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Watch this.
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Took a nice sunset photo the other day and forgot to post it so here it is now.
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Took a nice sunset photo the other day and forgot to post it so here it is now.
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“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”
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Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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A Blue Jay giving a mid-flight glance over his/her shoulder while showing those beautiful blue feathers.
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A Blue Jay giving a mid-flight glance over his/her shoulder while showing those beautiful blue feathers.
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A Bald Eagle, seen just north of my house on Dec. 9th!
North Waterloo, Ontario.
#birds
#birding
#birdphotography
#nature
#52frames_nature
#52frames
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North Waterloo, Ontario.
#birds
#birding
#birdphotography
#nature
#52frames_nature
#52frames
#photography
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A Bald Eagle, seen just north of my house on Dec. 9th!
North Waterloo, Ontario.
#birds
#birding
#birdphotography
#nature
#52frames_nature
#52frames
#photography
North Waterloo, Ontario.
#birds
#birding
#birdphotography
#nature
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Notre Dame study finds Rochester’s guaranteed basic income program worked
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Notre Dame study finds Rochester's guaranteed basic income program worked
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The city of Rochester announced that its Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) program, which provided families with $500 a month for a year, was successful. The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Econo...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Notre Dame study finds Rochester’s guaranteed basic income program worked
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Bills QB Josh Allen and wife announce they are having a baby on social media Friday
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Bills QB Josh Allen and wife announce they are having a baby on social media Friday
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills Quarterback Josh Allen and his wife Hailee Steinfeld are expecting! Steinfeld posted a video on social media Friday, where you can see Allen kissing her baby bump, and he...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Bills QB Josh Allen and wife announce they are having a baby on social media Friday
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Sunset tonight here in Glastonbury. Photo taken shortly before 4pm.
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Sunset tonight here in Glastonbury. Photo taken shortly before 4pm.
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A good story about the environmental, not just genetic, causes of Parkinson's. A big culprit? TCE, a chemical Obama banned, Trump unbanned, Biden banned again, and Trump is now unbanning again. #MakeAmericaToxicAgain
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Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A good story about the environmental, not just genetic, causes of Parkinson's. A big culprit? TCE, a chemical Obama banned, Trump unbanned, Biden banned again, and Trump is now unbanning again. #MakeAmericaToxicAgain
www.wired.com/story/scient...
www.wired.com/story/scient...
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We're tracking some frigid temperatures for the next few days. Monroe County leaders are reminding people about free transportation to warming centers. https://www.whec.com/top-news/monroe-county-offering-free-transportation-to-warming-centers-as-part-of-code-blue/
Monroe County offering free transportation to warming centers as part of Code Blue
As News10NBC tracks frigid temperatures in its 10-day forecast, Monroe County leaders are reminding people about free transportation to warming centers.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We're tracking some frigid temperatures for the next few days. Monroe County leaders are reminding people about free transportation to warming centers. https://www.whec.com/top-news/monroe-county-offering-free-transportation-to-warming-centers-as-part-of-code-blue/
🎁 NYT: The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday that she had made donations in the past year totaling nearly $7.2 billion, vaulting the total value of her gifts to over $26 billion.
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MacKenzie Scott Announces $7 Billion of Charitable Giving This Year
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December 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
🎁 NYT: The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday that she had made donations in the past year totaling nearly $7.2 billion, vaulting the total value of her gifts to over $26 billion.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
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Important news in this piece:
—Missouri organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures to block the GOP gerrymander. (They have until Thursday to submit roughly 110,000 valid ones.)
—Federal judge rejects GOP lawsuit to toss the petition. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/08/f...
—Missouri organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures to block the GOP gerrymander. (They have until Thursday to submit roughly 110,000 valid ones.)
—Federal judge rejects GOP lawsuit to toss the petition. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/08/f...
Federal judge rejects Missouri AG’s push to block referendum on gerrymandered map • Missouri Independent
A federal judge Monday refused to back Missouri’s Republican leaders efforts to block a statewide vote on a gerrymandered congressional map.
missouriindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Important news in this piece:
—Missouri organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures to block the GOP gerrymander. (They have until Thursday to submit roughly 110,000 valid ones.)
—Federal judge rejects GOP lawsuit to toss the petition. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/08/f...
—Missouri organizers say they’ve collected over 300,000 signatures to block the GOP gerrymander. (They have until Thursday to submit roughly 110,000 valid ones.)
—Federal judge rejects GOP lawsuit to toss the petition. missouriindependent.com/2025/12/08/f...
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In today’s edition of The Up and Up, I look at two new polls showing notable acceptance of political violence among gen z and break down a growing compassion recession.
It’s an important window into a chilling way to grow up. I hope you’ll give it a read. www.theupandup.us/p/vigilante-...
It’s an important window into a chilling way to grow up. I hope you’ll give it a read. www.theupandup.us/p/vigilante-...
