DDJavanne
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After 232 years, the United States has produced its last penny in a cost-cutting move. The last one was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday.
The U.S. just produced its last penny after a more than 200-year run
After 232 years, the United States has produced its last penny in a cost-cutting move. The last one was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
After 232 years, the United States has produced its last penny in a cost-cutting move. The last one was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday.
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
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After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
Artist Gary Tyler turns 40 years of wrongful imprisonment into powerful textiles
An exhibition of Tyler’s quilts captures scenes of humanity from within the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
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In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
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Disillusionment pushes Jess Walter’s characters to the brink in his new novel ‘So Far Gone.’
The fallout from Ruby Ridge - High Country News
Disillusionment pushes Jess Walter’s characters to the brink in his new novel ‘So Far Gone.’
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Disillusionment pushes Jess Walter’s characters to the brink in his new novel ‘So Far Gone.’
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Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building.
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
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The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
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In a joint hearing in the Jim Comey and Letitia James cases, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie gave no indication that she thinks Lindsey Halligan was lawfully appointed as interim U.S. attorney. But it wasn’t at all clear what Currie will do about it now.
Pam Bondi Takes a Beating in Court Over Lindsey Halligan’s Dubious Appointment
I was in federal court this morning in Alexandria, Virginia, for a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In a joint hearing in the Jim Comey and Letitia James cases, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie gave no indication that she thinks Lindsey Halligan was lawfully appointed as interim U.S. attorney. But it wasn’t at all clear what Currie will do about it now.
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How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
www.hcn.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
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The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people. n.pr/49U4BOG
They found a 'bucket of lentils.' Then it blew up. The menace of Gaza's unexploded ordnance
The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The United Nations Mine Action Service estimates between 5% and 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza in the past two years failed to detonate, and unexploded ordnance has killed at least 328 people. n.pr/49U4BOG
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog added a rare and powerful voice to what has been muted criticism by top Israeli officials of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. n.pr/442E4Lt
Israel's president says 'shocking' settler violence against Palestinians must end
Israeli President Isaac Herzog added a rare and powerful voice to what has been muted criticism by top Israeli officials of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog added a rare and powerful voice to what has been muted criticism by top Israeli officials of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. n.pr/442E4Lt
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Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild. n.pr/3XqycYF
Some Black police officials worry more federal agents will breed community mistrust
Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild. n.pr/3XqycYF
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The word began as a medical diagnosis but over the centuries has evolved to mean the longing for a bygone, idealized past. n.pr/3JxxO7D
Once upon a time, nostalgia was epidemic among homesick soldiers
The word began as a medical diagnosis but over the centuries has evolved to mean the longing for a bygone, idealized past.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The word began as a medical diagnosis but over the centuries has evolved to mean the longing for a bygone, idealized past. n.pr/3JxxO7D
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November 11, 2025
November 11, 2025
In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
November 11, 2025
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Republicans failed to lower the high cost of living.
We have them on the run because they refuse to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
The extremists were crushed on Election Day.
Now they Big Mad.
We have them on the run because they refuse to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
The extremists were crushed on Election Day.
Now they Big Mad.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Republicans failed to lower the high cost of living.
We have them on the run because they refuse to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
The extremists were crushed on Election Day.
Now they Big Mad.
We have them on the run because they refuse to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
The extremists were crushed on Election Day.
Now they Big Mad.
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Aspen ‘eyes’ keep us accountable to the natural world
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
Aspen ‘eyes’ keep us accountable to the natural world
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
www.hcn.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Aspen ‘eyes’ keep us accountable to the natural world
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
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@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself.
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself.
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
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The Palestinian tradition of olive picking and dates harvest in the occupied West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers who have increased their attacks on farmers this season.
The struggle to preserve the Palestinian olive and date harvest
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Palestinian tradition of olive picking and dates harvest in the occupied West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers who have increased their attacks on farmers this season.
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This is Dan Brennan, street hustler, drug addict, but still the best damn starpilot in the Interstellar Republic. His story's available in HAZE by Katharine Kerr, out tomorrow in hardback.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is Dan Brennan, street hustler, drug addict, but still the best damn starpilot in the Interstellar Republic. His story's available in HAZE by Katharine Kerr, out tomorrow in hardback.
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Veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most pivotal WWII battles, 80 years later. (via Colorado Public Radio)
The Battle of Iwo Jima, through the eyes of a US Marine who lived it
Colorado USMC veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most pivotal WWII battles, 80 years later.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most pivotal WWII battles, 80 years later. (via Colorado Public Radio)
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Peeps, here we go.
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Peeps, here we go.
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Airlines and aviation regulators warned that flight disruptions are likely to continue even after the government reopens. Thousands of flights have been cancelled as air traffic restrictions ramp up. n.pr/47B5xpN
Why flight disruptions could linger even after the government shutdown ends
Airlines and aviation regulators warned that flight disruptions are likely to continue even after the government reopens. Thousands of flights have been cancelled as air traffic restrictions ramp up.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Airlines and aviation regulators warned that flight disruptions are likely to continue even after the government reopens. Thousands of flights have been cancelled as air traffic restrictions ramp up. n.pr/47B5xpN
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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A new bill poised to pass the Senate after clearing the House will govern how the federal government thins, burns and otherwise manages nearly 200 million acres of the nation’s forests.
Fix Our Forests Act divides environmental community - High Country News
But it’s a rare instance of bipartisan lawmaking and the biggest wildfire legislation in recent history.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A new bill poised to pass the Senate after clearing the House will govern how the federal government thins, burns and otherwise manages nearly 200 million acres of the nation’s forests.
