any book worth banning is a book worth reading
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Finnish nature photographer Lassi Rautiainen followed a female grey wolf (Canis lupus) & a male brown bear (Ursos arctos) for 10 days. They played together, shared meals, napped together. Both were young adults. They appeared to be... friends? (📷: Lassi Rautiainen, www.wildfinland.org)
A win! A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s pause on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas found the policy was “contrary to law” and went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.
Memorandum & Opinion – #83 in Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. v. Rubio (S.D.N.Y., 1:26-cv-00858) – CourtListener.com
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And you definitely don't want to use a high-powered 532nm green laser, because it can permanently burn and disable digital camera CMOS or CCD sensors. Green light is absorbed at a very high efficiency by these electronic sensors, meaning concentrated beams easily melt or overload the pixel array.
#AZ A toddler who can't speak was ordered to prepare legal documents in immigration court or be removed from the country. No attorney was there to help. This is happening to children across the system since federal legal aid contracts were allowed to lapse on July 31. Absurd? FIRE THE GOP! #Pinks
NOTUS@notus.com · yesterdayA 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation this week in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation. https://www.notus.org/immigration/baby-asylum-hearing
Angie Nixon opens community center full of the books Republicans have banned in Florida. Nixon is currently the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Florida. Shero 🙌📚 jaxtoday.org/2025/07/02/t...
Allegations of sexual misconduct against AAU coaches are handled by a board whose names are not made public. Asked about written guidelines for when to ban coaches, a former board member said the group “just decided on our feelings.” with @washingtonpost.com
A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.
More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...
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The Pentagon fired the publisher and editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that is supposed to maintain editorial independence from the very department it covers.
Honor Their Names procession on #Belmar NJ boardwalk Friday afternoon Honoring legal immigrants who died while in ICE custody.
You realize this all makes more sense in that the president is a russian agent, and he's destroying their biggest rival from the inside, right?
I can't believe this London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!
This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...
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BREAKING: Canadian PM Mark Carney suspends all trade negotiations with the U.S. after “unfair, uneconomic” last-minute changes to the deal. At midnight the U.S. will implement a 50% tariff on ~$28 billion of Canadian goods, and now, Canada will match it dollar-for-dollar.
Has someone been importing eggs from the US? "Six Scots are among hundreds affected by a nationwide outbreak believed to be linked to imported eggs".
Pregnant women and children should only eat UK-safe eggs after salmonella outbreak
Six Scots are among hundreds affected by a nationwide salmonella outbreak
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If you need further evidence that it’s a ridiculous myth that Republicans are better at the economy than Democrats, just go outside. The reverse is happening again in realtime.
NEW: Hegseth hid the fact that our main resupply base in the Gulf of Oman was destroyed. newrepublic.com/post/214510/...
Hegseth Covered Up the Real Reason the USS Lincoln Wasn’t Resupplied
According to a report from MS NOW, the USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t resupplied because Iranian strikes destroyed a key Navy resupply base in the Middle East.
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#noKXL breaking news: Trump just said he has plans to "awaken" Keystone XL. Tell President Trump - NO Keystone XL. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/bo...
Tell President Trump - NO Keystone XL
On August 18, President Trump announced a deal with Canada and said, “The great Keystone XL Pipeline, long ago killed by Sleepy Joe Biden, may be awoken from the grave!” Our unlikely alliance killed ...
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It Really is and I’m Speaking from Experience. I didn’t plan to get sick but went to a hospital there and the visit was very inexpensive….
Omaha cops said ok we'll stop using the shock gloves on children at school "However, the suburban Bellevue police department that patrols two Omaha schools and the large Bellevue district said its officers will continue carrying the gloves."
Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students
Omaha Superintendent Matthew Ray requested that police working in the schools, known as school resource officers, stop using the gloves. Omaha Police agreed.
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Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 4d agoWait, this can’t be right. They’re using the shock gloves in Nebraska schools… on children? Child abuse!
Mike Braun is not helping Gary because it is a majority black city that votes mostly blue. Am I right? The GQP is scum.
Jess Craven ❌👑@jesscraven101.bsky.social · 2d agoPeople in Gary Indiana are on their 9th day with no power. A storm called a derecho hit hard in Northwest Indiana on August 11. Most of the (white) neighboring towns around Gary have gotten their power restored. Predominantly Black Gary has been hung out to dry. Let’s help raise the alarm.