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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
‘A persistent crisis’: the 16 children removed from an Ohio family are part of a statewide issue
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‘A persistent crisis’: the 16 children removed from an Ohio family are part of a statewide issue
The case of the Siders family illustrates major shortcomings among Ohio’s political and administrative authorities
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are more Cornell frat boys accused of raping one woman than there are trans athletes competing in all of NCAA sports.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 21/09/2026
Commentary: Ohio GOP tax giveaways to tech giants now building data centers will continue to plague the state for 30 years. But that $2.3 billion in tax exemptions is just one of many shortsighted deals where state assets were turned over to corporations ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Ohio data center tax boondoggles just one example of Kasich corporate giveaways • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Republican tax giveaways to the tech giants now building data centers in Ohio will continue to plague the state for 30 years. But that $2.3 billion in tax exemptions is just one of many…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 21/09/2026
Ohio TV stations are required to air campaign ads, even if they are misleading ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/17/o...
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Ohio TV stations are required to air campaign ads, even if they are misleading • Ohio Capital Journal
Not only are local Ohio television stations required to air campaign ads, even if they are misleading or contain lies, but candidates can also clip news reports for their own agenda.
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and the ‘Apolitical’ White Ally
The Macklemore-Sheeran controversy exposes the cowardice of people who uphold the status quo by pretending to be neutral.
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A great philosopher once said: “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for Robert Kraft to support your cause.”
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Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and the ‘Apolitical’ White Ally
The Macklemore-Sheeran controversy exposes the cowardice of people who uphold the status quo by pretending to be neutral.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 16/09/2026
Commentary: The hyperbole around the shale gas industry’s role in Ohio’s economy has always been excessive. Recently, as the industry has targeted Ohio’s public lands for fracking and sought subsidies and regulatory favors, the claims have become absurd. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/16/s...
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Shale gas' importance to Ohio's economy is small and shrinking • Ohio Capital Journal
The level of hyperbole in discussions of the shale gas industry’s role in Ohio’s economy has always been excessive. Recently, as the industry has targeted Ohio’s public lands for fracking and sought…
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From the chief energy advisor of Gulf Oil.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
A German doctor whose hospital treated an unvaccinated boy who later died of diphtheria told our reporter of the infection: “It was taught as history,” he said. In the U.S., measles was taught as history, too. Now it isn’t.
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Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I DESPERATELY need your help with something, even if it’s just sharing this skeet: I’m working on a piec about the evolution of video games and the KEY to my story is a guy named Oscar Munoz who worked for Sega in the early 1990s I’ve tried everything to find him and social media is my last resort
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 07/09/2026
More than half of households surveyed that visited an Ohio food bank were forced to choose between paying for utilities or paying for food, according to a new report. Nearly half had to choose between paying their rent or mortgage, or paying for food. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/07/a...
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Nearly half of households using Ohio food banks have had to choose between paying for rent or food • Ohio Capital Journal
More than half of households surveyed that visited an Ohio food bank were forced to choose between affording utilities or affording food, according to a new report.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/09/2026
Commentary: Data centers are notorious energy hogs. With each hyperscale data center using as much energy as an entire city, they’re polluting surrounding areas, straining grids, and raising electric rates nationwide.
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AI’s natural gas addiction could be deadly for Ohio's communities • Ohio Capital Journal
Commentary: Data centers are notorious energy hogs. With each hyperscale data center using as much energy as an entire city, they’re polluting surrounding areas, straining grids, and raising electric…
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 31/08/2026
I’m curious, if “eggs expensive under Biden” was newsworthy, how come “Trump intentionally caused every single fucking thing to be heinously expensive” isn’t a story?
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 28/08/2026
Ohio’s economy could take a significant hit after Canadian leaders announced retaliatory tariffs Tuesday. Canada’s finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, promised to match American tariffs “dollar for dollar, and rate for rate.”
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How will a trade war with Canada affect Ohio? • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio’s economy could take a significant hit after Canadian leaders announced retaliatory tariffs Tuesday. Canada’s finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, promised to match American tariffs…
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/08/2026
Two unvaccinated people die of measles in US state of Pennsylvania aje.news/50npze
Two unvaccinated people die of measles in US state of Pennsylvania
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.
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Gary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can Help
A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 12/08/2026
Steel giant Cleveland-Cliffs was supposed to use $500 million from a Biden administration grant to usher in cleaner steelmaking in SW Ohio. Now the company plans to instead put those funds toward a project that locks in old coal-based tech for decades ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/12/o...
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Ohio steel giant aims to use Biden climate funds for polluting project • Ohio Capital Journal
Steel giant Cleveland-Cliffs was supposed to use up to $500 million from a Biden administration grant to usher in cleaner steelmaking in SW Ohio. Now the company plans to instead put those funds…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/08/2026
The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to protect passengers and avoid burning debris. (Published January)
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“We're Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk
The FAA predicted Elon Musk's Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to protect passengers and avoid burning debris.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 06/08/2026
Medicaid supports home-based care for more than 100,000 Ohioans. But with looming cuts they might be forced into more-expensive nursing homes. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/06/f...
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For more than 100,000 Ohio Medicaid recipients, worries build about the future of home care • Ohio Capital Journal
Medicaid supports home-based care for more than 100,000 Ohioans. But with looming cuts they might be forced into more-expensive nursing homes.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 04/08/2026
Commentary: Southeastern Ohio has a serious problem underground with fracking waste injection. Now that problem is reaching the surface and threatening our drinking water, writes Marietta College petroleum geologist David L. Jeffery, Ph.D ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/04/o...
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Ohio should treat the threat of radioactive fracking waste like the emergency that it is • Ohio Capital Journal
Southeastern Ohio has a serious problem underground with fracking waste injection. Now that problem is reaching the surface and threatening our drinking water, writes Marietta College petroleum…
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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/08/2026
every single day I am baffled by the fact that this man - this incredibly, astoundingly embarrassing man - is the one half the damn country built a cult of personality around
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 31/07/2026
Nearly 3,000 acres of land in Ohio’s only national forest will be auctioned for fracking in September. The Bureau of Land Management announced 41 parcels totaling 2,840 acres in Wayne National Forest will go up for a bid on Sept. 15 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/f...
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Federal government will put 2,840 acres of Ohio’s only national forest out to bid for fracking • Ohio Capital Journal
The Bureau of Land Management announced 41 parcels totaling 2,840 acres in Wayne National Forest will go up for a bid on Sept. 15.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/07/2026
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media (via St. Louis Public Radio).
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
It is kind of amazing that we have settled on a version of capitalism that leads us into a trash can due to a decision not to price in the public costs of private profits. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/enshittifi...
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Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math
Pay no attention to the externalities behind the curtain.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 27/07/2026
Tax change would spur Ohio development — and help low-income families most, new study says ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/21/t...
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Tax change would spur Ohio development — and help low-income families most, new study says • Ohio Capital Journal
A news study says that a new tax mix would help develop $1.8 billion worth of underused Cincinnati land and help low-income families.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 20/07/2026
With prices of fuel and other petroleum products remaining high, costs are continuing to rise and consumers find themselves with less money to spend, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Ohio reported last Wednesday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/20/c...
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Cleveland Fed: Business activity up, but high fuel costs are increasing prices, hurting consumers • Ohio Capital Journal
Cleveland Fed: Business activity is up, driven by data center construction. But high energy costs are driving prices up and consumption down.
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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 17/07/2026
Editor Commentary: Maybe you think all these Ohio voting changes are good. Maybe you don’t. But none of them have been made in good faith. A problem didn’t exist. It was already very hard to cheat, but now voting in Ohio is much harder because of lies. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/16/o...
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Ohio voter power has been assaulted for half a decade because politicians won't admit Trump lost • Ohio Capital Journal
Donald Trump lost the 2020 Election. It's a very simple, straightforward fact of history. But Ohio Republican politicians can never say this. Instead, they’ve been relentlessly attacking Ohio voters…
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Is it insider trading for the president of the United States to sell access to market-moving information for money?
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 16/07/2026
Despite Ohio ranking 12th in education overall, 68% of Ohio fourth graders were not proficient in reading and 68% of Ohio eighth graders were not proficient in math, according to the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/16/6...
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68% of Ohio fourth graders are not proficient in reading, according to new study • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio ranked 27th in the nation when it comes to child well-being, according to the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Maybe they should just practice locking the door and turning off the lights and remaining silent while hiding under their desks…or is that just appropriate for kindergartners? 
