“.. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey pushed back against Trump’s depiction of Somalis, saying it ‘violates the moral fabric of what we stand by in this country as Americans.’” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/minn...

This is happening across the entire country; prosecutions are down because federal agents are rounding up migrants instead.

Iran's president is reviving plans to move the capital amid a severe water crisis. But Iranian water policy experts say relocating government offices won't solve the core problem: decades of treating finite water resources as unlimited. buff.ly/p7loved

AWESOME! Employers are responsible for creating exposure conditions. Not "Specifically, WHICH asbestos batt caused the your lung cancer?" The more strongly the law recognizes this, the better.

Excellent interview via @npr.org on the opportunities and pitfalls of AI for doctors. 2/3 of doctors already use AI in some capacity, but few report any training on its safe, effective, and ethical use.

Earlier inn 2025, researchers reported the shingles vaccine cuts the risk of developing dementia by 20% over a seven-year period. A large follow-up study has found that the vaccine may protect against risks at different stages of dementia, including for folks already diagnosed. wapo.st/4rvYfLN

Wikipedia’s Army of #Volunteers Is Its Superpower. Article from the @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social . Registration required to vew, but it's free. & note: Wikipedia is the largest virtual volunteering initiative on our planet . #Philanthropy www.philanthropy.com/news/wikiped...

In ancient Mesopotamia, astronomers needed to know the moon’s position, even on a cloudy night. So they made records and calculations of the moon’s positions and velocity measured in degrees. This record from Uruk or Babylon from the Seleucid period covers 248 days. 📸 by Dr K. Wagensonner

If the staff I work with at a certain nonprofit here in Oregon & my family back in Kentucky are any indication, social media has definitely lost its shine. When I ask co-workers & family, especially anyone under 50, what they check & post to, I'm getting more "nothings" than somethings.

Yikes. It's Giving Tuesday. Just went and yanked all my scheduled social media down from today - it will get lost in the sea of "please fund us" messaging today (including the messaging I scheduled for one of the nonprofits I work for).

I donate to the AP. Hope you will too.

AI generated profile on Reddit. Accurate.

"We all want to be able to safely have children in Kentucky. And right now, we can’t. I can’t.” - Jessica Kalb, plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Kentucky's abortion ban. @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/01/b...

TSA to charge $45 fee for travelers without proper ID. A new system to verify passengers who are not carrying a Real ID or passport goes into effect Feb. 1. #travel

Two World Health Organization (WHO) public information officers started World AIDS Day in 1988. It's is a day of solidarity for people around the world who are affected by HIV and for voices to unite by sharing experiences, remembering those lost, and standing together in the fight against HIV.

It's officially the Christmas season in my home: John Prine's "Christmas in Prison" is now playing.

Most of my web site is made up of advice for nonprofits to use tech for public relations & marketing & how to use it to support & engage volunteers & build community. Replacing references to Twitter as a suggested tool is taking sooo long. Also have to remove links to a defunct online community.

Trying to convince my interim executive director at one of the nonprofits I work for that it's Jammies Week at the nonprofit. Maybe Jammies MONTH. She's unconvinced.

I miss TV variety shows.

Q: Will he temporarily step down from his post at IAEA while he campaigns? That's what the General Assembly recommends

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time." Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

This is a story being repeated around the world... the terrible impacts of our retreat from foreign assistance. kathmandupost.com/health/2025/...

It's on my holiday playlist. Love it.

Someone in the USA, please, become possessed by the spirit of Molly Ivins, channel her, start talking, inspire us...

Been watching The American Revolution on PBS over this Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Among the many things it is, it's a primer on what herd immunity looks like & how many people have to DIE to get there without vaccines. The earliest days of the USA make it clear: inoculations & vaccinations WORK.

The White House launched a “media bias” “fact checking” site after more than three years of labeling efforts to understand and counter disinformation “censorship.” It’s just another enemies list in disguise ⤵️

Who could have seen this coming except literally everyone share.google/GFaMy3K2Jjlo...

