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Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t. www.wired.com/story/people...
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who...
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t. www.wired.com/story/people...
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In Mario Hernandez dreams, he’s being chased. He’s being arrested. He’s being taken to a room inside Broadview. There are 80 people there, trying to sleep standing up, even in the bathroom, where the floor is covered in urine — just as it was in real life. 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 2:31 PM
In Mario Hernandez dreams, he’s being chased. He’s being arrested. He’s being taken to a room inside Broadview. There are 80 people there, trying to sleep standing up, even in the bathroom, where the floor is covered in urine — just as it was in real life. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
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An IDF soldier who went on a murderous rampage on the West Bank, killing one resident who was praying and shooing at numerous others is now free. The IDF said that his weapon was confiscated and his service in the military has been terminated in light of 'the severity of the incident.'
Israeli reservist released to house arrest after ramming ATV into praying Palestinian
The IDF Said That the Reservist's Weapon Was Confiscated and His Service in the Military Has Been Terminated in Light of 'The Severity of the Incident,' Adding That He Is Also Suspected of Firing at V...
www.haaretz.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
An IDF soldier who went on a murderous rampage on the West Bank, killing one resident who was praying and shooing at numerous others is now free. The IDF said that his weapon was confiscated and his service in the military has been terminated in light of 'the severity of the incident.'
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“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment.
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Car bloat”—increasingly oversized automobiles—worsens road safety, affordability and the environment.
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
Here are some of the stories I wrote in 2025 examining the trend and proposing solutions. 🧵
In @vox.com, I likened car bloat to secondhand smoke (which helped bring down the US tobacco industry).
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It really is crazy that the president has engineered a situation where the US government pays his companies tons of money whenever he goes on vacation, and now he just goes on vacation endlessly www.howtoreadthisch.art/president-ho...
December 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It really is crazy that the president has engineered a situation where the US government pays his companies tons of money whenever he goes on vacation, and now he just goes on vacation endlessly www.howtoreadthisch.art/president-ho...
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It really is crazy that the president has engineered a situation where the US government pays his companies tons of money whenever he goes on vacation, and now he just goes on vacation endlessly www.howtoreadthisch.art/president-ho...
December 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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A comprehensive account in ChiTrib—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
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 3:10 PM
A comprehensive account in ChiTrib—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
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New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Over the Chicago River and thru the hoods.
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Over the Chicago River and thru the hoods.
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Santa Claus Has Come to Chi-Town. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Santa Claus Has Come to Chi-Town. Merry Christmas!
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The Chicago Christmas Tree in Millennium Park. Last night in downtown.
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Chicago Christmas Tree in Millennium Park. Last night in downtown.
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Winter is not what it is all cracked up to be. Today in Chicago.
December 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Winter is not what it is all cracked up to be. Today in Chicago.
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In the spirit of the season, I want to offer my fellow historians and other scholars the gift of an amazing, largely untapped archive.
Ladies and gentlemen, the John Doar Papers at Princeton. 🗃️
Ladies and gentlemen, the John Doar Papers at Princeton. 🗃️
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In the spirit of the season, I want to offer my fellow historians and other scholars the gift of an amazing, largely untapped archive.
Ladies and gentlemen, the John Doar Papers at Princeton. 🗃️
Ladies and gentlemen, the John Doar Papers at Princeton. 🗃️
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A Colorado megachurch pastor linked LGBTQ people to child traffickers before pressuring congregants to sign anti-trans ballot petitions.
"You’re a traitor" to Jesus if you don't sign them, he said.
This is spiritual blackmail.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorado-p...
"You’re a traitor" to Jesus if you don't sign them, he said.
This is spiritual blackmail.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorado-p...
Colorado pastor: Sign these anti-trans ballot petitions or "you're a traitor" to Jesus
Jim Burgen's recent sermon to Flatirons Community Church exposes how fear and lies drive anti-trans Christian politics
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A Colorado megachurch pastor linked LGBTQ people to child traffickers before pressuring congregants to sign anti-trans ballot petitions.
"You’re a traitor" to Jesus if you don't sign them, he said.
This is spiritual blackmail.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorado-p...
"You’re a traitor" to Jesus if you don't sign them, he said.
This is spiritual blackmail.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorado-p...
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
This is horrifying
The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
www.motherjones.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is horrifying
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Two stories side by side in WashPost
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Two stories side by side in WashPost
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Texas A&M University has declined to reinstate a faculty member who was fired after she was accused of teaching a course that recognized more than two genders, even after an appeals panel found that the dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M Will Not Reinstate Lecturer Fired Over Gender Lesson
The decision seemed likely to provoke a court battle in a state where Republican politicians have sought to influence public universities.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Texas A&M University has declined to reinstate a faculty member who was fired after she was accused of teaching a course that recognized more than two genders, even after an appeals panel found that the dismissal was not justified.
Gun deaths of children are on the rise, and state laws make a difference, a study says : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...
December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Gun deaths of children are on the rise, and state laws make a difference, a study says : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Guns Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health share.google/Sl9w5Z5xLgBo...
December 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Guns Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health share.google/Sl9w5Z5xLgBo...
Guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the US.
And then we act like it’s a mystery why we have so many gun deaths 🇺🇸
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the US.
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The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
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🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
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This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
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Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
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concentration camps.
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
concentration camps.