law around the world has been weakening, a decline President Trump capitalized on. ⬇️
Why an astronomer is really excited about today's telescope launch: "We built Pandora to shatter a barrier – to understand and remove a source of noise in the data – that limits our ability to study small exoplanets in detail and search for life on them." 🧪🔭
NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them
The findings from Pandora will complement data from the James Webb Space Telescope to give astronomers more insight into stars and planets outside our solar system.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Why an astronomer is really excited about today's telescope launch: "We built Pandora to shatter a barrier – to understand and remove a source of noise in the data – that limits our ability to study small exoplanets in detail and search for life on them." 🧪🔭
Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections buff.ly/cUsYpye
Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
At the same time, Americans have been facing worsening storms, wildfires and deadly heat waves.
theconversation.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections buff.ly/cUsYpye
President Trump has said the U.S. will “run” #Venezuela until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” can take place. But how that unfolds remains uncertain. An expert on U.S.–Latin American relations lays out 5 possible futures and their risks 🧵
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5 scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela — and what they could signal to the wider region
President Donald Trump has said the US will ‘run’ Venezuela until a ‘safe, proper and judicious transition’ can take place. But that still leaves many options.
theconversation.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
President Trump has said the U.S. will “run” #Venezuela until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” can take place. But how that unfolds remains uncertain. An expert on U.S.–Latin American relations lays out 5 possible futures and their risks 🧵
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Our story republished on @weather.bsky.social:
The western US is in a snow drought – here’s how a storm made it worse | Weather.com
Recent record precipitation was actually part of the problem.
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January 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Our story republished on @weather.bsky.social:
Cruelty has been normalized in capitalism. But leaders can still center care and fairness and build profitable, resilient companies
Taming the moral menace at capitalism’s core
Centuries of management practice were built on cruelty and exploitation. But history also offers a countercurrent – leaders who chose care, fairness and conscience.
buff.ly
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Cruelty has been normalized in capitalism. But leaders can still center care and fairness and build profitable, resilient companies