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CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration 60M's ⁦‪Sharyn Alfonsi‬⁩ said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage My NPR story www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

Named the young male deer who visited our back yard today Prince Albert.

Thinking today about this sentence: "Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a 9 percent increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a 2020 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office."

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

As stories go, this one is terrifying

due to absurd zoning regulations enshrining a lost imperial decadence this town also has "Taco Bell that looks like a bank" and "Quaint Italian Whataburger Bistro"

Oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd the local aquarium has three new born otters and they CHIRP

The Donald J. Trump Commemorative Late Night Menu at The Georgetown Wingos

This holiday season, I'm commemorating the year I spent thinking the "Ip" in the title of the 'Ip Man' series was pronounced "I.P." which made the narrative about a legal expert who saves victims of intellectual property theft, as well as local corruption

I was diagnosed with diabetes 38 years ago today. I live a mostly normal life interrupted by the 1 zillion decisions I have to make about my health every day. I'm lucky. Today and always, everyone deserves unfettered access to the healthcare they need. mutualaiddiabetes.com/donate/

Commontators, AKA small potatoes

When reached by MS NOW, Bongino declined to confirm or deny the reports of his plans, adding, “Print whatever you’d like. No one believes you anyway. Thanks.” www.ms.now/news/bongino...

I enjoy telling people that Mexicans are responsible for everyone’s love of chili peppers. www.splendidtable.org/story/2018/0...

We must raise our voices for them. I’ll continue to try and follow Rob’s example as an artist and a humanitarian. I hope you do too. I don’t know what else to do other than try to cherish every moment we are alive, to be of service to every aspect of our existence and to never give up.

Wake up babe, Susie Wiles just dropped another interview

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

My hometown paper forgot to put words in a headline.

I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.

Why do they call it a “mushroom omelet” and not a “breakfast of champignons”

At my niece’s wedding, where I learned she and her husband’s moms were waitresses together at several restaurants near Hudson, WI, pregnant at the same time, and they used to joke about what if their kids got married someday. They met working at the same bar.

I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting. I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.

The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.

The Time cover illustrates that, like any poorly executed magazine cover, there was no considered discussion about covers as artifacts that should prompt reactions beyond the simplest interpretation of the work. The cover simply contains a reduction of the meaning of an original work it copies

babe come look. they liquid death-ified retinol

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

Reuters Exclusive: The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, according to six sources familiar with the matter. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

Sushi is my lifetime favorite food, and I stopped eating octopus specifically because of their otherworldly intelligence

One of the most highly cited academic articles on the safety of glyphosate has been retracted, eight years after court documents revealed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...

My son almost died from RSV when he was two

"Clearly people did it for a long time with no problem" is doing all the work here. All the work. Literally all of the work

my five year old had RSV when he was six months old and when we brought him to the pediatrician they were like yeah go directly to the hospital we’re calling ahead scariest few days of our lives from the bottom of my heart: all these people can go to hell

Cried laughing at this

A visually compelling and emotionally challenging film I'll never forget—as a Mexican-American with lost indigenous ancestry, with regards to my Filipino friends and family. youtu.be/8h7rriQD1qc?...

Living in San Francisco is great because you’ll meet a new person who seems nice and perfectly reasonable and slowly throughout the conversation it will become clear what kind of cult they are in.

JD Vance, for obvious political reasons, is constantly hedging on his plans for the 2028 election. That could create problems for his attempt to challenge campaign finance restrictions in a case being heard by the Supreme Court today. Why?👇 www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Right now, donations to @19thnews.org are being *matched* — can you give to support our independent, nonprofit newsroom as we prepare to cover midterm elections and the policies that impact women & LGBTQ+ people? Jovie the pup says it's a great idea! 19thnews.org/membership/?...

It’s pretty cool watching free buses take off. A 5.4% increase! Big win for riders 🙌 truthout.org/articles/fre...

15/ Today we’ve published a deeply reported 5-part series. It’s about Albany, Georgia. It’s about getting sick in America. And it’s about what happens when the most powerful institution in town is a hospital.

New AP reporting from the Mali–Mauritania border reveals widespread allegations of killings and sexual violence by Africa Corps fighters.

Francis Fukuyama could not have foreseen the sociopolitical alignment of bodegas, their cats, and bacon egg and cheese on a sesame bagel

She cleaned houses to make ends meet. Now she leads the Montgomery County Council.

NEW: A ProPublica and @highcountrynews.org investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supercharging the system.

A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving

In honor of classic holiday desserts, Prue and Paul enjoy comedian James Acaster's "humble pie" on the Great British Bake Off

Normalize sleeping at 7pm on Thanksgiving

Why is he in my old dorm