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I was under the apparently woke delusion that Arabic numerals were brought to us by Arabs?

A new proposed $70,000 fee for international students who are seeking to work in the U.S. after graduation is the latest Trump administration policy targeting scholars from abroad. https://to.pbs.org/47r7lkt

There’s a book by Mel Gibbons called “Let Them”.

Officials announced the fire around 9:45 a.m. Sunday, and said that they’re asking people to evacuate due to potential chemical hazards. https://mrf.lu/2Hff_

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web.

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

The recent recall includes bacon, chicken, sliced turkey breast and other meat products that may have been stored unsafely. - @nbcselected.bsky.social

Humana and UnitedHealthcare each said they are discontinuing the plans beginning next year, ending healthcare coverage for a total of about 1 million people who are 65 or older. Healthcare Brew first reported the insurers' moves.

To new followers, here’s my approach: I often repost items on topics that may be overlooked, or from trusted sources I don’t think you’d normally see (there’s a way to turn off reposts). In my own posts I avoid potential red flag words. I do post palate cleansers, and smart-aleck remarks. Welcome!

Here's the NYT story about how Trump is inviting Russia into AK to drill for oil. Literally selling out Alaska to Russia. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...

The EPA’s latest move could further undermine public confidence at a time when trust in government is near historic lows.

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

BREAKING: The Trump DOJ just sent letters to local election officials across California — every county in the state — demanding they identify potential noncitizens on their voter rolls and set aside their ballots. Local officials would "risk significant federal scrutiny" if they failed to comply.

WE’RE IN!!!!! Your 2026 Portland Thorns have clinched the NWSL Playoffs!!

🧊 THEY LIED TO THE COURT ‼️ The Eastern 767 (N703KW) flight to Equatorial Guinea that ICE claimed in court was canceled – in order to avoid returning a wrongfully deported man – just landed in Malabo 👀

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

He’s really funny!

Some reasons to be cautious abt the Vanity Fair story (there are more I won't yet share). 1) Cole's claims to knowledge of this is very attenuated. 2) The model Discoveries via Dutch reconstruction of GRU hacks matches how OTHER RU disinformation was spread. emptywheel.net/2026/10/23/j...

In this border town of about 700 people, you can't separate the United States and Canada – regardless of politics. https://cnn.it/4zJT5z7

Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. https://to.pbs.org/4iByIOT

BREAKING: The Department of Justice has sued the state of Alaska to effectively force Alaska to set aside the results of the 2026 Senate race if anyone other than the Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan wins.

Desperation days before election: Two former FBI senior execs have been arrested on a Complaint - not a grand jury indictment, by Jeanine Pirro’s office in connection with - wait for it, Hunter Biden’s laptop: www.cnn.com/2026/10/23/p...

punkin dunkin

Very diabolically clever of DOJ to wait until this close to an election to bring charges against a candidates, as they know it’s too late to put up a replacement candidate for that party. Also if they win anyhow, they won’t be sworn in until charges are resolved. None of this is accidental.

NEW: A 2018 Washington state law was supposed to help workers who got sick cleaning up Hanford, a former federal nuclear weapons site. Eight years later, the DOE has spent nearly $12 million fighting to deny them benefits. with @cascadepbs.org

Elizabeth Warren Is 💯% Correct...

This is awful, but I appreciate how much the idiots in charge of CBS are doing to let the entire world know that they are no longer a legitimate news organization.

Elon Musk threatens Congress.

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

Overall he's grabbing most of the waterfront south of the (also seized) Kennedy Center, west of the National Mall. This is the people's land. Maybe it's about ego, but he's also grifting taxpayer money & land for his MAGA elites, & it's gotta be stopped. stickycomics.substack.com/p/trumps-dc-...

Starlink has given Elon Musk enormous influence over the war in Ukraine, and also the U.S. military and other NATO militaries that use the technology. https://to.pbs.org/4zcRD8H

For years, Trump’s people said I was lying that they wanted to use things like “heat ray guns” against civilians at the border. We told them “hell no.” Now they’re doing it. This is repulsive. www.cnn.com/2026/10/21/p...

Very valuable and very sober analysis www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-puti...

This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Doctors and hospitals that treat people in immigration detention have gone about a year without being paid. Now ICE plans to keep the company hired to fix that problem for up to four more years, without taking bids from anyone else.

Jacob Soboroff, MS Now, and reinventing the TV newsmagazine, by @kpaoletta.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/not-...

A very welcome update to a case I wrote about: A district judge has rejected the Trump admin's attempt to intervene in and then unilaterally dismiss the NAACP's lawsuit against xAI www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

I had an encounter today with a guy who was most likely an ICE agent. It was weird, but I'm hearing from folks in ME and in other states that ICE is changing their tactics. Please read and share, especially for Maine folks. shaystewartbouley.substack.com/p/weirdo-or-...

New work requirements came down from the federal government, as part of HR1, sometimes referred to as the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

For more than 40 years, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has advised Congress and the president on what to study in the far north. Trump appointed a venture capitalist and MAGA influencer with no formal science background — and ties to Russia — as its chair.

I’ve been waiting to talk with Leigh since I first heard her rant in front of her refrigerator years ago. This week we shared our grief, anger, determination, strategy, & a good laugh when it got too depressing. Thanks for having me on @politicsgirl.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

Trump take Uma

You’d think the mediocre whites and their AAPI allies would be happy. They “won” on affirmative action and black student enrollment has plummeted. But they’re not happy. As long as there’s *one* Black person in school they’ll still run to SCOTUS Their next target is 5th graders Me in @thenation.com

It took the Empire State Building 600 days to design, permit and build in the 1930s Today, just to get a permit in Seattle for a mid rise apartment building takes you 900 days

More than 1.5 million pounds of meat, including hot dogs, bacon, bratwurst, and more, have been recalled, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.