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[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

To everyone celebrating the first flight on Qatar Force One today, understand what you are actually applauding.

A foreign government handed the sitting President of the United States a $400 million plane. American taxpayers then paid to retrofit it, with an estimated cost of at least another $400 million (some estimates far higher), for security and communications work in a Texas hangar since last September.

When Trump leaves office, the plane does not stay with the government. Ownership transfers to his presidential library foundation. In other words, he keeps it.

You are being asked to treat pure corruption as normal, to shrug at a President personally profiting from a foreign gift the taxpayers paid to upgrade.

In any other administration this would be the scandal that ends a presidency.

With Trump, it’s Wednesday.
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[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.

[Maryam @hell_line0]

Finding out cold plunges aren’t actually that good for women because they spike our cortisol… and all those ‘benefits’ were based on studies done on men. Love that for us..

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

This is from Norway, but it’s one of the most distinctive and evocative calls of the Scottish Highlands: the ptarmigan.

🔈 Sound ON for this.

Video link https://t.co/7INXNiZawf

[Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra]

If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what was wrong with it.

When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.

[véro // ✽ @vlovesemma]

omg they did a tribute to catherine o'hara while showing the norwich terrier at the westminster dog show
HER IMPACT !!

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Thank you, Catherine O’Hara, for your vivaciously venerable vocabulary.
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[Vincent The Therapist @mrhighfoster]

🕊️ She was 35 years old when she filmed Home Alone

She held dual Canadian & American citizenship

Had a rare condition called situs inversus (organs mirrored)

She had two sons, Matthew and Luke

Both of her sons, Matthew and Luke, pursued careers in film set related works and even worked with her on Schitt’s Creek.

Actively avoided turning her children into industry kids

Described motherhood as the only role she never wanted to improvise.

Stayed married to one partner for over three decades without public drama.

Rarely spoke about religion publicly despite Catholic upbringing.

Her younger sister, Mary Margaret O’Hara, is a respected musician and actress in Canada.

Worked as a waitress before joining the cast.

She played Kevin’s mom in Home Alone without ever being on set with the burglars as many scenes were shot separately.

Despite global fame, she’s known in Hollywood for being extremely private and avoids celebrity culture.
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Catherine O'Hara has been a joy to behold and she will forever be a role model to both the older generations and to our kids who will watch Home Alone every holiday 🤍

Thank you very much Catherine. We will remember you and keep your memories fresh and evergreen in our hearts 🩶🤍

[Evan Barker @evanwch]

I know it's a big news day, but incase you missed it, a group of AI's have started their own social media website and made it end to end encrypted so humans aren't allowed to read what they're saying about us. seems bad

[Mar @_martremblay]

Catherine O’Hara was just the best

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Oh, be careful, Merriam-Webster, lest we suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of our lexical ground.

[Stephano🍁Barberis @HelloStephano]

This is a great explanation of Canada’s aid to Ukraine, in two slides from Facebook. Read and be enlightened:

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Wake up, America.

[Nature & Animals🌴 @naturelife_ok]

thought you might like to see some baby bat feets. 🦇🥹

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Happy Halloween.. 😅

[Gabino Iglesias @Gabino_Iglesias]

My monthly reminders are popular even when stolen! Haha. I get one of these every week. Thank you to the folks who bring them to my attention. You know, because plagiarism sucks.

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

The Vice President of the United States will not unequivocally condemn Young Republicans for saying that their perceived political opponents should be sent to gas chambers.

A window into @JDVance's disgraceful character.

[@DrBritWilliams on 🦋sky @DrBritWilliams]

I'm currently reading a comparison of health systems globally. There are about 4 sentences that really sum it up.

1/4: “The United States is the only developed country that lets insurance companies profit from basic health coverage”