Last year, I wrote a great deal about the rise of “ventilation shutdown plus” (VSD+), a method being used to mass kill poultry birds on factory farms by sealing off the airflow inside barns and pumping in extreme heat using industrial-scale heaters, so that the animals die of heatstroke over the course of hours. It is one of...
Former President Donald Trump was indicted for an unprecedented third time on August 1, adding another set of serious federal charges to the mounting legal issues he faces.
Plant Milk Is Better For Us and the Climate. So Why Do We Subsidize Dairy? (www.motherjones.com)
What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for?
For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you
Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)
Mass Murder Is a Choice. The Gun Industry Made It (www.rollingstone.com)
Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one' (www.advocate.com)
FOUR whole parking spots (i.imgur.com)
So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post (arstechnica.com)
Transgender athletes face growing hostility: four tell their stories in their own words (www.usatoday.com)
The US is normalizing the cruelest mass killing method to stop bird flu (www.vox.com)
Last year, I wrote a great deal about the rise of “ventilation shutdown plus” (VSD+), a method being used to mass kill poultry birds on factory farms by sealing off the airflow inside barns and pumping in extreme heat using industrial-scale heaters, so that the animals die of heatstroke over the course of hours. It is one of...
Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election (www.vox.com)
Former President Donald Trump was indicted for an unprecedented third time on August 1, adding another set of serious federal charges to the mounting legal issues he faces.
Biden Will Try Again to Wipe Out Student Loan Debt for Millions of Borrowers (www.nytimes.com)
You’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing it (www.vox.com)
Not really sure what to put here…I usually put relevant excerpts, but that got this post deleted for doing that
'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions (www.npr.org)
Students walk out during Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke (www.independent.co.uk)
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial (www.cnn.com)
Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Lewiston shooting suspect found dead, law enforcement officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban (arstechnica.com)
TX school bans trans boy from playing "Oklahoma!" male lead, recasts with cisgender male student (www.salon.com)
U.S. Intel Warns of Imminent Iranian Strike on Israel: Report (www.thedailybeast.com)
Joe Biden to join picket line with striking auto workers in Michigan (www.usatoday.com)
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules (arstechnica.com)
Thousands of Jewish Americans and Allies Demand Cease-Fire in Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal—and why it won’t go back (arstechnica.com)