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How can you minimize your exposure to microplastics? How worried should you be about the health effects? Your questions, answered.

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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Participating In Combat

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Rep. Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona Democrat, is introducing a bill named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh, an Iranian Christian convert who was deported by the Trump administration. The bill seeks to stop the expedited removal of people fleeing countries that persecute religious minorities.

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The head of Israel's progressive opposition party offered a pointed rebuke of the country's latest airstrikes in Gaza.

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not as easy as it looks

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A ProPublica analysis revealed a stark pattern across the Deep South, where about 200 majority-Black public school districts educate 1.3 million students. Alongside those districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students. (Published Dec. 2024)

submitted 71 days ago • 58 comments

Seriously? Chuck Schumer, read the damn room!

submitted 71 days ago • 137 comments

Something to remember for #ausvotes. There's no Liberal Party or National Party in Queensland. There's only the Liberal National Party for all 3 levels of government. The LNP is the banner they campaign on here.

submitted 69 days ago • 5 comments

Bluesky loves links! We don't downrank, and major publishers report that we're sending more link traffic than other sites. Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly. theblue.report/week/

submitted 69 days ago • 366 comments

Katrina Armstrong, interim president of Columbia University, is stepping down, the school said in an announcement.

submitted 69 days ago • 30 comments

Fuck this shit every day and twice on Sunday

submitted 70 days ago • 20 comments

NEW: A federal judge called Trump’s attempts to punish the law firm Jenner & Block “disturbing and issued a temporary restraining order blocking his executive order. Shows how cowardly are Paul Weiss and Skadden.

submitted 69 days ago • 11 comments

Nearly every Republican in the Senate voted to overturn a Biden Admin rule that limited bank overdraft fees to $5. This rule, initially established by the now gutted CFPB, was expected to save consumers $5 billion annually. The GOP is the party of junk fees.

submitted 69 days ago • 209 comments

Neo fascists dismantling the USA are the same weak, scared nerd boys as ever - afraid women prefer black men, accepting asian men as lesser threats. It’s all about them and their “superior” reproductive fitness. Crazy to understand this grows in some men who feel ignored by women or unable to breed.

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It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

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The Orange Orangutang cuts US$12 billion from health services. That’s A$19 billion. Who’d be an American ?

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US VP's wife is there youtu.be/rdxQy70-SRI?...

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Elon Musk's PACs have spent over $13M backing Trump loyalist Brad Schimel in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race. If Schimel wins, the court could uphold a total abortion ban, attacks on unions, and gerrymandered maps — and change state law to benefit Tesla. Follow the money.

submitted 73 days ago • 75 comments

a key insight revealed by the military strike group chat: entire trump cabinet is saying we shouldn’t be helping the europeans, and if we have to then they should be paying for it not collective security, it’s purely transactional security

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In the past four years, America’s infrastructure has improved — but just slightly. A report card released by the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the United States an overall grade of C, up from a C- in 2021 and consistent D-ranged grades since the start of testing in 1998.

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Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., re-ups a relevant Tulsi Gabbard post from 10 days ago

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"The common ground that public education has represented throughout this nation’s history is eroding underneath our feet."

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Exactly

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SCOOP: The Trump team is taking a hatchet to the State Department's annual — and world-renowned — human rights report. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful. When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability. Know the truth.

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‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters planning ‘biggest day of action’ - https://www.theverge.com/news/633091/tesla-takedown-protesters-planning-biggest-day-of-action

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The worm, emphasis on worm, has turned it seems.

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Prisoners hold pads between their legs in 'degrading' treatment: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/qld-women-prison-inhumane-conditions-detention-inspector-report/105072998

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‘The legal profession can’t decry the conduct but not wrestle with this intellectual and precedential legacy.’ www.smh.com.au/national/a-k...

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"what we see..is an increasingly rigid form of epistemic totalitarianism..institutions, media, & governments attempt to dictate not only what people should do but what they should believe. This shift..is one of the most dangerous evolutions of modern power structures." dasniel.com/f/epistemic-...

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“In recent years, about two-thirds of EU procurement orders have gone to U.S. defense companies.” The US is not invited to participate & procurement must come from EU & strategic partners. How much loss is this for the US defense industry? So what do you think the NRA will have to say?

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That happens when normal people can’t afford housing.

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Winter festival latest to be axed despite drawing 70,000 fans: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/bathurst-winter-festival-cancelled-budget-restraints/105075382

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Mystery as thousands of dead juvenile fish wash up on beaches: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/thousands-of-dead-juvenile-leatherjacket-fish-on-beaches/105076098

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Ben & Jerry's says its CEO was sacked for activism. How did we get here?: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/ben-and-jerrys-claims-ceo-sacked-because-of-social-activism/105075594

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Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 99.7% RE Last 186 weeks: 98.7% RE (1/5)

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President Donald Trump reportedly to sign an executive order tomorrow directing the closure of the Department of Education, per USA Today

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Injections and tube feeding save more than 100 birds after mass poisoning incident.

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the NASA astronauts who spent 278 extra days on the International Space Station after their spacecraft malfunctioned, do not get overtime pay for their unexpectedly long stay. But they do get $5 a day for “incidentals.”

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abducted by masked agents of the state in the streets of the capital and slated for deportation for the offense of being linked to views

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Scrapped Path to Treaty funds redirected into indigenous communities: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/truth-telling-inquiry-funds-treaty-indigenous-communities-water/105075118

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🧵Aid, Trade, & Shade: China’s USAID Ambitions The suspension of USAID has created a vacuum that China appears to be filling with state-controlled development, aid, educational programs, and influence campaigns. infoepi.org/posts/2025/...

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