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"A team of President Trump's advisers are expected to meet with Russian officials next week to begin peace negotiations over the war in Ukraine, two U.S. government officials familiar with the details told CBS News Saturday." cbsn.ws/4hFIzQV

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"Trump also revealed to The Post that he wants to use his power to remove one of the biggest contributing factors to traffic congestion in the first place — bike lanes." nypost.com/2025/02/08/u...

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President Trump on Friday directed government officials to prioritize the resettlement of South Africans of European descent through the U.S. refugee program, which he suspended during his first day in office. https://cbsn.ws/3WQTfDY

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"Sending Blagojevich to Belgrade would mean dispatching a former senior official convicted of corruption as the emissary to a country that has long grappled with — corruption." www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 20 days ago • 6 comments

I've moved across the country twice and I reached a decision both times by having heart to hearts with my best friends and deciding I wanted to challenge myself. Whiskey and soul searching was involved. But ya, I guess an AI that knows your Venmo and tweets complaining about snow could be helpful

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

"Rich Hein looked through the lens of his camera into the hearts of people. He shot the city for nearly half a century, taking thousands of images that captured the human condition, first for suburban newspapers, then for 40 years on staff at the Sun-Times" chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

Sen. Tom Cotton is saying point-blank Trump does not have the legal authority to extend the start date of a law that has already taken effect under TikTok ban statute.

submitted 40 days ago • 65 comments

Going to bed at 10:30 on Saturday night and waking up at 1pm, is that a TikTok ban or taking a good edible in your 30s?

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

There goes TikTok

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

It's a little obvious, but if BuzzFeed News still existed, our homepage splash would definitely be TIKTOK ON THE CLOCK right now

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

TikTok now displaying this message about the imminent ban when you open it

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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says his childhood home—and Snapchat’s first headquarters—burned down in the Palisades fire. “Los Angeles, my heart breaks for you, and yet I love you even more,” he wrote in a blog post.

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This is, uh, not great: "A wireless emergency evacuation alert was sent to residents across Los Angeles County. However, it was meant for people in the order and warning zones for the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills." www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

We saw Nosferatu last night. I really liked it, but full disclosure, I am not a horror fan at all — was that movie supposed to be camp? Was I supposed to laugh that much?

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A Los Angeles man nearly missed his flight back home, all because he says the self-driving Waymo taxi he was using to get to the airport wouldn't stop driving around a parking lot in circles. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...

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The Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas "appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily-decorated combat veteran who was struggling with PTSD," FBI Special Agent In Charge says

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"those bollards, which are designed to block vehicles from crashing into buildings and pedestrians, were quickly jammed with Mardi Gras beads and stopped working" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u...

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

Las Vegas Metropolitan PD found a Defense Department Common Access Card in the Cybertruck which exploded at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The name on the card is Matthew Alan Livelsberger. He shows him at the pay grade of E8 or Master Sergeant. His journey to NV started on Dec. 28.

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Brooke Eby kept a low profile online for most of her life. But since being diagnosed in 2022 with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, she opened up, joining a niche group of content creators with terminal illnesses documenting the progression of their diseases on social media.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

It is criminal how much better my hair looks when I wash it with Chicago water vs New York 🤐

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

They are not the most photogenic dessert, but they are delicious: I made peanut butter whiskey balls for New Year's Eve 🥂

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

I don't post for the followers I post because I need to get these thoughts out of my head

submitted 59 days ago • 25 comments

"The 80-acre site is home to a camp that has served kids living with or affected by HIV/AIDS for more than 30 years. But the number of babies contracting the virus through their mothers has declined to the point where such a camp no longer needs to exist." www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...

submitted 62 days ago • 6 comments

If you see something awful on Twitter it's ok you don't have to screenshot it to make sure we all see it here as well

submitted 64 days ago • 219 comments

Had a 9 a.m. O'Hare Boxing Day blessing: Curb dropoff to the other side of TSA in ten minutes, good breakfast at Goose Island, boarding was smooth, minimal taxing, plane took off on time 🙏

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"a source familiar with the committee's work told CBS News the committee is expected to release the [Gaetz] report on Monday." www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga...

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

Jon M. Chu says George Lucas loved #Wicked and called him immediately after watching it “I’ve never met George Lucas ... I’ve never talked to him. I got that call randomly … He was still at the mall where he’d just seen the movie ... He couldn't have been more kind" (via CBS)

submitted 69 days ago • 19 comments

Officials push back on online rumors, say mystery drones are not tracking radioactive material www.cbsnews.com/news/mystery...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

It's good to be back in Chicago

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

New DHS/FBI/FAA/DOD statement: "We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk" "There have been a limited number of visual sightings of drones over military facilities...such sightings...are not new"

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

The FBI out of Newark is asking people to stop shining lasers or shooting guns at what they think are drones

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

The best and most political episodes of DS9 are more valuable than anything the golden age of television dished out, bc post 9/11, U.S. television would never be that complex or daring again. It just takes a bunch of episodes to get there.

submitted 75 days ago • 120 comments

Here is the annual sharing of my "Holiday Jams That Don't Suck" playlist. Obviously YMMV but this is a mix of music across genres (R&B, 90s alt, pop, punk, etc) that is NOT from the 1950s Always happy to accept suggestions if you have something that fits the vibe! open.spotify.com/playlist/25j...

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Some fresh Pew research out today focusing on teens and social media/technology trends with a lot of illuminating charts www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is not expected to travel to Washington next month as an inauguration guest of President-elect Donald Trump, according to two sources familiar with the planning www.cbsnews.com/news/chinas-...

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BREAKING: Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder in NYC www.cbsnews.com/news/united-...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

The profile picture on the YouTube channel being associated with Luigi Mangione that posted this afternoon has changed at least once since it went live and started getting attention, so take it with a grain of salt (see last two screenshots)

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Breaking: Juan Soto to the Mets. $765M. 15 years.

submitted 81 days ago • 97 comments

"New York City Mayor Eric Adams ... said police know the suspected gunman's name, but are not sharing it publicly." www.cbsnews.com/news/brian-t...

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

So about ten years ago I found a small network of bots on Reddit dedicated to spreading hate. The thing about it is that these weren't even responding to political topics - they were just responding to random keywords with insults and hate. The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵

submitted 87 days ago • 135 comments

An unclassified House report released today says it "appears increasingly likely that a foreign adversary is behind some" cases of Havana Syndrome www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-...

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

The tsunami scare today in the Bay Area illustrates how Elon Musk has changed X for the worse in emergencies. This is the real account of Berkeley PD. But changes in verification means it no longer has a verified badge. Anyone searching for immediate info might be uncertain if this post is legit.

submitted 84 days ago • 50 comments

'"If I'm guilty of this, every cop in the nation's going to jail" A CBS News investigation found dozens of law enforcement leaders — sheriffs, captains, lieutenants, chiefs of police — buying and illegally selling firearms, even weapons of war, across 23 US states www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...

submitted 84 days ago • 41 comments

That's right

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment