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Two large studies confirm this pattern: where students rely on AI ...

2026-07-15T14:19:56+02:00

Two large studies confirm this pattern: where students rely on AI for homework, proctored exam scores collapse. https://the-decoder.com/grades-dropped-from-96-to-48-percent-when-a-brown-professor-made-students-take-the-exam-without-ai/

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2026-07-09T04:50:50+02:00

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2026-07-02T18:50:55+02:00

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2026-06-30T04:38:53+02:00

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5946027-hegseth-announces-new-board/amp/

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2026-06-27T16:49:21+02:00

Travis Knight In Annecy: Making Stop-Motion Today ‘Feels Like A ...

2026-06-26T21:31:49+02:00

Travis Knight In Annecy: Making Stop-Motion Today ‘Feels Like A Quiet Act Of Rebellion’
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/wildwood-travis-knight-annecy-263630.html

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2026-06-24T17:09:11+02:00

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r2glk5k3do

2026-06-21T09:03:51+02:00

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r2glk5k3do

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2026-06-12T16:45:43+02:00

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/federal-authorities-investigate-giant-8647-markings-national-mall-rcna349717

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2026-06-02T15:38:37+02:00

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2026-05-15T11:46:51+02:00

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2026-05-15T11:45:17+02:00

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2026-04-11T09:27:25+02:00

The apparent destruction of E-3G Sentry 81-0005 at Prince Sultan ...

2026-03-29T16:14:41+02:00

The apparent destruction of E-3G Sentry 81-0005 at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia signals a potentially major blow to U.S. airborne command-and-control operations during Operation Epic Fury
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/first-photos-destroyed-us-e-3g-sentry-saudi-arabia-iranian-missile-strike-prince-sultan-air-base/

Waymo vehicles are being controlled by operators in the ...

2026-02-06T19:19:55+01:00

Waymo vehicles are being controlled by operators in the Philippines (“They provide guidance”) https://www.businessinsider.com/waymo-grilled-lawmakers-chinese-cars-overseas-workers-ev-autonomous-vehicle-2026-2

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2026-02-05T21:38:05+01:00

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2026-02-04T16:15:48+01:00

Nice shirt, De Niro! ...

2026-01-02T01:42:55+01:00

Nice shirt, De Niro!

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2025-12-31T12:42:42+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…sx9l
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2025-12-31T12:42:27+01:00

https://www.axios.com/2025/12/31/trump-minnesota-payments-fraud-childcare-walz

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2025-11-19T16:10:49+01:00

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2025-11-18T22:24:21+01:00

We are living in a strange timeline where Christians don't ...

2025-10-26T01:12:41+02:00

We are living in a strange timeline where Christians don't like it when you quote Jesus to them and Republicans don't like it when you quote Reagan to them.
https://www.threads.com/@thedilkry/post/DQNXqAiEbwg?xmt=AQF0m8dwQyN4F6B8zI497eqK02q6eSwpUUN94iOnLzl-vw&slof=1

A federal judge on Tuesday disqualified Nevada’s top federal ...

2025-10-01T05:46:29+02:00

A federal judge on Tuesday disqualified Nevada’s top federal prosecutor from handling cases, a rebuke to the Trump administration’s attempts to circumvent federal appointment procedures put in place by Congress. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/nevada-acting-us-attorney-chattah-disqualified.html

A giant cross with training wheels is so perfect a metaphor, I ...

2025-09-23T16:16:00+02:00

A giant cross with training wheels is so perfect a metaphor, I can't believe this isn't satire. This was the "funeral" for Charlie Kirk, full of people dressed as flags cheering for politicians.

After years of pretending she would never stop fighting to get ...

2025-09-12T16:27:49+02:00

After years of pretending she would never stop fighting to get the Epstein files released, Marsha Blackburn just voted not to release them. https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-politics/blackburn-calls-epstein-amendment-political-stunt-votes-block/

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2025-09-12T05:04:01+02:00

https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social/post/3lylc2ox4cc2l

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2025-09-07T16:02:23+02:00

@claybennett.bsky.social

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2025-08-31T12:20:55+02:00

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2025-08-31T11:50:55+02:00

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2025-08-31T11:35:28+02:00

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2025-08-16T18:04:20+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…e5ml
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna221145

2025-08-16T18:04:06+02:00

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna221145

US-Based Companies Announce Record Number of Impending Layoffs ...

2025-08-16T17:25:16+02:00

US-Based Companies Announce Record Number of Impending Layoffs
"DOGE Actions" was the number one reason cited by employers for their planned job cuts. https://truthout.org/articles/us-based-companies-announce-record-number-of-impending-layoffs/

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2025-08-10T05:43:28+02:00

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/imports-plunge-seattle-tacoma-ports-tariffs/281-72df8025-ffb0-4108-bad1-7974ff17d646

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2025-08-08T16:08:39+02:00

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2025-08-03T20:20:48+02:00

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2025-07-29T15:05:51+02:00

A recent CNN poll shows 55% think Trump has gone too far in his ...

2025-07-28T04:24:28+02:00

A recent CNN poll shows 55% think Trump has gone too far in his pursuit of undocumented immigrants, up 10% since February. And as raids ramp up across the country, the gap between Trump’s rhetoric about rounding up “terrorists” and “gang members” and the reality of deporting normal, everyday people who are upstanding members of their communities will only grow starker. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/26/ice-deportations-civil-war-history-00473752

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2025-07-02T05:26:56+02:00

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2025-07-02T04:54:58+02:00

House panel rejects cuts to agricultural research, and Senators ...

