“If these cocaine bales are a point source of pollution, it’s very plausible [sharks] can be affected by this chemical. Cocaine is so soluble that any of those packages open just a little, the structural integrity is destroyed and the drug is in the water,” Tracy Fanara, a Florida-based environmental engineer toldthe Guardian last year.
Tolls are regressive, yes, but it’s Manhattan. You don’t need a car. Also, people need to stop driving for the sake of our planet. Sometimes sin taxes work
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Companies Targeted For Pride Support Last Year Go Quiet On Social Media In 2024 (www.forbes.com)
Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars (www.cnn.com)
Four Texas teens charged over Grindr gunpoint robbery and assault (www.advocate.com)
Abortion Ballot Measures Aren't Safe From the Courts (www.jezebel.com)
USA orchestrates shock defeat of Pakistan at Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup (www.cnn.com)
FCC pushes ISPs to fix security flaws in Internet routing (arstechnica.com)
LGBTQ+ youth with firearms in their homes are more likely to consider suicide (www.advocate.com)
Hitler-quoting Moms for Liberty leader is running for governor of Indiana (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Wallace & Gromit's New Movie Will Bring Back the Greatest Villain In Animation History (gizmodo.com)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned (www.theverge.com)
Nicole Shanahan Is Just Getting Started (www.wired.com)
How to Lead an Army of Digital Sleuths in the Age of AI (www.wired.com)
Report Exposes Christian Nationalist “Threats” to Democracy in the US (truthout.org)
The Supreme Court is poised to take one of Biden’s few tools on abortion access (www.politico.com)
Is Hunter Biden being prosecuted because of politics? (www.vox.com)
Caving on climate: Kathy Hochul axes congestion pricing in New York (grist.org)
"She doesn’t belong on the bench": Experts say Cannon's move suggests she's "trying to kill" case (www.salon.com)
Florida divers find trove of suspected cocaine packages in Atlantic Ocean (www.theguardian.com)
Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die. In fact, it’s getting worse. (arstechnica.com)
Kyle Rittenhouse mocked for trying to make ‘gay’ a slur on the first day of Pride Month (www.advocate.com)
New York City postpones controversial, first-in-the-US congestion pricing plan (www.theguardian.com)