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Veteran. Athlete. Biophilic, Philosophic, and Scientific minded.
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JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.

By Anas Baba
Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Paula Kerger, the longest-serving chief executive of PBS, is used to fights over the public broadcaster’s funding. But to her, the latest threats feel like “all-out effort to take us out.” Read our full interview.
Can She Keep PBS on the Air?
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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When those targeted by the Trump administration refuse to be quiet, we see what it looks like when scare tactics fail, the journalist Zack Beauchamp says in this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” ”They exist inside a system where there is still a meaningful degree of rule of law.”
Opinion | Is Trump Losing? A Debate.
The journalists Zack Beauchamp and Andrew Marantz discuss what kind of autocratic timeline America is on right now.
nyti.ms
May 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S.

The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.
A Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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the President of the United States, everyone
May 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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9/11 First Responders: “The Secretary (RFK JR) is uniquely unqualified… This is 20 years of bullshit… nobody apologized after 9/11 — instead we created the World Trade Center Health program. And then to gut it? You took your own apology away from us… Kennedy is an id*ot.”
May 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Let’s put it a different way.

Justice Jackson says the government is turning into a “Catch me if you can” regime.

That is exactly how The Dictator has lived his entire life.
May 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Admiral Bill McRaven: We Are the Good Guys
open.substack.com/pub/thenextm...
Admiral Bill McRaven: We Are the Good Guys
The American war hero offers a vision of what the United States has been and can still be.
open.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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BREAKING: A sweeping ProPublica report reveals the U.S. State Department is interfering with foreign countries on behalf of Elon Musk.

Officials in both Washington and Gambia have aggressively pushed for the West African country to approve a license for Starlink, of which Musk owns a $150B stake.
Musk Used State Department to Force Another Country to Get Starlink
Elon Musk is turning the U.S. government into his personal PR firm.
newrepublic.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Population wide supplementation as a public health intervention is not new and has yielded incredible health benefits through the years don't let the misguided attacks on fluoridated water fool you.
Why do you think iodide is added to table salt? Since we are intent of forgetting history here is a 🧵
May 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Research into the chimpanzees of Budongo found 34 instances of the chimpanzees practicing self-care, whether it be something as simple as licking their wounds to something more complex, such as chewing up plants and putting the material on a wound.
Chimps sometimes care for others’ wounds, and scientists want to know why
There is still debate, researchers say, over whether the behavior is instinctual or based in more complex thought or even empathy.
wapo.st
May 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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It’s hard to really state how dangerous it is to have a growing authoritarian order and the asshole in charge of your country is the most easily corruptible and influenceable person alive.
May 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I support alternative and complementary medicine (CAM) and it becoming a regular part of routine care. On the other side of that coin is NOT to throw out what's right with research from government agencies, or their relationships with academia to help to improve public health care and treatments.
May 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Made out of old shipping pallets
April 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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“I feel much better now.”
—nobody
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Big news for the northwoods: Senator Tina Smith just introduced a bill to permanently protect over 225,000 acres near the Boundary Waters from copper-sulfide mining. It’s the first Boundary Waters protection bill in the Senate in nearly 50 years. Hands Off the Boundary Waters!
April 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A glorious day to celebrate. April 9, 1865. The US defeated the army of the traitor slavers. Don’t let them keep lying about it. It was slavery. They proudly said it at the time. It was slavery.

Good riddance.
April 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):

"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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April 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Who made the most money in the stock market off of Trump’s tariff madness, and how much did they make?

Therein lies the intent.
April 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I heart @brooke — telling a suicide bomber who blew up the economy due for no reason that he is brilliant is peak beta chode for Ackman.
April 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The U.S. National Park Service restored its original webpage on the history of the Underground Railroad after it was met with backlash for deleting a prominently featured photo of abolitionist and women’s suffragist Harriet Tubman, as well as segments of text describing the horrors of slavery.
National Park Service restores Underground Railroad webpage after outcry
The U.S. agency appeared to restore text on the history of African Americans escaping slavery, including a photo of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM