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Shout out to the Hawks, pidegeons, chickadees, and the one random Blue Jay who landed on my patio table, hopped onto the chair, looked inside, and took off.

One of those long form handwritten things.

A young Kennedy's observations to his father. (Note: He was 22).

Out of these trying two days, the best part is that Mo Chara ("my friend") has come out as a lesbian.

Kyiv now lives by the sound of the air raid siren. Students of the Kyiv School of Economics @kse_ua, who keep studying under these attacks, collected videos that residents filmed on their phones and turned them into this short video message. It is narrated by Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina, head of the Center for Civil Liberties, the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In September alone, the city spent 242 hours under air raid alerts, more than a third of the month. Russia attacks the capital with jet-powered drones almost every day. They hit gas stations, hospitals, bridges, power lines, schools, research institutions, office buildings and much more. None of these were military targets. Russia is deliberately destroying what people need to live: electricity, heating, water and a sense of safety in their own homes. It is trying to achieve with cold and darkness what it cannot achieve on the battlefield. Ukrainians are preparing for another winter of war, and you can help them get through it. Search “how to help Ukraine” in your country, and you will find organizations near you that are already doing this work. Every effort matters.

⚡️Security guarantees for Ukraine must also be acceptable to Russia, Rubio says. The remarks come ahead of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Abu Dhabi, scheduled for Nov. 10–11. kyivindependent.com/security…

Our negotiating team is already in the United Arab Emirates. The first meeting is tomorrow. Our European partners will also be there, and we will have separate formats with them. All of them must serve one purpose: bringing real peace closer. At the meetings in Abu Dhabi, our team will propose de-escalatory steps, and there must be an understanding of how to arrange a trilateral meeting at the leaders’ level to bring this war to an end fairly and for real. Peace is needed. Security guarantees are needed. Real resources for Ukraine’s postwar recovery are needed.

The Pentagon’s F-35 office cannot accurately track the $31 billion of F-35 parts, cannot account for parts reported missing and has not sufficiently trained staff members to oversee the status of the parts. stripes.com/theaters/us/2026…

I remember it well, do you?

The Russian bot accounts are back in full force on X, in support of Pete Hegseth. Tells you the non-partisan patriots are back in control. Right.

Fewer shootings. Fewer shooting victims. Safer streets. New York City just recorded historic lows across the first 10 months of 2026. We’re delivering the tools to crack down on gun violence and it’s making a difference.

The American people gave our new Democratic majority our marching orders: bring down costs, stop the chaos, and clean up the corruption in our government. We are going to spend every second of every day striving to deliver on the mandate voters sent us and prove ourselves worthy of Americans’ trust.