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The Knight Foundation commits $10M over three years to the Public Media Bridge Fund to help local stations, following the 2025 federal funding rescission (Knight Foundation)
https://knightfoundation.org/articles/new…

Knight Foundation commits $10 million to the Public Media Bridge Fund’s next phase - Knight Foundation
The three-year investment will strengthen public media organizations for the long-term by helping them improve operations, diversify revenue and build regional partnerships.

Two contrasting films,
produced eight years apart,
neatly distill the evolution of John Fetterman,
Pennsylvania’s maverick senator in his journey from progressive icon to a man seemingly more at ease with his nominal Republican opponents than his fellow Democrats.
Fetterman’s evolution has been so stark that some Democrats fear he will go over to the Republicans
– jeopardizing the party’s hopes of regaining control of the Senate
– despite his disavowals of…

‘I don’t trust him any more’: Pennsylvanians come to grips with John Fetterman’s rightwing turn
The maverick senator has isolated himself from supporters as he has become a strident supporter of Israel

Rode up to Rocky River Reservation today to visit Berea Falls. This is one of the more interesting waterfalls in Northeast Ohio from a photographic standpoint due to the awesome old railroad bridges. I find it strangely comforting that you can find places of surpassing natural beauty tucked away right in the heart of the city sometimes, but it makes sense that European settlers would look specifically for rocky canyons with flowing water to build a mill, and eventually a town.
Clevelan…

#idw Wild #birds rewrite rules for travel: Soaring on thermals can be the most energy-efficient mode of transport for animals.
The largest study yet to examine flight costs in wild birds finds that riding the air can make flying energetically cheaper than swimming, overturning a textbook ranking.

Wild birds rewrite rules for travel: Soaring on thermals can be the most energy-efficient mode of transport for animals

"What a swordfish washing up on British Columbia's coast says about our changing oceans"
#Swordfish #Animals
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What a swordfish washing up on British Columbia's coast says about our changing oceans
Filmmaker and outdoorsperson Quinn Barabash recently made headlines when he found a swordfish carcass nearly two meters (6.6 feet) long on the remote shores of Haida Gwaii in northern British Columbia.

The BBC asked a U.S. court for help in getting documents and testimony from members of Donald Trump’s family in connection with his $10-billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster, a court document showed.
Lawyers for the BBC argued that Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, and Donald Trump, Jr. have “personal knowledge” and likely have records relevant to elements of Trump’s claims against the broadcaster, according to a filing Friday in federal court in Florida.

I'm pretty bummed that mamdani has done so little for central queens transportation so far. Granted it's been less than a year, but his pothole-filling blitz could've included hardening PBLs. Instead, eric adams (who I fucking hate and still wish an air conditioner would fall on his head) did more for the queens blvd PBL by adding Jersey barriers in some spots. The queensboro bridge bike lane (the one in queens) is still sketchy AF due to construction.
I hope things turn ar…

Brits were left shocked after millions across England and Wales were sent a blaring Government emergency alert tonight with a stark warning.
Phones sounded with the siren-like warning at around 7pm on Friday 14,
with British residents, and visitors urged not to do anything that could spark a blaze.
It was the first time a national alert to phones had ever been used by the government, following tests in the past and regional warnings sent to devices.

Millions startled by blaring emergency alert warning of 'very high' wildfire risk
The unexpected siren-like warning sounded on phones at 7pm, prompting startled reactions online as people were urged to avoid anything that could spark a wildfire

The BBC is asking a federal judge in Florida to force Donald Trump to sit for a deposition as part of the president’s $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.
According to a Tuesday filing, the BBC and Trump’s legal team had agreed for him to be deposed on Friday.
The BBC’s lawyers wrote to the judge that they have spent months trying to secure a location for the deposition from Trump’s team.
On 28 September, Trump’s lawyers told the BBC’s counsel that the …

BBC asks judge to force Trump to sit for deposition as part of his $10bn lawsuit
BBC asks US federal judge to compel Trump’s lawyers to schedule deposition after his team canceled initial session


Wildfire smoke is once again pouring across the United States
following a weekend of new blazes across Canada’s British Columbia.

A total of 11 new fires were reported across that province,
where a state of emergency was declared on Saturday,
with thousands forced to evacuate near Summerland,
located about 40 miles north of the British Columbia-Washington state border.

The largest fire in this region, called the Bald Range Fire,
had burned throug…

Wildfire smoke is once again pouring across the United States
A weekend of new blazes across Canada’s British Columbia has created new smoke that is now wafting into the United States.