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The WHO has developed an early warning system to spot looming pandemics. Tropical medicine expert Dr Carsten Köhler from Tübingen explains the background to Euronews.

Some folks are probably sick of me posting this video in which I go toe-to-toe with NY Times assistant managing editor Patrick Healy about the Times coverage of the rise of MAGA fascism. But since Margaret Sullivan cited it prominently in her new piece, here it is.

municipal laws forcing enslavers to buy annual copper registration badges for any enslaved worker laboring in public. Every year starting in 1800, the City Treasurer issued new stamped copper tags. The badges were square, diamond, or round shaped. (cont) www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Charleston remains the ONLY North American city to run a uniform, stamped-metal badge system for urban slave labor. These copper badges reveal a larger truth: Charleston licensed, numbered, monitored, and taxed Black labor. Again I ask: Who knew?🤔 I didn't. #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In 19th-century Charleston, SC, urban slavery gave rise to a unique and chilling tool of control: Charleston Slave Badges. Who knew? 🤔 Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory relicrecord.com/blog/charles...

Lovell Birge Harrison (USA 1854-1929) Fifth Avenue at Twilight (c. 1910) oil on canvas

Autumn colours on the approach to Glastonbury Tor.

USPS workers’ greatest concern about Trump’s mail voting plan was a requirement that they reject ballots for an array of reasons. “That’s not what we do. We deliver mail. We don’t decide what goes and what doesn’t.”

Good morning, my friends! My cousin Derek is going through a rough time and needs help. I humbly ask you to do whatever you can. Sharing his link is helpful as well. Thank you all in advance and it's greatly appreciated. 😊🙏🏽❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-hum...

Mark Langley (British Artist, b.1954) Autumn Lane 2023

West Virginia has been part of a nationwide push, partially funded by billionaire-backed political groups, to use taxpayer dollars to fund private schools. Among the proponents are the Koch family network and Pennsylvania billionaire Jeffrey Yass.

NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

Lonnie Rouse worked at the Hanford nuclear site for nearly 20 years. It was so toxic, he said, that the floor once melted the rubber off his boots. Now he needs 24-hour care. The DOE has appealed his workers’ compensation claim more than 20 times.

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1774: Activist Penelope Barker organizes 50 women in Edenton, N.C., to sign a statement declaring a total boycott of British goods in protest of the Tea Act. It was one of the first organized, entirely women-led actions of political protest in American history. /1

Posting pictures of my homemade ice cream everyday until I find my people. Today it’s my Roasted Cherry Chocolate Brownie. Swoon. 🍒🍦❤️🫂 #icecream #cherry #homemadeicecream #recipe 🍽️ 🍜 🎥 📸 #food #foodie #foodsky #foodiesky #foodvideo #foodporn #videooftheday #trending #yummy #homemadeicecream

The former CEO of a naval defense contractor told FBI agents he cut cash-for-contracts deals with South Carolina’s two most powerful members of Congress — Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn.

Three days after the August primary, election workers in one Washington county went to check for late mail-in ballots. They expected no more than a few dozen. Instead, there were more than 500 — each a vote that wouldn’t count.

#ResistanceRoots Marjorie Joyner was born on this day in 1896 in Monterey, Va. As a Black beauty industry executive, she trained thousands of stylists and elevated the profession as a means of economic security for Black women. She used salons as engines for civil rights and political power. /1

It was a bit stormy on this morning's walk here in Glastonbury. Rain showers and very very windy.

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández credited our reporting as the catalyst for the Justice for Citizens Wrongfully Detained by ICE Act. We revealed that 500+ U.S. citizens have been detained in warrantless arrests since Trump returned to office.

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When the new heated toilet seat attracts the wrong crowd

A dog "helps" its owner finish working so they can go out for a walk sooner. Original post

"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." •Henry Miller

Posting videos of my homemade ice cream everyday until I find my people. 👋🏼🍦❤️ Today it’s my Summertime S’mores ice cream: Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream, Candied Graham Crackers, Milk Chocolate Ganache, Maldon Salt Flakes. Swoon. #icecream 🍽️ 🍜 🎥 📸 #food #foodie #foodsky #foodiesky #foodvideo

Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section. (Published March)

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Seneca

Somebody asked if I have a good Vanilla Bean ice cream recipe and the answer is of course.🙋🏽‍♀️⬇️🫰🏼 #icecream #vanillabean #vanilla Your pie’s new fave side: payhip.com/b/BEQiN 🍽️ 🍜 🎥 📸 #food #foodie #foodsky #foodiesky #foodvideo #foodporn #videooftheday #trending #trendingvideo #homemadeicecream

TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. From the ProPublica archives:

Kaoru Yamada artwork

Across multiple states, the GOP has sought to weaken institutions limiting its power. In North Carolina, legislators stripped authority from Dem. governors. In Wisconsin, Republicans threatened to impeach a Supreme Court justice to protect gerrymandered maps.

City Lights. Cheryl Parris

NEW: “In Texas, we fight fraud head-on,” Ken Paxton said last year. Yet records show his trust gave $600K to a convicted fraudster’s new company in 2020, which later wired the trust tens of thousands of dollars before and during his 2023 impeachment. with @texastribune.org

It was nice to see my rainbow photos from yesterday in the National Press today. An article about my trip up the Tor as well on the link. I'm always so impressed when they use the title Tor Blimey 😂 www.dailymail.com/news/article...

NEW: A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced plans to adopt more secure cards with microchips.

In 2020, Lindsey Graham had a secret dinner with executives at the defense firm Navatek. Graham agreed to steer a $10 million contract their way. In exchange, the firm’s CEO, Martin Kao, pledged thousands for Graham’s campaign coffers, Kao later told the FBI.

Some more rainbow magic. Photo taken yesterday in St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. The little blobs are raindrops, it wasn't easy keeping the rain off my lens 😂Despite a coat I was absolutely drenched as the rain and wind were a bit intense.

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah 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.

Posting videos of my homemade ice cream every day until I find my people!👋🏼🍦❤️ Today is my Sweet Corn & Blueberry Jam ice cream with homemade Cornbread crumbles. 🍽️ 🍜 🎥 📸 #food #foodie #foodsky #foodiesky #foodvideo #foodporn #videooftheday #trending #trendingvideo #homemadeicecream #icecream #payhip

The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2M per dose. While taxpayers and charities funded the drug’s early development, execs, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits. (Pub. Feb. 2025)

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

Me after cutting up a banana and putting a dollop of yogurt on each slice for my daughter’s breakfast.

Kaoru Yamada artwork

Hi, so, who needs some ice cream? 🙋🏽‍♀️ 🍽️ 🍜 🎥 📸 #food #foodie #foodsky #foodiesky #foodvideo #foodporn #videooftheday #trending #trendingvideo #icecream #homemadeicecream #payhip #payhipseller #linkinbio

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10 days until Halloween 🍂🎃🍂 Original post

Krissy made me get out of bed, leave the house and REVEL IN THE STUPID SPLENDOR OF STUPID NATURE this morning so now you have suffer with me