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🌲🇺🇲 Endangered species protection for Sasquatch 🇺🇲🌲
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Did US Special Forces just inadvertently confirm there was a CIA operation in Venezuela?
CNN has added this update to their story about the alleged CIA drone strike in Venezuela:
December 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Did US Special Forces just inadvertently confirm there was a CIA operation in Venezuela?
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You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
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Incredible reporting here from the @nytimes.com......(gift link).
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Incredible reporting here from the @nytimes.com......(gift link).
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Colombian fishermen scared to fish for fear of being killed by the US military in waters their families have fished for generations....
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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My favorite thing about ducks is that they fly like they're late to an important meeting but then they land and the important meeting involves sticking their head under their wing
Here's the thing about ducks: they're underrated.
December 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My favorite thing about ducks is that they fly like they're late to an important meeting but then they land and the important meeting involves sticking their head under their wing
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“Should you believe in any cause? Does believing in something mean you’ve lost the ability to do your job? How much life are you willing to give up? How much of life is one’s job? How much of your participation in being a human being will you cede? Where is the line between truth and fact?”
A weird ending note for a weird year: I wrote a manifesto for journalists in 2026.
leahsottile.substack.com/p/66-clarity
leahsottile.substack.com/p/66-clarity
66. Clarity
A Living Manifesto on Journalism for 2026 and Beyond
leahsottile.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Should you believe in any cause? Does believing in something mean you’ve lost the ability to do your job? How much life are you willing to give up? How much of life is one’s job? How much of your participation in being a human being will you cede? Where is the line between truth and fact?”
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Deep-See Mutual Aid Snail is the energy we all need going into 2026.
Backside of a snail wearing anemone. From a distance that looked like a tongue with fungus. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 888 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Deep-See Mutual Aid Snail is the energy we all need going into 2026.
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This is exactly how wormholes work. This is how home fires happen.
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is exactly how wormholes work. This is how home fires happen.
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Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny
Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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There have been two papers on this topic:
"Pressures produced when penguins pooh—calculations on avian defaecation" in 2003 (source of figure above) & a 2020 paper "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" (source of figure below).
Delightful!
"Pressures produced when penguins pooh—calculations on avian defaecation" in 2003 (source of figure above) & a 2020 paper "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" (source of figure below).
Delightful!
December 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
There have been two papers on this topic:
"Pressures produced when penguins pooh—calculations on avian defaecation" in 2003 (source of figure above) & a 2020 paper "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" (source of figure below).
Delightful!
"Pressures produced when penguins pooh—calculations on avian defaecation" in 2003 (source of figure above) & a 2020 paper "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" (source of figure below).
Delightful!
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I guess I lost track of Brigitte Bardot after my childhood where I learned that she was a famous hot lady from the past and am just catching up on her recent activities of loving animals, hating non-white people and being dead
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I guess I lost track of Brigitte Bardot after my childhood where I learned that she was a famous hot lady from the past and am just catching up on her recent activities of loving animals, hating non-white people and being dead
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I don’t know if the US did an airstrike on Venezuela on Christmas Eve. What I do know is a USAF Stratotanker (midair refueler for bombers & fighter jets) took off from MacDill about 7pm local, turned off all signals & didn’t turn them on again til final approach 7 hours later. And that’s abnormal.
December 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don’t know if the US did an airstrike on Venezuela on Christmas Eve. What I do know is a USAF Stratotanker (midair refueler for bombers & fighter jets) took off from MacDill about 7pm local, turned off all signals & didn’t turn them on again til final approach 7 hours later. And that’s abnormal.
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Person who just read Brigitte Bardot's Wikipedia yesterday: "how dare Chappell Roan not know about her politics and how vile she was."
December 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Person who just read Brigitte Bardot's Wikipedia yesterday: "how dare Chappell Roan not know about her politics and how vile she was."
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Go out in public??? With *this* flu strain...in *this* economy???
a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is sitting in a crowd of people applauding .
ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is sitting in a crowd of people applauding .
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Go out in public??? With *this* flu strain...in *this* economy???
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The years 2004-2021 (after Frasier but before Only Murders) were the Golden Age of Nobody Saying the Word “Jejune” on American Television.
December 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The years 2004-2021 (after Frasier but before Only Murders) were the Golden Age of Nobody Saying the Word “Jejune” on American Television.
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Either Trump believes the US struck a Venezuelan facility on Christmas Eve because he was told that erroneously, or he's conflating different stories, or we actually did what he claims. Regardless of explanation, we need that information.
December 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Either Trump believes the US struck a Venezuelan facility on Christmas Eve because he was told that erroneously, or he's conflating different stories, or we actually did what he claims. Regardless of explanation, we need that information.
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
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You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
December 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
You know what, shitbird? I have an idea. What about a VACCINE?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
There are several in late stages of development.
Will you promote them so we can get “children back into the woods” as you say?
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The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
For more stories like this, like Slate on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
slate.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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That's awesome. I've seen plenty of crabs wearing anemones, but not too many deep sea snails that do it. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 888 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
December 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
That's awesome. I've seen plenty of crabs wearing anemones, but not too many deep sea snails that do it. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 888 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
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This is a shocking revelation (from, yeah, an unreliable source) and I hope someone will go after it hard. Or at least turn this throwaway into a story of its own. In the shocking but not surprising genre that's been so much our daily slop for a decade.
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a shocking revelation (from, yeah, an unreliable source) and I hope someone will go after it hard. Or at least turn this throwaway into a story of its own. In the shocking but not surprising genre that's been so much our daily slop for a decade.
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Hey now.
I am perfectly happy being an old spinster, I've always been cross anyway.
I am perfectly happy being an old spinster, I've always been cross anyway.
December 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hey now.
I am perfectly happy being an old spinster, I've always been cross anyway.
I am perfectly happy being an old spinster, I've always been cross anyway.