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"I feel terrible even asking this right now. I know you’ve been having a difficult time after what that awful Michael Myers did to you and your friends on Halloween, but are you available to babysit Tommy again this weekend?" buff.ly/S1QcYZo

buff.lyI Know You’re Probably Still Traumatized from the Halloween Night Spree-Killings, But Are You Available to Babysit This Weekend?“Of course, Tommy is traumatized too. Everyone seems to forget that his life was in danger! If we didn’t want to see the latest ‘Pink Panther’ movie so badly...
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I'm so glad this is out. On the other hand, the EPA has been wildly forthcoming about every move they've made by way of erratic and frequent press releases exalting every single rollback — loud and proud about the moves they're making

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
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Eric Lipton NYT
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JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Wild new story from @natlash.bsky.social Bird flu has been raging uncontrolled on a mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted, instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade. www.propublica.org/article/bird...

propublica.orgBird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act.Federal officials brushed off the issue as Utah prioritized the fur industry’s interests. Little has been done to stop the spread of the virus and ensure it can’t spread to humans, a failure that expe...

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BREAKING: Chicago will begin testing a new gunshot detection system in six South and West side police districts within the next two weeks, a top aide to Mayor Brandon Johnson is set to tell a key City Council panel. @wttw.bsky.social

news.wttw.comChicago to Test New Gunshot Detection System in 6 South, West Side Districts: JohnsonMayor Brandon Johnson, who is running for reelection, has been under intense pressure to replace ShotSpotter, the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, which he scrapped two years ago, by mem...

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"The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars & Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it. This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently"

military.comPentagon PR Official Takes Over Stars and Stripes Months After Editor, Publisher Kicked OutChristian Devine, an executive director and principal adviser in the Pentagon's public affairs office, was appointed weeks after terminations.

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The murder happened in March. Campus sexual violence is literally a daily occurrence in the US. It isn’t limited to rape. It is lethal for victims more often than any of us were led to believe.

NBC News@nbcnews.com

A college student died after she was drugged and raped in a New York City college dorm room, federal prosecutors announce.

nbcnews.toNew York City college student dead after being drugged with fentanyl and raped in her dorm room, prosecutors sayAnother student was also drugged in the Fashion Institute of Technology dorm room but survived. Two men have been arrested and charged in the incident.

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NEW: The criminal complaint against an OpenAI engineer reveals that, according to investigators, he allegedly used a $14 device to spy on company executives’ meetings. @peard33.bsky.social, @regret.bsky.social, and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/an-ope...

wired.comAn OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the OfficeChatbot prompts reveal the engineer’s alleged efforts to set up a covert listening device days before one was found in a meeting room used by high-level executives.

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Group cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house: police report chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1... by @sophiesherry.bsky.social and Rosemary Sobol.

chicago.suntimes.comGroup cheered as woman was sexually assaulted at University of Chicago frat house: police reportThe 21-year-old woman told police the assault happened during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, according to the police report. Her account was backed up by two friends, who reported that they in...
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NWS Doppler Radar data indicate that Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, around 830 PM CDT with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). The estimated minimum central pressure is 971 mb (28.67 inches). See more at hurricanes.gov

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Heat deaths are preventable. Need more policies to prevent deaths, but also city cooling centers are underutilized. Govts fall into a sunk cost fallacy, performatively using them to check a box because they already invested in them. Time to shift funding, invest in trusted community centers instead.

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@elviamalagon.bsky.social and I have been tracking and covering heat-related deaths all summer, and for good reason— at least 16 people have died from heat exposure in Cook County, 13 in Chicago, mostly on the South Side. That's the most in at least a decade. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

chicago.suntimes.com'All heat-related deaths are preventable' but in the Chicago area 16 died from heat this summerNine of the people who died from heat this summer in Cook County did so inside their homes or apartments and many had no working air conditioning, according to a review of records from the Cook County...