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Barney Frank Dies

Dbt2 — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:14 -0400

Barney Frank, a former US representative and Democrat of Massachusetts, died on Tuesday night, his family has told NBC10 in Boston. He was 86. "He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his sister," Doris Breay, Frank's sister, told the outlet on Wednesday morning. Frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, Politico reported. He had been dealing with congestive heart failure.

Suspects in San Diego Mosque Shooting Are Dead

Dbt2 — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:30:59 -0400

The two suspects in a Monday shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego are dead.

NASA Converts Planets' Electromagnetic Vibrations to Audio

Dbt2 — Mon, 18 May 2026 21:31:06 -0400

Don Gurnett, the principal investigator for the Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft, spent decades turning the electromagnetic noise of the outer planets into something a human ear could parse. The Saturn file -- a translation of radio emissions associated with the planet's auroras -- sounds less like a planet than like a haunted choir. Rising whistles. Descending moans. A texture that anyone who has watched a horror film recognizes instantly, even though no one designed it to sound that way.

Trump Admin Cuts Rule: Public Lands Not for Conservation

Dbt2 — Sat, 16 May 2026 09:33:19 -0400

The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump's administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.

Weekend Music: Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

Dbt2 — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:59:41 -0400

My cleanest dirty shirt.

Physicists Just Found a Tiny Flaw in Time Itself

Dbt2 — Sat, 09 May 2026 11:32:58 -0400

Quantum weirdness may be quietly blurring time itself--offering a tantalizing clue to the universe's deepest laws.

Millions of Americans May Be Canadians

Dbt2 — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 07:32:19 -0400

Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada's requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor. ... Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down to one generation, from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove they have a direct Canadian ancestor -- a grandparent, great-grandparent or even more distant ancestor.

Weekend Music: First thing that popped up in YouTube feed

Dbt2 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:07:45 -0400

Be honest.

Music for Weekend

Dbt2 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:02:18 -0400

John Miller, "Pork Chops."

Child Care, the Maga Way

Dbt2 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:55:14 -0400

BRISTOL, Va. (WCYB) -- Multiple violations were found involving a 3-year-old at a daycare in Bristol, Virginia, according to the Virginia Department of Social Services (DSS). According to the DSS, a complaint against Victory Children's Center on Island Road was substantiated, with an investigation finding multiple violations involving a 3-year-old child. The DSS report states staff used forbidden discipline methods, including rough handling, and forced feeding while the child was gagging.

Democrats Accuse ICE of Disappearing People on US Soil

Dbt2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:32:33 -0400

Lawmakers led by Elizabeth Warren in scathing letter say system used to track detainees 'increasingly unreliable'

UN: US Using Mexico as Garbage Sink, Moving to Toxic Crisis

Dbt2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:33:15 -0400

The Guardian: Mexico is facing a "toxic crisis" and has become a "garbage sink" for the US, exposing Mexican communities to dangerous pollution, a UN expert has warned.

Hallucinated Citations Polluting Scientific Literature

Dbt2 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:31:44 -0400

Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.

Hospital Group Ready to Replace Radiologists with AI

Dbt2 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:30:51 -0400

Just weeks after the largest nurses strike in the New York City history, the CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals has a bold vision for a future where AI, not human radiologists, examines and diagnoses X-rays.

Immigrant 3-Yr-Old in US Custody Suffered Alleged Sex Abuse

Dbt2 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:19:01 -0400

McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- For five months, the young father waited for his 3-year-old daughter's release from federal custody after she crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her mother, hoping through delays for their safe reunion. Only when he turned to the courts as a last resort did he learn that the girl had suffered alleged sexual abuse at the foster home where she'd been placed after immigration officials separated her from her mother.