Peter J Carroll
@peterjcarroll.bsky.social
Chicago， Maine， Shanghai， Taipei, here, and there. aka 柯必德 So many bots--I hope they're bots...
And in English: People can tell the difference between the price of a condom and that of raising a child, wrote another. www.bbc.com/news/article...
China's plan to boost birth rates with condom tax and cheaper childcare
Chinese people pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services are exempt.
www.bbc.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:55 AM
And in English: People can tell the difference between the price of a condom and that of raising a child, wrote another. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
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Jury selection began Friday for the trial of the man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy in Edgewater last year.
Jury selection begins in trial of man accused of killing boy trying to protect mother in Edgewater
Jury selection began Friday for the trial of the man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy in Edgewater last year.
abc7.ws
May 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Jury selection began Friday for the trial of the man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy in Edgewater last year.
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At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
Concerned about student reliance on AI, freaked out about AI friendship with sweet-talking, sycophantic LLMs--which have been known to suggest self-harm? Well...
www.dw.com/en/love-from...
www.dw.com/en/love-from...
Love from your smartphone: AI marriages in Japan – DW – 12/20/2025
In Japan, more people are "marrying" virtual partners. Yurina Noguchi’s case shows how AI can seemingly help people to feel less lonely, while also raising ethical questions about love and our depende...
www.dw.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Concerned about student reliance on AI, freaked out about AI friendship with sweet-talking, sycophantic LLMs--which have been known to suggest self-harm? Well...
www.dw.com/en/love-from...
www.dw.com/en/love-from...
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Für Elise
Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth.
by Maureen Dowd
Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth.
by Maureen Dowd
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Für Elise
Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth.
by Maureen Dowd
Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth.
by Maureen Dowd
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These College Republicans say Hitler was a good leader and Jews are a money-hoarding societal ill. Some College Democrats disagree.
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
These College Republicans say Hitler was a good leader and Jews are a money-hoarding societal ill. Some College Democrats disagree.
Nations with the highest ratio of guns to people were the United States (120 guns for every 100 people), Yemen (52 guns per 100 people), New Caledonia (42 per 100), Serbia (39 per 100) and Montenegro (also 39).
www.dw.com/en/guns-how-...
www.dw.com/en/guns-how-...
Guns: How Australia's tightening laws compare globally – DW – 12/16/2025
Australia's governments are poised to further tighten what are already some of the world's most restrictive gun ownership laws. Its attitude is a contrast to other nations around the world.
www.dw.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Nations with the highest ratio of guns to people were the United States (120 guns for every 100 people), Yemen (52 guns per 100 people), New Caledonia (42 per 100), Serbia (39 per 100) and Montenegro (also 39).
www.dw.com/en/guns-how-...
www.dw.com/en/guns-how-...
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Anthony Albanese says he will take a proposal for tougher gun laws, including limits on the number of firearms a person can hold, to National Cabinet when it meets on Monday.
Breaking: Albanese proposes tougher gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack
Anthony Albanese says he will take a proposal for tougher gun laws, including limits on the number of firearms a person can hold, to National Cabinet when it meets on Monday.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Anthony Albanese says he will take a proposal for tougher gun laws, including limits on the number of firearms a person can hold, to National Cabinet when it meets on Monday.