Sunday, July 23, 2023

From Jenna Orkin Behind Washington’s Decision to Supply Cluster Bombs to Ukraine What Happens if Trump Is Elected While on Trial? The fund-raising race among the 2024 Presidential contenders heats up as the G.O.P. front-runner, former President Donald Trump, braces for a third indictment. Leaked groundwater containing tritium may have reached Mississippi River in Monticello A film, websites, and even a Twitter fan account praising Clarence Thomas were all part of a coordinated public relations campaign backed by nonprofit groups tied to a Federalist Society chairman 1 in 5 young people in China can't find a job – and that's a big problem for Xi Jinping ‘Ultimate white privilege guy’ Hunter Biden could be hit with 10 criminal referrals: Comer This bill would prohibit a state agency and the Legislature from requiring any of its employees, officers, or members to travel to, or approving a request for state-funded or state-sponsored travel to, any state that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that voids or repeals, or has the effect of voiding or repealing, existing state or local protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression or has enacted a law that authorizes or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, as specified, subject to certain exceptions. In search of lost fruit: the explorers tracking down ancient trees before they are gone forever 'Oppenheimer' fact v. fiction: A nuclear historian breaks down what the movie got right and wrong Group using ‘shield laws’ to provide abortion care in states that ban it Aid Access ships medication abortion to all 50 states under the protection provided to clinicians serving patients in banned states

Monday, July 10, 2023

From Jenna Orkin An Iowa meteorologist started talking about climate change on newscasts. Then came the harassment What banks do with your money As Afghan schools remain closed for girls, mental health crisis builds Dr. Miriam Grossman Re Dangers of Trans Treatment Russia suffering 400 casualties a day, half of deaths preventable 41 Countries Ready To Accept BRICS Currency a Month Before Summit At the moment, a few corporations seem en route to a bonanza for which they have no legitimate claim, while the rest of humanity will obtain nothing. The commons belong to us all! Underwater view of the bottom of the sea, with the surface showing too and the sky Is it too late to halt deep-sea mining? Meet the activists trying to save the seabed Read more The trouble is compounded by the fact that the ISA is unfit for purpose. It has a wretchedly small annual regular budget of just $10m, to regulate the world’s deep sea. To supplement its budget, it charges corporations $500,000 for licences to do exploratory mining. Unsurprisingly, it has not refused any application, and currently 31 such licences have been issued for nearly 1.5m sq km of “exploration”. Five of these are held by China. Google Quantum Computer Is '47 Years' Faster Than #1 Supercomputer Condi Rice: Here's Your 9/11 Smoking Gun - Kristen Breitweiser - archive “Madness of Militarism”: Biden OKs Cluster Bombs for Ukraine Despite Risk of Civilian Casualties