...As cats do.

Across Bluesky, X – the Everything App, Facebook, and Instagram, the usual profile pictures of the LGBTQ+ community are changing to drab and dreary corporate logos. The change was made at exactly 12:00am on June 1st and is expected to revert at 11:59pm on June 30th.

Current and former employees of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are calling on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, warning that job cuts and proposed funding reductions will hurt the agency's ability to protect the public from future health outbreaks.

The Maghreb Resilience Convoy’s 300-vehicle caravan departed from Tunis on Monday morning, before crossing the Libyan border on Tuesday. It is expected to enter Egypt on Thursday and reach Rafah a few days later.

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Go out and help support the protests any way you can

A former student killed 10 people and then himself in a shooting in Graz on Tuesday, the police said. The authorities said a pipe bomb and a “farewell letter” were found at the shooter’s house.

Scientists have discovered a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star, something they believed wasn t even possible. The planet, TOI-6894b, is about the size of Saturn but orbits a star just a fifth the mass of our Sun. This challenges long-standing ideas about how big planets form, especially around small stars.

The world’s most popular TikTok star, Khaby Lame, has left the United States after being detained by federal agents in Las Vegas.

This is Caesar, he's only 6 months old. Believe it or not he looks almost black in person!

Mercury levels in the world's rivers have more than doubled since the pre-industrial era, according to new research.

Homes, businesses and cars were attacked and 17 police officers were injured during violence in Ballymena and several other areas.

A group of undocumented students on Wednesday asked a judge to let them intervene in a case that revoked their access to in-state tuition, the first step in their ultimate goal of overturning the ruling.

Hey everyone, this is Olga, the product manager for the summary feature again. Thank you all for engaging so deeply with this discussion and sharing your thoughts so far.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces a major test after the opposition submitted a bill Wednesday to dissolve parliament.

Former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of one of the top charges in his sex crimes retrial.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces launched a new drone assault across Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 64 others, Ukrainian officials said.

Scientists from the Natural History Museum have unraveled the geological mysteries behind jadarite, a rare lithium-bearing mineral with the potential to power Europe's green energy transition which, so far, has only been found in one place on Earth, Serbia's Jadar Basin.

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Now this is a game changer!

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A former Chicago police officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony charges in connection with two incidents of sexual misconduct involving female colleagues — one that occurred while at the police training academy and one at a police precinct.

As the city of Portland, Oregon, clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises: The city’s homeless population was growing. Tents lined some city blocks. High-powered business associations held press conferences demanding the city remove homeless people and touted self-funded surveys saying that without action, businesses and residents would flee the city.

I think I might get TACO Bell for lunch.

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A real legend. Brilliant song writer.

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I recently have been playing around with GPG (its pretty fun!) And decided to make a hat with my public key on it!

A watchful barn owl, from a vantage point on a fence post, scours his surroundings on the lookout for prey in Croydon, south London. Photograph: Tomos Brangwyn

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very comfy. would recommend

I cannot fucking fathom the concept of going into a bathroom to look at people when I'm desperate to get in and out as fast as humanly (or even badger-ly considering how much I waddle) possible.

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