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🇨🇳 Viral 'Chinese Trump' wins laughs on both sides of Pacific

Impersonator Ryan Chen mimics US President Donald Trump's voice and gestures with such accuracy that he has become a social media phenomenon with his funny videos.
January 8, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Bravo to the city of Cartagena!
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 20d
Cartagena, Colombia, is set to ban its iconic horse-drawn carriages, replacing them with electric buggies — a move dividing the historic city over tradition, tourism, and animal welfare.
Cartagena's iconic horse carriages give way to electric buggies
Cartagena, Colombia, is set to ban its iconic horse-drawn carriages, replacing them with electric buggies — a move dividing the historic city over tradition, tourism, and animal welfare.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The message is: Eat fewer pancakes America!

www.ft.com/content/30f3...
Canadian maple syrup finds itself in a sticky tariff situation
Production hit a record after a stretch of bad harvests but US tariffs threaten to change everything
www.ft.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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If you aren’t already following @rachelwells1.bsky.social, who reports on reproductive health from Tennessee & scooped the story about the woman who was denied care for a pregnancy because she was unmarried, you’ll want to follow her immediately!
July 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Even the tourists know about Renys and the jingle is so simple!
www.sunjournal.com/2025/04/28/m...
Meet the Mainers behind Renys’ ubiquitous, 4-word jingle
The ad tune, created by David Melville, has been heard in Maine every day since 2011.
www.sunjournal.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Interesting. Nobody protecting the head of Homeland Security?
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/21/n...
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem robbed at D.C. restaurant
Noem's purse contained roughly $3,000 in cash, which she had withdrawn to treat her family to dinner and Easter gifts and activities, a DHS spokesperson said.
www.cnbc.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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A woman convicted for storming the Capitol on #January6th declined the pardon offered by President Trump, saying she knows what she did was wrong.

(via @benbrasch.bsky.social)

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Ex-‘MAGA Granny’ is turning down Trump’s pardon of her Jan. 6 conviction
She was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She pleaded guilty. Now, she doesn’t want President Donald Trump’s pardon because she wants to own what she did.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Bet most people don't know this unless they are in the industry:
www.sunjournal.com/2025/01/15/y...
Auburn manufacturer makes bowling lanes out of paper
Panolam is the sole source of synthetic laminate lanes in the country.
www.sunjournal.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here we go again, from NY Times:
Washington Post Lays Off 4 Percent of Its Work Force
The layoffs will affect employees across The Post’s business operations, not its newsroom.
January 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The latest update on a story I've been reporting for more than 2 years.
www.sunjournal.com/2024/11/19/s...
Shoreland restoration work progresses on two lakefront properties on Sebago Lake
"I think when people drive by it in a boat they're going to be pleased," said Raymond Code Enforcement Officer Chris Hanson.
www.sunjournal.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:56 AM