Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2° (arstechnica.com)
Americans Sleeping Less, More Stressed (news.gallup.com)
Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band Singer-Guitarist, Dead at 80 (www.rollingstone.com)
Proposed changes to state Medicaid plans could shake up health coverage for 1.8 million low-income Texans (www.texastribune.org)
The move, which has not been finalized, would drop three large health plans run for two decades by nonprofit children’s hospitals....
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information (apnews.com)
The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed “skyrocketing” rates of voters registering without a photo ID in three states this year — two of them crucial to the presidential contest....
An Atlanta Movie Exec Praised for His Diversity Efforts Sent Racist, Antisemitic Texts (www.propublica.org)
Mexico, facing US pressure, will halt incentives to Chinese EV makers (www.reuters.com)
World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts (www.theguardian.com)
Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists...
Graduation rates for low-income students lag while their student loan debt soars (theconversation.com)
US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply (arstechnica.com)
These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state (www.npr.org)
Stephen Miller epically roasted for calling Donald Trump a “style icon” (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Incarcerated people died 3.5 times more frequently at Covid peak than those outside – report (www.theguardian.com)
Study from University of California, Irvine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows prison mortality rate spiked at least 50%...
California cracks down on water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Farm region near Tulare Lake has been put on ‘probation’ as overpumping of water has caused faster sinking of ground...
Routine jobs raise the risk of cognitive decline by 66% and dementia by 37%, study says (www.cnn.com)
Nike’s ‘hoo haa’ Olympic uniforms reveal everything, including sexism in sport (www.theguardian.com)
Red Lobster considers bankruptcy to deal with leases and labour costs. (www.bloomberg.com)
US is reimposing oil sanctions on Venezuela, officials say (www.yahoo.com)
Justice Department to File Antitrust Suit Against Live Nation [Ticketmaster] (www.wsj.com)
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‘You are my son, I love you’: stabbed Sydney bishop forgives attacker (www.scmp.com)
Bronx shooters on scooters leave 1 dead, 3 injured (www.nbcnews.com)
Boeing’s problems were as bad as you thought (www.vox.com)
Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP (www.foxnews.com)
*** Technically this is news from a far right-wing source. In reality it’s priceless comedy. ***...
Georgia beach town, Tybee Island, trying to curb Orange Crush, large annual gathering of Black college students (www.cbsnews.com)
Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia’s largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blocking access to nearby parking....
