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"An AI Tool Recreates Some of the Friction of Academic Search. Is that Actually Helpful?" @ Katina Magazine:
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/ai-tool-recreates-friction-of-academic-search<…

A digital pass available through the reservation site Recreation.gov includes “America-first pricing” at some parks.
Starting on Jan. 1, nonresidents without an annual pass will have to pay a $100 surcharge to enter 11 of the most-visited places in the system
https://www.<…

National parks announce ‘America-first’ upcharges for foreign visitors
The National Park Service's new America-first pricing policy will see foreign visitors pay more to access popular national parks, including Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.

😇 Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/taboo-against-harming-strangler-fig-spirits-protects-forests-in-indonesian-borneo/

Taboo against harming strangler fig spirits protects forests in Indonesian Borneo
When a young boy went missing near his mother’s rice field in Indonesian Borneo, the entire village searched for him. After nearly a day, he was found near a large strangler fig tree. The boy insisted he hadn’t been hiding. Spirits living in the fig tree had called his name and lured him away, he […]

SPD-Fraktionsvize Wiebke #Esdar hatte ich nicht auf dem Schirm.
Sie bringt die CDU mit Handlungen zur Weißglut, die mit einem souveränen Bundeskanzler völlig normal wären. Nur ist an dieser CDU-Regierungstruppe nichts souverän. Seit Wochen ist sie damit beschäftigt, die selbst für CDU-Kreise unpassend rassistischen Aussagen ihres Bundeskanzlers umzudeuten und unter den Teppich zu kehren, weil …

Heftige CDU-Kritik an SPD-Fraktionsvize wegen Teilnahme an Anti-Merz-Demo
Die SPD-Fraktionsvize Wiebke Esdar lief bei einer Demo gegen die "Stadtbild"-Äußerung von Friedrich Merz mit. Die CDU ist empört.

My first bet for Super Bowl LX: Back Seattle's offense in a high-scoring matchup https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47682112/nfl-betting-2025-super-bowl-lx-first-bets-odds-props-spreads

Whoever thought it would be a good idea to rely on a handful of companies from a single country to maintain the UK’s digital infrastructure?
Well, the government for one.
https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2026/why-cloud-first-has-…

Why cloud-first has meant sovereignty last – and how to fix it
Whoever thought it would be a good idea to rely on a handful of companies from a single country to maintain the UK’s digital infrastructure?

Rep #Maxwell #Alejandro #Frost, Democrat of Florida,
was hit in the face by a man who told the lawmaker that he would be deported
at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, over the weekend.
The attacker “told …

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost Is Assaulted at Sundance Film Festival
Mr. Frost, Democrat of Florida, said he was punched by a man who said the lawmaker would be deported. The man was arrested on charges of aggravated burglary and assault.

🐈‍⬛ ‘They’re scared of us now’: how co-investment in a tropical forest saw off loggers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/25/they-are-scared-of-us-now-how-one-tropical-forest-turned-the-tide-on-log…

‘They’re scared of us now’: how co-investment in a tropical forest saw off loggers
Low-cost tech and joined-up funding have reduced illegal logging, mining and poaching in the Darién Gap – it’s a success story that could stop deforestation worldwide

Bolts' Hampton dealt with fracture, hopeful for Sun. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47113545/chargers-hampton-dealt-ankle-fracture-hopeful-sunday

Broncos HC Sean Payton laments first-half mistakes in tight loss to Patriots in AFC title game https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-hc-sean-payton-laments-first-half-in-afc-title-game-loss