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Professor of Education, Champlain College | Vermont |

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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Exclusive: US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on February 28 but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation reut.rs/40b19JN

06.03.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 39
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 35946 πŸ” 16650 πŸ’¬ 1301 πŸ“Œ 2473
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: β€œHe might have thought β€˜how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said β€˜this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

04.02.2026 06:43 πŸ‘ 8773 πŸ” 3826 πŸ’¬ 166 πŸ“Œ 790
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Exclusive: FBI scales back staffing, tracking of domestic terrorism probes, sources say The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter whit...

www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

27.11.2025 04:24 πŸ‘ 517 πŸ” 213 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 16
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β€œHe Must Have Got This From K.” How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible β€œpeace deal” into existence

Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...

21.11.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 776 πŸ” 267 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 8
The Economic Impact of Brexit Other

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"

Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

25.11.2025 19:31 πŸ‘ 965 πŸ” 400 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 53
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Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
25.11.2025 19:53 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the β€œaddress” of books that have sensitive content.

A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the β€œaddress” of books that have sensitive content.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

25.11.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 9803 πŸ” 3103 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 190

How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy

20.11.2025 03:18 πŸ‘ 2806 πŸ” 1126 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 22
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Copenhagen bike culture is next level. #bikes #copenhagen #bicycle

09.11.2025 18:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone looking into disinformation and scams on Meta's platforms but the scale is kind of incredible: "the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day"

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

06.11.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

You got some game, man.

21.10.2025 09:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

20.10.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 11825 πŸ” 3287 πŸ’¬ 209 πŸ“Œ 346
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Gun deaths among high schoolers on the rise, WSU study finds The researchers found that, nationwide, high schoolers ages 14 to 18 are at an exceptionally elevated risk for gun-inflicted injury and death compared to children in other age groups in both rural and urban settings.

Researchers discovered that since 2017, firearms have surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for youth ages 11-18, spiking from 1,945 deaths in 2001 to 3,224 in 2022.

12.10.2025 23:30 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 19
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Here's the key chart from that piece.

Note what's on here with significant risk: genetic inheritance (twin on autism spectrum, sibling), third trimester stress, and factors that can affect maternal/paternal DNA.

What doesn't carry risk? SSRIs. Sonograms. And vaccination. All very well tested.

25.09.2025 02:59 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning.

They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then:

No β€œcausal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism

AND

Alternatives to acetaminophen have β€œwell-documented adverse impacts.”

22.09.2025 23:52 πŸ‘ 4361 πŸ” 1424 πŸ’¬ 213 πŸ“Œ 135
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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family. Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.

They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.

19.09.2025 21:57 πŸ‘ 572 πŸ” 340 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 16
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Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

20.09.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 12521 πŸ” 4725 πŸ’¬ 726 πŸ“Œ 650
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News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.

13.09.2025 07:40 πŸ‘ 1903 πŸ” 457 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 71
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Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.

This is the biggest story in America right now.

Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year

Steaks up 16.6%

Apples up 9.6%

Bananas, 6.6%.

www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...

11.09.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 3027 πŸ” 1421 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 153

Huge loss. So many awesome songs.

09.09.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rick Davies, Supertramp Co-Founder and Singer, Dead at 81 Rick Davies, the Supertramp co-founder who sang and wrote some of the group's most popular songs, has died at age 81.

🎼 Goodbye Stranger it’s been nice
🎼 Hope you find your paradise…
β€œRick Davies, the singer and keyboardist who as a founding member of prog-rock and pop group Supertramp penned some of the band’s most popular and enduring songs, died on Saturday.”

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

08.09.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Utah redistricting analysis: Data shows potential Democratic congressional district Analysis of all three maps proposed by Utah's independent redistricting commission in 2021 would have created at least one Democratic-leaning congressional district.

πŸ“Š The math doesn't lie: The congressional district Utah never got.

Our analysis shows every map from Utah's independent redistricting commission would have created a Democratic-leaning seat.

Here's what could have been πŸ‘‡

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/by-the-numbe...

08.09.2025 22:02 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

06.09.2025 19:40 πŸ‘ 28603 πŸ” 11979 πŸ’¬ 851 πŸ“Œ 477
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Removing Green River Reservoir dam would be costly, new state report says A new independent analysis finds that removing the dam that creates Green River Reservoir State Park would be costly, as would draining the reservoir β€” two scenarios local conservation advocates have ...

Removing the dam that creates Green River Reservoir State Park would cost at least $16 million, a new independent analysis commissioned by lawmakers finds.

03.09.2025 21:24 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests One former federal prosecutor said of the indictment denials by D.C. grand juries that he's "never heard of this happening."

NEW: DC grand jurors reject more Justice Dept cases

Former DOJ attorney: β€œNot only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”

www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...

03.09.2025 10:12 πŸ‘ 2972 πŸ” 881 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 168
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Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding

β€œA respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”

29.08.2025 17:57 πŸ‘ 1764 πŸ” 1083 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 246
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Northeast climate science center in Massachusetts could close as feds freeze funding β€œThis is just another way to stop science,” said Bethany Bradley, the center’s co-director. The Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center is one of nine regional hubs across the country that helps s...

A regional climate research center based in Amherst, Mass. could close next month because the Trump administration froze its funding and is limiting what work researchers are allowed to do.

28.08.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Vergennes and Panton push for resolution to boundary line confusionΒ  - VTDigger Discrepancies between Vergennes’ tax maps and city charter have left some residents unsure which municipality they actually live in, and worried about impacts to city finances.

Discrepancies between Vergennes’ tax maps and city charter have left some residents unsure which municipality they actually live in, and worried about impacts to city finances.

27.08.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vermont Public lays off 15 staffers Vermont Public announced on Wednesday it was cutting its workforce by 14%. The decision came just over a month after Congress voted to claw back all federal funding for public media.

The cuts, which represent a 14% reduction to the nonprofit’s workforce, come just over a month after Congress voted to rescind more than $1 billion in federal funding for public media.

27.08.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1