A Christian writer attacked Dolly Parton for being pro-LGBTQ+. It didn't end well for the writer. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
'This kind of growth can’t be sustained’: As inflation rises, payday loans are undermining the Russian economy and threatening a new crisis (meduza.io)
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US suspends avocado, mango inspections in Mexican state on security concerns (www.reuters.com)
The United States paused safety inspections for avocados and mangos from a top-producing Mexican state due to a security incident involving U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) staff, a spokesperson for the agency said on Monday....
YouTube Adding Experimental Community Notes Feature to Battle Misinformation (gizmodo.com)
Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why (apnews.com)
In the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. It’s killed legions of seals and sea lions, wiped out mink farms, and dispatched cats, dogs, skunks, foxes and even a polar bear....
Teachers and GPs ‘staggering’ under extra demands caused by poverty in Great Britain (www.theguardian.com)
When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead (www.propublica.org)
U.S. Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint in California during Biden trip (www.cbsnews.com)
Judge blocks Iowa law allowing police to charge people facing deportation (www.theguardian.com)
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal" (www.cbsnews.com)
Who tried to steal Graceland? (www.nbcnews.com)
The search for the mysterious company behind a scheme to steal Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate ended last week, not in Nigeria–where initial clues seemed to lead–but at the front door of “a grandmother in Branson, Missouri, a con woman with a decades long rap sheet of romance scams, forged checks and bank fraud totaling...
Florida just got its first LGBTQ+ Latino state senator (www.advocate.com)
Surgeon general asks Congress to require warning labels for social media, like those on cigarettes (apnews.com)
The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes....
Dozens of Groups Push FEMA to Recognize Extreme Heat as a ‘Major Disaster’ (www.nytimes.com)
Dozens of environmental, labor and health care groups banded together on Monday to file a petition to push the Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare extreme heat and wildfire smoke as “major disasters,” like floods and tornadoes.The petition is a major push to get the federal government to help states and local...
NASA Satellites Find Snow Didn’t Offset Southwest US Groundwater Loss - NASA (www.nasa.gov)
Olympics reassigns a 1900 medal — and its winner — from Britain to France (www.npr.org)
Hate group fights Pride Month by offering boring anti-Pride merch (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu disbands Israeli war cabinet | CNN (www.cnn.com)
'There Has to Be a Fight': How Workers Can Start Winning the Class War in 2024 and Beyond (www.commondreams.org)
How our brain tries to beat the heat — and why heatstroke is dangerous | Not only does heatstroke have a relatively high mortality rate, but those who recover still may face future health problems (www.washingtonpost.com)
Some TikTok influencers are maligning sunscreen. Here's what to know about the claims (www.npr.org)
One survey, from the Orlando Health Cancer Institute, found that 1 in 7 American adults under age 35 believe using sunscreen daily is more harmful than direct sun exposure.
Follow Up to Lakota Language Consortioum Story (www.npr.org)
So yesterday I shared a news article about a dispute of materials and distribution of the Lakota Language Consortium. I thought it was a recent article, but in fact it was almost two years old, so it was (understandably) removed....
The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more (apnews.com)
He is among the very last survivors of his Gaza family, a clan so close they knew without thinking how blood and marriage bound them across generations and city blocks....
Russia continues the abduction of Ukrainian children at the legislative level, denies legal guardians of forcibly deported and adopted Ukrainian children (essanews.com)
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Trump Hits “I Have Black Friends” Stage of Total Racism (newrepublic.com)
“I have so many Black friends that if I were a racist, they wouldn’t be friends, they would know better than anybody, and fast,” Trump said. “They would not be with me for two minutes if they thought I was racist—and I’m not racist!”
