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Liz S

@lizinbali

Writer and slow traveler. Sustainability, climate, food, culture, psychology. Words in Mongabay, Lonely Planet. Born at 319 ppm.

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T. rex took 40 years to reach full size, study finds Tyrannosaurus rex may have taken far longer to grow up than scientists once thought. By analyzing growth rings in fossilized leg bones from 17 tyrannosaur specimens and using new statistical methods, ...

That's because they coddle them too much now. Back in my day, it only took 20 years for T-Rexes to fully mature, because they had discipline. Spare the rod, spoil the terrible tyrant lizard.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

09.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 3977 πŸ” 471 πŸ’¬ 180 πŸ“Œ 36
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The first lesson of war is β€˜know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

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09.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The language of travel: Is it time we stop β€˜discovering’ and β€˜doing’ countries? Does the 'discovery'-led language we use when talking about travel encourage an extractive approach to the actual act of travel?

β€œHow we speak about travel does affect how we travel because our language is a reflection of our personal experience.” adventure.com/discovering-...

08.03.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Minneapolis cartoonist Steve Sack has been on a roll lately.

He's been on the front lines of the ICE invasion and his cartoons are boiling with rage at ICE and Mad Emperor Piggy. Well worth checking out his Substack.

07.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 747 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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The Planet is Heating Faster Than Ever Before The pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, scientists find.

time.com/7382950/clim...

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SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 13679 πŸ” 2977 πŸ’¬ 325 πŸ“Œ 185

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate β€” and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

06.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 16356 πŸ” 7376 πŸ’¬ 530 πŸ“Œ 384
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DOJ #CoverUp

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

06.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 5016 πŸ” 1638 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 50

Oil up by $12 a barrel in less than 12 hours.

Gas prices skyrocketing.

Almost 100,000 jobs lost last month.

Another war in the Middle East.

Are we great again yet?

06.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 11805 πŸ” 3233 πŸ’¬ 594 πŸ“Œ 135

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 30303 πŸ” 7518 πŸ’¬ 224 πŸ“Œ 238
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Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers

Trump’s High-Profile Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska Has No Takers www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

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Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: β€˜It’s so personalized to being human’ As Americans embrace β€˜alternative’ remedies, people online joke that they’re β€˜Chinamaxxing’ their wellness routines

Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: β€˜It’s so personalized to being human’ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

05.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The hidden genius behind nonreflective glass | Science Quickly Podcast" In this episode of Science Quickly, host Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with Katie Hafner of the podcast Lost Women of Science about the remarkable but often overlooked physicist and chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett, whose pioneering work in early nanotechnology led to nonreflective glass. Hafner shares why the Lost Women of Science team devoted nearly a year to uncovering Blodgett’s full story and reflects on the broader mission to restore women to the scientific record. Episode Transcript: http://spklr.io/63326EBMlq Recommended Reading: The chemical genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett http://spklr.io/63320EBMlQ Listed to more podcasts from the Lost Women of Science Initiative http://spklr.io/63321EBMlv E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day. Subscribe to Scientific American: http://spklr.io/63322EBMla And sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter: http://spklr.io/63323EBMlx Science Quickly is produced by Kendra Pierre-Louis, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith.

Kendra Pierre-Louis talks with Katie Hafner of the podcast Lost Women of Science about the remarkable but often overlooked physicist and chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett, whose pioneering work in early nanotechnology led to nonreflective glass:

#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience πŸ§ͺ

04.03.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Germany can teach the world about healthy aging Nursing homes and senior communities here have embraced simple, science-backed innovations to improve the lives of older people.

What Germany can teach the world about elder care www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

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Stars are disappearing before our eyes β€” and something in us is shifting For most of human history, the night sky has been a shared inheritance, a source of wonder. Now, more than a billion children see barely any stars in the night sky above their homes. So what does that...

'We are losing the stars. Not all at once, but quietly, one streetlight, one neon sign, one expanding suburb at a time.'

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04.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 238 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 22

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04.03.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the cutthroat competition for the best baguette in Paris The Grand Prix de la Baguette de Tradition FranΓ§aise, Paris’s most revered bread competition, saw dozens of bakers competing for the title of best baguette.

The hunt for the best baguette in Paris. www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/...

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In a first, researchers film treetops glowing during thunderstorms Glimmer sparked by electrical fields detected in nature for the first time

β€œThe researchers caught a twinkling surrounding the tips of leaves at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. They hope the work will shed light on how thunderstorms electrify the landscape and produce lightning.”

#scicomm

www.science.org/content/arti...
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27.02.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The image presents a study design, with sections labelled 'a' to 'd'. Section a outlines primary and secondary study objectives: association between two doses of RZV and reduced dementia risk in adults over 65. Sections b and d show KPSC EHR search flow, RZV vaccination status.

The image presents a study design, with sections labelled 'a' to 'd'. Section a outlines primary and secondary study objectives: association between two doses of RZV and reduced dementia risk in adults over 65. Sections b and d show KPSC EHR search flow, RZV vaccination status.

Vaccination with two doses of recombinant zoster vaccine is associated with a 51 percent reduction in the risk of dementia in adults over 65 years, reports a study published in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4aHg6rM #medsky πŸ§ͺ

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DOJ to Review
Whether Epstein Files About Trump Were Improperly Withheld

U.S. I LAW DOJ to Review Whether Epstein Files About Trump Were Improperly Withheld

This is an all-timer in headlines where the use of the passive voice obscures a VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM with the basic premise of the story

26.02.2026 03:16 πŸ‘ 1879 πŸ” 354 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 48

every name is a winner here.

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"When I first heard Neko Case’s music, it cut through the fog of my depression. I felt a sense of wonder, a connection to something larger," writes Mieke De Vries in this evocative piece about self-reflection, identity, and the power of music.

this.org/2026/01/19/n...

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Opinion | The No. 1 item food stamps buy is a travesty. Now states can say no. States are empowered to block taxpayer funds from being used on junk food.

Health action or limiting freedom of choice? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

23.02.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The other day I saw a video of an historian (maybe?) saying he didn’t understand why billionaires are opposed to being taxed more because β€œtaxation is the compromise.” And that last ~500 years teaches us what happens when that compromise is not struck.

Can’t stop thinking about it.

21.02.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 1049 πŸ” 265 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 3
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Opinion | A ground-floor Costco is proving what’s broken in housing Thrive Living’s partnership with Costco is the exception that proves the rule about what’s broken in housing.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

22.02.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 2290 πŸ” 949 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 118

I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.

You know, like a democracy.

22.02.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 36594 πŸ” 7479 πŸ’¬ 936 πŸ“Œ 369
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This dog’s hilarious thieving habit stumps even the experts Duke, an 11-year-old golden retriever, has gained Instagram fame for the bizarre items he diligently gathers and hoards.

www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

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