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Reveal is really one of the best at deep dives.
Ahead of 9/11’s 25th anniversary, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani released thousands of air quality records, providing unprecedented insight into the lingering health consequences of the 9/11 attacks. In the latest Reveal, we did a deep dive into this very topic. Listen now: bit.ly/4xyTK5j
The Science of Repair: How People Who Believe in Facts Can Build a Better Future- environmental justice researcher Gwen Ottinger argues that reparative science … involves itself in the work expected of reliable members of a moral community. issues.org/reparative-s...
Repairing Relations With Science
How can scientists and research institutions practice reparative science to contribute to social justice and a functional moral community?
issues.org
Jake Lang just tore up a Quran in a Harlem church, and said all Muslims need to get out of our city, as the pastor and parishioners were clapping. t.me/ClashReport/...
Clash Report
Pardoned January 6 defendant Jake Lang tore up a Quran at a Harlem church, calling it "a book that a demon translated through a warlord" and telling Muslims to "get out of our city."
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As long as there has been a United States, there have been Muslims here. Sorry Islamophobes, feel free to kick rocks.
21-year-old student in India has single-handedly transformed a trash-filled river. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
‘People laughed at me’: Indian youth cleans up a trash-filled river
A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river.
aljazeera.com
ICE bans hugging. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE bans hugging inside California’s largest detention center. Families are fighting back
In the California City facility, ‘contact visits’ are strictly forbidden – but detained residents aren’t staying quiet. Are officials listening?
theguardian.com
“Holders of temporary protected status, like the Haitians now being deported, were never eligible for any of the forms of support that today’s white South Africans are eligible for. Instead, they paid taxes into a social service system that they could not benefit from.”
My latest in the Guardian - where the wealthiest country in the world allocates money has always been a question of political will over political way. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Remember when Bush said god told him to invade Iraq?
The New Yorker asks why George W. Bush is silent on Trump. Um maybe because he's a huge war criminal like Trump & also a republican & doesn't give a damn at all about what Trump's doing because Trump's his crew?
In case you missed it: In just TWO WEEKS, U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran produced roughly as much carbon pollution as Iceland does in a year. Militarism is torching our planet! buff.ly/spP7EzF
Ecocide in Iran
The U.S.–Israeli war on Iran has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.
theintercept.com
“I wish President Trump could hear the mom’s wails. The family wants people to know that this was a suicide and they want people to know that President Trump, (Stephen) Miller, and Markwayne Mullin’s inhumane immigration policies made this happen “
“Bel was a varsity soccer player for Springfield City School District…He was on the National Honor Society and a member of the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps”. He was a legal immigrant, and MAGA couldn’t tolerate his excellence, so now he’s dead.
Warner Bros. tried to bury ‘Coyote vs. Acme,' but Dave Green's charming hybrid feature just dug its way out of the grave and into the global box office top five with a $23.9 million opening, including $15.5 million domestically. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...
'Coyote vs. Acme' Box Office: $23.9M, 5th Place Global Opening
Nearly three years after Warner Bros. shelved it, Dave Green's Looney Tunes hybrid debuted at No. 2 domestically with $15.5 million in ticket sales.
cartoonbrew.com
whenever I see someone complain about "the excesses of woke," I want to ask them what it means—did some people want ~too much~ equality?
Palestinian woman and NBC News team reportedly attacked in West Bank
Palestinian woman and NBC News team reportedly attacked in West Bank
Matt Bradley and crew assaulted while interviewing woman who said settlers had driven family out of home A Palestinian woman and an NBC News team are reported to have been attacked and injured by masked Israeli settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday, amid worsening confrontations in the area. Benjamin Netanyahu said he condemned the violence committed “by a handful of rioters”. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
Mutual aid is needed everywhere, more than ever. This is beautiful.
I wrote about a group of Black dads who are building community by meeting up for yoga, and a instructor who randomly drives up to people on the street for on the spot yoga sessions
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence relies heavily on human labor — an army of data workers all over the world, primarily in the Global South. These workers “are purposely hidden by the companies that produce AI,” says sociologist Antonio Casilli.
Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence relies heavily on human labor — an army of data workers all over the world, primarily in the Global South. These worker...
democracynow.org
Insane X trolls are here in full force, why not go back home to be with the other right wing morons?
Dolly Parton’s appearances on Johnny Carson were magical. youtu.be/Z7TL0E-U4vY
Dolly Parton Wrote a Song Just For Johnny | Carson Tonight Show
YouTube video by Johnny Carson
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Dolly Parton funded Covid vaccine research and saved so many people from suffering. abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/...
Dolly Parton gets COVID-19 vaccine she helped fund with her $1 million donation
Dolly Parton received the first dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, which she helped fund with her $1 million donation last year.
abcnews.com
Hollywood mega mergers hurt everyone except the people at the top. If you read one thing about the potential Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, let it be this: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers
“A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing,” contends the comedy writer whose credits include 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'Brookly...
hollywoodreporter.com
‘A rock star on her own terms’: why we’re still so fascinated by Meg White www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
‘A rock star on her own terms’: why we’re still so fascinated by Meg White
Recent incorrect attempts to reveal the White Stripes star’s whereabouts reflect how much we’re still obsessed with the one-of-a-kind drummer
theguardian.com