Back to books - Sweden's schools cutting back on digital learning Swedish classrooms swap laptops for books, pens and paper, raising concerns from the tech sector.

The sooner the better.
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#SaveUSFS

New York Times article header with a photo of a student posing with a plate of cookies next to a kitchen counter with more cookies on it. The title reads, "Other Colleges Have Frat Houses. This One Has a Cookie House."

The @nytimes.com featured our very own Dacie Moses House today!! Reporter Ron Lieber visited Northfield to experience the cookie house for himself — and learned that there's no other place quite like Carleton College 💛💙

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Trump schedules controversial drilling auction in Alaska wildlife refuge The Trump administration has officially scheduled an auction for the rights to drill in a controversial spot: a wildlife refuge in Alaska. The auction, in which companies will be able to bid for th…

It just never ends. The Trump administration has officially scheduled an auction for drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Companies can bid for the right to drill in ANWR starting June 5.

Whether it’s the horrific stories tied to Jeffrey Epstein or today’s articles regarding resigning congressmen, it’s important to always shed light on the horrors and perpetrators of sexual assault; the actions to prevent sexual assault; and the support services available to survivors #MEpolitics

Exclusive | Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, according to people familiar with the remarks.

What kind of crimes are being committed that White House staff would need pardons for?

This is blatant and historic corruption.

Criminals should NOT be running the White House.

Chart showing monthly temperature rankings for CONUS for ranges from the last month to the last 60 months, which all show the warmest such periods on record.

So how warm has it been recently across the contiguous United States for different monthly periods (1 month through the last 60 months)? Oh dear... 😬

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SAVE THE DATE MAY DAY 2026 A nationwide day of collective action Friday, May 1, 2026 WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES MAYDAYSTRONG.ORG

May Day will be a nationwide day of economic disruption, as we flex our collective power to demand an end to the oligarch-enabled Trump regime. The central action will be to engage in little-to-no economic activity on May 1 — that means no work, no school, and no shopping: maydaystrong.org

FYI, Seattle.

I'm a WNBA player. Don't use athletes like me to exclude trans women. IOC's policy invites unequal scrutiny. We cannot choose our genes or chromosomes, but we can choose whether we protect the dignity of every athlete.

WNBA star Brianna Turner has written an article denouncing the new invasive sex testing requirements of the IOC.

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The Hungarian parliamentary elections are 4 days away. They will test whether a hugely unpopular and corrupt authoritarian can cling to power with the help of big lies, a false flag fake terror thing, and the support of Vladimir Putin, Benyamin Netanyahu, and JD Vance (who is on site). (1/2)

Tell Congress: End the Illegal War on Iran Trump's unauthorized, unprovoked war in Iran has cost the lives of US service members and thousands of civilians in Iran and across the Middle East. And now, Trump is threatening a ground invasion and...

Our elected officials shouldn’t trust any ‘ceasefire’ announced by Trump. Tell your senators and representative to return to DC, reconvene Congress, and end Trump’s illegal war with Iran.

This is the most horrifying, psychotic, grotesque message Trump has ever posted—openly threatening to commit genocide. This is beyond reckless. It’s dangerous, dehumanizing, and utterly unfit for any leader.

Farmers warn of food price spike as war drives up fuel and fertilizer costs About a third of the world’s fertilizer supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, and its effective closure is causing shortages and price spikes for fertilizer during the crucial spring planting se...

About a third of the world’s fertilizer supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, and its effective closure is causing shortages and price spikes during the crucial spring planting season. https://to.pbs.org/4tx7eNg

Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air

Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off.

Trump's New Attempt To Keep You From Voting Last Tuesday, Donald Trump signed a new executive order designed, to put it simply, to make it more difficult for us to vote.

Trump has a new executive order designed to keep you from voting. Read here to understand what he’s up to & why I suspect he’ll lose in court. He’ll keep trying so our job is to stay well informed. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

Trump: Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!

It cannot be ruled out that this is a threat to use a nuclear weapon against Iran

Getting closer and closer to describing the complete nuclear annihilation of the planet as an anti-DEI initiative

Norway is powered by 99% renewable electricity

We got hit with a community standards violation for posting links asking you to contact businesses about the Forest Service dismantling. But it worked Patagonia listened. Because of the issue on FB, we’re building a dedicated website for that kind of action. We’re hoping to have it live by Monday!

This is very very big. Like a big deal and massive cuts. These can’t even be seen as budgetary since you don’t get much savings in the context of trillions budget. They want the US out of R&D out of science research.

A win! The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously blocked Arizona Republicans’ attempt to dismantle the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni (Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument), protecting nearly one million acres of sacred Indigenous land from new uranium mining.

Pam Bondi's official DOJ portrait in the trash. Obtained by MS NOW

Y'all, they threw Pam Bondi's official DOJ portrait in the trash, then LEAKED a photo to the media. There is literally no upside to being a MAGA bootlicker.

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Iran condemns double-tap strike on bridge as terrorism This is what the government here describes as a terrorist-style kind of action. That’s because the second tap was not expected. Usually, when there is a strike, people rush to the scene to rescue the victims and remove the debris that buries some of the dead and so on, and that’s what happened at that bridge. Those people, including rescue workers and also the workers at the bridge itself, gathered to help the wounded, and that’s when the second strike hit. That’s why the number of casualties is high, and the authorities here are really, really condemning this as an act of terrorism, and also a despicable act that’s not going to force Iran to surrender. It’s a message to the Iranians that if they don’t strike a deal that is to the liking of the US president, they will see more of their civilian infrastructure targeted and more of their civilian people killed.

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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

I want you to realize how far the United States has fallen.

The Forestry Service was started up by not only US scientists and politicians, but by artists and an American who was one of the richest men on Earth: George Washington Vanderbilt III. 🧵
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This is appalling: “Case counts [of measles] in 2026 are more than double what they were the same period of 2025 and more than ten times what they were in 2024.” 4/1/26 … 1/ www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Idaho governor signs law making transgender bathroom use a felony Gov. Brad Little signed the measure on Transgender Day of Visibility as advocates rallied outside the statehouse.

And in horrifying news, Idaho's governor has signed the felony bathroom ban, with 5 year penalties for second offense bathroom usage, into law.

This is the most significant criminalization of trans people to date.

On trans day of visibility no less.

It will require a new "Do not travel" warning.