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💔🇺🇦 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the amount of environmental damage caused by the Russians is 6.01 trillion UAH, — Ministry of Economy

This is the largest environmental loss recorded in Europe in modern history.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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A proposal for a hydrogen-powered passenger rail connecting Calgary and Banff has been submitted to the federal government in the hopes of having it fast-tracked.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Calgary-Banff rail idea pitched to Major Projects Office, province not yet on board | CBC News
A proposal for a hydrogen-powered passenger rail connecting Calgary and Banff has been submitted to the federal government in the hopes of having it fast-tracked.
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Real wages (after inflation) were growing at 2.0% last year. Now it’s 0.8% — “clearly playing into what the majority of American households would define as an affordability crisis.”

@joebrusuelas.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Sound Transit gave reporters a sneak peak at the three new light rail stations set to open in Kent and Federal Way. Check out the station designs and their custom artwork ahead of the grand opening Saturday at 11am.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/03/f...
First Look at South King County’s Three New Light Rail Stations » The Urbanist
# Sound Transit gave reporters a sneak peak at the three new light rail stations set to open in Kent Des Moines, Star Lake, and Downtown Federal Way. Check out the station designs and their custom art...
www.theurbanist.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs.

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Lol. Tina Peters. Trump WON the county over which she presided.
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:

In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.

In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Mint chocolate chip ice-cream does not need to be green to be delicious.
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Americans having an overall preference for space and cars is not exclusive with the fact there is way more demand for urban housing than supply.

Building more dense, walkable housing to meet that need will also reduce demand pressure on the suburbs.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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These alone should have been enough to make Makary and Prasad permanent pariahs in the medical community.

Instead, many genuflected before them and relentlessly defended them.

A story of institutional cowardice and enabling that we will be paying for for a long time.
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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She gets to decide what is legal and binding. Got it. Pushback anyone?
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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“A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder” By Harvard Law Professor Jack Goldsmith (a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute & former head of the Office of Legal Counsel) 1/
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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If I was a glove, I would help hamburger
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported despite a federal judge's order blocking her removal, according to her attorney." abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
abcnews.go.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I've taken a deep dive into the DOGE bro's open source software code commits to verify they never wrote (or even oversaw) any code beyond culture war messaging. It's all trivial stuff like this: taking out the "nonbiary" option on some form.
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM