A fire heavily damaged Mississippi’s largest synagogue — the same one the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights A suspect has been arrested, authorities say

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ICYMI: WaPo, on why ICE always has phones in their hands: to feed the social media beast. @drewharwell.com www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

New from me & @sylviaruthg.lpm.org: A day after a Kentucky Republican filed a bill to ban immigrant citizens from holding office (including current Rep. Nima Kulkarni), Suhas Kulkarni, Nima's father, filed to run for Kentucky House, as the legislation spurred him to action. #kyga26

Read a statement from Renee Good's wife at MPR News: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Deacs wird Weltmeister!

At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned that Bari Weiss, CBS News' Trump-approved minder, has held up another “60 Minutes” report: An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”

Potentially momentous developments in Iran. "Video verified by the BBC shows thousands of protesters taking to the streets in Iran's capital, Tehran. Cars can be heard sounding their horns as they attempt to make their way through the crowds." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

It's Thursday - and that means there's a fresh WUNC news quiz for you to take! Test your knowledge now on the latest news in North Carolina. www.wunc.org/news-quiz?ut...

for a new @consumerreports.org investigation, we tested 5 additional reader-requested protein powders for heavy metals. all had low levels of lead the results show it's possible to make less contaminated products, some companies just aren't doing it (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago. The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

For updates on the ICE shooting in south Minneapolis, we're posting updates here www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

BBC Verify and BBC Persian have verified over 100 videos in more than 50 towns and cities during 10 days of nationwide protests in Iran, showing that the demonstrations have now spread to the majority of Iran's provinces. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More than 17 years have passed since a massive rupture at a Tennessee Valley Authority plant spilled more than 1.1 billion gallons of coal ash into Harriman, Tenn., but the event is still raw for families of those who cleaned up the toxic sludge. From @wildlystrollingben.bsky.social.

(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops .. @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/01/0...

Boss invites you to share a cozy moment.

Emergency cat photo

VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now. Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet. Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"

there's always a north carolina connection: venezuela edition www.ncrabbithole.com/p/when-a-ven...

A draft Trump avoided no less.

Congressman Thomas Massie’s first reaction to the invasion/abduction of Venezuelan leader.

Airlines cancel dozens of Caribbean flights after U.S. attacks on Venezuela

Same procedure as every year!

what appears to be the least vaccinated school here in Buncombe County (23.5%) got some of the most private school voucher money ($1 million+) last year)

A joint investigation by ProPublica and FRONTLINE identified more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.

15 years in public radio and it is still so absolutely wild to hear people call NPR biased with their whole chests knowing that people pulling strings at the tippy top are either garden variety libs or actual registered republicans. I'm really proud of NPR and Katherine for standing up for it.

I decided to drop some history on Autherine Lucy Foster, the University of Alabama’s first Black student. This deal with defunding UA’s Black student magazine will fly over your heads if you don’t center Autherine’s years long fight against white supremacy: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social "Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."

“The vast majority of student debtors who seek discharges in bankruptcy are getting them, in large part because of a simpler legal process that was introduced three years ago.”

Guys, I found a poll from 1998 in the @ropercenter.bsky.social archives about their predictions for the year 2025 www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

“I am the captain now.” 🚢🫡

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains. Hum deserved better than the pigeonhole of 90s alt-rock radio.

The NYT writes a mostly glowing obit for Brigitte Bardot, says she "gained notoriety for her political views, which many say as racist." She was convicted 5 times for inciting racial hatred & mocked sexual assault victims, saying she enjoyed being told she had "a nice little ass."

Since 2024's Hurricane Helene, 800+ storm victims in western North Carolina have applied for buyouts under FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. State officials vetted applications and sent nearly 600 requests to Washington. So far, not a single approval has come through. @bradydennis.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov showcased receiving his latest award from Putin, was praised by his weatherman, and scolded his viewers for asking questions he didn't like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNmY...

Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive. ✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️ archive.org/details/sier...

Merry Bossmas!

Throwback to last month when government 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria initially included instructions to go to German food banks. www.404media.co/army-tells-s...

Fascinating piece on the future of British TV in the age of streaming:

ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in ‘warehouses’ www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

When the Montgomery Advertiser did a lynching series in 2018, I learned of two trials in Elmore County in 1901 in which white men were convicted of killing a Black man. I went to Alabama Archives. And in a box there, I found a complete typed transcript of one of the trials. Untouched for 116 years.

A friend was processing the George Wallace collection at the Alabama state archives. She sent me a copy of a letter to Wallace parents asking him to not “stand in the schoolhouse door” in June 1963. It was from my parents.

Global TV has the rights to air "60 Minutes" in Canada. Networks like CBS sometimes deliver taped shows to affiliates like Global TV ahead of time. That appears to be what happened here: Friday's finished version of "60 Minutes" was digitally shipped up north.

iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.

And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV. There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.