How the brown rat quietly spread across the world
The brown rat has spread to almost every continent around the world. But how did they get here? And are they here to stay? {read} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k04BwP9_U4
Phoenix police sergeant under investigation for off-duty actions at student ICE protest
CHANDLER, AZ — The Phoenix Police Department is investigating the involvement of an off-duty sergeant in a late January high school walkout, which escalated to the arrest of one teenager.…
Long COVID tied to higher risk of heart disease, even after mild infection
A diagnosis of long COVID is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, and coronary artery disease, even among patients who were not hospitalized…
The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux
He read the law, took it at face value, and started writing code. The word for what that is sits somewhere past malice, something more insidious: an engineer who treats…
FTC Warns PayPal, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard Against Debanking
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent letters on Thursday to the CEOs of PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard, warning them against debanking practices — including denying customers access to…
Employee accused of arson after paper goods warehouse destroyed in massive fire in Ontario
Oregon state employee arrested for attempted arson on government offices
Historic wild rice restoration underway in the Detroit River: ‘Living tribute to the First Nations’
The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi is working with conservation partners to restore wild rice in Detroit River wetlands, bringing back a sacred grain that disappeared over a century…
The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy
The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador on American military supremacy.
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving
Some people might think this book offers a smoking gun of complicity: Aha, those sanctimonious New Englanders were just as tied to slavery as the Southerners! But complicity seems too…
Full text of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s letter to Americans
posted by The Straits Times TEHRAN - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian posted a letter to Americans on X on April 1. Read the full text of his letter here: In…