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Today we salute the extraordinary rescue teams who risk everything to protect American miners. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to keeping miners safe under the most demanding conditions.
via @calmatters.org Ian Choudri has led the agency since 2024. He leaves a turbulent legacy marked by budget woes, project delays and various scandals.
California bullet train agency CEO resigns amid travel scandal
Ian Choudri has led the agency since 2024. He leaves a turbulent legacy marked by budget woes, project delays and various scandals.
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The provost of Dartmouth College has resigned after a faculty committee found that he used artificial intelligence in his writing, including in a Washington Post guest column on AI cheating.
Dartmouth provost resigns following accusations he used artificial intelligence for writing
The provost of Dartmouth College has resigned after a faculty committee found that he used artificial intelligence in his writing, including in a Washington Post guest column on AI cheating.
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![Comic. [Two black holes circling each other producing sinusoidal wave shape. Arrows point to wave gradually changing shape, with smaller and smaller binary black holes, to become more square-like. When the wave reaches Earth, there is a ???! reaction.] [caption] My hobby: Arranging binary black holes and rotating neutron stars to produce a gravitational square wave, as a prank on gravitational wave astronomers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig3ac3o6pp4qnltgic4aia2g6zor2vmhpz7g6qf3bqnqdvuzh5kcm)
Young women are reading again, but its smut of the weirdest variety imaginable
Young women are reading again, but its smut of the weirdest variety imaginable
TikTok is bringing back literature — sort of.
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A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food fraud
A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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China's secretive space plane caught on camera in incredible new photo released by US military www.space.com/space-explor...
China's secretive space plane caught on camera in incredible new photo released by US military
The Shenlong space plane can be seen docked to another satellite that has its solar panels deployed.
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NEA President Princess Moss wants to move her organization, the nation's largest labor union, toward issue-based advocacy — and away from party politics. n.pr/3UMqGtz
New teachers union president wants to steer educators away from partisan politics
NEA President Princess Moss wants to move her organization, the nation's largest labor union, toward issue-based advocacy — and away from party politics.
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Hear an Hour of the Jazzy Background Music from the Original 1967 Spider-Man Cartoon
Hear an Hour of the Jazzy Background Music from the Original 1967 Spider-Man Cartoon
Ray Ellis had a six-decade career as a producer, arranger, and jazz composer. And while he's best known for arranging music for Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin (1958), he also enjoyed a long career orc...
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I made a video of Dune art particularly old book covers and concept art for Jodorowsky’s Dune and David Lynch’s Dune. Full length video on my YouTube channel - 🔗 below
MAKES them see or LETS them see? 🤔 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
This mysterious mushroom makes people see hundreds of tiny humans
For nearly a century, people in distant parts of the world have reported a bizarre experience after eating certain wild mushrooms: seeing dozens or even hundreds of tiny, colorful humans moving throug...
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BREAKING: Actor Walter Koenig, known as Ensign Chekov on the original "Star Trek" series, has died at 90.
Walter Koenig, Ensign Chekov on original 'Star Trek' series, dies at 90
Actor Walter Koenig, known for playing Ensign Pavel Chekov on “Star Trek,” has died at 90. His talent agent confirmed he passed away Monday at his home in Los Angeles.
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Inside California's unlikely new boomtown where homes sell for under $500K - as people flee over-priced city life in droves
Inside California's unlikely new boomtown where homes sell for under $500K - as people flee over-priced city life in droves
The median listing price in the area hit $469,500 in September, up a staggering 42.8% from $328,800 in September 2019, according to new data from Realtor.com.
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'More missions, more often': NASA is overhauling how it selects science missions www.space.com/space-explor...
'More missions, more often': NASA is overhauling how it selects science missions
"This is a moment of real opportunity."
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Interesting story from PBS News on pressure on small boutique colleges. Also it features interviews students of Hampshire College with the unlikely names of Mars and Jupiter.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 2w agoAcross the nation, scores of small private colleges and universities are either closing or under threat. As each school shutters, students, faculty and the surrounding community struggle to find a way forward. https://to.pbs.org/4ymemxO
Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. https://to.pbs.org/4iByIOT
2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop
Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden’s...
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For decades, federal Pell Grants have helped millions of students from low- and middle-income families afford college. Now, that financial aid will also be available for short-term vocational training programs. https://to.pbs.org/4iwH1LX
Workforce Pell Grants give students new options for job training
For decades, federal Pell Grants have helped millions of students from low- and middle-income families afford college. Now, for the first time, that financial aid will also be available for short-term...
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You know it's serious when the communist cosplayers and the goth cosplayers team up.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.Hundreds of protesters marched through Mexico City on Wednesday to demand higher wages, better working conditions and changes to their union leadership. They demanded a 10% direct salary increase, more staff and adequate medical supplies.
Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning editor of the original 1977 "Star Wars," has died at age 80.
Oscar-winning 'Star Wars' editor Marcia Lucas dies at 80
Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning editor of the original 1977 “Star Wars,” has died at age 80. A lawyer for her family says she passed away Wednesday from metastatic cancer in Rancho Mirage, California.
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BREAKING: Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas is charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, the Justice Department says.
Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas is charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, DOJ says
Democratic Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas has been charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, months after an FBI search of her district office and a neighboring cannabis shop.
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Greta Thunberg's stripes and keffiyeh outfit has been classified as a war crime by the Geneva Convention.
New York Post @nypost.com · 2w agoUS radicals headed to France to join cop-bashing protests are planning to bring riots to our shores
Britain says it is expanding military support for Saudi Arabia against Houthis to include “defensive” air patrols by Royal Air Force jets. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said the British planes won’t strike Houthi targets.
The UK expands military support for Saudi Arabia against Houthis to include 'defensive' air patrols
Britain says it is expanding military support for Saudi Arabia against Houthis to include “defensive” air patrols by Royal Air Force jets.
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Schau, der homo sapiens! (Look, the Homo sapiens!) created by the Austrian artist and illustrator Karl Alexander Wilke (1879–1954)
A car hit an Australian federal independent lawmaker on Monday, critically injuring her in an apparent deliberate attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The driver was arrested. https://to.pbs.org/4BgypR2
Australian lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident,' prime minister says
Helen Haines, 65, was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV outside her electoral district office mid afternoon in the city of Wangaratta in Victoria state, a police said.
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Elon Musk pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America.” The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media post that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund.
Musk pledges a share of his SpaceX company to 'every kid in America'
Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America.”
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Arizona man accused of plotting mass casualty attack on religious site with 'cookbook' tied to OKC bombing
Arizona man accused of plotting mass casualty attack on religious site with 'cookbook' tied to OKC bombing
Maricopa County prosecutors allege the 27-year-old referred to ‘The Anarchist Cookbook’ as his ‘Bible.’
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