Bonus Wednesday Snippets: So much to read!

I have so many links and good articles saved, I figured a bonus snippets was needed! I have a feeling with so many great newsletters, this may end up being a permanent feature.

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia, thought he was meeting a source

Feast Your Eyes on Our Spooky Birds Gallery—If You Dare

USDA, undeterred by judge’s stay, moves ‘full-bore ahead’ with reorganization steps

Race heats up as Dan Schwartz cashes in on Andy Harris forum confrontation

Six Ways to Thrive in Zombie Times

Commitment 2026: Maryland early in-person voting tops 154K ballots after first 2 days

Inside the successful campaign against illegal Chinese mining in Africa

Foundry Branch Trestle

Maryland artist creates Black maternal health flag out of hospital baby blankets

Incarcerated people draw adoptable dogs for Franklin County Dog Shelter kennels

Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California

Missing Celtic fort annihilated by Julius Caesar finally found under Paris hospital

Get Yourself a Go Bag

FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents

Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

I want the Harris/Walz campaign to take the Uncommitted movement seriously. Because literal lives have been lost.

Family of explorer who died in Titan submersible sues Oceangate for more than $50M

Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here's what that means

Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. Now it’s over

Project 2025 & Abortion

10 years after Michael Brown's death, police killings are not going down

Like Paris, Baltimore knows the struggle of cleaning up water for swimming

Leaders of the movement that protested Biden on Israel express some hope on Harris

Do cats experience grief? New research suggests they might

The Capital Beltway turns 60: This was the original name

An insect's eye and a poppy seed: Fossils found in ice deposit rewrite Greenland's geological past

That Feeling You Recognize? Obamacore.

She was on the surgical table just once but was billed for two operations

Two Thoughts From the DNC

 

Sunday Snippets: Autumn

One of my favorite parts is death to the bitey bugs. :)

Appeals court rules Trump administration must provide hygiene products at migrant facilities

Researchers found supernova dust in snow from Antarctica and it could be 20 million years old

Art Spiegelman: golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism

More U.S. Towns Are Feeling The Pinch As Recycling Becomes Costlier

Captain Who Rescued Migrants At Sea Refuses Paris Medal, Calling It Hypocritical

A Peace Plan for a Safer America

Actor Diane Guerrero Talks Family Separation Firsthand

Sunday Snippets: What a fucking week

There are so many people who need love right now. I'm sending out as many good vibes into the universe that I can.

I love videos like this

I DIED at #8

Well, damn

I really want to see He Named Me Malala Also eternal love for Emma Watson.

This bullshit

This is fucking terrifying. These kids want to get an education and they are being hunted? More screenshots

And there it is

#Draw4Atena

The fact that Jeter, an entirely innocent man, could be in jail today without the other dashcam is bone chilling.

Purty much

Yup

Here's the Real Immigration Problem That Donald Trump Isn't Talking About

The rule: In 2009, the now-deceased West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd slipped a quota into the Homeland Security Department's annual spending bill requiring that Immigration and Customs Enforcement "maintain a level of not less than 34,000 detention beds" at all times.
#Minimumwageraise

#Mygoalasaparent

What a shit basket

Tens of thousands march in South Korea anti-gov't protest

#PrayforBrazil

Exactly