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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Cartridgecinization
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Guess who was one of the biggest spreaders of that bogus claim about Talarico supposedly disappearing to Ohio? As @annamerlan.bsky.social reports, "The biggest election disinformation risk in the next few weeks is Elon Musk." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"It’s generally illegal for executive branch officials to play a role in awarding contracts that would have a direct impact on their own finances..." www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official
The top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 12/10/2026
From our magazine: Adrian Martinez died after blowing the whistle on sexual assault in the Army. The government says he took his own life, but family believes otherwise. What's clear is how the military mistreated him after his report ...
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A Texas Soldier's Death Casts Doubt on Federal Whistleblower Protections
Adrian Martinez reported a sexual assault two years before he was found dead on a Hawaii Army base. The Vanessa Guillén Act is supposed to protect soldiers like him.
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10/11 News @1011now.com · 12/10/2026
League of Women Voters launches VOTE411.org ahead of Lincoln election
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League of Women Voters launches VOTE411.org ahead of Lincoln election
The League of Women Voters of Lincoln-Lancaster County has launched VOTE411.org, a nonpartisan election resource guide, ahead of the Nebraska general election.
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wsmv.com @wsmv.com · 12/10/2026
First Alert Weather: ‘Hot-tober’ brings record-setting heat before a big cooldown in Middle Tennessee
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First Alert Weather: ‘Hot-tober’ brings record-setting heat before a big cooldown in Middle Tennessee
October is feeling more like summer as record-setting temperatures return to Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. A strong cooldown arrives late in the week, bringing much cooler afternoons and chilly mornings.
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Suzen @rebel-librarian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This coming from the pro-life party, the “have more children” party…the “family is our foundation” party. Stop believing them. Stop voting for them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US maternity wards face wave of closures as Medicaid cuts kick in
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ spending cuts will be fully felt next year, but hospitals are already feeling the squeeze
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
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Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/10/2026
“The question before us is not merely about lines on a map. The question before us is whether we will honor the principle that every citizen deserves equal protection of the law.”
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“'The recent decisions to shutter nearly complete offshore wind projects and to pay Total Energies hundreds of millions of dollars to renounce wind leases are an assault on logic and the American taxpayer,' he wrote...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
🚨 LIES EXPOSED! Trump's supposed Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire was INSTANTLY revealed to be a lie! Trump announced “both parties have agreed.” Zelenskyy said was “NEWS TO ME.” Now a top Russian lawmaker says he knows NOTHING about the deal and suggests Trump is trying to manipulate oil prices!
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Arirangthelas⁷ 💜⊙⊝⊜ ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK @athelas81.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Just posted in the school library the tribal seals and/or flags of the people who have lived around us for thousands of years. Try to have Indigenous People's Day remind me to do more every year.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026
Walmart, “quietly updated its customer privacy notice in August, broadening the data it can collect and analyze to include everything from retinal imagery and demographic information to income and license plate numbers. The company even asserts the right to follow shoppers aisle by aisle…”
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Walmart Says It Prices Products, Not People. Its Patents Suggest Otherwise.
A decade of filings reveals technology that could instantly change prices based on what’s in your cart, your perceived personality, and even the specifics of your car.
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Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Wrecking and despoiling are all the Trump Regime is good at.
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a total treat to encounter this amid the wreckage of the news. 4 minutes you'll never regret spending. Kind of wonderful indeed. 🙏
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NPR @npr.org · 11/10/2026
Listeners of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday may already know that host Ayesha Rascoe loves horror. But why do scream queens (and kings) like her like what's frightening? The answer may surprise you. n.pr/4yiLWVs
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Don't be scared: Being afraid is outright fun, and maybe useful
Listeners of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday may already know that host Ayesha Rascoe loves horror. But why do scream queens (and kings) like her like what's frightening? The answer may surprise you.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 11/10/2026
The genre has become a tentpole across gaming, film, and television. www.theverge.com/column/10084...
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Horror is big business
The genre has become a tentpole across gaming, film, and television.
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Vox @vox.com · 11/10/2026
How private equity is making pet ownership more expensive. www.vox.com/explain-it-t...
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The company behind Skittles might be to blame for your big vet bills
How private equity is making pet ownership more expensive.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 11/10/2026
Keeping in touch with friends can be hard, but often worth the effort, research shows. A friendship expert recommends these three practices for connection.
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I work hard to stay close to my friends. A researcher says it’s good for my well-being—and these 3 habits can help
Keeping in touch with friends can be hard, but often worth the effort, research shows. A friendship expert recommends these three practices for connection.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11/10/2026
This all-star audio drama is so gripping and vivid you may well jump out of your skin
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This Dracula has serious bite (it made me shriek in my kitchen!)
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Nancy Pearl @nancybooklustpearl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Jenny Uglow’s my favorite biographer. Her new book’s a life of Gilbert White, an 18th century British naturalist; out in Dec. ✔️out her earlier works too-they’re all wonderful reads; she’s a fastidious and enthusiastic researcher. #fsgbooks@bsky.social
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And the full list of winners can be found on our blog: britishfantasysociety.org/who-won-the-...
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STAT @statnews.com · 11/10/2026
American hospitals, physicians, drug companies, and others charge some of the highest prices in the world — a chief reason why U.S. health spending is on pace to cost almost $16,500 per person this year. But a breaking point, policy experts warn, is a matter of when, not if: bit.ly/4edjsFi
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Hospital and pharmaceutical prices are smothering America's businesses
Workers and employers are drowning in their health insurance premiums. The reason for that deluge: the health care industry's high and inscrutable prices.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/10/2026
Sarah J. Maas’s romantasy series “A Court of Thorns and Roses” has dominated the best-seller lists for months. Honor Jones examines the appeal of these books—and why there’s more to the genre than many people assume:
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Those Books of Smut and Wonder
How Sarah J. Maas became the queen of romantasy
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American Bar Association @americanbar.org · 11/10/2026
Happy International Day of the Girl! Today recognizes the rights girls deserve and the challenges they face on their path to womanhood.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...
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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution
Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Librarians, teachers & administrators are scared & intimidated. That fear affects not just libraries, but anything in schools that involves books.” Frank’s post conveys that fear, but to truly understand the dystopian depths of terror in Texas — the test lab for book banners — READ THE FULL REPORT.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 11/10/2026
Barabak: Is there a doctor in the House? Backlash to Trump, RFK Jr. may boost their political ranks
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Commentary: Is there a doctor in the House? Backlash to Trump, RFK Jr. may boost their political ranks
Anti-vaxxers and attacks on the nation's public health system have spurred hundreds of doctors and scientists to seek office. In Sacramento, congressional hopeful Richard Pan is part of that wave.
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WIRED @wired.com · 11/10/2026
From Red Pill coaches to “Dawah Bros,” influencers are dressing up hypermasculinity and misogyny in religious language—and finding audiences across social platforms.
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Inside the Muslim Manosphere Policing Women Online
From Red Pill coaches to “Dawah Bros,” influencers are dressing up hypermasculinity and misogyny in religious language—and finding audiences across social platforms.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/10/2026
Mandatory cuts from the federal government on water from the Colorado River will soon take effect in Arizona, Nevada and California. Now, some water managers in the region are spending billions to prepare for a drier future. to.pbs.org/4hsHcaD
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How the West is preparing for a drier future as water supplies hit lows
Mandatory cuts from the federal government on water from the Colorado River will soon take effect in Arizona, Nevada, and California. Now, some water managers in the region are spending billions to pr...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11/10/2026
The author Kevin Barry reads his short story from this week’s issue. Listen here. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
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Kevin Barry Reads “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run”
The author Kevin Barry reads his short story from this week’s issue. Listen here.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nicolas Cage says he’s “probably not” working with Amazon again after refusing to sign AI waiver for “Spider-Noir”: ‘I am not an AI-friendly actor’
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Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
Nicolas Cage says he 'probably won't be working' with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for 'Spider-Noir.'
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is not "a controversial vaccine trial," it's biological warfare, conducted by European researchers on African infants. It's imperialism, racism, eugenics, and the hubris of incredibly stupid people. It's denying vaccines to newborns! In what fuckin universe is this a "vaccine trial"?
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/10/2026
Pentagon To Livestream Firing Squad Execution theonion.com/pentagon-to-livestream…
“No way is this administration capable of setting up a working livestream.”

Willem Brydon, Unemployed
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/10/2026
Yellowstone's geology staff have found over 20,000 pieces of trash so far this year in hydrothermal areas. Some salvaged items include over 280 hats, dozens of camera lens covers — and even six Invisalign retainers.
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The weird trash that Yellowstone geologists retrieve from geysers
This year, visitors have dropped pink slime, fake nails and retainers into the national park’s hydrothermal attractions.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2026
Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribution of raw dairy products.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribut...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11/10/2026
Today's Daily Cartoon, by Jon Adams.
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Nashville Severe Weather @nashseverewx.com · 11/10/2026
NWS Nashville has gone ahead and canceled our Wind Advisory. On/off light showers will continue over the next several hours, rain gear will be a good idea as you head out for any evening plans. Lingering showers will be possible Sunday morning thru lunch, but we’ll gradually start to dry out.
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Allan Creasy @servethe901.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In TN, Early Voting starts this Wednesday. If you can, Early Vote, & Early Vote as soon as possible.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
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More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign
Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.
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CleanTechnica @cleantechnica.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
17 Manufacturers of Heat Pump Water Heaters Are Now on the Market (With More Coming Soon) cleantechnica.com/2026/10/08/1...
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17 Manufacturers of Heat Pump Water Heaters Are Now on the Market (With More Coming Soon) - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of c...
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Nashville Severe Weather @nashseverewx.com · 10/10/2026
Showers will gradually become more scattered over the next several hours, likely becoming more "off" than "on" as we head into the afternoon. Winds will slowly continue to increase. You can check the radar anytime on our (new/revamped) website: buff.ly/6U9hNMJ / 11:50a
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today is Let Freedom Read Day. It's also the last day of Banned Books Week. We know books bans won't miraculously stop today. Whether you have 5 minutes or an hour, do one small thing today to fight book bans! bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe #LetFreedomReadDay
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 09/10/2026
The Tennessee Trucking Association and some Tennessee fuel providers are cautioning diesel-powered vehicle drivers to wait for clarity before using dyed diesel meant for off-road vehicles on public roads after recently announced respites from tax enforcement. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports.
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Tennessee Trucking Association, fuel providers say clarity is needed on dyed diesel relief • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee Trucking Association warns diesel-powered vehicle drivers to wait for clarity before using dyed diesel meant on public roads.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 09/10/2026
Batten down the hatches, Tennesseans: Hurricane Isaias is expected to bring periods of heavy rain and wind gusts to Tennessee this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
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Tennessee prepares for heavy rain, strong winds brought by Hurricane Isaias • Tennessee Lookout
Hurricane Isaias is expected to bring periods of heavy rain and wind gusts to Tennessee this weekend, says the National Weather Service.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 09/10/2026
Hamilton was a software engineer at a time when that field was in its infancy, and she not only wrote advanced code herself but also led a team in using then-nascent technology to develop one of the most complex systems humanity had ever achieved: arstechnica.visitlink.me/y5JS6A
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RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Hamilton also coined the term "software engineering" and founded two successful software companies.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 09/10/2026
Tesla renames ‘Full Self-Driving’ to ‘Tesla Assisted Driving’ in Europe
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Tesla renames ‘Full Self-Driving’ to ‘Tesla Assisted Driving’ in Europe
The name change is enough for Germany's transport minister to start advocating for Europe-wide adoption of the driver assistance software.
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FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 09/10/2026
There's no mail on Monday as USPS observes federal holiday
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There’s no mail on Monday as USPS observes federal holiday
Regardless of whether you have a three-day weekend ahead of you or not, there is one task you can skip on Monday: checking your mailbox.
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The Register @theregister.com · 09/10/2026
Microsoft 365 subscribers set to lose up to 4TB of OneDrive storage
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Microsoft 365 subscribers set to lose up to 4TB of OneDrive storage
What Microsoft giveth, Microsoft taketh away, again and again
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