From Jenna Orkin

US women of color increasingly seeking alternatives to hospital births – study

Severe maternal morbidity has also increased in recent years, especially among people of color, according to NPWF report

Russia is using dolphins to protect Black Sea naval base, satellite photos suggest

U.S. economy shrinks 1.4 percent in first quarter, raising fears of recession

Russia’s tanks in Ukraine have a ‘jack-in-the-box’ design flaw. And the West has known about it since the Gulf war

Global warming risks most cataclysmic extinction of marine life in 250m years

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   Meta just detailed its plan to save its advertising business from Apple's privacy crackdown

   Mark Zuckerberg tries to reassure investors that Facebook's metaverse isn't a money pit, after shocking Wall Street with billions of dollars in losses from the Reality Labs division

   People are chartering private jets to get their pets out of Hong Kong as the city-state faces peak exodus

   Russia has made $66bn from fuel exports since Ukraine invasion