Route 66 at 100: The Native American story behind the US's most famous highway As the Mother Road celebrates its centenary, Indigenous voices are revealing overlooked histories and creating new ways for travellers to experience the road.

Route 66 at 100: The Native American story behind the US's most famous highway.
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Discovering Prince, Ten Years Later - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Tomorrow marks 10 years since Prince passed. For the first time, I gathered nearly two decadesq of my writing, podcasts, talks & more into one curated resource, including playlists, rarities, a review of every video he ever made, and collaborations I did with his estate. anildash.com/2026/04/20/p...

Big Tech Is Powering Israel's AI War Machine From Gaza to now Iran and Lebanon, Israel is expanding its testing ground for AI-enabled military technology in terrifying ways.

The Israeli army is using AI systems to mark tens of thousands of Palestinians as potential targets for assassination. But the AI targeting systems have almost no human oversight and seem to be extremely permissive when it comes to casualties, regularly slaughtering entire families.

Exposing the big Republican LIE about social security. 🎯🎯🎯👇

DHS making smart glasses to spy on migrants and protesters: report The Department of Homeland Security has plans to create smart glasses that can spy on immigrants and protesters, according to a new report. Journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on Substack, citing bud...

DHS making smart glasses to spy on migrants and protesters: report

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Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Can confirm…

Real estate investors are buying up long-term care facilities. Residents can suffer Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch but deny blame for bad care.

Real estate investors are buying up long-term care facilities. Residents can suffer.
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Seal River Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area moves closer to reality | The Narwhal If approved, the Seal River Watershed, one of the world’s largest intact watersheds, could be formally protected

Seven years after a coalition of four northern Manitoba First Nations banded together to conserve the province’s last major undammed river, the Seal River Watershed is now “on the cusp” of permanent protection. thenarwhal.ca/seal-river-w...

This week in Palestine:

- Israel continued its genocide in Gaza
- Israeli settlers raided a village in the West Bank
- Israel is allowing soldiers suspected of rape back on duty

🔗 Zeteo’s weekly roundup as Israel enforces violent crackdowns & apartheid across Palestine — zeteo.com/p/this-week-...

The best part about being an elephant Keeper? Watching an orphan you raised rejoin the wild – and go on to start a family of their own.

Join the family and help us create new dynasties in the wild: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans

‘Energy dominance’ agenda sidelines tribes - High Country News Changes to NEPA and other rules and policies by the Trump administration could sideline tribal nations’ efforts to take part in land management projects and decisions on federal lands.

Changes to NEPA come at the expense of tribal consultation. The administration has changed or revoked rules and policies to prioritize extraction.

My 08/18/26 postcard is a group sitting across the street from the plaza, the noise and movement of Albuquerque’s 320th birthday drifting past them. Each holding their own space, sharing the same wall, the same sun, but not much else. It feels less like a celebration and more like a pause in the middle of it.

My 08/18/26 postcard is a group sitting across the street from the plaza, the noise and movement of Albuquerque’s 320th birthday drifting past them. Each holding their own space, sharing the same wall, the same sun, but not much else. It feels less like a celebration and more like a pause.

Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!

Dog Calls 911 Multiple Times After Human Collapses YouTube video by WeRateDogs

Here are my top 10 pit bulls of all time!
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penguin relationships are insane 😭 TikTok video by Andy Jiang

An aquarium in Japan created a map to chart the “romances, friendships, and beefs” among their penguins www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkmab85o/

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters The scene was concerning enough to prompt the homeless shelter staff to call the fire department. A woman using a walker had shown up, incontinent and carrying “a large bag of medications.”

The scene was concerning enough to prompt the homeless shelter staff to call the fire department. A woman using a walker had shown up, incontinent and carrying “a large bag of medications.”

3 Southern California residents sentenced in bear suit insurance fraud scheme Three Southern California residents have been sentenced in a bizarre insurance fraud scheme which prosecutors say involved them staging fake bear attacks on high-end cars.

"bear suit insurance fraud"

More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 – UN Women | UN Women – Headquarters Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical risk.

New analysis published by the UN today shows that more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025.

That is an average of at least 47 women and girls killed per day.

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Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing

"Hundreds of previously redacted records reveal how Amazon has put pressure on independent sellers using its platform into raising their prices on the sites of competitors such as Walmart and Target"

Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

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B.C. First Nations are bringing grizzlies back to the North Cascades | The Narwhal In the cross-border North Cascades mountain range, First Nations in B.C. are working to restore an ecological and cultural relationship with grizzlies

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‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its reservation when others in Alaska were terminated. Today, the reserve sustains a thriving fishing...

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BBC VERIFY: “Israel leveling villages in Lebanon”

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Navajo health officials report cases of plague, chickenpox and measles Measles and chickenpox are preventable, Navajo health officials said, urging people to stay up to date on vaccines.

From me: Navajo health officials report cases of plague, chickenpox and measles

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.

The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Two Trump Judges Block Criminal Contempt Inquiry Into Trump Officials The judges have blocked a probe into officials who ignored court order deportation flights.

Trump officials defied a court order. Planes kept flying. Men ended up in a Salvadoran gulag. And today, Trump’s own judges killed the investigation into it. This is corruption. Full stop.

#RuleOfLaw
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Surprise inspection finds ICE stuffing migrants 'like sardines' into a facility with no bed, showers Three lawmakers visited a Mesa ICE facility unannounced and found overcrowding, with 250 detainees packed into rooms "like sardines"

The AzMirror! support your local press y’all! #Maddow azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...