Purlewe RieMil
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Knitter, quilter, all around crafter.
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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Fred Rogers taught us to always look for the helpers – and they’re all around us here in Pennsylvania.
Just look at the Westmoreland Food Bank. They’ve served the Westmoreland County community for 40 years – distributing 5 million meals last year alone.
Just look at the Westmoreland Food Bank. They’ve served the Westmoreland County community for 40 years – distributing 5 million meals last year alone.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Fred Rogers taught us to always look for the helpers – and they’re all around us here in Pennsylvania.
Just look at the Westmoreland Food Bank. They’ve served the Westmoreland County community for 40 years – distributing 5 million meals last year alone.
Just look at the Westmoreland Food Bank. They’ve served the Westmoreland County community for 40 years – distributing 5 million meals last year alone.
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STRONG AGREE
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
STRONG AGREE
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No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time. n.pr/3M5wRnK
How a 'sweet and shy' tortoise outlived empires and survived two world wars
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time. n.pr/3M5wRnK
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Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts
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Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Reps privately push ban on trans care in ACA/Obamacare as part of moving any subsidy deal forward. It was stripped from the last ACA deal. This one would hurt perhaps 500k trans ppl among the 20m who need Obamacare subsidies. Even blue states would be impacted.
Republicans Privately Pushing Anti-Trans Funding Ban For ACA Subsidy Deal After Shutdown Compromise
The proposal, which was first detailed in the Wall Street Journal, could harm transgender people even in blue states if it becomes part of the negotiated deal.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Reps privately push ban on trans care in ACA/Obamacare as part of moving any subsidy deal forward. It was stripped from the last ACA deal. This one would hurt perhaps 500k trans ppl among the 20m who need Obamacare subsidies. Even blue states would be impacted.
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NEW: We're suing the Trump Administration yet again to protect affordable housing.
I just filed a lawsuit to challenge the Trump Administration’s decision to unlawfully cut over $100 million used to provide access to housing for our most vulnerable Pennsylvanians.
I just filed a lawsuit to challenge the Trump Administration’s decision to unlawfully cut over $100 million used to provide access to housing for our most vulnerable Pennsylvanians.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW: We're suing the Trump Administration yet again to protect affordable housing.
I just filed a lawsuit to challenge the Trump Administration’s decision to unlawfully cut over $100 million used to provide access to housing for our most vulnerable Pennsylvanians.
I just filed a lawsuit to challenge the Trump Administration’s decision to unlawfully cut over $100 million used to provide access to housing for our most vulnerable Pennsylvanians.
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Thousands of people across the U.S. recently found a blue grocery bag tied to their door handle. Residents filled the bags with canned food and items, then placed the full bags back outside their door. (via @stlpublicradio.bsky.social)
A 40-year-old Scouting America tradition of food donation got its start in St. Louis
Scouting for Food became a national Scouting America program in 1988, expanding across the country as thousands of scouts collectively gathered hundreds of thousands of pounds of shelf-stable goods for food insecure residents in their local communities.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thousands of people across the U.S. recently found a blue grocery bag tied to their door handle. Residents filled the bags with canned food and items, then placed the full bags back outside their door. (via @stlpublicradio.bsky.social)
Whoa 😳
A heating oil delivery truck that went to the wrong address pumped nearly 400 gallons of heating oil into a Medford home, flooding its basement, a city official said. trib.al/xgoW561
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Whoa 😳
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Minnesotans - make a plan and drive safe during the first big storm of the season!
www.fox9.com/news/mn-weat...
www.fox9.com/news/mn-weat...
MN school closings: Winter storm closing schools early on Tuesday
Our first storm of the winter season is already starting to hit northern Minnesota, and it’s causing some schools to close early on Tuesday.
www.fox9.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Minnesotans - make a plan and drive safe during the first big storm of the season!
www.fox9.com/news/mn-weat...
www.fox9.com/news/mn-weat...
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Thai woman's cremation stopped after knocking heard on coffin
Thai woman's cremation stopped after knocking heard on coffin
The general manager of a Buddhist temple was startled to see her "opening her eyes" as the coffin opened, AP news agency says.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thai woman's cremation stopped after knocking heard on coffin
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Mood
I’m so sick and tired of horrible people who happen to have access to power continuing to be rewarded for that access, rather than any skill or vision.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Mood
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“He’s right behind me, isn’t he?”
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“He’s right behind me, isn’t he?”
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More is more. We’ve got 380 (or so) of our favorite new books, right here:
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
More is more. We’ve got 380 (or so) of our favorite new books, right here:
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"I want Clooney to come in The Pitt as a patient, be an absolute nightmare for one episode, then run off into the night shouting about how he’s Batman."
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"I want Clooney to come in The Pitt as a patient, be an absolute nightmare for one episode, then run off into the night shouting about how he’s Batman."
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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Mass transit drives $5 billion in economic activity every year in Pennsylvania.
That’s billion, with a B.
So hear me when I say: SEPTA is absolutely vital to our Commonwealth’s success and our economic growth.
That’s billion, with a B.
So hear me when I say: SEPTA is absolutely vital to our Commonwealth’s success and our economic growth.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Mass transit drives $5 billion in economic activity every year in Pennsylvania.
That’s billion, with a B.
So hear me when I say: SEPTA is absolutely vital to our Commonwealth’s success and our economic growth.
That’s billion, with a B.
So hear me when I say: SEPTA is absolutely vital to our Commonwealth’s success and our economic growth.
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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BREAKING: I’ve authorized nearly $220 million to be made available to SEPTA – so they can make necessary safety repairs to over 200 Silverliner IV rail cars, upgrade trolley infrastructure, keep riders safe, and continue to deliver reliable, on-time service.
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
BREAKING: I’ve authorized nearly $220 million to be made available to SEPTA – so they can make necessary safety repairs to over 200 Silverliner IV rail cars, upgrade trolley infrastructure, keep riders safe, and continue to deliver reliable, on-time service.
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Despite Senate Republicans’ refusal to fund mass transit, we are stepping up yet again — making $219.9 million available to SEPTA so they can safely restore full service on Regional Rail by the end of December and make important upgrades to the trolley and metro networks.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Despite Senate Republicans’ refusal to fund mass transit, we are stepping up yet again — making $219.9 million available to SEPTA so they can safely restore full service on Regional Rail by the end of December and make important upgrades to the trolley and metro networks.
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800,000 Pennsylvanians rely on SEPTA every day.
55,000 students ride it to get to school. Major employers depend on it to get their employees to work.
55,000 students ride it to get to school. Major employers depend on it to get their employees to work.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
800,000 Pennsylvanians rely on SEPTA every day.
55,000 students ride it to get to school. Major employers depend on it to get their employees to work.
55,000 students ride it to get to school. Major employers depend on it to get their employees to work.