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If you have kids in your life who are ready to broaden their book horizons we have recommendations for you! Here you'll find tried-and-true picture books, chapter books, and YA, all published in 2025.
From toddlers to teens, here's your one-stop shop for young readers
If you have kids in your life who are ready to broaden their book horizons we have recommendations for you! Here you'll find tried-and-true picture books, chapter books, and YA, all published in 2025.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If you have kids in your life who are ready to broaden their book horizons we have recommendations for you! Here you'll find tried-and-true picture books, chapter books, and YA, all published in 2025.
Tired: Born in the 1900s
Wired: 20th Century Babe
Wired: 20th Century Babe
April 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Tired: Born in the 1900s
Wired: 20th Century Babe
Wired: 20th Century Babe
“But desperate times call for desperate measures, and Congress is going to act.”
Sure, but you’re acting against the wrong branch of government. Turn around, guys, the call is coming from inside the (White) House.
Sure, but you’re acting against the wrong branch of government. Turn around, guys, the call is coming from inside the (White) House.
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.
www.nbcnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“But desperate times call for desperate measures, and Congress is going to act.”
Sure, but you’re acting against the wrong branch of government. Turn around, guys, the call is coming from inside the (White) House.
Sure, but you’re acting against the wrong branch of government. Turn around, guys, the call is coming from inside the (White) House.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Had strong sense at least the timing of Trump's illegal shuttering of Voice of America was triggered by his annoyance at a question from a VOA journo. Source flags to me that the EO was so hastily put together they literally forgot to complete the last sentence. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
March 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Had strong sense at least the timing of Trump's illegal shuttering of Voice of America was triggered by his annoyance at a question from a VOA journo. Source flags to me that the EO was so hastily put together they literally forgot to complete the last sentence. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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JUST IN: Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
JUST IN: Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
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Trump is bulldozing the Education Department, which helps homeless and disabled kids gain access to school, while he does a car commercial at the White House for the richest man in the world.
Robber barons are waging class warfare on the rest of us.
Robber barons are waging class warfare on the rest of us.
March 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Trump is bulldozing the Education Department, which helps homeless and disabled kids gain access to school, while he does a car commercial at the White House for the richest man in the world.
Robber barons are waging class warfare on the rest of us.
Robber barons are waging class warfare on the rest of us.
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As we hit the three-year mark since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Europe and NATO appear to be at their most fractured and vulnerable.
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
Ex-NATO chief says Putin 'won't stop' with Ukraine as war reaches 3 years
As we hit the three-year mark since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Europe and NATO appear to be at their most fractured and vulnerable.
www.wbur.org
February 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
As we hit the three-year mark since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Europe and NATO appear to be at their most fractured and vulnerable.
(via @wbur.org)
(via @wbur.org)
Nate Brought | Maryland golikehellmachine.com/doge-is-four...
Nate Brought | Maryland
I am the Director of the Executive Secretariat at the National Institutes of Health until COB Friday, February 28.
golikehellmachine.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Nate Brought | Maryland golikehellmachine.com/doge-is-four...
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W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.
February 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.
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Yesterday I did a rewrite on a blog post for an eye care tech company. I pulled the CDC and NIH links in the original, replaced them with research journals and non-profit health orgs. US gov data is no longer the gold standard - or even consistently available.
How far we have fallen, and how fast.
How far we have fallen, and how fast.
February 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yesterday I did a rewrite on a blog post for an eye care tech company. I pulled the CDC and NIH links in the original, replaced them with research journals and non-profit health orgs. US gov data is no longer the gold standard - or even consistently available.
How far we have fallen, and how fast.
How far we have fallen, and how fast.
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NEW: NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all of the agency's Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all NOAA Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
wrd.cm
February 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
NEW: NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all of the agency's Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
Nothing in the engineer's background suggests any special expertise relevant to his new role.
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Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
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They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a NYT analysis found.
The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.
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Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.
There is a current Ebola outbreak in Uganda and PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE OF TRUMP & ELON MUSK, because a felon & the richest man in the world don’t think the money should go there. This is not how government works. This is illegal. It is frightening. And it is killing people around the world.
Musk says Trump 'agreed' USAID should be shut down, staffers told to stay out of agency’s headquarters
Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of its Washington headquarters, and yellow police tape and officers have blocked the lobby.
www.pbs.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
There is a current Ebola outbreak in Uganda and PEOPLE ARE DYING BECAUSE OF TRUMP & ELON MUSK, because a felon & the richest man in the world don’t think the money should go there. This is not how government works. This is illegal. It is frightening. And it is killing people around the world.
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If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
wrd.cm
February 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
Eating Girl Scout cookies I bought from a friend’s daughter, while a coup continues through the weekend. How y’all doing?
February 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Eating Girl Scout cookies I bought from a friend’s daughter, while a coup continues through the weekend. How y’all doing?
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President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office.
Here are things to know about Trump’s actions.
Here are things to know about Trump’s actions.
6 ways Trump's executive orders are targeting transgender people
President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office. Here's what to know about Trump's actions and who they affect.
buff.ly
February 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office.
Here are things to know about Trump’s actions.
Here are things to know about Trump’s actions.
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USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.
February 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.
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NBC News just confirmed that Trump's arrests are not targeting public safety threats. Only half have any criminal conviction or charge (and many of those are minor offenses, such as traffic or immigration crimes). Most of the media has been scammed by this White House already.
January 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NBC News just confirmed that Trump's arrests are not targeting public safety threats. Only half have any criminal conviction or charge (and many of those are minor offenses, such as traffic or immigration crimes). Most of the media has been scammed by this White House already.