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Mainly due to student privacy/safety concerns I just added language to my syllabi banning smart glasses — curious about a) whether others are doing this or if their institution has a policy, and b) whether Ray Ban is already regretting its collaboration with Meta
January 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Mainly due to student privacy/safety concerns I just added language to my syllabi banning smart glasses — curious about a) whether others are doing this or if their institution has a policy, and b) whether Ray Ban is already regretting its collaboration with Meta
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Tennessee's governor turns down $84 million in federal funds to feed kids in the summer when school is out, but Tennessee U.S. Rep. David Kustoff is on TV talking about alleged "fraud" in another state. See: Matthew 7:3-5. "Behold, a beam in thine own eye."
January 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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A suspect was arrested by Jackson, Mississippi, authorities after a fire broke out at the state's largest synagogue, damaging parts of the Jewish worship space.
Suspect arrested after fire at historic Mississippi synagogue
A suspect was arrested by Jackson, Mississippi, authorities after a fire broke out at the state's largest synagogue, damaging parts of the Jewish worship space.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A suspect was arrested by Jackson, Mississippi, authorities after a fire broke out at the state's largest synagogue, damaging parts of the Jewish worship space.
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Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April 2025)
(Published April 2025)
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April 2025)
(Published April 2025)
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Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for ‘The Thing’ and ‘Punky Brewster,’ dies at 69
Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for ‘The Thing’ and ‘Punky Brewster,’ dies at 69
Veteran actor T.K. Carter, who appeared in the horror film “The Thing” and “Punky Brewster” on television, has died at the age of 69.
www.1011now.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for ‘The Thing’ and ‘Punky Brewster,’ dies at 69
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I would submit that a big part of the problem is that the public still gets to have things like football championships, even as the academic core is being gutted. It preserves the simulacrum of a real university at precisely the wrong time.
January 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I would submit that a big part of the problem is that the public still gets to have things like football championships, even as the academic core is being gutted. It preserves the simulacrum of a real university at precisely the wrong time.
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NEW: Text messages reveal the strange relationship that John Davis, the former Mississippi official who directed millions in welfare dollars to sports celebrities, shared with WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase.
"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
DiBiase Trial Spotlights Wrestlers' Odd Bond With Mississippi Welfare Scandal Mastermind
The odd relationship between the mastermind of the Mississippi welfare scandal and two ex-wrestlers was on display in Ted DiBiase Jr.’s trial.
www.mississippifreepress.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 AM
NEW: Text messages reveal the strange relationship that John Davis, the former Mississippi official who directed millions in welfare dollars to sports celebrities, shared with WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase.
"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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As of the recent numbers? The Black Unemployment rate is at least 1.5 times HIGHER than every other groups unemployment rate. AT LEAST.
#blackjobsday #jobsday #blacksky
#blackjobsday #jobsday #blacksky
January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
As of the recent numbers? The Black Unemployment rate is at least 1.5 times HIGHER than every other groups unemployment rate. AT LEAST.
#blackjobsday #jobsday #blacksky
#blackjobsday #jobsday #blacksky
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I am now fully convinced we need a public health education campaign about the flu.
Scrolled past a post in the local "moms" FB group with a litany of (classic) flu symptoms, which concluded with the question: "Is this the flu, or just a virus?"
Scrolled past a post in the local "moms" FB group with a litany of (classic) flu symptoms, which concluded with the question: "Is this the flu, or just a virus?"
January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I am now fully convinced we need a public health education campaign about the flu.
Scrolled past a post in the local "moms" FB group with a litany of (classic) flu symptoms, which concluded with the question: "Is this the flu, or just a virus?"
Scrolled past a post in the local "moms" FB group with a litany of (classic) flu symptoms, which concluded with the question: "Is this the flu, or just a virus?"
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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The Democrat from Maryland is the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, and was once a rival to become House speaker. Hoyer will announce Thursday he is set to retire at the end of his term. n.pr/4sx1m6L
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the longest-serving House Democrat, to retire at the end of term
The Democrat from Maryland is the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, and was once a rival to become House speaker. Hoyer will announce Thursday he is set to retire at the end of his term.
n.pr
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 AM
The Democrat from Maryland is the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, and was once a rival to become House speaker. Hoyer will announce Thursday he is set to retire at the end of his term. n.pr/4sx1m6L
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The U.S. Coast Guard has been pursuing the sanctioned tanker—now sailing with a Russian registration—for the past two weeks after it refused to be boarded in the Caribbean Sea.
Russia Sends Naval Escorts To Aid Oil Tanker Pursued By U.S., Reports Say
The U.S. Coast Guard has been pursuing the sanctioned tanker—now sailing with a Russian registration—for the past two weeks after it refused to be boarded in the Caribbean Sea.
www.forbes.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:35 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard has been pursuing the sanctioned tanker—now sailing with a Russian registration—for the past two weeks after it refused to be boarded in the Caribbean Sea.
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Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, who was Anne Frank’s stepsister, died Saturday at age 96. She visited Salt Lake and told her story in 2014.
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58340243&itype=cmsid
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58340243&itype=cmsid
Anne Frank's stepsister recalls her own Holocaust nightmare
Park City • Eva Schloss is not as well-known as her famous stepsister, Anne Frank, but he
archive.sltrib.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, who was Anne Frank’s stepsister, died Saturday at age 96. She visited Salt Lake and told her story in 2014.
