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I DON'T chat. Science, photographer, healthcare and flash fiction writer, Blue Resister. I believe in honesty, charity, and being kind to your neighbors and animals. Books: https://tinyurl.com/32endy7c
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a... ‘Getting old is no fun’: Game of Thrones author George RR Martin speaks out about depression amid further book delays
‘Getting old is no fun’: Game of Thrones author George RR Martin speaks out about depression amid further book delays
A new blog post by the fantasy writer has outlined his recent difficulties, as fans continue to speculate on the elusive sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... ‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push
‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push
Union exploring options to oppose program that would put US airport screening into hands of private contractors
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... FAA investigates air ‘safety incident’ involving Trump’s Marine One
FAA investigates air ‘safety incident’ involving Trump’s Marine One
Controllers allegedly failed to halt flights, leading to a ‘loss of separation’ with a departing passenger jet
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www.theguardian.com/technology/v... Why I'll never be convinced by Meta's ‘pervert’ glasses | Opinion
Why I'll never be convinced by Meta's ‘pervert’ glasses | Opinion
In advertising, Meta describes their AI glasses as 'iconic style meets Meta AI'. However, online backlash against these glasses has been swift. Watch as Guardian columnist and Opinion editor Kirsty Ma...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/... ‘Parkinson’s Valley’: the herbicide haunting a New York farm town
‘Parkinson’s Valley’: the herbicide haunting a New York farm town
Paraquat is banned in over 70 countries. Some farmers and their families in Hebron believe the pesticide is causing Parkinson’s disease and are demanding that New York ban it
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... New Mexico sues justice department for ‘stonewalling’ Epstein investigation
New Mexico sues justice department for ‘stonewalling’ Epstein investigation
Filing by attorney general Raúl Torrez comes after DoJ appears to have ignored deadline for key Epstein ranch files
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Lindsay Clancy murder trial: toxicologist testifies about medications found in defendant’s blood
Lindsay Clancy murder trial: toxicologist testifies about medications found in defendant’s blood
Variety of prescriptions were found in blood of mother accused of strangling her three kids, according to testimony
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’
Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’
Federal lawsuit alleges kids are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... ‘We took on the machine’: El-Sayed celebrates triumph over outside spending after winning Democratic nomination in Michigan Senate race – live
‘We took on the machine’: El-Sayed celebrates triumph over outside spending after winning Democratic nomination in Michigan Senate race – live
The former public health official beat congresswoman Haley Stevens in race to face Republican Mike Rogers to represent state
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ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author’s style arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/c...
ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style
New behavior capturing a writer's "broad qualities" could have legal implications.
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The Spokane burns show that not even suburbia is immune to wildfire www.hcn.org/articles/the...
The Spokane burns show that not even suburbia is immune to wildfire - High Country News
The Old Trails Fire burned through the city’s northwest corner — an area considered outside the highest risk zone.
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TPS ends for 350,000 Haitians: Federal judge lifts stay after Supreme Court ruling Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
TPS ends for 350,000 Haitians: Federal judge lifts stay after Supreme Court ruling
Dread over the impending end of TPS has been hanging over the Haitian community in South Florida, where many fear Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are imminent.
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Florida law banning kids at drag shows is constitutional, appeals court says Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Florida law banning kids at drag shows is constitutional, appeals court says
The ruling means Florida can fine, jail or strip licenses from businesses who expose children to “lewd” live performances, including drag.
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Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/a...
Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team | TechCrunch
Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude-maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently.
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Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/t...
Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules | TechCrunch
Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.
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Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX’s first earnings call techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/e...
Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX's first earnings call | TechCrunch
Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call.
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Yellow Bittern 36cm belongs to the heron family, it blends into its marshy and reed-filled habitats, making it a master of camouflage Live in the mashy rice paddies, reed beds across Asia, India and Japan, Indonesia Diet: small fish, frogs aquatic insects Large feet allows it to walk on plants
Awww….That idiot (aka Putain de Merde) in the White House missed the legal deadline for screwing up birthright citizenship. I liked the cartoon. I don’t care who boots him out of our country.
The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
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We can hardly wait. Our Congress passed a bill demanding that this happen, but they seem too corrupt/intimidated to follow up on it. We're hoping to replace most of them soon, but whatever you can do will be helpful & much appreciated. #ProudBlue
This is a new view of the bulldozed White House complex. The criminal monstrosity subhuman filth won’t stop until he destroys everything, makes me sick to my stomach.
El-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
A sweet little girl with autism brought her stuffed puppy to the dog show. One of the judges noticed her, came over, and asked if she’d like to show her dog too. What followed was pure magic. Original post
