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Dianne LugoBreaking with @whitneywoodworth.bsky.social Gov. Kotek has directed DAS to terminate the state's contract to sell ~32 acres at the Mill Creek Corporate Center in southeast Salem for the proposed data center that drew hundreds to Monday's City Council mtg. www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/l...
The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
Doesn’t one of these guys say to themselves, “you know what, not worth it”
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Before Rialto Beach was part of Olympic National Park, it was the home of a mystic called Alexander, the Man Who Knows. He was known as a celebrity spiritualist ... and a swindler, a serial husband, a tax cheat and a jail escapee. My latest for @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Before it was Olympic National Park, this beach belonged to a mysticThe bizarre story behind how Rialto Beach got its name.www.sfgate.com
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People of Kyiv tonight, sheltering in Kyiv metro from Russian drones attacking the city. Already 10 Russian bombers detected in the air,, Big attack is expected tonight
Some experts fear the new legal uncertainty around federal agencies’ management authority could unleash a tsunami of lawsuits targeting everything from mining to the conservation of wildlife habitat.
Oregon lawsuit could upend federal management of public landsAt stake are thousands of leases and permits covering billions of dollars of economic activity across hundreds of millions of acres of land.www.opb.org
Breaking News: The Trump administration is backing off a plan to end an ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change.
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring SystemThe reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.nyti.ms
"Morley Safer of 60 Minutes was my father. He would be disgusted by what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS" This is excellent. Note the brutal letter Safer sent to Larry Tisch when Tisch was destroying CBS in 1980s. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Morley Safer of 60 Minutes was my father. He would be disgusted by what Bari Weiss is doing to CBS Is doing to CBS | Sarah SaferMy father joined the program when I was eight months old and retired 46 years later. He would be encouraging journalists at CBS to speak outwww.theguardian.com
As I said, "it was a political hire." We know that because Bari Weiss had no experience in broadcast news, and none as a reporter. That by itself is astounding. Now the people from CBS still fighting have to make sure that the "political hire" story comes out. Variety: variety.com/2026/tv/news...
A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation. www.wired.com/story/he-ble...
He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were CutA federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.www.wired.com
For years, Timberline Lodge has been teasing out a long dreamed of gondola up the side of Mount Hood. That dream seems to be over. theoregonian.visitlink.me/M30wzh