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In America today, the wealthiest 1% is now worth more than the entire American middle class. That never happened before.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/07/2026
‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people
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‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people
She has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it. It can take months building trust with a stranger, before she and her boyfriend go in and transform everything
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Draconian tech bans are a sham designed to punish kids for the sins of the adults who've ruined our world, whether online or off. It's high time we began policing them, not our children. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Séamas O’Reilly: Social media bans for children ignore the scorpions in the room
We already have ways of mitigating online harms – they are enshrined in laws we refuse to enact
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 09/07/2026
One year ago, the Republican “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” made the largest cuts to food stamps in the history of the program. Now 100,000 Ohioans are going without help and the state is bracing for enormous new costs without federal help ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/08/o...
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One year after biggest SNAP cuts ever, 100,000 Ohioans without help, state bracing for costs • Ohio Capital Journal
One year ago, the Republican "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" made the largest cuts to food stamps in the history of the program. Now thousands of Ohioans are going without help and the state is bracing…
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
We left behind the blood-and-soil nationalism of European autocracies searching for something greater — the principle that anyone can be an American and receive the blessings and responsibilities of citizenship in a free country. And someday, we will achieve it.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 04/07/2026
A new report has found that four of the 10 most-common occupations in Ohio — which employ 510,000 Ohioans — pay so poorly that a full-time worker supporting a family of three would qualify for federal food assistance ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/03/t...
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The most-common jobs in Ohio don't pay enough to meet expenses, report says • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio jobs pay so poorly than median wages for 84.5% won't cover the cost of living if that worker is the sole earner in a family of three.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
White House enhancements that Trump said he would pay for, like replacing a walkway and repairing masonry, have in fact cost taxpayers $689,232. The admin has slashed spending on many national parks and redirected money instead to D.C.-area improvements — "a quiet crisis unfolding."
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'Rush Project at Request of POTUS': Trump Is Draining the National Parks to Pay for His Projects
Money once used for crucial national-park repairs is now financing Trump’s redecorating projects.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
antifa with a knife in the reflecting pool
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 23/06/2026
If you already subscribe to the Ohio Capital Journal, please share with your family and friends: All the state of Ohio news you need, news from other states on issues that cross state lines, a full national and local news round-up, and it’s all free! ohiocapitaljournal.com/subscribe/
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Subscribe • Ohio Capital Journal
With waggish headlines and sharp insight, you can start your news morning off right with the latest from the Ohio Capital Journal and highlights from other publications across the state. We will lead…
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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 03/05/2026
Commentary: Be careful who you get your news from; not everyone reports responsibly ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/29/r...
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Be careful who you get your news from; not everyone reports responsibly • Ohio Capital Journal
Lately, my Facebook news feed has been inundated by posts from people I don’t follow reporting information that isn’t true.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 02/05/2026
Plan a Shore weekend on Absecon Island with Ventnor coffee shops, Margate seafood, Longport beaches, biking routes, and easy access from Philly.
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A no-traffic Shore escape on Absecon Island | Field Trip
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 01/05/2026
Ohio electric bills are among the fastest-rising in the United States. As they grow, the CEO of one utility is by far the best-paid in the country. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/o...
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Ohio's electric bills are high — and so are utility CEO salaries • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio electric bills are among the fastest-rising in the United States. As they grow, the CEO of one utility is by far the best-paid.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/04/2026
NEW: A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
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Justin Ellis @justinellis.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
When I say I think about Rockford Files almost every day it’s not a joke. Tara Ariano nails it: “The combination of pleasantly grubby settings populated by well-worn character actors gives the show the comfortable and faintly disreputable feel of a good dive bar.” defector.com/the-rockford...
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'The Rockford Files' Remains One Of Television's Greatest Hangs | Defector
It’s Los Angeles in the 1970s. Cars are as long as boats. Beachside tacos are practically free. The sun glares through chunky brown fog, but does nothing to prevent assorted bad acts from happening. A...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 24/04/2026
Nearly one-fifth of Americans relied on drinking water systems with elevated and potentially dangerous levels of nitrate in recent years, according to a new study released Thursday.
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Nitrate contaminates the drinking water of millions of Americans, study finds • Ohio Capital Journal
Nearly one-fifth of Americans relied on drinking water systems with elevated and potentially dangerous levels of nitrate in recent years, according to a new study released Thursday.
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