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More money is being spent on negative advertising in Maine’s Senate race than the state’s entire federal allotment for heating assistance this winter.

Canada's province of Alberta has rejected a plan to hold a binding independence referendum, results show, a setback for separatists backed by allies of US President Donald Trump u.afp.com/SCah

Whaaaaaaaht?! I cannot.

But Rush told me choosing not to decide is still making a choice.

Catholic Archbishop for the Military Services with pastoral responsibility for US soldiers issues statement saying Catholic military personnel are morally obligated to refuse to participate in a potential livestreamed execution of Nidal Hasan. www.milarch.org/archbishop-b...

Remarkable session Thank you @mollyroberts.bsky.social

*as many more newborns*(?)

The only ethical action is to take the funding that RFK Jr has given for this proposed trial and use it to give the birth dose to as many newborns as possible RFK Jr is an anti-vaccine eugenicist with zero expertise in pediatrics, vaccination, clinical trials, ethics, or equipoise

Yes! or - dare I say it? - the phone was designed to work (as a phone) when you hold it up to your ear

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13 Monsters Good And True I think there are so many genuine monsters in the world that I am consoling myself by drawing little monsters who are good.

This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.

For the kid in your life

You can have lots of arguments about if Jeffries should have forced a vote on Massie's impeachment resolution, but that was a choice. He could have done it. Johnson's procedural gambit only worked with Jeffries' passive acquiescence.

@carintobuilding.bsky.social *F-250* into home and child who didn’t survive. (Young driver, hard for me to understand how a truck that large and powerful isn’t simply a weapon for a non-commercial driver.) people.com/11-year-old-...

In almost every study showing harms of genAI in education, authors feel compelled to say “while there are benefits” but never offer citations. Does anyone know of a good scientific study that shows lasting benefits to learning, thinking, and development from LLM genAI products in the classroom?

Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.

where the wind is blowing Gov. Abbott blocks state agencies from spending money on Flock cameras www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/t...

Face eating leopards etc

FFS

Suck it, non-hobbyist Slate evangelists

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com

“A #Massachusetts State Police trooper [Stephen P. Smith] is currently suspended without pay following an internal affairs investigation into ‘serious’ allegations over how he acted during a traffic stop.”

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

[Exit Queen.]

We need to keep speaking up about funding the infrastructure and instituting policies that make our food safe.

#Florida couple buys 45A swamp to protect it and now it's home to 275 wood storks. people.com/florida-coup... h/t @taralush.bsky.social

Air to Ground Message: I LOST MY MOOD RING THE OTHER DAY... IM NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA Type: Airbus A220-300 A: #a52c6fd2e8c F: #f81e1e72ddc

Tools of Cognitive Automation working precisely as they are intended.

Old woman shouts at clouds: what does the Slate do that the Maverick doesn’t? WHY all the airtime? Ford’s contributions to horrid huge truck culture don’t seem worse to me than Amazon’s to fast fashion, unnecessary consumption and IP infringement. For old woman Ford no worse than Jeff Bezos. Fin.

Wheeeeeeee! 🎉

I'm listening, I'm learning. Safety first, NYC.

*whispers* BLM was popular

And in Wisconsin, Carl Schulze rode his wheelchair from the Fox Valley to the state Capitol, calling out cuts to Medicaid & the Trump administration for turning its back on home and community based care. @erikgunn.bsky.social reports. buff.ly/3qKHt1c

Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.

Let’s drop this from the race’s vocabulary. She is a grownup, a 30 year Senator, is responsibly liable for every vote she’s cast plus perfectly positioned to understand the consequences or downstream possibilities. SUSAN COLLINS HAS AGENCY and should be called into account. #MESen #mepolitics

What makes them great is the speed, coverage, frequency, etc., of their trains and buses. Partly paid for by fares, also supported by things like bus lanes and density. If politically LAers support free fares and not those things, OK. But it’s not the road to world class transit.

Copying the most successful cities would mean significant new anti-car policies and subsidy cuts, less politically attainable than increasing funding for transit from tax revenue. Transit fares aren't what made them successful, see US cities. It's good for US politicians to appeal to transit riders

Bought it - special offer coz Italians didn't like the unusual colours. Biancchi carbon gets this old woman up offroad hills she never dreamed she would conquer.

@kavehmd.bsky.social , @chasetmanderson.bsky.social and @chriswarcraft.bsky.social , you’re probably not up yet, but omg, my heart! The docs, athletes, shrinks and Californians are alright. What an episode of the show. My heart is very full!

On top of that, in their rush to try to paint any component of this as somehow warranted, they may be (are probably) lying about his status (as if immigration status is a valid precipitating fact that establishes justification for subsequently executing a person)