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· Apr 12
An updated dataset of early SARS-CoV-2 diversity supports a wildlife market origin
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 has been intensely scrutinized, and epidemiological and genomic evidence has consistently pointed to Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market as the epicenter of the COVID-19 p...
www.biorxiv.org
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New: The Texas Education Agency is replacing the elected school boards of the Beaumont, Connally and Lake Worth school districts.
The takeovers add to the growing list of districts subject to state interventions, which includes Fort Worth and Houston.
The takeovers add to the growing list of districts subject to state interventions, which includes Fort Worth and Houston.
Texas to take over Lake Worth, Connally, Beaumont ISDs
The three interventions come after the state’s education agency announced plans to take over Fort Worth ISD in October.
www.texastribune.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New: The Texas Education Agency is replacing the elected school boards of the Beaumont, Connally and Lake Worth school districts.
The takeovers add to the growing list of districts subject to state interventions, which includes Fort Worth and Houston.
The takeovers add to the growing list of districts subject to state interventions, which includes Fort Worth and Houston.
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Wild how Redfield went from messing up COVID tests under his watch to lab leaker to straight up antivaxxer youtu.be/KiRTEcKrXsc?...
Bonkers anti-vaxx nonsense from Robert Redfield
YouTube video by Jonathan Howard
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Wild how Redfield went from messing up COVID tests under his watch to lab leaker to straight up antivaxxer youtu.be/KiRTEcKrXsc?...
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Did you know: Omaha, Nebraska, has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S. BUT... this year, the Trump admin tripled the amount of lead that had to be in the soil to warrant a potential cleanup, meaning many families may be out of luck. @chrisbowling.bsky.social
The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Did you know: Omaha, Nebraska, has the largest residential lead cleanup site in the U.S. BUT... this year, the Trump admin tripled the amount of lead that had to be in the soil to warrant a potential cleanup, meaning many families may be out of luck. @chrisbowling.bsky.social
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The Pentagon is de-funding the team that investigates Havana Syndrome, even after major investigations linked several cases to Russia’s GRU. Weakening the only unit studying a possible foreign attack makes no sense and leaves victims with even less support.
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Pentagon is de-funding the team that investigates Havana Syndrome, even after major investigations linked several cases to Russia’s GRU. Weakening the only unit studying a possible foreign attack makes no sense and leaves victims with even less support.
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“Merchants of death”: Ukrainian families sue Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments for chips found in russian missiles that killed their children
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/i...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/i...
“Merchants of death”: Ukrainian families sue Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments for chips found in Russian missiles that killed their children
Families say: "We don't care about the money, just make the missiles stop"
euromaidanpress.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
“Merchants of death”: Ukrainian families sue Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments for chips found in russian missiles that killed their children
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/i...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/11/i...
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Boris Johnson:
What kind of pressure are we really putting on Vladimir Putin right now?
The only chance of ending this war is for all of us to turn up the heat on Putin.
What kind of pressure are we really putting on Vladimir Putin right now?
The only chance of ending this war is for all of us to turn up the heat on Putin.
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Boris Johnson:
What kind of pressure are we really putting on Vladimir Putin right now?
The only chance of ending this war is for all of us to turn up the heat on Putin.
What kind of pressure are we really putting on Vladimir Putin right now?
The only chance of ending this war is for all of us to turn up the heat on Putin.
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Corporate media made a reasonable trade in normal times: scale for a little less freedom. Under illiberalism, however, that bargain becomes impossible because independence collapses.
@jvl.bsky.social explains the danger in the latest edition of The Triad. lnk.thebulwark.com/4q2uDnV?utm_...
@jvl.bsky.social explains the danger in the latest edition of The Triad. lnk.thebulwark.com/4q2uDnV?utm_...
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Corporate media made a reasonable trade in normal times: scale for a little less freedom. Under illiberalism, however, that bargain becomes impossible because independence collapses.
@jvl.bsky.social explains the danger in the latest edition of The Triad. lnk.thebulwark.com/4q2uDnV?utm_...
@jvl.bsky.social explains the danger in the latest edition of The Triad. lnk.thebulwark.com/4q2uDnV?utm_...
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Lavrov stated that Russia "was not thinking" of attacking Ukraine two months before it launched a full-scale invasion.
(They had amassed troops at the borders for months!)
(They had amassed troops at the borders for months!)
December 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Lavrov stated that Russia "was not thinking" of attacking Ukraine two months before it launched a full-scale invasion.
(They had amassed troops at the borders for months!)
(They had amassed troops at the borders for months!)
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It’s nuts, and Yan Li-Meng is broken, but she bears responsibility for the path she chose to venture down.
December 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It’s nuts, and Yan Li-Meng is broken, but she bears responsibility for the path she chose to venture down.
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Yikes, this is quite the comment?! 🤯🤯
It is the highest up-voted comment at the end of David French’s column.
It is the highest up-voted comment at the end of David French’s column.
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yikes, this is quite the comment?! 🤯🤯
It is the highest up-voted comment at the end of David French’s column.
It is the highest up-voted comment at the end of David French’s column.
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Zelenskyy comments on drone incident during his flight to Ireland 🇮🇪
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Zelenskyy comments on drone incident during his flight to Ireland
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on the incident involving unidentified drones near the flight path of his plane on the night of his arrival in Ireland.
www.pravda.com.ua
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Zelenskyy comments on drone incident during his flight to Ireland 🇮🇪
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Official Statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Texas
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Official Statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Texas
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New: U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Monday filed to run for U.S. Senate, scrambling the Democratic field after teasing her potential entry for months.
Jasmine Crockett enters Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
Crockett, a second-term congresswoman, has skyrocketed to fame through viral spats with Republicans, becoming one of her party’s most prolific fundraisers.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New: U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Monday filed to run for U.S. Senate, scrambling the Democratic field after teasing her potential entry for months.
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JitsCast episode 56 features Ana Mayordomo as she prepares for no gi worlds to talk about playing tactically and ADCC Trials around the world! 🥋
Ana Mayordomo on playing tactically, having a career alongside BJJ, & ADCC Trials - JitsCast #26
YouTube video by JitsMagazine
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
JitsCast episode 56 features Ana Mayordomo as she prepares for no gi worlds to talk about playing tactically and ADCC Trials around the world! 🥋
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Cody Meissner, an actual doctor, "described one presentation as 'a terrible, terrible distortion of all the facts,' and described another resolution up for debate as 'kind of making things up . . . like Never-Never Land.'" lnk.thebulwark.com/4iMMsF6
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Cody Meissner, an actual doctor, "described one presentation as 'a terrible, terrible distortion of all the facts,' and described another resolution up for debate as 'kind of making things up . . . like Never-Never Land.'" lnk.thebulwark.com/4iMMsF6
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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