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58340243&itype=cmsid
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58340243&itype=cmsid
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A Winnipeg man who, along with his wife, waited nearly eight hours before calling 911 after their toddler ingested a fatal dose of fentanyl will serve no more jail time.
Father gets time served for toddler’s fentanyl death
A Winnipeg man who, along with his wife, waited nearly eight hours before calling 911 after their toddler ingested a fatal dose of fentanyl will serve no more jail time.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 PM
A Winnipeg man who, along with his wife, waited nearly eight hours before calling 911 after their toddler ingested a fatal dose of fentanyl will serve no more jail time.
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🚨 NEW: Justice Department Targets Companies on DEI, escalating Trump's Project 2025 war against the largest corporation in the U.S.
Google and Verizon are among firms being investigated under novel interpretation of law.
Verizon had capitulated in May. Targeted anyhow.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Google and Verizon are among firms being investigated under novel interpretation of law.
Verizon had capitulated in May. Targeted anyhow.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Justice Department Using Fraud Law to Target Companies on DEI
Google and Verizon are among those being investigated under the novel interpretation of a law applying to government contractors.
www.wsj.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🚨 NEW: Justice Department Targets Companies on DEI, escalating Trump's Project 2025 war against the largest corporation in the U.S.
Google and Verizon are among firms being investigated under novel interpretation of law.
Verizon had capitulated in May. Targeted anyhow.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Google and Verizon are among firms being investigated under novel interpretation of law.
Verizon had capitulated in May. Targeted anyhow.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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hey @forbes.com can we get an update on this
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 PM
hey @forbes.com can we get an update on this
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Meanwhile: "Spain did not recognize the Maduro regime. But neither will it recognize an intervention that violates international law and pushes the region toward a horizon of uncertainty and belligerence", Sanchez wrote on X
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Spain will not recognize US intervention in Venezuela, PM says reut.rs/4ppZOJb
Spain will not recognize US intervention in Venezuela, PM says
Spain will not recognize a U.S. intervention in Venezuela that violates international law, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday, after U.S. forces captured long-serving Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in an overnight operation.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Meanwhile: "Spain did not recognize the Maduro regime. But neither will it recognize an intervention that violates international law and pushes the region toward a horizon of uncertainty and belligerence", Sanchez wrote on X
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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Tulsi Gabbard in 2019:
"The United States needs to keep our hands off Venezuela... end these destructive and wasteful regime change wars... proven to cause more problems, increase suffering, increase instability for the people in the countries where we wage these wars. In Latin America especially".
"The United States needs to keep our hands off Venezuela... end these destructive and wasteful regime change wars... proven to cause more problems, increase suffering, increase instability for the people in the countries where we wage these wars. In Latin America especially".
January 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Tulsi Gabbard in 2019:
"The United States needs to keep our hands off Venezuela... end these destructive and wasteful regime change wars... proven to cause more problems, increase suffering, increase instability for the people in the countries where we wage these wars. In Latin America especially".
"The United States needs to keep our hands off Venezuela... end these destructive and wasteful regime change wars... proven to cause more problems, increase suffering, increase instability for the people in the countries where we wage these wars. In Latin America especially".
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MARGE: “This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end. Boy were we wrong.”
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
MARGE: “This is what many in MAGA thought they voted to end. Boy were we wrong.”
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Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Chairman JCOS: “Months of planning…”
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
soooo not an imminent threat justifying self-defense
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵From the 1950s to the 1970s, Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to unethical experiments overseen by a man who was America's version of nazi Dr. Mengele. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.grunge.com/925197/chill...
🧵From the 1950s to the 1970s, Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to unethical experiments overseen by a man who was America's version of nazi Dr. Mengele. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.grunge.com/925197/chill...
Chilling Details About The Human Experiments At Holmesburg Prison - Grunge
Here are just a few chilling details about the human experiments that took place at Holmesburg Prison. These trials often had lasting effects for prisoners.
www.grunge.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵From the 1950s to the 1970s, Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to unethical experiments overseen by a man who was America's version of nazi Dr. Mengele. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.grunge.com/925197/chill...
🧵From the 1950s to the 1970s, Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison were subjected to unethical experiments overseen by a man who was America's version of nazi Dr. Mengele. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.grunge.com/925197/chill...
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“I can’t think of a single time where Trump said something where I don’t think he understands the issue”
-Dr. Oz
“I take seven pounds of aspirin a day because I want thin blood, the very thinnest blood you’ve ever seen, blood like water. What’s an MRI again?”
-Donald Trump, in the same article
-Dr. Oz
“I take seven pounds of aspirin a day because I want thin blood, the very thinnest blood you’ve ever seen, blood like water. What’s an MRI again?”
-Donald Trump, in the same article
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
“I can’t think of a single time where Trump said something where I don’t think he understands the issue”
-Dr. Oz
“I take seven pounds of aspirin a day because I want thin blood, the very thinnest blood you’ve ever seen, blood like water. What’s an MRI again?”
-Donald Trump, in the same article
-Dr. Oz
“I take seven pounds of aspirin a day because I want thin blood, the very thinnest blood you’ve ever seen, blood like water. What’s an MRI again?”
-Donald Trump, in the same article