With no warning, ICE has detained Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts. No reason has yet been provided for the detainment. Roberts is a native of Guyana and a former Olympic Athlete, and by all accounts is a well-regarded member of the Des Moines community.

A man who killed four people at a NYC office home to the NFL and blamed league for hiding brain injury dangers had CTE, autopsy finds.

Is now a good time to remind folk of the "Three Sentence Review"? #BookSky We used this on the little shelfcards in the bookstore when my booksellers were stuck—they could hand-sell like mad, but writing a review often stalled them out. This worked. (Any tropes are a great answer to #1, btw.)

We used to help countries defend themselves against stuff like this. Under this administration, that help has been stopped. www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/e...

Some good news - but will he pay up? “The Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay more than $13m after his claim of being a “foreign investor” was dismissed by an international tribunal after a dispute lasting more than a decade” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Your taxpayer dollars hard at work bringing home "lethality" "The defense secretary is expected to lecture about the “warrior ethos” for less than an hour, according to multiple people familiar with the event. But top generals are bracing for possible firings or demotions."

They're going to use the Comey case to break the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia, just like they used the Adams case to break the office in the Southern District of New York.

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

One in five Americans now get their news from TikTok - as Trump jokes he’d make algorithm ‘100 percent MAGA’

Israeli prime minister faces protests inside and outside UN General Assembly deepening Israel’s international isolation.

Oooh, this is interesting! "Surgical start timing was an independent risk factor for increased short- and long-term postoperative mortality, morbidity and healthcare resource utilisation." #AnSky doi.org/10.1111/anae...

BBC - Some 260 suspected cyber scammers have been arrested in a sting operation carried out across 14 African countries. www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r...

The pilot data is very convincing; almost all the women have been told they can't be a surgeon due to their gender, while none- none!- of the men have. The link to a larger survey about #GenderBias by @uksurgeons.bsky.social is in the linked article- please contribute 🙏. #ILookLikeASurgeon

POTS is very common‼️‼️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

Efforts to stop a deadly measles outbreak from spreading through a predominately Muslim population are being hindered in part by concerns that some measles vaccines may not meet Islam’s halal standards because they use a stabilizer that is derived from pigs.

Large fire in Matraville NSW

No tsunami warning for M5.9 earthquake off the Oregon coast

Queensland Watch and Act Bushfire PREPARE TO LEAVE Mount Nimmel Road Springbrook WARNING AREA between Little Nerang Dam and Mount Nimmel Road 4:22pm Fri, 26 Sep 2025

⚡️Amid rising tensions, Poland urges citizens to 'immediately' leave Belarus. Poland's Embassy in Minsk called on Polish citizens to "immediately leave" Belarus on Sept. 25, amid rising tensions stemming from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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BREAKING The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths Friday as Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi battered a country still feeling the effects of Super Typhoon Ragasa

NEW on MSNBC: James Comey's son-in-law has resigned from the Justice Department. He had been a prosecutor in the office that indicted his father-in-law.

I am here for supporting every person who says “yeah nah” to DJT

‘Some doctors swear blind it does not exist’: Why this leading specialist is still focused on long COVID. "Professor Anthony Byrne says the difficulty with long COVID is the phenotypes can fall into various specialties." Source: www.ausdoc.com.au/news/some-do...

In a library, a woman (30s?) is leading her Mum by the hand down the aisles until they reach the 'M' aisle. She then pauses, pulls a book off the shelf and holds it up, saying: "That's your book Mum. Right there. You're in the Library!" Mum bursts into tears. Happy hugs all around. (2)

🧵Spotted on the School Holidays in Aotearoa New Zealand: A young human (7?) swaggers into the library with Nana. He's got three book bags looped over his arm and is wearing a very serious expression. Pausing by the door he says: "I'm going to be a while. These bags hold a LOT of books." (1)

“An evacuation order has been issued for 325 addresses due to the Munro Lake Wildfire. The evacuation area impacts the Princeton Avenue area.” www.castanet.net/news/Peachla... - @castanet.net #BCWildfire #MunroLakeWildfire #Okanagan #Peachland cc: #Kelowna #WestKelowna

South Korea fires warning shots at North Korean ship crossing sea border reut.rs/4gDDXuO

This is a very positive story

US cyber officials issued an “emergency directive” ordering federal agencies to defend their networks against an “advanced” group of hackers that have breached at least one agency in an apparent espionage campaign.

Former FBI Director James Comey reacts to indictment by the Trump administration: “We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either.”

New: There was an "emergency" all-hands meeting inside part of NOAA today basically to tell people they have no idea what to expect re a potential shutdown. "Even less than usual," per one source. There is no guidance yet available and no info on what specifically the OMB memo means. So that's cool.

So much for cutting drug costs

Swim ✅ No one at pathology so in and out quickly for fasting bloods ✅ I can now eat and enjoy a cuppa satisfied I have used my day well and it is not yet 10 am May everyone have a similarly easy and productive day 😘

"...we would like to inform you of a recent report of threats targeting a Canadian research institution and scientific researchers. These threats, driven by anti-vaccination rhetoric [🤬]... escalated to include a death threat." email from Public Health Agency of Canada #cdnpoli

Here’s the Comey indictment

My smart watch is playing dirty I know it failed to count at least 3 laps, possibly more It is tricking me into swimming further which is a bit underhanded

Starbucks is closing stores and cutting 900 jobs in a restructuring move. 1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year. Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

Awake early so going swimming So many people out and about Coffee shop we passed is humming I guess a lot of people are waking up with the sun and appreciating the slightly warmer weather 😊

The short notice and lack of advertised agenda is raising eyebrows

The short notice and lack of advertised agenda is raising eyebrows

There were at least 4 Starbucks within a short walk of where we lived in the US It was a ridiculous number

Israel's Channel 12 says car explodes in Tel Aviv, injuries reported reut.rs/4mBqVzE

Landscape-inspired textile art, using hand-dyed fabric, stitching and mixed media by UK textile artist Magz Roberts #WomensArt

Another measles alert in Queensland Now 21 cases in Qld Full list of exposure sites and times at the health alert link below metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/news/measles...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty taking part in a criminal association Sarkozy permitted his "close collaborators" to try to obtain funds from Gadhafi's Libyan regime ahead of his presidential run in 2007, the court found

The finished product Creamy baked chicken with mushrooms (and spinach and cauliflower) with a side of broccoli

I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. DRINKING WATER CAUSES AUTISM. IN A DEFINITIVE STUDY ON THIS ISSUE, THE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT THE PARENTS OF EVERY AUTISTIC CHILD HAD DRUNK WATER DURING THE PREGNANCY. THIS PROVES IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER