Christopher Dawson won hundreds of millions in federal contracts, promising to help Native Hawaiians. Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the profits for personal gain, describing his actions as a “fraud scheme and embezzlement.” With @civilbeat.bsky.social

An American nuclear device disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains during a covert mission. After losing it 60 years ago, the U.S. government still refuses to acknowledge that anything ever happened.

Rule1: ~water~ sustain all life. AI ain't life.

"Tucker Carlson has asserted: 'I don’t know a single happily married woman who’s liberal. Not one.'" www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...

One year ago today.

The Irish farm producing the liqueur’s essential milk leaves nothing to chance in mating season 🥛

Not a single mainstream media outlet asked the most obvious question of Trump, i.e. you claim Putin wouldn't have invaded Uk on your watch, yet since the elx/inauguration Putin has never stopped attacking. How do you square your circle, Mr. President

‘Multiple’ people shot by gunman on campus of Brown University

Songbirds swap colorful plumage genes across species lines among their evolutionary neighbors

I’m always inspired by the young people I meet through our @obamafoundation.bsky.social Voyagers and Scholars programs. Together, they’re creating change and tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history. Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.

The Otter Cove Bridge at Acadia #ottercove #ottercovebridge #acadia #acadianationalpark #maine #mainecoast #landscapephotography

ACCURATE.

(tongue-in-cheek) Trump's attorneys likely to cite...the Castle Doctrine and 5 or more on SCOTUS will say makes sense.

It should yet doesn't. Unfortunately far too many Americans don't know what outrage aligns with and what it doesn't. Nor understand the difference between outrage and rage. Most of all have become desensitized to the plight of those beyond their own circle. Adds up to American Exceptionalism.

Read this. And be righteously outraged. This shouldn’t happen in America. And then go to Paxis.app, give what you can and join a movement that will actually DO something about it. Thread.👇

When people say the Fed is “goosing the economy” after this week's cut, that’s backwards. After years of slamming the brakes to fight inflation, they’re now just lifting their foot. Less restrictive is not the same as pedal-to-the-metal stimulus.

The Who-What-Where-When and How related to crimes matter. Random photos mean nothing on their own. That said, there will be those who want others to believe otherwise.

Dumb and Dumber

🎯 Arrows fly at Ally Pally as Luke Littler defends his crown ⛷️ Lindsey Vonn eyes Olympic history in St Moritz 🥊 Muaythai meets politics at the SEA Games in Thailand Here’s your Inside Track to the weekend in sport reut.rs/4rOX0rz

The problem is the very existence of bios and chems along w/nukes. Accounting for them is a concession they should exist. It's that very existence that overtly threatens the Blue Marble and its living things.

Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to neuter state laws placing limits on the A.I. industry. The order is likely to be challenged in court by states and consumer groups on the grounds that only Congress has the authority to override state laws, experts said.

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JUST IN: President Trump says he pardoned Colorado's former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters for her "attempts to expose Voter Fraud" in the 2020 presidential election.

And that’s why we’ve stopped reporting GDP and jobs numbers.

Your welcome, Good Woman Memes can and do slip by all now ans then.

For Rwanda and Congo, securing economic deals with America appears more important than ending their conflict—despite Donald Trump’s claims of peacemaking

Bulgaria’s government collapsed Thursday following a wave of youth-driven street protests over entrenched corruption and self-dealing elites widely seen as disconnected from the struggles of ordinary citizens.

Earliest political silly season article to date. Newsweek seemed to moved on from the mid-terms that haven't happened yet in order to write a piece no one will remember in 2026, 27 and 28. Reminder demographics change daily. Good lick predicting those changes years in advance.

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards recognize the funniest images in wildlife photography. Here are this year's winners.

The mother of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday in which she says her daughter’s partner Officer Carlos Baker was struggling to accept her decision to end their romantic relationship when he fatally shot her during a foot chase on June 5.

China has an ace to play in the global AI contest: the biggest power grid the world has ever seen.

‘He’s going to be next’: Trump threatens Colombian president

NEW: Trump has tapped Gregg Phillips — the activist who gained national prominence after he claimed without evidence that millions of illegal votes had been cast in the 2016 presidential election — to oversee billions in federal relief funds and emergency operations.

Scientists found a link between a chemical found in dark chocolate and signs of slower biological ageing.

A former president of the Sorbonne says 17th-century British importers used bottles rather than barrels and then added sugar

Rolling up the tourist welcome mat. Classic own goal.

Sen. Murkowski is making another bid to return Denali to the name of North America’s tallest peak. “We have called it, this mountain, Denali in Alaska for decades, generations,” she said.

Fans of Fox were not impressed on Wednesday as Erika Kirk made yet another TV appearance as she continues to promote her late husband's book.

People who donated to Katherine Culbert's campaign "under false pretenses" are being urged to demand a refund.

Out today: Long before being convicted of crimes, he was known for making outrageous statements—and for disregarding federal rules. During his two nonconsecutive congressional terms he failed to disclose assets as federal law requires and his campaign accepted donations under false names.

At least two of several agreements aimed at ending global conflicts that President Trump has hailed as evidence of his negotiating prowess are in trouble and at risk of collapsing.

Corpse plants bloom just once every 7 to 10 years. When they do, the flowers are enormous, towering more than 10 feet tall. And they stink. Think decaying fish. How the stench is all part of this remarkably unusual flower’s survival strategy 🌺 ⬇️ theconversation.com/how-a-corpse...

“My mind disconnected from my experience as I was instructed to put my unwashed fingers in my mouth, pull my body apart, bend, bounce & hop.” In my 20 years of incarceration, I’ve been strip-searched 500+ times. Each was an act of humiliation & sexual violence, writes Carla J. Simmons in an op-ed.

Speaking outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV said recent remarks by President Trump seemed to be “trying to break apart” Europe’s alliance with the U.S.

About 10 blocks south of JPMorgan's shiny, new, $3 billion fortress sits the 119-year-old library of the bank's founder.

A new study reveals four key turning points in human brain development, challenging the notion of linear growth. Researchers identified distinct phases at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83. https://wapo.st/48HPdmr

The costs of a hail damage have ballooned over the past two decades, prompting researchers to resort to extreme measures to understand how these storms destroy buildings. www.wired.com/story/it-was...