Firefighters battling major fire inside Leederville church A raging blaze engulfed a Leederville church on Saturday morning.

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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands

These Apes Are Matriarchal, but It Doesn’t Mean They’re Peaceful Females reign supreme in bonobo society by working together to keep males in their place.

These Apes Are Matriarchal, but It Doesn’t Mean They’re Peaceful www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...

Going to college at a public university in the state of Ohio is now a waste of your time, money, soul, and brain.

You can't even teach like elementary level history according to this bill. "Controversial beliefs" such as climate policies, electoral politics, foreign policy, marriage!

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.

Australians will head to the polls on 3 May after the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, fired the starter’s gun on the federal election campaign. Follow live updates: www.theguardian.com/p/xxjxb...

History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED YouTube video by WIRED

If you have ever wondered when a dictatorship is a dictatorship or a coup a coup

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That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history!

Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.

West Ada teacher stands firm after she’s told to remove ‘Everyone is welcome here’ signs Sarah Inama said she was told by administrators that her signs “don’t allow people to express differing opinions.”

A teacher in Idaho has been told to remove posters reading "Everyone is welcome here" - specifically because it features different skin tones. As I wrote last week, this is a global political movement that has explicitly set the goal of eradicating the very concept of equality.

Surely men are doing more housework than in 2002? Think again When it comes to the battle of the sexes, new data shows women are still fighting much harder than men on the home front. Here's how some households split their chores.

When it comes to the battle of the sexes, new data shows women are still fighting much harder than men on the home front. Here's how some households split their chores.

Indie (@indiepjones46) on Threads OKLAHOMA-MY GOD PART 2!! #wtfnews #heyyall #wtfdidijustread #oklahoma #oklahomacity #disabledchildren #corporalpunishment #education

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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...

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I know I should be surprised but this is wild. Blatant actual erasure of history. I am sorry America.

International Perspectives on Sign Language Translator and Interpreter Education The field of sign language translator and interpreter (SLTI) education gets a global treatment in this new volume helmed by editors Jemina Napier, Stacey Webb, and Robert Adam. This second edition upd...

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About Me | Rose DF Personal site of Astronomer RoseDF, includes general outreach, activities, and contact information.

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Rosa’s information has been taken down from the NASA website to comply with the DEI executive order. What a loss to our science communities that her story is now hidden. Hence me sharing it here.

This is the biggest danger of Trump's EOs.

They are not law, and yet Denver Health is complying in advance, ending all trans surgeries under 19 years of age, including chest masculinization - a rare, but much needed surgery for some trans teens.

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Not sure if this shares properly still working out blue sky. Hopefully you are seeing a clip of protactile sign, a language created by deafblind people for Deafblind

Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.

Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

We pass up their wisdom and do not hear their wisdom. Australia it’s time to grow up. A sign of maturity is to listen and respect and value our First Nations people enough to act. Treaty Now.

Until we can recognise our past I feel disingenuous to celebrate our achievements as a nation. I wish to celebrate all the migrants who on this day achieve citizenship and bring their wisdom, hopes, dreams and selves to this nation but I cannot when we do not recognise the value of our Indigenous

Universityof Newcastle's Colonial Frontier Massacres research team has identified 438 deliberate mass killings of Indigenous people, in which at least 10,657 people were killed, in the 140 years after the arrival of the First Fleet. (Source ABC news)

I hope Australia can come to a point of maturity where recognising these atrocities and truth telling is used as a force to unite our country. We didn’t get the voice, we fight for treaty.

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Always was always will be Aboriginal land. We stand in solidarity. Many lives lost in the colonisation of this country and many still affected by colonisation.

Trump Administration Moves to Reject Transgender Identity, Rights Within hours of returning to power Monday, United States President Donald Trump issued a stunningly broad executive order that seeks to dismantle crucial protections for transgender people and denies ...

The US government, like others around the world, are laundering their fascist politics through the claim of “fighting gender ideology.” Their political goal is to enforce a conservative social order by erasing trans people, trashing migrants, and controlling women’s bodies. We must resist this.

Live: Donald Trump's border crackdown spreads, with new order on 'physical entry' The directive is effectively a complete border shutdown for anyone who physically approaches crossings between the US and Mexico without a legal permit, such as a request for asylum. Follow live.

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A tweet by Sarah Larchmont says "IMMIGRANTS" and includes a retweet from FLOTUS Report with the caption "Second Lady & First Lady" followed by a pink heart emoji. Below the tweets is an image credited to Greg Nash showing Melania Trump and Usha Vance smiling at each other.

Keep saying it!