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NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.

The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.

Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate
Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate
Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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"The speculation often is stoked by ideological accounts that seize on 'clues' reinforcing their worldviews. Corrections are exceedingly rare — and seldom travel as far as the original claims."
Social media influencers who play detective after tragedies are getting it disastrously wrong — falsely accusing innocent people of crimes with little evidence, massive reach and virtually no accountability.
Influencers play detective — and unleash chaos
The speculation often is stoked by ideological accounts that seize on "clues" reinforcing their worldviews.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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More from Eugene Victor Walter, 1956:
December 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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This by Eugene Victor Walter in Dissent, 1956, truer yet today:
December 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Big Tech needs us more than we need them, writes @simonallison.bsky.social

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/big-...
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
i don’t actively hate may players but that is one
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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About 630 MW of diesel-fired generators at this data center, the kind of air pollution sources that could be affected by the EPA’s proposed updates to New Source Review under the Clean Air Act announced this fall.
December 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Canyon bats have 2 modes: piggie and food coma. 🐷😴🦇

#bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #smol
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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“What older adults fear is not death. ‘I’ve lived long enough,’ they tell us. What they fear the most is loneliness.”

AI robot dolls are helping South Korea’s seniors feel less alone
https://restofworld.org/2025/korea-ai-robot-senior-care-hyodol/
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Data center deals hit a record of more than $61 bln this year. At the same time, local pushback is growing, from Chile to Brazil to India, and even lawmakers are questioning if the massive subsidies and drain on resources are worth it. Read @restofworld.org coverage
restofworld.org/2025/ai-data...
Governments welcomed data centers. Now they’re grappling with the fallout
The boom in AI data centers is colliding with weak power grids, soaring energy demand, and growing local pushback.
restofworld.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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A snowman scholar provides the backstory on snow figures through the ages. #snowman #history #winter #christmas www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
The history of snowmen isn’t all ‘jolly happy.’ Here are the Frosty facts.
A snowman scholar provides the backstory on snow figures through the ages.
www.csmonitor.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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How Vietnamese Americans built Southern California’s massive nail industry

Fifty years after the Vietnam War, these immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs are redefining the beauty industry.
How Vietnamese Americans built Southern California’s massive nail industry
Fifty years after the Vietnam War, these immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs are redefining the beauty industry.
lapublicpress.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The furor over 2026 World Cup ticket prices raised a fascinating question:

How did sports tickets get so expensive in the United States — all while remaining relatively modest in the UK, Europe & elsewhere?

Spoke to economists, sports execs, etc. for answers @theathletic.com:
How U.S. sports tickets got so expensive – and why it shocks the rest of the world
World Cup ticket prices are symptomatic of a greater issue across sports in America, where enough people have proven they'll pay in excess
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Pricing for 90% of the supporters tickets remains unchanged.

But 10% — or 1.6% of the total ticket inventory — now priced at $60, per FIFA.
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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News: FIFA, amid backlash to World Cup ticket prices, has carved out ~1,000 tickets per game to sell for $60 to supporters.

More details and context @theathleticfc.bsky.social:
FIFA, after backlash to World Cup ticket prices, creates new $60 category for small number of supporters
One thousand of the cheaper tickets will be available for each team per game after outrage over historically high prices this month.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Wow, this is nuts to read.
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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VIDEO Krampus figures, demonic characters from Central Alpine folklore that punished misbehaving children with birch rods, march through the streets of Munich during an annual Christmas parade. The costumed procession forms part of pre-Christmas traditions in southern Germany
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December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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To the gun lobbyists who will inevitably claim the Bondi shootings show that Australia’s strict firearms laws are ineffective:

In 2023, the US had 4.42 gun homicides per 100,000 people.

Australia had 0.09 gun homicides per 100,000.

worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...
Gun Deaths by Country 2025
Data, information, and analysis regarding the number of gun deaths in every country of the world, including gun deaths in the United States.
worldpopulationreview.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.

This is deeply sick conduct.

newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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To understand how our relationship with the natural world has shifted, researchers are studying the media we produce. Eg, a study published in the journal Earth this summer found that use of nature-related words declined >60 % from 1800-2019.

grist.org/language/nat...
December 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
Where in the world are wealth and income most unequal?
The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM