Pope Francis, who died in April 2025, left money in his will to purchase ambulances for Ukraine. This was revealed by Sister Lucía Caram.

If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Très belle #photo en noir et blanc de Gary Wagner

A comet sighting from India, the dunes of Death Valley, and more—check out a collection of winners and selected images from the 2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition:

Bonjour... After The Storm. Late afternoon. Daniella The White Tailed Deer, stretching her legs. She wasn't alone, a few of her family members were close by. Incredibly beautiful. 🦌📸 🇨🇦 #WhiteTailedDeer #Mammals #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Photography #OntarioParks #Canada

This is amazing and you need to watch this now!

Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.

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Zillow dropped climate risk scores. Redfin kept them. Why? Our research shows these scores are useful to homebuyers. Ideally, we'd have information on rising insurance costs. But until insurance disclosure rules change, we will continue to provide the best info available.

De nouveau en #NouvelleZélande sur cette #photo de Tom Archer. Passez une douce #nuit à venir, à demain.

I don't think we can ignore the fact that Indiana GOP lawmakers spent months insisting they weren't going to do this and relented less than 24 hours after one of them publicly revealed she was threatened with a pipe bomb.

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in general I feel that when a coffee place announces that its thing is something other than coffee (“the cafe for dog lovers!” “our proceeds go to a tremendous cause” “we are a bank”) the coffee is… bad. But I love to be wrong! any great-coffee-but-the-concept-is-not-coffee places you love?

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Bhattacharya’s NIH 😢 “Earlier this year, it delayed reviewing grants in order to vet research by political appointees, culled projects that mentioned D.E.I. and fired thousands of employees or pressured them to retire early.”

Okay this is cute.

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A guest speaker who previously worked at Facebook had some words of wisdom for my son's high school class today: "If an app is free, you're not using it, it's using you."

It’s December and our ginkgo is finally getting with the fall program.

Story on Joanne Brugge’s lab at HMS Lots of similar stories all over the country Meanwhile cancer research (and many other areas) is exploding with new opportunities for discovery, diagnosis, and treatment We are squandering our most valuable resource — our global leadership — at the worst time

methodist church… bodie state historic park #bluesky #photography #eastcoastkin #blueskymonday #california #ghosttown

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This is an interesting point.

Another gem from Stefan:

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My wife, Kathleen: “In the future, we will just be data. We will be just ones and zeroes. But I will be a one. Not a zero.”

#accountability #MilesKwan #TaiPoFire #WangFukCourt hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/v...

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

"I finally got my faucet fixed. I'll send you the plumber's name if you're interested. Cheers! Oh, and the left handle is white wine. 🤣"

Cool!

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I posted this earlier, but this time I'm posting it with the instructions so it makes more sense: Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild. Platypus Tiger Ostrich Caribou Poison dart frog

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When the boundaries fall away, the gaze that meets its own shimmer is not seeking shape or certainty. In that reflection, the soul does not find an image but a continuity— a motion without edge, a presence that needs no definition, a being that precedes becoming. As it is… #Vast

The US is setting some examples here which will make it more difficult to take a coherent stand against a Chinese blockade of Taiwan.

Happy Saturday! I took this shot in the fall on the #Oregon #Coast during crabbing season. #BlueSkyArtShow theme: #warmth #EastCoastKin #Photography #Newport #Fire #Sunset

“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”

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Metal diplomacy:

And for soldiers who feel that they are in that situation, reach out to the Orders Project. www.ordersproject.com

pluribus is the only show brave enough to ask if one mean lesbian could save the world

Sumo Santas!

If this is true, the next administration should prosecute Hegseth for murder. If Dems retake Congress they should impeach and remove him. The mission commander should be prosecuted for murder, too. Zero ambiguity about intentionally killing survivors clinging to a burning boat.

You've got to watch cats every second. 🤣

Andriy Yermak has submitted his resignation as Head of the Presidential Office, Zelenskyy said in his evening video address. Society’s demand to get rid of him was very high, and this is good news, although it should have been done much earlier to avoid serious reputational damage.

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I’m so sorry to read this. RIP. 💔

“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.” Genes-> Medicine nature.com/articles/s41...