If Trump and the Republicans invade Venezuela, it means America has invaded Venezuela. How did we feel about those Germans that didn’t want Hitler to invade Poland? Remember them? No— as the world saw it, it was Germany that invaded Poland, and it will be America that invades Venezuela.

Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion. It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make. By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social

“They’re terrified. It’s insane,” Shawn VanDiver, president of a group that helps resettle Afghans who assisted the U.S. during the two-decade war, said. “People are acting xenophobic because of one deranged man. He doesn’t represent all Afghans. He represents himself.” https://to.pbs.org/4paRSMD

I think of the ending of "A Face In the Crowd", when Lonesome Rhodes is brought down by a hot mic. The President should have been brought down by his hot mic moment the first time he ran. Now, he can say the most loathsome things imaginable & his supporters cheer or make ridiculous excuses.

When the current administration says they are working to cut off people here illegally from receiving federal benefits - which they don't receive, BTW - what they mean is that the are boing to cut such off from LEGAL residents who are in the process of getting green cards.

At least 100 foreigners, mostly Venezuelans, are at the border seeking to cross into Peru from Chile. We are in the midst of a GLOBAL crisis - or series of crises - that are sending desperate people across borders. Just closing borders is not the solution.

After the murders of children at school, people again start demanding legislation to restrict guns, but Republicans say that we're rushing to judgment, letting passions get in the way of reason, & we need to slow down. Yet, after the far more rare occasion when an immigrant goes on a rampage...

For Native American Heritage Day, try to name as many tribes in the USA as you can, from memory. I can name more than 25 - and generally where they lived. But having county names in Oregon that are from tribal names helps...

The neighbor just showed up with apology flowers. All is forgiven. Not sure if a mutual neighbor or the cop tipped her off to what I wanted, or if she saw the light, but either way, this is how to do it. With flowers. Kindness wins. Happy Thanksgiving.

You have to watch it on Thanksgiving every year or we have 12 years of bad luck. "Something just came out of the back of the helicopter...." #WKRP www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFt...

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Twelfth Night with Lupita Nyong'o (and her brother!!), Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and many others is on Great Performances on PBS - if you have PBS Passport, you can watch it on demand. It is MAGICAL. LOL funny. 🎭

Grateful that, once again this year, I'll be able to listen to Alice's Restaurant via all the illegal uploads on YouTube.

I hate calling the police. But my dog got attacked by a loose dog today on our walk & I was injured preventing my dog from harm. A sincere apology & "are you okay? here's our phone number" would have stopped me. Instead, as they pulled the snarling dog away, they said "That's how he plays."

The Trump administration says it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Federal employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day via any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.

Saw someone with the biography in their social media "Award-winning resting murder face" and I think I'm making them my best friend now.

A plea to nonprofits (but, really to all): "With millions in the international development and NGO sector still out of work after having the rug pulled out from under us, I humbly ask that when you see someone with 'too much experience' in the pile for one of your jobs that you don’t toss us out."

More than half a billion children in 41 African countries have been reached through routine immunisation with Gavi support over the past 25 years. Here’s a snapshot of what collaboration can achieve: bit.ly/3LZDGaA

According to Dr. @catgyoung.bsky.social on the site formerly known as Twitter: "Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 - for the first time since records began in 1982. This is what happens when a country commits to HPV vaccination and screening." #VaccinesWork

A dedicated tech committee with expert staff is absolutely essential for Congress to effectively regulate tech. Order STUCK: bit.ly/4il1bqJ

A.I. companies shouldn't just share revenue with publishers because it would be the right thing to do. They should do it because it would be good business. Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.

Powerful.

democrats/liberals/progressives with any common sense need to get ahead of this electricity cost issue - we need restraint and regulation of ai and data centers, which are driving up costs www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...