2025-06-15T14:53:28+02:00

House panel rejects cuts to agricultural research, and Senators express doubts about cuts to NIH and forest research
https://www.science.org/content/article/congress-shows-first-signs-resisting-trump-s-plans-slash-science-budgets

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2025-06-06T16:27:50+02:00

“Secretary Burgum’s narrative doesn’t match the reality ...

2025-06-03T15:47:42+02:00

“Secretary Burgum’s narrative doesn’t match the reality unfolding in our parks. The Park Service is in a full-blown staffing crisis." - Theresa Pierno, NPCA's President and CEO https://www.npca.org/articles/9221-parks-group-rebukes-secretary-burgum-s-misrepresentation-of-national-park

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2025-05-26T19:39:35+02:00

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-computer-scientists-should-not-be-retired-2025-5

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2025-05-25T14:30:48+02:00

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2025-04-30T13:26:34+02:00

If everyone who has signed up for the deferred resignation takes ...

2025-04-29T15:49:42+02:00

If everyone who has signed up for the deferred resignation takes it—and their leave is set to kick on April 30—APHIS is planning slow down work on crop insurance for farmers who lose product to disease; payments to poultry farmers who lose their flocks due to bird flu; the licensing of veterinary products that diagnose, prevent and treat diseases; and operations at the National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/04/some-agencies-are-walking-back-workforce-cuts-critical-functions-risk-failure/404868/

Harvard is receiving an average of 88 online donations an hour as ...

2025-04-18T18:24:49+02:00

Harvard is receiving an average of 88 online donations an hour as alumni rally behind University President Alan M. Garber’s resounding rebuke of the White House’s demands on Monday. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/18/donations-hour-by-hour/

One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's death, ...

2025-04-06T23:38:03+02:00

One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna199362

Trump aims to see it make a profit and has floated the idea of ...

2025-04-04T15:32:07+02:00

Trump aims to see it make a profit and has floated the idea of merging it with the Commerce Department. That would halt the USPS's independent status and put it under his administration. https://www.goerie.com/story/news/2025/04/02/usps-changing-mail-delivery-why-when-it-starts/82781202007/#

So this was a campaign promise not an observation. ...

2025-03-11T04:26:30+01:00

So this was a campaign promise not an observation.
https://bsky.app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social/post/3lk2tg4tnb22g

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2025-03-09T16:51:13+01:00

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2025-03-07T18:55:01+01:00

https://bsky.app/profile/asveenstra.bsky.social/post/3ljln57vlfc2g

The Republican plan to cut #SocialSecurity calls for people with ...

2024-12-29T15:44:37+01:00

The Republican plan to cut #SocialSecurity calls for people with average career earnings of $57.8K to have nearly 1/4 of their benefits cut

People with $92K earnings would suffer a 44% cut

These are not wealthy people

It also raises retirement age to 69

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-house-republican-study-committee-budget-proposes-harsh-changes-to-social-security/

The interplay between ants, wasps, and oaks suggests a unique ...

2024-12-17T05:07:30+01:00

The interplay between ants, wasps, and oaks suggests a unique evolutionary convergence, where distinct organisms independently develop similar strategies to exploit ant behavior. https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/8-year-old-boys-discovery-rewrites-100-years-of-insect-and-plant-knowledge/

No food has entered northern Gaza since the start of October, ...

2024-10-14T14:45:56+02:00

No food has entered northern Gaza since the start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of going hungry, the World Food Programme told CNN on Friday. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/10/11/middleeast/food-northern-gaza-starvation-un-intl

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2024-09-30T14:21:29+02:00

https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/news/appalachian-trail-closed/

500 hikes (1,984.5 miles, 350,674’ elevation gain) since trails ...

2024-09-26T06:34:00+02:00

500 hikes (1,984.5 miles, 350,674’ elevation gain) since trails reopened in May 2020
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hu01AEOv-DIvd_isL57bnWDVUEfo1PZPXi_0EzWCPNE/

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2024-09-19T07:17:24+02:00

Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket ...

2024-09-18T02:27:54+02:00

Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
Cannon, whose oversight of the Donald Trump classified documents case has garnered widespread criticism, has repeatedly violated a rule requiring that federal judges disclose their attendance at private seminars.
https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures

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2024-09-17T06:02:53+02:00

https://www.threads.net/@jefftiedrich/post/C__sc6fSO-U/?xmt=AQGzLUX93McVRoiZD9747cgcOjTu9eu-Q6xgx5zQYP4ZwA

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2024-09-17T04:59:38+02:00

Trump Lays Out Vision for Bending the Federal Government to His ...

2024-09-10T22:49:29+02:00

Trump Lays Out Vision for Bending the Federal Government to His Will
He pledged to ultimately eliminate the Department of Education, redirect the efforts of the DOJM and fire civil servants charged with carrying out Biden administration policies with which he disagreed. This dovetails with the stated goals and proposals of Project 2025.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/us/politics/trump-rally-wisconsin.html

“Most people say elections aren’t really about policy ...

2024-08-24T14:05:46+02:00

“Most people say elections aren’t really about policy anymore, but if you think about it, the biggest scandal, the one that actually has the Republicans the most afraid, the one that has the president doing damage control, it’s not a criminal cover up, although they had one of those too… It’s not a sex tape. It’s the simple fact that they wrote down their own policies. That is the thing that they might not recover from.” https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4841340-donald-trump-campaign-project-2025/amp/