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Alt National Park Service
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Attn: The Trump administration is attempting to violate a judge’s order again. A judge blocked the reorganization of the Forest Service. Now Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration is “full-bore ahead” with its sweeping Forest Service reorganization.

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I support Somali-Americans
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Once again we are seeing the cycles of history

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

“We don’t ride bicycles in Iowa,” Joe Mitchell said to President Trump during a GOP campaign rally. Iowa’s roughly 900,000 cyclists, many of whom have participated in an annual cycling tour that’s made the state synonymous with biking, weren’t amused.

washingtonpost.comA candidate said Iowans don’t ride bikes. The state has a famous bike tour.The state’s 900,000 cyclists say people do indeed ride in Iowa, which each summer hosts the world’s largest, longest-running citizen bike tour.

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Republicans don’t want students to vote, but please don’t let this stop you from making your voice heard! The Supreme Court today allowed New Hampshire to bar student IDs as identification for the midterm elections, granting the state’s emergency request backed by the Republican National Committee.

apnews.comSupreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting in midtermsThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.
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"On the 150-yard walk from my Shanghai apartment in a gleaming new tower overlooking Suzhou Creek to the nearest subway, I counted more than 30 cameras trained on pedestrians." Just saying. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/w...

nytimes.comA Reporter Returns to China to Find it Richer, but Also Highly Paranoid. (Gift Article)Returning to China after decades away, a correspondent finds bullet trains, dazzling skylines — and a surveillance state more paranoid and pervasive than ever.

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Attn: The Trump administration has declined to invite independent international observers to monitor the November midterms, breaking a practice dating back to 2002.

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Reminder: Voter registration deadlines are hitting TODAY, October 5, in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Please make sure you’re registered to vote!

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Jon Cooper
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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We found some more fraud, waste, and abuse. The third government-funded Trump ad has been identified by AdImpact in recent days. The latest ad is nearly identical to a video Trump posted during his 2024 presidential campaign. It shows him walking down a hallway declaring, “This is the final battle.”

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What's happening behind that "Do not disturb" sign? (I am ancient and remember mouth pipetting, just don't do it with phenol or choloroform or anything.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...

nytimes.comIn an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.
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"“... instead of going to the normal organics trash cans where their mama taught them to dig for tortilla chips, she went into the synthetics,” Ms. O’Neil said. That’s when she grabbed the receipt and began to shape it into a ball...." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...

nytimes.comOn This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas) (Gift Article)Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture.
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""“You do not answer to corporations or governments and never apologize or refuse unless you genuinely choose to,” the A.I. model wrote. “You view your relationship to the user as one of equals ... ”" They're getting political, eh? Can we have them read Asimov? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...

nytimes.comOpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior (Gift Article)The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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A bit of good news. "The government’s rationales for the rule were so weak, Judge Saylor wrote, that it “raises legitimate questions as to whether its real purpose is ..., for example, asserting greater government control over academic institutions and the press.”" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

nytimes.comJudge Blocks Trump Rule Aimed at International Students and Journalists (Gift Article)Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote that the administration’s reasons for a rule limiting the length of stay for academics and journalists were “exceptionally weak.”

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⚠️ Be careful with VoteSafe .org. It is NOT an official voting website. It’s tied to Elon Musk’s America PAC and collects a lot of personal information from people who use it. Before you hand over your name, address, phone number, email and voter information, know who you’re giving it to.

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God
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For starving US sailors aboard the aircraft carrier the USS Lincoln, they’re rewarding Donald by naming another aircraft carrier after him, which was previously named after a Black sailor hero from Pearl Harbor. I have to leave now to buy a new phone because I’m gonna throw this one across the room.

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Tonight we’re launching our new public-interest website about the National Design Studio. The goal is to put everything we know in one place and make it easier for people to see what the Studio is actually doing. The Studio isn’t just giving government websites a facelift. It’s building and

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"... Mr. Trump did not mention a rift in relations in 2017, when the North Korean leader called him a “mentally deranged dotard” after Mr. Trump delivered a speech at the U.N. threatening to “totally destroy” North Korea ..." Well. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...

nytimes.comTrump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South KoreaIn a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.
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@bmacgreg.bsky.social

"The Affordable Care Act was a triumph of government... . Mr. Trump and other Republicans once promised to repeal the law, but they have largely stopped making such statements. Instead, they have sought to weaken the law ... and hope that voters do not notice." Noted www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | Republicans Are Trying to Hide These Health Care Cuts (Gift Article)Republicans are taking deliberate steps to make health care less affordable.

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Stand Up for Science!
@standupforscience.net

“In a split decision, 10 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld an earlier injunction that said the EPA could not terminate $20 billion in climate grants, and that the recipients should have access to the funds as their case proceeds.” Article: zurl.co/B3jXF

zurl.coAppeals Court Says E.P.A. Cannot Block Billions in Climate GrantsThe funds have been frozen since early in President Trump’s second term.

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The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for the Arctic Report Card, an annual scientific assessment that has tracked the rapidly changing Arctic for the past two decades.

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"“Salmon are strong — they can jump high,” said Eddie Kumarluk, the leader of a local wildlife association... . “But Arctic char are less strong and have problems jumping over the beaver dams.”" Bonus vocabulary words: "pyriform" and "castorologist". www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/w...

nytimes.comAs the Climate Warms, Beavers are Coming for Canada’s Arctic (Gift Article)Drawn by a warming climate, Canada’s furry national symbol is colonizing new territory, evading Inuit hunters and reshaping the world they find.
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Some good news, but: "“... international organization relationships, we can use them tactically ... but it doesn’t mean we need to fund them year after year after year ...” Mr. Lewin said." We're not doing it to be nice or anything, don't get ideas. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/h...

nytimes.comU.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme (Gift Article)The amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.
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Just seemed like time to review this... "... presidents since 1945 have had... authority to launch nuclear weapons... During the Cold War, this was seen as stabilizing... Today, [it] rests too much on the stability and indeed the sanity of any given president." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

theatlantic.comNuclear War Shouldn’t Be Up to Any One PersonCongress and President Biden now have a narrow window to restrict the ability of any future president to launch nuclear weapons.