Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.

Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-marc-andreessen-silicon-valley?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Technology #Finance #Business #Trump #SiliconValley #USPolitics #Tech

Fields near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. Everything is covered with fiber optic cables, which have enveloped hundreds of hectares of Ukrainian land. In the sky, there are more drones than birds.

The fields are polluted with chemicals from explosives and unexploded shells. Mines are flooded. Groundwater is contaminated. Cities are destroyed. This is what 'Russian liberation' looks like.
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If you are researching the #shoah / #holocaust (historically or genealogically), I have completely revised & updated the #ManyRoads Free-self help.

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Marine experts at the Indonesian Seagrass Symposium in Bali warned that seagrass ecosystems — vital for carbon storage, biodiversity and coastal protection — remain largely overlooked in national policy and conservation efforts.

Scientists and conservation leaders urged stronger data collection, funding and institutional capacity to support restoration, monitoring and community participation.

by Basten Gokkon
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/seagrass-meadows-marine-conservation-indonesia-blue-carbon/

#news #carbon #climate #conservation #marinebiodiversity

Fields near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. Everything is covered with fiber optic cables, which have enveloped hundreds of hectares of Ukrainian land. In the sky, there are more drones than birds.

The fields are polluted with chemicals from explosives and unexploded shells. Mines are flooded. Groundwater is contaminated. Cities are destroyed. This is what 'Russian liberation' looks like.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

If you are researching the #shoah / #holocaust (historically or genealogically), I have completely revised & updated the #ManyRoads Free-self help.

#History #News #Education #Genealogy #Jews #LGBTQ #eirenicon #Fascism

https://treemagic.org/Genealogy/?page=Holocaust-Shoah%2Findex.md

Layoffs in 2025 second-highest since 2009 in potential sign of looming recession https://therealnews.com/layoffs-in-2025-second-highest-since-2009-in-potential-sign-of-looming-recession?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news #leftist

Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.

After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-schools-emergency-shelter-neglect-typhoon-halong?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #School #Emergency #Disaster #Weather #Indigenous #Education

Marine experts at the Indonesian Seagrass Symposium in Bali warned that seagrass ecosystems — vital for carbon storage, biodiversity and coastal protection — remain largely overlooked in national policy and conservation efforts.

Scientists and conservation leaders urged stronger data collection, funding and institutional capacity to support restoration, monitoring and community participation.

by Basten Gokkon
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/seagrass-meadows-marine-conservation-indonesia-blue-carbon/

#news #carbon #climate #conservation #marinebiodiversity

Layoffs in 2025 second-highest since 2009 in potential sign of looming recession https://therealnews.com/layoffs-in-2025-second-highest-since-2009-in-potential-sign-of-looming-recession?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news #leftist

Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.

After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-schools-emergency-shelter-neglect-typhoon-halong?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #School #Emergency #Disaster #Weather #Indigenous #Education

We reviewed federal prosecutions, local arrests, internal protest summaries by the Portland Police Bureau and more than 700 video clips posted to social media before Trump said he wanted to send the National Guard to the city.

Here’s what we found.
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Portland #Oregon #NationalGuard #Trump #Protest

Following a ProPublica investigation, more than two dozen House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reverse a new Department of Veterans Affairs policy that makes it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get health coverage.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Veterans #Cancer #Healthcare #Law #Congress #USPolitics #Trump

Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.

“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/foreign-food-safety-inspections-historic-low-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #FDA #Food #Safety #Health #PublicHealth #Trump #Data #Research

Following a ProPublica investigation, more than two dozen House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reverse a new Department of Veterans Affairs policy that makes it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get health coverage.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-lawmakers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Veterans #Cancer #Healthcare #Law #Congress #USPolitics #Trump

Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food.

“It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/foreign-food-safety-inspections-historic-low-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #FDA #Food #Safety #Health #PublicHealth #Trump #Data #Research

We reviewed federal prosecutions, local arrests, internal protest summaries by the Portland Police Bureau and more than 700 video clips posted to social media before Trump said he wanted to send the National Guard to the city.

Here’s what we found.
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Portland #Oregon #NationalGuard #Trump #Protest

Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.

Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-marc-andreessen-silicon-valley?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Technology #Finance #Business #Trump #SiliconValley #USPolitics #Tech