Today’s inflation data shows that prices are rising at their fastest pace since January. Food inflation in particular is hitting Americans hard. Could this be one reason why? https://youtu.be/ad5GfgrPkYo

Two of Florida’s most iconic coral species are now functionally extinct. The 2023–2024 marine heat wave wiped out 97.8% to 100% of staghorn and elkhorn corals across nearly 400 surveyed reefs, according to marine scientists. buff.ly/IjWGm0D

After showing how to bring affordable fruits and vegetables to DC corner stores for 14 years, @dccentralkitchen.bsky.social is now offering a free best practice guide to bring their innovative program to your city and help close the grocery gap: dccentralkitchen.org/wp-content/u...

Obituary: Chen-Ning Yang (1922-2025) Nobel prizewinner who helped to improve scientific relations between China and the United States go.nature.com/4772cyB

“Nearly half of American families with children under 6 are struggling to meet at least one basic need, according to new data from the Stanford Center on Early Childhood.”

Think about that. In 1996, the web barely existed, & a museum was teaming up with a brand-new nonprofit to capture history as it happened online. A visionary collaboration that set the stage for web archiving as we know it today.

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In his latest stunt documentary, British journalist Oobah Butler exposes the ridiculousness of internet hustle culture.

👋 Say hi to our 2025 Emerging Reporters: Annabelle Ink, Lee Ann Anderson, Safa Wahidi, Kahlie Wray and Gabriel Velasquez Neira! These student journalists will receive stipends and one-on-one mentorship with our staff. Learn more about each of them: https://propub.li/4hmFEx4

"Never forget" indeed.

"America is cooked." I hear a lot of people saying that right now. And, I admit, I often find that showing up as the trending story inside my head lately. I also know it’s crap fiction born out of excessive doomscrolling and a lack of fresh air… johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-america...

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness. Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

Not simply fascism. Monarchism.

Pritzker on Fox: "He's challenging the integrity of the next election by sending troops into our cities. It isn't about fighting crime. He said he's going after the worst of the worst. That's not what they're doing. They are literally after black and brown people because of the color of their skin."

New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

A married couple earning $85,000 per year will pay $15,000 more next year for health care if Republicans in Washington won’t act. Minnesotans can’t afford this.

i think we all saw this coming. after a mediocre Q2 earnings, and the company pissing off all democrats by trying to suck up to 🍊 by eliminating ALL of their DEI initiatives, this is what they're having to resort to #FAFO www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/t...

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Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

#RECALL: Scepter Fuel Containers Fuel Containers; Imported by Canada Prep and Ship. The recalled fuel containers violate the mandatory safety standards for portable fuel containers. Get full refund. Full notice: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

I’m trying. I think they got the message that the biggest rip off in pharmacy is when patients have to pay the full list price during their deductible phase. And to make matters worse, a big chunk of the money goes to the PBMs and insurance companies

Not gonna lie. This still blows my mind.

N.I.C.E. Agents on the #Halifax waterfront #NovaScotia #Canada 🤣🍁 youtu.be/S1yYGb1U31o?...

NEW: We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and databases that few would know about.

if you were wondering why Marc Andreessen was so invested in destroying the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

It Takes Only 250 Documents to Poison Any AI Model - www.darkreading.com/application-...

He could have built a ballroom without the illegal destruction and desecration. I believe that these pictures are the reason he did it.

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

How Japanese Kintsugi Masters Restore Pottery by Beautifying the Cracks

The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.

Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

The Louvre’s new must-see? The broken window smashed by thieves in €88m jewel heist

"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory" www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

How do mRNA vaccines help fight cancer? A @nature.com paper today tells the story, one with big implications, as reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...

the president doesn’t own, he rents, and we all know what a landlord would do if you just started ripping out walls

Eight Sleep smartbeds users had a bad night on Monday when a major outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused their beds to malfunction. Some were left with the bed’s heat blasting. One woman said her bed went haywire and she had to unplug it from the wall. 🔗 www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...

“It’s always been an issue that I care about, not just because my best friend has had an abortion, but also because I can’t believe we’re still talking about whether or not women get to make medical decisions about their own bodies," says one pilot.

Making Argentina Great Again. Indefensible.

The complete refuse to accept political differences and the total demonization of the political opposition is a toxic and dangerous brew. It looks to me as if many Democrats do not understand this is the agenda of the GOP and the right.

Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November. It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.

Italy’s beloved cartoon character turns 50 this year.

Public service announcement: Homeland Security routinely lies about incidents in which people are injured or killed.

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year. In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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