Amanda Whitlock
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“As you’re always saying the Beastie Boys fought and possibly died for my right to party, so” Photo editing for Forbes. Blunt but charming. Illinois.
A child in New York has died of measles. Nobody had died from measles there for more than 30 years. Until today. All of this was preventable. Every measles case, every hospitalization, and every death.
NEW: In August, a tribe elder warned reporters. The Trump administration was racing to build a second border wall near her ancestors’ final resting place. The construction was bound to disturb Native American remains. She was right.
Native American Remains Unearthed in Construction of Trump’s Border Wall
Contractors erecting a second border wall along the southern boundary of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona have bulldozed a path for equipment, uprooting plants and unearthing human remai...
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After a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson. buff.ly/7841IEB
The ‘grandmother’ cottonwood trees bulldozed for the border wall - High Country News
After a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson.
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we’re called millennials because we feel like we’ve been alive a thousand years
Read more about how Natalie Nakase's family - and the history of the Japanese-American leagues - shaped the coach she's become. I think this is still my favorite article I've gotten to write:
How The Japanese-American Basketball Leagues Built Natalie Nakase | Defector
Natalie Nakase is many things: a 5-foot-2 former walk-on who became the starting point guard for UCLA, a WNBA champion as an assistant coach with the Las Vegas Aces, and “a unifier,” as Golden State V...
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maya goldberg-safir@roughnotes.bsky.social · last mo.ya know, its not just a big night for nneka. natalie nakase returns tonight to LA where she was born & raised & became a UCLA basketball star, and where her family still lives. i can't imagine how proud they are - she's legit in the running for COTY the 2nd year in a damn row, as a new HC. just wow.
I dig Halloween because it’s a bunch of adults who just spend money and time to make a night for kids awesome for no other reason than making kids happy is awesome.
The historic game 7 winners and WNBA champs the Golden State Valkyries
GABBY WILLIAMS IS ON ONE 🚨🚨🚨 ATL-GSV | USA Network | Peacock | #2026WNBAFinals | #WNBASeason30
I wrote about the New York Times’ multimedia full-court press on the dumb Alaska story — a dozen print, video, audio, and newsletter reports at last count — and the news media’s responsibility to cover things in proportion to their importance. www.findinggravity.net/the-new-york...
'Enjoy your life! Cheer up!' Roman mosaic in the Hatay Archeological Museum, Turkey. Happy Halloween!
Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear. (via @motherjones.com) https://grist.org/accountability/the-epa-is-quietly-killing-its-web-archive/
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Bad: Alaska's GOP governor just refused to commit to certifying Mary Peltola if she wins Senate race. Trump is seizing on NYT story to pressure Rs to decline to certify her. I talked to election law experts. They explain why this will likely fail but get very nasty: newrepublic.com/article/2173...
Inside Trump’s Dark Plot to Keep Senate in GOP Hands Even If Dems Win
Senate control could come down to Alaska. Can Republicans really refuse to certify or seat Mary Peltola if she wins? Probably not. But they sure can gum it up.
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asked gas station cashier why chili cost extra on hot dog now he said winds of capitalism will tear away everything eventualy
The one thing I've taken from the reaction of deaths of Dolly Parton and Patrick Stewart is how much love there is towards people who represent goodness, and how much meaning they bring to people's lives, shaping the idea of the world they want to live in, giving them ideals to strive for.
What is the true scale of the critical mineral age? Photographer Tom Hegen shares his aerial series capturing the landscapes shaped by extraction for green tech, urging viewers to demand transparency and responsibility in global supply chains. Learn more in this interview by Carolyn Cowan.
Photographer Tom Hegen’s aerial eye reveals the true scale of the critical mineral age
From the air, the vivid lithium fields of Chile’s Atacama Desert look like an intricate computer circuit board, hinting at the technological destination of this increasingly crucial mineral.…
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Sir Ian McKellen has made a statement on the tragic passing of Sir Patrick Stewart. “He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.”
"62 gas-fired generators became public in August after a Floodlight/Guardian visual investigation found them operating without permits." Turns out that "real world constraints" slowing the data center boom include the asthma, heart disease & premature death resulting from the air pollution.
US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in
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If you're feeling sad, here's a small reprieve: farts from around the world. it's real. fartsaroundtheworld.com
Farts Around the World
Real farts, pinned where they happened. Tap a dot to listen — or add your own.
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Pope gonna vote. chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois' midterm election
That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025.
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I think that we should all sit down today or tomorrow and decide what day we are going to call it a wrap for the year. I’m thinking somewhere around Nov. 18th or so because we have been through a lot.
"They worry about wasting time applying to so-called ghost jobs, the term they use for roles that are already filled or do not exist. Such listings are so common that several state legislatures are considering bills that would crack down on them." straight to prison
Siddhartha Mitter@siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 6d agoBleak, bleak, bleak. Among all the linked and stacked crises of our time this may be one of the bleakest. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Can citizens legally defend nature in court? Speaking with #Mongabay, Philippine lawyer Rose Liza Eisma-Osorio discusses her historic legal victory securing rights for marine life. Today, she continues working with communities to build court cases against industrial polluters. By Maverick Avila.
The Philippine lawyer who beat an oil giant: Rose Liza Eisma-Osorio on defending Tañon Strait
CEBU CITY, Philippines — At a coffee meeting in 2007, Philippine environmental lawyer Rose Liza Eisma-Osorio and four other law professors in Cebu City sat laughing at an idea: representing marine…
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