In Biscarrosse, southwestern France, horses were set free into the wild to escape fast-moving wildfires. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated in Europe due to the fires.
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Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense. Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever. I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years
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This is a great discussion and a must watch for anyone wanting to understand what Trump can accomplish with these state voter files.
Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social · 4w agoNo paywall — please watch! open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Hundreds of people are watching the Parade of Sail from Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, and the views are incredible! 👀⛵ We have a live camera there for our exclusive coverage of this historic event. WATCH here https://www.wcvb.com/article/sail-boston-parade-of-sail-july-11-2026/71905252
While most eyes were on the stage, GBH Photojournalism intern Daniel Murphy found and photographed ordinary people celebrating an extraordinary moment along the Charles River on July 4, 2026. 🇺🇸 https://bit.ly/4fjYjdz
Photo Essay: Behind the scenes, everyday Bostonians usher in a 250th birthday
While most eyes were on the stage, GBH Photojournalism intern Daniel Murphy found and photographed ordinary people celebrating an extraordinary moment along the Charles River on July 4, 2026.
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A 'Barbaric' Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger www.medpagetoday.com/emergencymed...
A 'Barbaric' Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger
Patients are waiting in the emergency department for a spot in an inpatient ward for days
medpagetoday.com
Americans' Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That's months sooner than the group had estimated in 2025. https://to.pbs.org/4f39DL0
Your Social Security benefits could be cut by a quarter in 2032. Here’s what to know
Americans’ Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That’s months ...
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Amid opposition to a project with 100 affordable homes for families, even a new park draws fire csindie.com/amid-opposit...
Amid opposition to a project with 100 affordable homes for families, even a new park draws fire - Cambridge | Somerville Independent
Along with 100 affordable homes in a pair of buildings, there could be a park, community room and retail center to replace two underused parking lots.
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The RNC thought it had found a new way to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of lawful voters. It spent millions building a case in an attempt to use disenfranchisement as a systematic tool to gain partisan advantage. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The RNC tried to throw out your ballot. I fought back and won
The Court rejected the RNC’s scheme to disenfranchise voters. Democracy won.
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Getting rid of well-respected high ranking members of the military in order to install loyalists is what you do when you are planning to do the wrong thing and want to make sure the military complies with your orders.
This is a beautiful thing. These shelter dogs get to pick their own toys.
This only happens on the summer solstice. ☀️ At the Getty Library, this specially designed architectural feature is activated on the summer solstice. Watch as the light moves across the floor and perfectly aligns with the glass.
It is very funny to hear objective reporters say having a ufc fight at the WH contradicts the idea that he is an old man who falls asleep in public. Did he fight? Does watching a fight require any particular vigor? What are we doing here
If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video
genuinely inspiring.
Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences@mateosfo.bsky.social · 2mo ago"We think that building housing is part of the solution. We think net zero is part of the solution. We think a car-light development is part of the solution. We think building a sense of place and community is part of the solution." -- leader of the Squamish nation www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
Just got home from a wonderful performance of Les Misérables by Broadway in Boston at the Opera House. 💙
This is the editorial calling out the administration for destroying our research infrastructure. A must read. 🧪 diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!
The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent
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Lazy start to Caturday here in pollen-coated Boston suburbs.
A network of research centers that was well-positioned to respond to the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo had its funding canceled last year by the Trump administration. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/us-res...
These Researchers Would Be in Africa Fighting Ebola—but Trump Cut Their Funding
The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. The group lost its funding under Trump in part due to conspiracy theories.
wired.com
Corruption doesn’t deliver. Never has, never will. Our team delivers. Thank you @democracyforward.org.
Democracy Forward@democracyforward.org · 2mo agoTrump's slush fund is straight-up corruption. Today, we won a court order that prevents the administration from transferring money or distributing any payments.
The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class
Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary.
The Tennessee Speaker of the House will remove all Democratic Caucus members from standing committees and subcommittees as punishment for their redistricting protests. Democracy dies in Nashville.
Matching Gary Oldman’s Krapp with a teenager’s take on Godot is a masterstroke
Matching Gary Oldman’s Krapp with a teenager’s take on Godot is a masterstroke
The Royal Court is presenting the Slow Horses star’s version of one Beckett masterpiece alongside 19-year-old Leo Simpe-Asante’s riff on another. They combine beautifully
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