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What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
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“It’s time to revisit the basics of why it’s important to call out lies. They’re more than just words. Lies harm livelihoods and families.” Read why PolitiFact named 2025 the Year of the Lies, from Editor-in-Chief Katie Sanders:
PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
“It’s time to revisit the basics of why it’s important to call out lies. They’re more than just words. Lies harm livelihoods and families.” Read why PolitiFact named 2025 the Year of the Lies, from…
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
“It’s time to revisit the basics of why it’s important to call out lies. They’re more than just words. Lies harm livelihoods and families.” Read why PolitiFact named 2025 the Year of the Lies, from Editor-in-Chief Katie Sanders:
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According to weatherspark.com, in Oregon, “the cloudiest part of the year begins around October 7 and lasts for 8.1 months.” Here are just a few tips for beating down the Seasonal Affective Disorder beast.
How to Survive the Big SAD This Winter
[What follows is one of the many merry articles in the Mercury's Winter Guide 2025. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you're feeling generous this holiday seas...
www.portlandmercury.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
According to weatherspark.com, in Oregon, “the cloudiest part of the year begins around October 7 and lasts for 8.1 months.” Here are just a few tips for beating down the Seasonal Affective Disorder beast.
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Ready to #deGoogle 💯 per cent?
We've reviewed the top five smartphones that help you go Google-free in 2026.
Which one is your favorite?
➡️ tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
We've reviewed the top five smartphones that help you go Google-free in 2026.
Which one is your favorite?
➡️ tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Ready to #deGoogle 💯 per cent?
We've reviewed the top five smartphones that help you go Google-free in 2026.
Which one is your favorite?
➡️ tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
We've reviewed the top five smartphones that help you go Google-free in 2026.
Which one is your favorite?
➡️ tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
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January 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Passwords. We all hear “make them strong,” but here’s the real deal: SIZE matters.
A longer password isn’t just better, it’s harder to crack.
Upgrade your security & protect your digital identity:
✅️ Create strong & unique passwords
✅️ Use a password manager
Learn more: tuta.com/blog/minimum...
A longer password isn’t just better, it’s harder to crack.
Upgrade your security & protect your digital identity:
✅️ Create strong & unique passwords
✅️ Use a password manager
Learn more: tuta.com/blog/minimum...
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Passwords. We all hear “make them strong,” but here’s the real deal: SIZE matters.
A longer password isn’t just better, it’s harder to crack.
Upgrade your security & protect your digital identity:
✅️ Create strong & unique passwords
✅️ Use a password manager
Learn more: tuta.com/blog/minimum...
A longer password isn’t just better, it’s harder to crack.
Upgrade your security & protect your digital identity:
✅️ Create strong & unique passwords
✅️ Use a password manager
Learn more: tuta.com/blog/minimum...
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🎄 Day 4 of #OLH12DaysOfChristmas
On the fourth day of Christmas the OLH gave to us four new journals, three open access awards, two new colleagues and the launch of the OJC.
New journals:
- Energy Humanities
- The Hythe Review
- Philosophical Logic
- European Journal of Psychoanalysis
On the fourth day of Christmas the OLH gave to us four new journals, three open access awards, two new colleagues and the launch of the OJC.
New journals:
- Energy Humanities
- The Hythe Review
- Philosophical Logic
- European Journal of Psychoanalysis
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🎄 Day 4 of #OLH12DaysOfChristmas
On the fourth day of Christmas the OLH gave to us four new journals, three open access awards, two new colleagues and the launch of the OJC.
New journals:
- Energy Humanities
- The Hythe Review
- Philosophical Logic
- European Journal of Psychoanalysis
On the fourth day of Christmas the OLH gave to us four new journals, three open access awards, two new colleagues and the launch of the OJC.
New journals:
- Energy Humanities
- The Hythe Review
- Philosophical Logic
- European Journal of Psychoanalysis
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In the new year I want to do a series on HanksChannel called “find the papers” where I take a fun science fact and then actually find the papers that established that knowledge.
Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”
Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In the new year I want to do a series on HanksChannel called “find the papers” where I take a fun science fact and then actually find the papers that established that knowledge.
Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”
Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”
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Sometimes someone will get really mad at me because they think I got a fact wrong and then I look and they're mad that they have a different opinion from me.
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sometimes someone will get really mad at me because they think I got a fact wrong and then I look and they're mad that they have a different opinion from me.
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Dot ✦ sketchy comm for @englidottir.bsky.social 💚
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Dot ✦ sketchy comm for @englidottir.bsky.social 💚
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A Wood Village man currently facing more than 140 charges related to child sexual abuse is now accused of sexually assaulting chickens.
https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wood-village-man-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-chickens/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wood-village-man-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-chickens/?cid=bluesky_
Wood Village man charged with child sex abuse now accused of sexually assaulting chickens
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Wood Village man currently facing more than 140 charges related to child sexual abuse is now accused of sexually assaulting chickens. Iosif Blashishen, 56, was origi…
www.koin.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A Wood Village man currently facing more than 140 charges related to child sexual abuse is now accused of sexually assaulting chickens.
https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wood-village-man-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-chickens/?cid=bluesky_
https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wood-village-man-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-now-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-chickens/?cid=bluesky_
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Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic. https://to.pbs.org/3MXJCB6
Historic floods have washed away homes and stranded families in Washington state
Washington is under a state of emergency and evacuation orders are in place for tens of thousands of residents.
www.pbs.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic. https://to.pbs.org/3MXJCB6
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ROOST stands for Robust Open Online Safety Tools, delivering great moderation tooling for all, rather than everyone needing to build their own from scratch.
They’ve shipped their roadmap, more details below.
They’ve shipped their roadmap, more details below.
Our initial roadmap for @roost.tools is now public! We have a lot of work planned, and we are pretty excited about it. Let us know what you think.
roost.tools/blog/introdu...
Check it out here: github.com/roostorg/com...
Give us your feedback and suggestions here: github.com/orgs/roostor...
roost.tools/blog/introdu...
Check it out here: github.com/roostorg/com...
Give us your feedback and suggestions here: github.com/orgs/roostor...
Introducing ROOST's Roadmap & Inaugural Technical Design Committee
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
ROOST stands for Robust Open Online Safety Tools, delivering great moderation tooling for all, rather than everyone needing to build their own from scratch.
They’ve shipped their roadmap, more details below.
They’ve shipped their roadmap, more details below.
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Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer | Full Comedy Special
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
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I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
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"Pluralising globality: Afropolitanism as epistemic self-assertion in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah" by Chalo ũa Way: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice
Pluralising globality: Afropolitanism as epistemic self-assertion in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s <em>Americanah</em>
In From Bomba to Hip-Hop (2000: 193), the Afro-Latino American writer Juan Flores discusses the nature of community—comunidad in the Spanish. He says that it is both a phenomenon existing in something...
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Pluralising globality: Afropolitanism as epistemic self-assertion in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah" by Chalo ũa Way: doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice
Published as part of the #OLHJournal Special Collection Thinking the Political: Theory, Literature, Practice
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Teaser trailer this week. #Supergirl
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Teaser trailer this week. #Supergirl
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For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
Unpacking the Politics of the EU's €120M Fine of Musk’s X | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam and part of the DSA Observatory.
www.techpolicy.press
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
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First off, the good news: The world is a much better place than it used to be, especially for young children.
And now, the bad news: After decades of progress in preventing child deaths, the world is now going in the wrong direction in the very worst way imaginable.
And now, the bad news: After decades of progress in preventing child deaths, the world is now going in the wrong direction in the very worst way imaginable.
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
First off, the good news: The world is a much better place than it used to be, especially for young children.
And now, the bad news: After decades of progress in preventing child deaths, the world is now going in the wrong direction in the very worst way imaginable.
And now, the bad news: After decades of progress in preventing child deaths, the world is now going in the wrong direction in the very worst way imaginable.
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The federal government is ending its recommendation that every infant receive a hepatitis B vaccination at birth, the most substantive change to the childhood immunization schedule yet under US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
What this means:
What this means:
RFK Jr.’s anti-vax committee is recklessly overhauling childhood vaccine policy
America’s vaccine playbook is being rewritten by people who don’t believe in them.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The federal government is ending its recommendation that every infant receive a hepatitis B vaccination at birth, the most substantive change to the childhood immunization schedule yet under US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
What this means:
What this means:
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We've just moved our `any-widget` based directives and renders for @mystmd.org into a public repo on @curvenote.com . After quite a while tinkering these are nicely supporting interactive visualizations - more work to fully implement the full `any-widget` interface coming
github.com/curvenote/cu...
github.com/curvenote/cu...
curvenote/packages/any-widget at main · curvenote/curvenote
Create, edit, share, and publish scientific and technical documents. - curvenote/curvenote
github.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We've just moved our `any-widget` based directives and renders for @mystmd.org into a public repo on @curvenote.com . After quite a while tinkering these are nicely supporting interactive visualizations - more work to fully implement the full `any-widget` interface coming
github.com/curvenote/cu...
github.com/curvenote/cu...
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Looks like I’m havin’ a little chat with Stephen tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Looks like I’m havin’ a little chat with Stephen tonight.
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The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control. https://to.pbs.org/48ARqjs
Trump added his name to the U.S. Institute of Peace building while fighting the organization in court
On Wednesday, the State Department said it renamed the organization to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace to “reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation’s history.”
to.pbs.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the institute’s control. https://to.pbs.org/48ARqjs