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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/04/2026
Donald Trump will deliver a speech on Wednesday at 9 p.m. Washington time to give an update about the war in Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said
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Trump to Give Speech Wednesday on Iran War, White House Says
President Donald Trump will deliver a speech on Wednesday at 9 p.m. Washington time to give an update about the war in Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
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Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Houston ISD’s school board has delayed its vote to outsource management at four high-performing campuses and various pre-K programs under Senate Bill 1882. The vote will now occur March 26. via @partainclaire.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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HISD delays vote to let outside partners manage 4 top high schools
If approved, HISD will give four nonprofits control of their school’s staff, curriculum, calendar and assessments. The schools could get more state funding.
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Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Houston ISD's school board has formally voted to outsource management of four of Houston's most prestigious magnet high schools to nonprofits. via @nusaiba.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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4 top HISD schools to gain outside managers, more freedom from Mike Miles
While some HISD parents hope the outside partners will give their high-performing schools freedom from Mike Miles' reforms, others worry about accountability.
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Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In 55 years, Houston ISD has grown Kinder HSPVA from the district's first magnet school to one of the nation's top public fine arts campuses. Starting in the 2026-27 year, HISD will be handing over control of the day-to-day of the school to HSPVA Friends. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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HISD’s famed arts magnet HSPVA enters a new era. Will its equity mission endure?
Houston arts magnet HSPVA began to help desegregate HISD and grew to educate many actors and musicians, like Chandra Wilson of "Grey's Anatomy" and Beyoncé.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 28/03/2026
Penn's Robert Vonderheide spoke with the Inquirer about the future of cancer research and what he hopes to accomplish as president of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
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Penn scientist elected president of top cancer research organization
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 04/03/2026
Texas' $120 million Senate primary ushers in more GOP feuding and a new face as Democrats' standard bearer. Read more in our Texas Edition newsletter
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What $120 Million Buys in Texas: A MAGA Moment, More Feuding and an Upstart
Democrats pick a Senate nominee while Republicans will fight on
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NPR @npr.org · 04/03/2026
Update: Sen. John Cornyn will face Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a May runoff. The winner will face James Talarico, a seminarian and state lawmaker who's emerged as a rising Democratic star.
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Trump teases GOP endorsement in Texas Senate race as Talarico advances for Democrats
Sen. John Cornyn will face Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a May runoff. The winner will face James Talarico, a seminarian and state lawmaker who's emerged as a rising Democratic star.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/02/2026
Something Is Happening
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/02/2026
Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan
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Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan
With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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so called meg @paprikanutmeg.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Opinion | Anthropic’s Chief on A.I.: ‘We Don’t Know if the Models Are Conscious’
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so called meg @paprikanutmeg.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
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so called meg @paprikanutmeg.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Opinion | OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made. I Quit.
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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Area AI company CEO worries that the technology he specializes in could do bad things. So he will continue to do everything the same since it makes money.
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so called meg @paprikanutmeg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
@zackdavisson.com Can I share this post with you? It covers a very interesting topic of manga history. I have never thought about it. bsky.app/profile/jame...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 08/01/2026
Elon Musk's Grok is posting 84 times more sexually suggestive AI images per hour than the top five deepfake sites combined, according to a third-party analysis: bloom.bg/49K4btP 📷️: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Bertrand Russell’s Message to People Living in the Year 2959: “Love is Wise, Hatred is Foolish”
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Bertrand Russell’s Message to People Living in the Year 2959: “Love is Wise, Hatred is Foolish”
Bertrand Russell, the great British philosopher and social critic, appeared on the BBC program Face-to-Face in 1959 and was asked a closing question: What would you tell a generation living 1,000 year...
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Misogynistic Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon is hosting a singles event at his upcoming conference, but—shockingly—so few "godly single women" have signed up that he's now giving away free tickets in hopes of enticing more to attend.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/12/2025
Breaking News: Japan raised interest rates to a 30-year high as it confronts persistent inflation and a weak currency.
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Bank of Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level in 30 Years
The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households.
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 17/12/2025
Some of my best presents I ever got were ones I didn't ask for--or even knew existed. Someone knew me well enough to know that I would love something (usually a book) and that made it all the better. Surprise and delight someone this Christmas!
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Well, crap
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 22/11/2025
I will always love wildly impractical superhero outfits. Superheroes should be like Kabuki theater, like Grand Opera... nobody should look at those costumes and wonder how they stay on or where they button. In a world where people fly, clothes can also defy physics.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 21/11/2025
Viewers are comparing the new Netflix series to “Shogun” and “Squid Game,” but “Last Samurai Standing” stands out for its anime-style cartoonish chaos.
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The secret to “Last Samurai Standing”? Treating live action like anime.
Netflix’s wild new samurai series embraces cartoonish chaos — and it works.
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Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Breaking: Houston ISD says its top high schools can consider partnering with nonprofits or outside groups to gain more autonomy over campus decisions. The schools would become an “Innovation Partnership School” under Senate Bill 1882. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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HISD unveils plan to allow top high schools to be run by outside partners
HISD says certain top-performing high schools can consider partnering with outside groups to gain more autonomy and control over campus decisions under Senate Bill 1882.
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Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hi! 👋 I’m Megan Menchaca, and I’m a reporter covering K-12 education for @houstonchronicle.com! I focus on coverage of Houston ISD, and how district + Texas education policy affects tens of thousands of students in the city. Get in touch anytime at megan.menchaca@houstonchronicle.com!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/11/2025
A New Zealand book competition dropped two of a publisher’s books because they had A.I.-generated covers. The publisher and the designer pushed back.
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These Books Were Judged by Their A.I. Covers, and Disqualified
A New Zealand book competition dropped two of a publisher’s books because they had A.I.-generated covers. The publisher and the designer pushed back.
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
She literally hasn't been PM for a month and bond yields are the highest in nearly two decades and China is rolling out the economic coercion playbook.
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Chances that Takaichi becomes the first PM felled by bond vigilantes are edging up.
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
It's almost like just saying the word "responsible" doesn't actually convince anyone that you're acting responsibly.
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James F. ガメ・オベール @jamesjames.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
アメリカで大きな話題になっているヴァンスとKirk未亡人の、衆人環視での「親密すぎる抱擁」は白人社会の「白人の男は白人の女のものだ」という圧力が原因だという考察 米だけでなくUKでもNZでも女の人たちは、女同士では、たしかにはっきり口に出して言うものね substack.com/home/post/p-...
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How Usha Vance Knows Why Erika Kirk Grabbed Her Husband So Intimately
Or in other words, how white women assert racial dominance
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 04/11/2025
The remarkably long lifespan of bowhead whales could be due to an increased ability to repair DNA mutations, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4hzvDN7 🌏 🧪
This is figure 5, which shows CIRBP overexpression extends lifespan and enhances DNA damage resistance in Drosophila.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 21/10/2025
“A lot of the stuff that I normally buy has just increased in price,” said Robert Cerniglia, a Korean American who’s lived in N.C. all his life. “The pandemic was really the highest price increase that we’ve seen, but it’s not really getting better.” via @ncnewsline.com
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Tariffs threaten Korean culture, import boom in North Carolina as prices increase
Robert Cerniglia, a Korean American who’s lived in North Carolina for all his life, recalls the late 2016 opening of H Mart in Cary as monumental for members of his community.It’s where he shops for…
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 17/10/2025
Yes, but... When a translation wins an award, with few notable exceptions (Hey Eisners!), the translator is not included in the nomination, the listing, or even acknowledged as winning the award. They get no trophy. This is a HUGE problem. Awards NEED to acknowledge the translator.
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 20/10/2025
Gou only did this one Japanese folklore story. I told him he should do more and he said "No way! They are too scary! I'd rather play around with Western monsters because I know they are not real." You don't want to mess around with the ghosts of Japan.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
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Then they fight you: How the No Kings protests are winning America | Will Bunch
A massive turnout of 7 million and a panicked White House showed Saturday why the No Kings protests matter, a lot.
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 17/10/2025
Houston billionaires Nancy and Rich Kinder have affirmed they plan to give away 95% of their fortune, or more than $10 billion, with an emphasis on city parks, the arts, education and other local causes. bit.ly/47qxGzL
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NPR @npr.org · 19/10/2025
Organizers said some 2,600 protests were planned in the U.S. on Saturday. The protests were largely peaceful, as demonstrators united in their stated aim to safeguard the country's democratic values.
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3 takeaways from the second No Kings day of nationwide protests
Organizers said some 2,600 protests were planned in the U.S. on Saturday. The protests were largely peaceful, as demonstrators united in their stated aim to safeguard the country's democratic values.
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Andrew @andrewfromchoir.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings protest, Houston, TX 10/18/25. Pretty good turnout I'd say 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 This is what democracy looks like!
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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Houston #NoKings 📸 by @htownmark.bsky.social
Large crowd, signs like no kings, justice for all, couple of inflatable frogsClose-up of the head of a large inflatable frog with a crown it
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NPR @npr.org · 18/10/2025
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
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Photos: Scenes from the No Kings Protests
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Any American medium that fails to cover the largest protests in American history is failing in the basic mission of informing the public about the facts.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
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Jeremy Zoss @jzossmpls.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The most Minnesotan protest sign. #NoKings
A sign reading "No Kings Just Prince"
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 18/10/2025
Just.... look at that magnificence!
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Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings-Houston, TX
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Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
PERFECT MESSAGING! #BetterDems It's so true. I went downtown (terrifying), talked to strangers (eep!), sang in public (woof), embarrassed myself, got laughed at, got laughed WITH, and tried out this thing called a ONE WHEEL that I am definitely going to buy one of now. My goal? Spark delight.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/10/2025
@juliepeppito.bsky.social from @bkindivisible.bsky.social was one of the day's heroes. Look at all of this protest art that she oversaw! #NoKings #Manhattan
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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 19/10/2025
Millions of Americans packed streets, parks and town squares across the United States Saturday for No Kings day, according to the organizers of the massive day of demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump’s administration. ✍️: @statesnewsroom.com
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No Kings day brings millions into US streets in anti-Trump protests | Arkansas Advocate
Millions of Americans packed streets, parks and town squares across the United States Saturday for No Kings day, according to the organizers of the massive day of demonstrations protesting President…
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Chron.com @chron.com · 10/10/2025
Will you grab a slice near your gate?
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Houston pizza joint with rave reviews to expand at IAH
Will you grab a slice near your gate?
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2025
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