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Sat, 31/01/2026 - 00:00

QUESTION: Sally wants to graduate from college, establish a career, marry an ideal partner, buy a home, and have a baby by age 27.5, the national average age for women to give birth in the US, and a peak time of fertility. If she takes a gap year to backpack around Europe, will she have a baby on time (before all her eggs die)?

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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 22:00

Mary Moriarty on steps local officials are taking to collect and preserve evidence despite federal obstruction, and Jill Garvey on how to document ICE safely.

The post Even the Top Prosecutor in Minneapolis Doesn’t Know the Identity of the Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti appeared first on The Intercept.

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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 20:09

The horrific events in Minneapolis — the killing of civilians amid militarised operations, armed raids in residential neighbourhoods, and the conversion of an American city into a spectacle of state violence — are not an anomaly but a stark manifestation of a pattern long identified by political scientists and historians. This pattern reveals a fundamental […]

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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 16:00

In a shocking racist attack on Aboriginal people and supporters, a far-right terrorist targeted the Boorloo (Perth) Invasion Day rally on 26 January with a home-made bomb. It thankfully failed to explode.

The post Racist terror attempt at Invasion Day rally shows growing far right threat first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 15:08
2 tablespoons chopped onion1 clove garlic, finely chopped1 tablespoon vegetable oil1 jar (15½ ounces) spaghetti sauce1 can (9½ ounces) tuna, drained¼ teaspoon dried oregano leaves2 quarts water1 tablespoon vegetable oil1 teaspoon salt7 ounces uncooked vermicelli½ cup sliced pimiento-stuffed olivesGrated Parmesan cheese (optional) Cook and stir onion and garlic in 1 tablepoon oil in 10-inch skillet […]
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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 04:30

After a decade on dating apps, I’ve decided to enter a different market. This is why I’m listing myself on Zillow until I find a good match—which, to my understanding, will be about forty-eight hours.

I realize that my late-’80s construction might not land me in the “trending” section right away, but I asked my friend Shelly—who hosts occasional RE/MAX open houses now that she’s accepted that her remaining doTerra stock will never sell—to vouch for me as “having a lot of character.” And let’s be real, even if I did have the personality of a McMansion, in this economy, lots of people would still put on brave smiles and call me “aspirational.”

Shelly was concerned for me at first: “Aren’t you worried about getting messages with intrusive questions?” But she met her husband at a Mumford & Sons concert in 2012, so she wasn’t around when we were fighting for our lives on the browser version of OkCupid. I had to explain to her that I’d already gotten every “Are those original?” and carpet-versus-drapes question via DM back when I was still on Match.com. Whatever people want to know, I can handle it.

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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 03:57

It’s no secret that newspapers across the country exist in a fragile ecosystem. Automattic has long supported journalism and local media with investments in publications and platforms like Longreads, The Atavist, and Newspack. We believe that local news still matters—and now more than ever. That’s why we’re sponsoring Local News Day on April 9, 2026. — Support Journalism with […]

The post Mark your calendar: Local News Day is 9 April appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 03:36

Less than three years after being named the NBA’s 2023 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the league’s all-time three-point leader has begun quietly pouring tens of millions into tech ventures owned and operated by Israeli spies. This article was originally published by ¡Do Not Panic! American basketball star Stephen Curry is investing in tech startups run by former IDF operatives who were integral to building Israel’s digital architecture of apartheid and genocide. Curry, considered one of the sport’s all-time greats […]

The post NBA star Stephen Curry’s ties to Israeli intelligence exposed first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post NBA star Stephen Curry’s ties to Israeli intelligence exposed appeared first on The Grayzone.

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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 03:12
Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Are its tools now targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration? 
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Fri, 30/01/2026 - 00:00

I’m obviously acting the same as I’ve always acted, and nothing about me has changed.

I FEEL FINE WEARING A HENLEY, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO LOOK AT ME.

I’m confident enough to wear it. I just have to feel confident, and I’ll be confident. Does my right shoulder seem lower than my left shoulder, like medically?

I’m in the vegetable aisle, and everyone can tell I’m taking way too long to make up my mind about what salad stuff to get. All of the terrible things going on in the world today, and all these people can do is undermine me? Wow.