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Pierre-Luc Dubois had quite the afternoon, the blue line bust out offensively and the Capitals picked up where they left off with a dominant 8-3 win over the Penguins following a lengthy 4 Nations break. All the takeaways:

CAPS WIN close one

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

Capitals unveil Stanley Cup championship plaque at Washington Harbour where they once swam in fountains: "In Vegas They Became Champions… Here They Became Legends" russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2025/02/21/c...

Impacts of the USAID Stop Work Orders A 2024 study looked into the impact of U.S. foreign aid. Every dollar spent on aid returns an average of $8 in exports. It benefits people in the US before delivery and in the development phase when countries strike up partnerships.

Beautiful new cover of the Nature Astronomy Journal The dark polar ovals of Jupiter Image: Troy Tsubota, University of California, Berkeley. Cover design: Bethany Vukomanovic. www.nature.com/natastron/vo... @natureastronomy.bsky.social 🧪🔭 #Jupiter

The athlete you should be paying attention to today. abc7chicago.com/post/former-...

Resources for federal workers: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/reso... Rep. Raskin's on-demand webinar for federal workers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZnn...

sunset at morehead city, nc. the seagull flying into my shot was perfect.

just before Sunset Saturday night from the Broadway Trailhead area in Apache Junction☁️🌅🌵

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Shared with my by an NWS Meteorologist: NWS is potentially in trouble. We are struggling to get our public safety exemption approved from higher ups in the government. Without the exemption, we could face steep cuts. 1/2

First crocuses of the year.

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

Washington Post got their hands on internal documents from DOGE showing the entire plan to implement resegregation. They're going to purge minorities from government by calling them DEI. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Allegory alert!

Driving early this morning & could see the cloud clearing driving back towards #Greatstone, arrived at the beach just after #sunrise. 1c with a 15mph ESE wind up the beach with no coat & gloves, I didn't stay long 😊🥶 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent

The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans. Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.

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Breaking — All probationary employees at OPM were just fired in a mass phone call. Acting Director Chuck Ezell told staffers, "I encourage you to use this as an opportunity for your next step forward," per recording I reviewed. On site staffers were given less than an hour to leave.

Today is the international day of the Woman and Girl in Science. To all badass women, scientists keep doing what you do: discovery, mentorship, and hard work. YOU belong in SCIENE. To others, uplift the Women scientists you know, cite them, promote them, sponsor them, invite them - be an upstander.

US judge keeps Trump plan to push out federal workers on hold

Fairbanks AK - 30 minutes before sunrise which is beginning to shift towards east. Alaska Range slightly subdued today. From left to right - Mt Hays - Mt Hess - Mt Deborah.

WOW 🌅 This is the first time since arriving in Saalbach there have been clouds in the sky. And it’s made for a breathtaking sunset here tonight.

Tom Wilson! Ties it up late 3rd period.

Ovechkin finds Strome to make it 4-3.

I am transferring away from my 2G phone. It's time. Deleting years worth of texts bring me back to those moments, so much we've gone through, my closest people and me.

✨A bit of Tuesday inspiration: sunrise at York Minster.

A stunner of a sunset in SWDC this evening.