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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Little news coverage of something that greatly affects our colleagues on H1B visas: their spouses will continue to be allowed to work.

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Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn H-1B visa rule

(The Center Square) – The U. S.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 3h

A Florida judge temporarily blocked the transfer of a prime property in downtown Miami to President Trump for his presidential library, saying that a state college had failed to provide reasonable public notice before taking steps to convey the land it owned www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Judge Temporarily Blocks Transfer of Miami Property for Trump Library

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 3h

The visual artist Dread Scott, the playwright Lynn Nottage and others have organized a series of actions to unite the arts community against the Trump administration 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 5h

Many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to an NYT analysis 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 5h

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Axios: The New York Sun, which relaunched under its new owner and publisher Dovid Efune in 2022, is reviving its print edition

Exclusive: The New York Sun revives print edition

Newspapers have rarely revived print editions in an era of declining circulation.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 6h

Olivia Nuzzi will spill about her relationship with RFK Jr. in a book, Status says

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 7h

Jack Smith speaks on “The State of the United States”

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The State of the United States: A Conversation with Jack Smith

YouTube video by UCL Laws

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 7h

He wanted something unique.

So he changed his name.

The full name now fills seven pages on his birth certificate, and his original passport required six extra pages.

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This man could tell you his name, but it’d take roughly 20 minutes | CNN

For most people, introductions are a fleeting formality, an exchange of names accomplished in seconds. However, for Laurence Watkins, this simple task becomes an extraordinary feat of endurance.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 7h

The crime scene: Crypto ATMs

The insane markup: That’s the crime www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Americans are losing millions to scammers at crypto ATMs. Here’s how companies profit

Companies often fail to refund money to victims and aggressively fight police to claw back scam money seized from machines.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 7h

The U.S government shutdown has introduced unnecessary risk and danger to our national airspace, according to air traffic controllers who are now working without pay.
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Unpaid air traffic controllers say government shutdown puts flying public in danger

Controllers met travelers at O'Hare Airport asking them to demand elected officials end three-week-old shutdown. They say the loss of furloughed support staff who keep critical systems running is adding to their workload and stress, which in turn endangers flyers.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 7h

ICE has unleashed the fury of Chicagoans 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h

House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Tuesday summoned Jack Smith, the former special counsel who twice indicted Donald Trump, to testify about what they called his “partisan and politically motivated prosecutions” 🎁

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Republicans Summon Jack Smith to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h

Of course: one of the first things ChatGPT will be used for is … porn www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content

New version will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h

6. Home equity loans up; residential building permits down.

That said: The US is not in or near a recession, despite what your grocery bill feels like.

The economy, however, is in an uncertain place, and economists are monitoring those signs of weakness.

Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h

5. The rate of people quitting their jobs is at the lowest level it’s been since the pandemic-fueled recession of 2020.

That suggests that people are unable to find new positions or reluctant to risk a move in an uncertain labor market.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h

4. Browsing and buying at thrift stores has gotten steadily more popular in the past few years, partly to save some money and partly to score luxury goods at low prices.

The trend points to the anxiety hanging over consumers as the economic outlook remains unclear.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h

3. Sales of huge trucks have been falling this year.

Not America’s darling, the Ford F-150s, but huge semi- and similar trucks — but the type that are meant to move goods and supplies around the country.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h

2. Hamburger Helper is back: For decades, people have turned to the packaged pasta-and-seasoning meals when times are tight — or, as social media users have been embracing this year, “struggle meals.”

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 8h

Here are some economic warning signs experts say to watch for:

1. When cardboard box production slows, it could be a sign that people are expected to buy less in coming months. And cardboard box production is down.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 10h

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

The six, unidentified, were from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay and South Africa. apnews.com/article/trum...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 10h

Madagascar erupted into cheers Tuesday at the stunning fall of President Andry Rajoelina, who was impeached by Parliament and ousted by the military in rapid succession, after weeks of violent, youth-led protests that rocked the impoverished southern African island www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...

Madagascar Military Seizes Power, Then Nation Explodes in Joy

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 12h

The young Republicans worried what would happen if their racist, homophobic and misogynist Telegram chat ever leaked.

But they happily kept typing anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 12h

Trump said on Tuesday that the US could pull assistance for Argentina — now led by a political kindred spirit — if the nation moved left in upcoming elections apnews.com/article/arge...

Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics don't align with US

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw assistance from Argentina if its internal politics don't align with U.S. interests in upcoming elections.

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 13h

The strike was the fifth known attack by the U.S. military on such boats since Sept. 2. The military has now acknowledged killing 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 14h

Another deadly US strike www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says six were killed in US strike on another boat allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executions

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