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Be extra careful this holiday season!

New Flu Mutation Causes Severe Illness: See Latest CA Data

"new mutation of the common flu that doesn’t respond to this year’s flu shot."

patch.com/california/g...
New Flu Mutation Causes Severe Illness: See Latest CA Data
Close gatherings over the Thanksgiving holiday could cause an uptick in emergency room visits in California due to a respiratory illness.
patch.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
AI trained on bacterial genomes produces never-before-seen proteins
"it brings the issue of finding functional proteins down to the nucleic acid level, where evolution normally does its thing."

arstechnica.com/science/2025...
AI trained on bacterial genomes produces never-before-seen proteins
Genes with related functions cluster together, and the AI uses that.
arstechnica.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Outrage over Trump’s bill reclassifying nursing as not a ‘professional degree’ for college students
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Outrage after Trump’s bill reclassifying nursing as not a ‘professional degree’
Nursing organizations warn limiting access to student funding ‘threatens the very foundation of patient care’
www.the-independent.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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two weeks apart
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
UN Announces Israel Has Violated Ceasefire with Lebanon 10,000 Times in its First Year. www.thenorthstar.com/p/un-announc...
⚠️UN Announces Israel Has Violated Ceasefire with Lebanon 10,000 Times in its First Year. Yes, I'm Serious.
That means it's a scam, a lie, a farce. No ceasefire actually exists if one side can violate it 10,000 times with impunity.
www.thenorthstar.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.

The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027.

Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
With new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costs
Nov. 14—SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers' rights advocates across the City Different....
www.yahoo.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work
www.openculture.com/2025/11/j-r-...
J.R.R. Tolkien Expressed a “Heartfelt Loathing” for Walt Disney and Refused to Let Disney Studios Adapt His Work
Image via Wikimedia Commons I’ve just started reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit to my daughter.
www.openculture.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trump and Mamdani to meet at the White House on Friday www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
Trump and Mamdani to meet at the White House on Friday
Trump again referred to the democratic socialist as a "Communist" in his announcement of their meeting.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
GQ recently released a State of Masculinity Survey - 28% are comfortable seeing two men kiss—about the same as in 2019 (29%). 76% would be comfortable with a female boss—down from 80% in 2019. www.gq.com/story/the-st...
How Do Guys Really Feel About the State of Masculinity in America? We Polled Them to Find Out
In 2019, GQ polled men about how they perceived masculinity to be changing. This spring, we asked 1,929 American men the same questions, measuring how behaviors and attitudes have evolved, as well as ...
www.gq.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Man Sentenced to 6 years in prison For Santee, CA Hair Salon Outburst patch.com/california/s...
Man Sentenced For Santee Hair Salon Outburst
August Marriott, 28, was seen in cell phone video that was posted on social media becoming irate with workers at the Great Clips salon.
patch.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official
Natalie Boucly says supplies are ready but only about half of what is needed is getting into territory
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
In blow to Trump, federal judges block new Texas congressional map www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In blow to Trump, federal judges block new Texas congressional map
The decision is a massive blow in the White House’s push to redistrict across the country.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
E. Mail Exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and His Brother
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I see EVIL @DonaldTrump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants
It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Is it Too Late to Save the U.S. From Trump's Authoritarianism? www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5GS...
We're Already Living Under Authoritarianism (Making Sense Ep. 444 with George Packer)
YouTube video by Sam Harris
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
New Chinese optical quantum chip allegedly 1,000x faster than Nvidia GPUs for processing AI workloads - firm reportedly producing 12,000 wafers per year www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
New Chinese optical quantum chip allegedly 1,000x faster than Nvidia GPUs for processing AI workloads - firm reportedly producing 12,000 wafers per year
Nvidia is also investing in similar optical quantum technology.
www.tomshardware.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
That is interesting: I told grok my sex, age, and state I lived in and asked how long I will live. Then I gave more details on my health, diet, and exercise, and it gave me an additional 12+ years. It helps me plan for the future. Try it: grok.com
Grok
Grok is a free AI assistant designed by xAI to maximize truth and objectivity. Grok offers real-time search, image generation, trend analysis, and more.
grok.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
President Trump & Satan get pulled away from the White House renovations www.youtube.com/shorts/nuOTC...
The President and Satan get pulled away from the renovations at the White House.
YouTube video by South Park Studios
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM