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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 05/10/2026
Journal entries penned by Pope Francis before and throughout his papacy will be released this fall for the first time.
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Pope Francis' 32 years of private struggles and prayers exposed after death
Pope Francis' private diaries will be published for the first time this fall, providing an "extraordinary glimpse" into the late pontiff's hopes, fears, struggles, and prayers during his Vatican years.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 23h
Nonprofits to erase $34 million in medical debt for 21,000 Kansans | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
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Nonprofits to erase $34 million in medical debt for 21,000 Kansans • Kansas Reflector
More than 21,000 Kansans are set to receive a letter this month notifying them that their medical debt has disappeared.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/10/2026
For more than six decades, 103-year-old Irvin Koch has been pouring drinks for customers out of the basement of his home in Maryland. His dive bar, legally zoned for commercial use, is a time capsule tucked away from the rest of the world above. wapo.st/4rP9hN5
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Euronews @euronews.com · 30/09/2026
Deadly synthetic opioids disguised as legitimate painkillers are being sold online across Europe, as counterfeit medicines linked to multiple deaths in the Netherlands expose the dark side of e-commerce.
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Counterfeit medicine trade: how online pharmacies are selling deadly fake painkillers across Europe
Deadly synthetic opioids disguised as legitimate painkillers are being sold online across Europe, as counterfeit medicines linked to multiple deaths in the Netherlands expose the dark side of e-commerce.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt's attempt to play off his stunning blunder immediately backfires: 'No sauce'
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Eric Schmitt's attempt to play off his stunning blunder immediately backfires: 'No sauce'
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) found himself humiliated on Tuesday at the hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith, when he tried to corner Smith in supposed "perjury" that he hadn't been in Atlanta by providing texts of him being at a "Hawks" basketball game, when in fact he had been at an Iowa Haw...
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Euronews @euronews.com · 28/09/2026
EU foreign ministers are meeting on Monday to strengthen the bloc’s response to hybrid attacks, as EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warns that Russia is planning further sabotage across Europe. #EuropeNews
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Increased Russian sabotage attempts prompts EU response
EU foreign ministers are meeting on Monday to strengthen the bloc’s response to hybrid attacks, as EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warns that Russia is planning further sabotage across Europe.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 28/09/2026
The intensifying aerial war between Moscow and Kyiv came as U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would “settle” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Russian and Ukrainian strikes leave 10 dead as Trump calls on Zelenskyy to ‘settle with Putin’
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/09/2026
The administration’s changes to the public charge rule is another effort to make would-be citizens believe that any level of participation in civic life is going to bring the state down on them. trib.al/8TJYdyP
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The Next Front in Trump’s War Against Immigrants
The administration’s changes to the public charge rule is another effort to make would-be citizens believe that any level of participation in civic life is going to bring the state down on them.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
We hit it off, agreed to meet and suddenly we’re bosom buddies. But oh, the stress of always putting myself in the best possible light, writes Polly Hudson
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I’ve made a new friend. But dare I show her the real me? | Polly Hudson
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 23/09/2026
The U.S. delegation walked out as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York Wednesday. His appearance followed President Trump’s threat to “annihilate” Iran during his address on the UNGA’s first day.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15/09/2026
The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Kennedy Center board votes to close over financial woes and Trump branding dispute, AP sources say
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
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The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
No election fraud to be seen here.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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404 Media @404media.co · 05/09/2026
Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view. www.404media.co/this-digital...
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This 'Digital Camouflage' Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras
I watched Simon Weckert's 'digital camouflage' in action.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Conservatives on the Supreme Court have been diluting Americans’ votes for decades. Let’s dilute theirs. Expand the court in 2029.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
It’s impossible to calculate how much of what I’ve been able to accomplish is because of women like Gloria Steinem. Rest in power. www.npr.org/2026/09/03/n...
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Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: The House REJECTS a constitutional amendment to keep the Supreme Court locked at 9 justices. Mwuhahahaha www.cbsnews.com/news/house-s...
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House rejects GOP constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court to 9 justices
A GOP-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority needed.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 02/09/2026
Police in a Thai resort city have launched a crackdown on prostitution ahead of the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier carrying roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines who have spent more than 200 days at sea.
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Sex-worker crackdown as US aircraft carrier barrels toward Thailand after months at sea
Police in a Thai resort city have launched a crackdown on prostitution ahead of the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier carrying roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines who have spent more than 200 days at sea.The carrier docks Wednesday at Pattaya, with two escort vessels fin...
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Secret Agent Number Six @designationsix.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If they want the Bible to be taught in school, then I want science to be taught in church.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
To anyone writing about or thinking about the so-called "deal" with Venezuela for its oil reserves: It's theft, an "agreement" at the barrel of a gun. Please don't sanitize it. open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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Can America Ever Regain Its Honor?
