SailorLife
@sailorjourno.bsky.social
Sailor gal & retired journalist/photog/graphic designer.
Homeowners with ridiculously low-interest rate mortgages have trapped their extra savings into their homes rather than investing elsewhere to earn interest & dividends. The wrong people are paying off their mortgages
The wrong people are paying off their mortgages
Almost 1 in every 4 homeowners is paying off their mortgage at a rate faster than they’re required to - but the people who would benefit the most from this strategy are the ones least likely doing it....
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The proposal raises legal questions, particularly if the Department were to ultimately deny a passport to a child who is a U.S. citizen because of the citizenship status of the parents.
Proposed Passport Rule Will Make Parents Prove Their Own Citizenship
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She was the absolute greatest. A huge influence in my life.
Gloria Steinem, Journalist and Second-Wave Feminist Leader, Dies at 92
Gloria Steinem has died at 92. Her decades-long activism was dramatized onscreen on several occasions, including the 2020 biopic ‘The Glorias’. The news was shared on the journalist’s Instagram on Thu...
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Watch all the way to the end for the least shocking plot twist of all time bc this is just so emblematic of how all these people are.
The leopards ate their faces. Go figure.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 4d ago“Hitler Juden,” or Nazi Jews, represented less than 2 percent of Germany’s Jewish population—but they provide a cautionary tale of what happened when a minority community cast its vote with a political leader who despised them, Timothy W. Ryback argues.
Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab Strait, Black Sea, Rhine River, Danube River and Panama Canal - what a hot mess.
Maritime trade routes are under threat—and markets still underprice the risks
Conflict and climate change are disrupting the world’s key waterways. The economic fallout will extend far beyond shipping.
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International Coastal Cleanup Day is Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. Plastic bottles are the world's #1 beach pollutant Cigarette butts dropped from 1.95 million in 2024 to 1.2 million in 2025, making plastic bottles the #1 pollutant.
Ocean Conservancy Volunteers Picked Up 1.3 Million Plastic Bottles in a Single Day
The 2025 International Coastal Cleanup, the world's largest single-day beach cleanup, pulled 1,338,712 bottles and 885,854 caps from coastlines worldwide.
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More fishing vessels bombed by the U.S., *12 nm* off the coast of Manta, Ecuador. 14 crew members said they were held at gunpoint, handcuffed, blindfolded and mistreated by U.S. forces. Defense Minister Loffredo: Don't leave Ecuadorian territorial waters to prevent serious incidents. (They didn't)
Estados Unidos señala que interceptó barco que habría abastecido operaciones de narcotráfico
El Comando Sur informó que los marines del USS San Antonio (LPD 17) interceptaron, abordaron, registraron y aseguraron la embarcación sin incidentes.
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Spending a few days with our grown kids & their spouses. Very rare for all of us to be able to coordinate time off. Soothes my soul amid all the ugliness going on out there.
When you need to read a good, wholesome story to wash away some of the ick of hard news.
Owl Stranded in Open Water 70 Miles from Shore Finds ‘Nothing Short of a Miracle’ While Stuck at Sea
A barn owl stranded 70 miles from shore managed to collapse on a boat taking part in the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race
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Entire federal government comprises the most psychotically sadistic people on the planet. Judges taking delight in abusing infants is so beyond heinous that it's beyond a sane person's comprehension.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”
26 years to go from a $237 billion surplus to a $40 trillion debt - Americans need to understand how & why they got here and what the current trajectory looks like. "Eventually the cost of debt isn't measured only in dollars. It is measured in the choices you no longer can make."
How America Went From Paying Down Its Debt to $40 Trillion
This article is part of ONEST’s Financial & Geopolitical Literacy Series, made possible by generous donors who support independent ONEST journalism and allow us to keep this reporting public.
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Missouri Medicaid program canceled coverage for all physical therapy services in addition to the planned cancellation of chiropractic care. Imagine undergoing knee surgery & then not getting post-op physical therapy.
$90,000 per second - that’s how much debt U.S. is rackin’ up - with no end in sight for the foreseeable future. Imagine if you ran your household account like that.
US debt tops $40 trillion - $20 trillion since Trump first took office
The US national debt has crossed the $40 trillion mark for the first time, according to Treasury data showed on Wednesday. The milestone comes as rising spending on defence, Social Security and Medica...
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Truly thought they went away in the mid '80s. 🤭
Columbia House Is Shutting Down
We, too, were shocked they still existed
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The company that killed bookstores is now killing books, literally.
404 Media@404media.co · 3w agoSCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
People talk about “forever” homes & passing down a house thru generations. A few years ago, sold my grandmother’s house, which had been in my family for 100 years. She lived in a small town in the middle of nowhere & not practical to keep. It’s still weird that it belongs to strangers. I miss her.
Entire U.S. administration dismisses sailors and their families as liars.
Pentagon Slams MeidasTouch Reporting on USS Lincoln Sailors' Suffering | Lego & Bill Clinton
YouTube video by IRAN LEGO NEWS
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“the loser room, where they stash solo diners” — 😂 that happened to me the one time I did solo travel.
Actually… Solo Travel Kinda Sucks
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It is sort of insane that we are talking about trying to save the desecration of knowledge by the US federal government like its the Taliban
Michael Clemens@mclem.org · 3w agoIncredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.
This is the United States — not Nicaragua.
Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 3w agoVideo of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
