Vicki Larson
@omgchronicles.bsky.social
Journalist, mom, author of "LATitude: How You Can Make a Live Apart Together Relationship Work" & "Not Too Old for That," co-author of “The New I Do.”
Rod Serling and his collaborators repeatedly and stealthily tackled such subjects as prejudice, creeping authoritarianism, the dangers of humans being replaced by technology and the peril of conformity as a societal ideal in ways that still resonate. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
Opinion | ‘The Twilight Zone’ Was a Warning America Ignored
With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality.
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Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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Happy Birthday Helen MacInnes, 1907, Glasgow. A librarian married to an MI6 agent, the couple travelled through Europe in the 30s and she vowed to write about the oppression of the Nazis. Her husband discovered her notes and encouraged her to write her first novel, ABOVE SUSPICION (1941).
"The most dangerous thing in a democracy, is when you start to ask yourself: ‘If I do this, what will happen to me? What will the leader do to me?’ ... you question yourself.' That is what the dictator wants — 'to spread fear.'” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Opinion | Two Democracy Heroes on America
Sitting on your hands is not an option when democracy is at stake.
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It's still AI, just like it's still the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario and New Mexico
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoBAIER: The president says 'SI.' Are you into SI or AI? BEZOS: I do like SI, because 'artificial' is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring.
Exposure to gun violence may have lasting implications for young people's long-term health and aging. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Men’s increasing emphasis on high “T” levels may have unintended consequences similar to the Viagra-divorce connection, eventually wreaking havoc on romantic relationships. omgchronicles.medium.com/the-problem-...
The Problem With High Testosterone
High ‘T’ levels can lead to romantic relationship fractures
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JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
Christi Belcourt, Métis visual artist who creates paintings inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork #UnlockingWomensart
On World Teachers Day, a huge thank you to Carol Maguire, who taught both my sons at the tender age of 5, saw their strengths and challenges, and knew just what they needed to help them thrive.
Happy #WorldTeachersDay from the AFT! Today, let's honor all of our educators by giving them the respect and resources they need to educate students for years to come.
Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the existing redactions and withholdings to stand as a matter of law. He's saying what he has done is legally sufficient. And I am here to say, hell no, it is not."
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. https://whenweallvote.org/
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
Women are having children later and later, for solid reasons. Are they losing out on help from their mother? medium.com/fourth-wave/...
The ‘Rotten Adult Kid Problem’
How later childbirth is impacting would-be grandmothers
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NEW: PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of the increase, coupled with the use of AI to remove books en masse: pen.org/press-releas...
Nearly 12,000 School Book Bans Nationwide in 2025-2026—Biggest Number in a Single Year
PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of th...
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It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org
More women are postponing having children for a variety of reasons. This creates a “cost” for their mother. Should that matter? medium.com/fourth-wave/...
The ‘Rotten Adult Kid Problem’
How later childbirth is impacting would-be grandmothers
medium.com
This is all hands on deck! Pneumatic plague is airborne and nearly always fatal if untreated. Wiped out 150 million, half of Europe, way back when. Treatable with antibiotics, but we don't have enough antibiotics. Also from a lab in Russia, where they still have weaponized plague. Total nightmare.
Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
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#ResistanceRoots Henrietta Lacks died on this day in 1951 in Baltimore, Md. She only became well-known for what she contributed after her death. However, she deserves to be remembered as a beautiful young mother who was much more than her immortalized human cell line used in medical research. /1
#BOTD 1891 Sybil Grove: English actress known for Let Us Be Gay (1930), C.O.D. (1932), Maid Happy (1933) and Alfred Hitchcock's Waltzes from Vienna (1934).
