A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be? • Michigan Advance This story was produced by Grist and co-published with States Newsroom. It is  part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting initiative is...

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A hundred years ago, the U.S. had a nationwide network of short-line railroads that connected most urban and rural communities. By the 1940s, most of it had been dismantled ... by the barons of the auto and oil industries. 😑

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.

'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

It seems to me like Bluesky is really taking off recently. It’s having a growth spurt I think.

I’m going to post a lot more original content here now.

I help save street dogs in Thailand and try to post content that is uplifting and that will make you smile!

The old dogs are my fav ❤️

Tiny dog thrown out on the streets is getting some big news today. Dolly Parton has a big future YouTube video by Happy Doggo

So so happy to give her this news in person today. Little Dolly Parton deserves this break in life ❤️

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10 Miraculous Dog Stories That Will Put A Huge Smile On Your Face The best creatures in the world

Prepare to smile a lot! What a great week and the good news we all need in our lives!

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I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭
-First mission to the moon in 53 years
-Farthest mission ever
-A historic crew
-Nutella in space!

In a world where so much feels overwhelming—we needed this reminder of our humanity. The universe is bigger than any one of us and we are in this together.
#ArtemisII 🚀

A very special day. We are off and running.

It won't be easy but I'll get it done for Tina!

Massive turnout everywhere at No Kings protests including in Boise, Idaho which indicates how much of a piece of shit you have to be if this many people in Boise are protesting against you.

Bad immigration economics assumes every extra person is one less seat. Good economics notices they also bring a seat, a side dish, and demand for the bloke selling drinks.

The first story is fear; the second is how economies work.

#NoKings from the arctic in Utqiaġvik, Alaska the northernmost city in the entire USA!

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️

It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

A Little Girl Who Might One Day Change The World Searching for clarity of purpose

Seeing her made me evaluate everything we do to help the dogs

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I don't often get emotional seeing the dogs off as I know they get a forever home and it free's up some space.

But seeing Twix leave yesterday was hard as I've known him since feeding him as a dumped tiny puppy. He's made it off the streets!!!

BREAKING: Judge rules Kari Lake's appointment was ILLEGAL for many months & a bunch of her actions are void

We & great partners win again!

H/t to my @democracydefendersfund.org colleagues plus AFSCME, AFGE, Emery Celli, Democracy Forward & more. Wow, just wow.

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Judge rules that Kari Lake's appointment was illegal meaning she unlawfully ran the US Agency for Global Media, so the mass layoffs at Voice of America during that time “are void”

Great job by @normeisen.bsky.social standing up for a free press

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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

The Ellisons’ new Paramount/Warner Bros mega-media monopoly would never pass muster if America still had antitrust enforcers.

So who can stop this? State attorneys general. Here's how. ⬇️

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Previously he was very concerned

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Another impeachable offense. He has no cause, we have not been attacked, he has stated no reason & has not requested permission from Congress. WHO is going to stop this? Why is military obeying illegal orders every time we turn around? 😡

No new wars!

Not in Iran, not anywhere else.

The American people do not want this. But, you know what they do want? Healthcare, housing, good-paying jobs, and accountability. Bombing Iran is not that.

To deflect attention from Epstein files, in part, the u.s. has built up military forces in the Persian Gulf. All should be in place in next -8 days.

What is needed to keep focus on these allegations if armed conflict breaks out?

If anyone feels like speaking up, the best timing may be now

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When I feel over my head in reality, I turn down the noise and read voices like The Steady State or Jack Hopkins. If I’m confused, or need a break they’re still there.
That’s what I want the Virtual Attic to be a calm place to learn, get context, and feel less alone.

The numbers speak for themselves

The Doomsday Clock 80-Year Low Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, and University of Chicago scientists founded the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1945. The famous Doomsday Clock

It is what it is because we don't want to accept that it is.

"By setting the famous clock at 85 seconds to midnight, the Board recognizes the failure of leadership of the world as the principal reason for the lowest reading ever."

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Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.

It is absolutely outrageous that Moderna’s flu vaccine was met with a “refusal-to-file” even after their approved their protocol with FDA and carried out the trial as agreed. This vaccine works better in older adults than the current flu vaccines.

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