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Here's a good piece to read on a Monday morning (gift link) about ideal wakeup times. I'm hardwired to rise and shine around 5 no matter what (including weekends), but I have always been a bit of an odd duck--or rooster.
What Time Should You Wake Up? Probably Not 5 a.m.
Sleep experts warn against rising too early if you’re not naturally a morning person, and provide other tips for a better night’s sleep.
www.wsj.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Here's a good piece to read on a Monday morning (gift link) about ideal wakeup times. I'm hardwired to rise and shine around 5 no matter what (including weekends), but I have always been a bit of an odd duck--or rooster.
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Dollar weakens after US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell – business live
Dollar weakens after US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
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Justice department opens investigation into Jerome Powell as Trump ramps up campaign against Federal Reserve
The US dollar is extending an earlier fall against the Swiss franc; it’s now down 0.56% at 0.7965 francs to the dollar.
The dollar is also losing ground against the euro; it’s up half a cent at $1.168, its highest since last Wednesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Dollar weakens after US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell – business live
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People put off giving CPR by unrealistic TV depictions, researchers say
People put off giving CPR by unrealistic TV depictions, researchers say
Most dramas show characters searching for pulse and giving breaths but experts say chest compressions on their own can save lives
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a dramatic intervention, but researchers say TV portrayals are often misleading – potentially influencing whether viewers feel able to carry it out themselves.
According to the British Heart Foundation (BHF) there are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year in the UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:24 AM
People put off giving CPR by unrealistic TV depictions, researchers say
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In 2025/2026, pleasure is the absence of pain.
Science funding isn’t as terrible as the Trump regime wants and that’s a win.
Science funding isn’t as terrible as the Trump regime wants and that’s a win.
Congress Set to Finalize Science Budgets Rejecting Trump Cuts
The bipartisan deal still reduces funding for many science agencies, including NSF and NASA.
www.aip.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
In 2025/2026, pleasure is the absence of pain.
Science funding isn’t as terrible as the Trump regime wants and that’s a win.
Science funding isn’t as terrible as the Trump regime wants and that’s a win.
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Saddened to learn of the death of Richard Hynes. A giant of cell biology, Richard made a massive contribution to extracellular matrix and cancer biology - in particular early work on fibronectin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Richard Hynes - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Saddened to learn of the death of Richard Hynes. A giant of cell biology, Richard made a massive contribution to extracellular matrix and cancer biology - in particular early work on fibronectin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
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When you’re a kid, ya don’t think about this sh-t. Not at all.
What a long, strange, (but good) trip it is. RIP.
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What a long, strange, (but good) trip it is. RIP.
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Bob Weir, Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist, vocalist and founding member, dies at 78
Mr. Weir was one of the front three of the Grateful Dead. He co-wrote some of the band’s best-known songs, including “Sugar Magnolia” and “Playing in the Band.”
wapo.st
January 11, 2026 at 4:56 AM
When you’re a kid, ya don’t think about this sh-t. Not at all.
What a long, strange, (but good) trip it is. RIP.
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What a long, strange, (but good) trip it is. RIP.
wapo.st/49eV7gq
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An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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“Stop kneeing him in the face!”
Trump’s goons brutalize an unhoused legal U.S. resident in Minneapolis.
His go fund me: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ju...
Trump’s goons brutalize an unhoused legal U.S. resident in Minneapolis.
His go fund me: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ju...
January 11, 2026 at 5:02 AM
“Stop kneeing him in the face!”
Trump’s goons brutalize an unhoused legal U.S. resident in Minneapolis.
His go fund me: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ju...
Trump’s goons brutalize an unhoused legal U.S. resident in Minneapolis.
His go fund me: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ju...
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Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
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January 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Congressional R’s better do something about this, lest they want their states to suffer a similar fate in the next administration.
Trump administration to freeze billions in childcare funding in five blue states (CA, CO, IL, MN, NY) without evidence just for partisan reasons
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
Trump administration to freeze billions in childcare funding in five states
The White House is pointing to reports of social services fraud in Minnesota to threaten funding for child care around the country.
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Congressional R’s better do something about this, lest they want their states to suffer a similar fate in the next administration.
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Yes that's about right
Trump to NBC News:
“MAGA loves it. MAGA loves what I’m doing. MAGA loves everything I do. MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“MAGA loves it. MAGA loves what I’m doing. MAGA loves everything I do. MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says US will have to pay oil companies to rebuild Venezuela
Donald Trump said that the US must 'nurse' Venezuela back to health for the foreseeable future and may offer taxpayer-funded subsidies to oil companies to help rebuild.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Yes that's about right
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“Shading the science to favor the corporate interest,” he said, was likely “the rule rather than the exception.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
“Shading the science to favor the corporate interest,” he said, was likely “the rule rather than the exception.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
We should get some clarity on who was raping and trafficking girls more now then ever since so many people in those files might still be in the government and might be leading aggression against foreign and domestic citizens.
January 4, 2026 at 2:43 AM
We should get some clarity on who was raping and trafficking girls more now then ever since so many people in those files might still be in the government and might be leading aggression against foreign and domestic citizens.
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I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
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The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment
Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...
www.nature.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
How much longer will it take to release the Epstein files?
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
How much longer will it take to release the Epstein files?
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Bill Clinton Just Created a Legal Trap Trump Can’t Escape. Watch What Happens Next wendy664.substack.com/p/bill-clint...
Bill Clinton Just Created a Legal Trap Trump Can’t Escape. Watch What Happens Next
Bill Clinton.
wendy664.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Bill Clinton Just Created a Legal Trap Trump Can’t Escape. Watch What Happens Next wendy664.substack.com/p/bill-clint...
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So this piece of crap squatting in the White House has decided to engage us in war to gain oil. This is not about drugs. This is about control. This is about him not being held accountable for his crimes. How much does it take until we act against him?
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
So this piece of crap squatting in the White House has decided to engage us in war to gain oil. This is not about drugs. This is about control. This is about him not being held accountable for his crimes. How much does it take until we act against him?
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first, though, the joy of cracking open the new year's hobonichi techo
January 2, 2026 at 5:42 PM
first, though, the joy of cracking open the new year's hobonichi techo
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This incredibly stupid anti-science administration will stop at nothing to make this the dumbest country on the planet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This incredibly stupid anti-science administration will stop at nothing to make this the dumbest country on the planet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
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New study:
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
Your brain undergoes four dramatic periods of change from age 0 to 90
Our brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could influence our capacity to learn and our risk of certain conditions
www.newscientist.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New study:
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."