'Vigilante justice' and a compassion recession
New polls show notable acceptance of political violence among gen z. The Up and Up Community weighs in.
www.theupandup.us
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In today’s edition of The Up and Up, I look at two new polls showing notable acceptance of political violence among gen z and break down a growing compassion recession.
It’s an important window into a chilling way to grow up. I hope you’ll give it a read. www.theupandup.us/p/vigilante-...
It’s an important window into a chilling way to grow up. I hope you’ll give it a read. www.theupandup.us/p/vigilante-...
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Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
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ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
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👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Go vote Tennessee!
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I just found out there is a BEAUTIFUL senior cat named MRS. DOUBTFIRE up for adoption in Centre County, Pennsylvania! So, of course, I had to spread the word.
If you’re in Central Pennsylvania, please help this elegant lady find a home!
centrecountypaws.org/cats/adopt
If you’re in Central Pennsylvania, please help this elegant lady find a home!
centrecountypaws.org/cats/adopt
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just found out there is a BEAUTIFUL senior cat named MRS. DOUBTFIRE up for adoption in Centre County, Pennsylvania! So, of course, I had to spread the word.
If you’re in Central Pennsylvania, please help this elegant lady find a home!
centrecountypaws.org/cats/adopt
If you’re in Central Pennsylvania, please help this elegant lady find a home!
centrecountypaws.org/cats/adopt
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November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a natural process in the brain that can remove existing amyloid plaques in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and help maintain memory and thinking ability.
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Scientists Find a Way to Help the Brain Clear Alzheimer’s Plaques Naturally
Scientists have discovered that the brain may have a built-in way to fight Alzheimer’s.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a natural process in the brain that can remove existing amyloid plaques in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and help maintain memory and thinking ability.
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Nano-sized medicine boosts anti-cancer immune response, eradicates tumors in mice
-Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, along with collaborators at Northwestern University
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-Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, along with collaborators at Northwestern University
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Nasal drops fight brain tumors noninvasively | WashU Medicine
Researchers at WashU Medicine have developed a nanomaterial-based, noninvasive medicine that successfully eliminated deadly tumors in mice.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Nano-sized medicine boosts anti-cancer immune response, eradicates tumors in mice
-Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, along with collaborators at Northwestern University
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-Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, along with collaborators at Northwestern University
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A lovely and unexpected start to the week. I left for my walk in the rain, stormy clouds above, but ever hopeful it would improve. The sun did just manage to break through for just a few moments. Glastonbury Tor this morning, about half an hour after sunrise.
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A lovely and unexpected start to the week. I left for my walk in the rain, stormy clouds above, but ever hopeful it would improve. The sun did just manage to break through for just a few moments. Glastonbury Tor this morning, about half an hour after sunrise.
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A sixth grader at the Aquinas Institute is being honored for getting a fellow student help during a mental health crisis. Palar’s teacher said her actions show how caring she is. https://www.whec.com/top-news/do-the-right-thing-palar-got-her-friend-help-during-a-mental-health-crisis/
Do the Right Thing: Palar got her friend help during a mental health crisis
Palar Banks, a sixth grader at the Aquinas Institute, is being honored for getting a fellow student help during a mental health crisis.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A sixth grader at the Aquinas Institute is being honored for getting a fellow student help during a mental health crisis. Palar’s teacher said her actions show how caring she is. https://www.whec.com/top-news/do-the-right-thing-palar-got-her-friend-help-during-a-mental-health-crisis/
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Rochester’s Hooked Fish Market gives away turkeys, coats ahead of Thanksgiving https://www.whec.com/top-news/rochesters-hooked-fish-market-gives-away-turkeys-coats-ahead-of-thanksgiving/
Rochester's Hooked Fish Market gives away turkeys, coats ahead of Thanksgiving
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — With Thanksgiving approaching, Hooked Fish Market on Driving Park Avenue worked to ensure local families are fed and warm during the holidays with a food and coat giveaway.“It shows that the community is in need, and we are here to help,” said Kenneth Rivers, owner of Hooked Fish Market. “So it means […]
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November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Rochester’s Hooked Fish Market gives away turkeys, coats ahead of Thanksgiving https://www.whec.com/top-news/rochesters-hooked-fish-market-gives-away-turkeys-coats-ahead-of-thanksgiving/
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Just one review of my 2026 Glastonbury calendar. Many more reviews on my website in case you can't decide whether to get one.
"Beautiful photography it’s always a pleasure to have a bit of Glastonbury Tor in the home. It brightens up every month"
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"Beautiful photography it’s always a pleasure to have a bit of Glastonbury Tor in the home. It brightens up every month"
www.visionsofsomerset.co.uk/product-page...
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Just one review of my 2026 Glastonbury calendar. Many more reviews on my website in case you can't decide whether to get one.
"Beautiful photography it’s always a pleasure to have a bit of Glastonbury Tor in the home. It brightens up every month"
www.visionsofsomerset.co.uk/product-page...
"Beautiful photography it’s always a pleasure to have a bit of Glastonbury Tor in the home. It brightens up every month"
www.visionsofsomerset.co.uk/product-page...