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Curious and optimistic about the world as much as possible.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
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Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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With food insecurity rising, Feed Spokane with their network of volunteers & partners is redistributing over 1 million pounds of food a year across Eastern Wash.
🎧 Listen to and read the story: bit.ly/3Lb20pL
From - @favsnews.bsky.social
#FoodInsecurity #FoodRescue #Spokane #EasternWA
🎧 Listen to and read the story: bit.ly/3Lb20pL
From - @favsnews.bsky.social
#FoodInsecurity #FoodRescue #Spokane #EasternWA
Food rescue program combats rising hunger, reduces waste in Spokane region - FāVS News
Feed Spokane rescues food from restaurants from going in the trash that would otherwise damage the atmosphere to reduce rising food insecurity.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
With food insecurity rising, Feed Spokane with their network of volunteers & partners is redistributing over 1 million pounds of food a year across Eastern Wash.
🎧 Listen to and read the story: bit.ly/3Lb20pL
From - @favsnews.bsky.social
#FoodInsecurity #FoodRescue #Spokane #EasternWA
🎧 Listen to and read the story: bit.ly/3Lb20pL
From - @favsnews.bsky.social
#FoodInsecurity #FoodRescue #Spokane #EasternWA
Showing my age at the office Christmas party. It's my only party trick. 🍒
December 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Showing my age at the office Christmas party. It's my only party trick. 🍒
I own the same bird cage!
*albeit without birds
*albeit without birds
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I own the same bird cage!
*albeit without birds
*albeit without birds
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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GIVE AWAY! // AKA WE DID IT AGAIN!
Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵)
Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵)
Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
GIVE AWAY! // AKA WE DID IT AGAIN!
Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵)
Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵)
Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!
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I simply don't care about reaching an audience with my takes. This is about yelling stuff into a void so that it leaves my head.
if you want to reach an audience with your funny little takes you have to do video
it doesn't matter if you're on bsky or x, the everything app, it's just a matter of how good your sharing video is
or you can do some posts in a dying medium (text) for other people who like text posts or whatever
it doesn't matter if you're on bsky or x, the everything app, it's just a matter of how good your sharing video is
or you can do some posts in a dying medium (text) for other people who like text posts or whatever
December 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I simply don't care about reaching an audience with my takes. This is about yelling stuff into a void so that it leaves my head.
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We see you, gift procrastinators … Books We Love is here to help guide you to the perfect book for every person on your list. Browse recommended cookbooks, kids' books, biographies and much more: n.pr/3Ma6s8m
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We see you, gift procrastinators … Books We Love is here to help guide you to the perfect book for every person on your list. Browse recommended cookbooks, kids' books, biographies and much more: n.pr/3Ma6s8m
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December 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On the rare occasions that I have a bad dream, this is one of the most frequent narratives. 😵💫
I will never understand, I think, the mentality of the student who basically stops attending a course midway through, only to magically reappear at the exams.
I'm sure this plan has worked for someone, somewhere at some time, but it sure never seems to work for these students in my classes.
I'm sure this plan has worked for someone, somewhere at some time, but it sure never seems to work for these students in my classes.
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
On the rare occasions that I have a bad dream, this is one of the most frequent narratives. 😵💫
Sounds like a solid vacation plan.
With this, the "Make Way for Ducklings" statute in Boston, Rocky in Philly, Captain Janeway in Indiana, Captain Kirk in Iowa, Paul Bunyan in Oregon, and Yoda in SF, you could feasibly string together a coast-to-coast tour of the U.S. that's just based on monuments to entirely fictional characters.
Detroit has unveiled their statue honoring RoboCop
www.metrotimes.com/arts/detroit...
www.metrotimes.com/arts/detroit...
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sounds like a solid vacation plan.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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Brandi Carlile has a way of making any performance feel like a tête-à-tête, a deep emotional exchange between friends that just happens to take place in a crowd. n.pr/3M78tCt
Brandi Carlile: Tiny Desk Concert
Brandi Carlile has a way of making any performance feel like a tête-à-tête, a deep emotional exchange between friends that just happens to take place in a crowd.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Brandi Carlile has a way of making any performance feel like a tête-à-tête, a deep emotional exchange between friends that just happens to take place in a crowd. n.pr/3M78tCt
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
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Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
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Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great reads. n.pr/44gSAPS
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great reads. n.pr/44gSAPS
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📍 Great Falls, Montana
🛣️ Monarch US-89 MP 53.5
🛣️ Monarch US-89 MP 53.5
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
📍 Great Falls, Montana
🛣️ Monarch US-89 MP 53.5
🛣️ Monarch US-89 MP 53.5
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ICYMI the replies and quote tweets to this have been one giant timeline cleanse
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
ICYMI the replies and quote tweets to this have been one giant timeline cleanse
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Elk Mountain,
11/21/2025, 9:29:33 AM
11/21/2025, 9:29:33 AM
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Elk Mountain,
11/21/2025, 9:29:33 AM
11/21/2025, 9:29:33 AM
Good news, but she'll probably be fired in a DEI purge.
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men. n.pr/48ne93H
Transportation Department endorses crash test dummy that more closely resembles women
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. Women are 73% more likely to be injured in a head-on crash than men.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Good news, but she'll probably be fired in a DEI purge.
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this is fascinating
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
this is fascinating
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Epstein was convicted in 2008.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
The thing about elon going to epstein island in 2014 is that Epstein very publicly became a registered convicted sex offender in 2008, 6 years earlier.
Note: Epstein set up Elon's brother Kimbal with a girlfriend in 2011, 3 years after Epstein became a registered convicted sex offender.
Note: Epstein set up Elon's brother Kimbal with a girlfriend in 2011, 3 years after Epstein became a registered convicted sex offender.
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Epstein was convicted in 2008.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
This dump of emails shows him *over a decade later* in constant communication with damn near everyone with any degree of power.
There are emails from 2019, 11 years later, over decade later.
First heard of this in a Toastmaster's Humorous competition speech. It won and I'm still chuckling.
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
First heard of this in a Toastmaster's Humorous competition speech. It won and I'm still chuckling.