A Saturday Prompt
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/08/2026
If Clyburn backs it, it’s mainstream. LFG.
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WutTheWut😵‍💫 RBroeck🗳️💙 @wutthewut.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Believe the science. It is literally written in stone. Vaccinate.
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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 21/08/2026
Basically 🫩 (Credit to unnamed CDCer)
Picture with text that says “This summer has everything: E.coli berries, uninspected beef cuts, that thing where you ge an email telling you to send personal medical info to a random shared box…
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 21/08/2026
Some good news! A shot of hope for cancer care! 🧬 💉 A personalized melanoma vaccine from Moderna & Merck showed promise in lowering the risk of cancer returning after surgery. If larger studies confirm the results, it could mark a big step forward for cancer prevention. 💪
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Merck and Moderna say cancer vaccine shows promise in preventing recurrence of melanoma
The companies haven’t published the trial data, but they said the experimental treatment extended the time before cancer returned in high-risk patients.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 24/08/2026
We would like to thank E. coli, salmonella, and cyclospora for reminding people why we have public health agencies 🤦‍♀️😩😱😱😱
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Back to school. ❤️
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/08/2026
Five years into Taliban rule, Afghanistan plunges into a state of collapse – visualised
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Five years into Taliban rule, Afghanistan plunges into a state of collapse – visualised
The stark figures show that since the hardliners seized power in 2021, women have been erased from public life, poverty is forcing hopeless families to marry off their daughters and healthcare is on the brink of failure
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/08/2026
"It’s not just construction trucks being targeted. It’s workers on job sites. ICE agents have stormed onto properties, dragging roofers off roofs, and snatching workers building homes."
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‘A Slaughter in Our Industry’: Home Builders Say ICE is Destroying Their Business
Construction workers are living in fear, not just that they could lose their jobs, but that they could face harsh immigration enforcement, whether they are here legally or not.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ezra Klein's boneheaded upscale white idea of winning elections by reaching out to Hasan Piker took a major hit in Wisconsin. Klein is everything that's wrong with current political analysts: privileging toxic extreme voices while not even seeing Black voters, the base of the party.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Who remembers the index cards in the drawers at the library? #BookSky
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The man they accused of tearing up the Reflecting Pool has volunteered in our national parks for 20 years He was raised to leave nothing but footprints They charged him w/ a felony w/o evidence, & it turned out to be a SHODDY sealant job BY THE ADMIN? Davey & I joined @npr.org to discuss👇 -TN
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🔊 Listen Now: After his Reflecting Pool vandalism case is dismissed, David Hearn looks for closure
All Things Considered on NPR One | 5:52
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john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I remember watching this when it aired live in September, 1976, the Muppet Show's first season. I didn't know who Rita Moreno was, only that she was amazing. She won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Happy Sunday Funday! 🥵
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Mohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
CBS fired the team that made 60 Minutes must-watch TV. Now that team is reportedly building a $50M rival, with the same reporters, the same producers, the same rigor. You don’t get to keep the brand if you let the talent walk.
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Dan DeFreest @dandefreest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Blanche was confirmed as AG. Just a reminder: The last time a president appointed an attorney he had personal ties to, was when Nixon appointed his law partner and campaign manager John Mitchell. Mitchell ended up disbarred and spent 2 yrs in prison for his role as AG protecting Nixon.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
They're wearing the cats.....
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
McGowan: The president's personal defense attorney should not be the attorney general. The man who ignored the Epstein victims and then moved Ghislaine Maxwell from a maximum security prison to where she is now, should not be the attorney general. I think Cassidy is a spineless coward.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/08/2026
The National Park Service is warning that Trump’s proposed “triumphal arch” would ruin just about everything near it. trib.al/d5a9GTV
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Park Service Delivers Brutal Verdict on Trump’s “Triumphal Arch”
The National Park Service is warning that Trump’s proposed “triumphal arch” would ruin just about everything near it.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/08/2026
Here’s how to differentiate between common types of knee pain and what experts recommend for managing them.
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What Actually Works for Knee Pain?
Here’s how to differentiate between common types of pain and what experts recommend for managing them.
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Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo @0lsi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt #solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day. The unique approach to connecting the panels to the grid allowed it to sidestep a typically years-long connection process.
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Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day, the two sharing wires until the last boiler dies in 2030 — and one retired coal unit will keep sp...
Retirement does not mean the old hardware stops working entirely, either. One of the retiring units is being converted into a synchronous condenser, a huge
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...
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Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bill Nye breaks down the Science of Skin Color and shows why Racism is Ridiculous.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2026
Showing up and taking the 5th is not contemptuous, it’s a constitutional right. NOT showing up at all like Jim Jordan didn’t when he was subpoenaed? THAT is contempt.
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