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Mystery of where Mona Lisa was painted has been solved, geologist claims (www.theguardian.com)
Ann Pizzorusso says she has tracked down the background landscape of the world’s most famous painting
North America’s biggest city is running out of water (www.vox.com)
After abysmally low amounts of rainfall over the last few years, the reservoirs of the Cutzamala water system that supplies over 20 percent of the Mexican capital’s 22 million residents’ usable water are running out....
Georgia Promised to Fix How Voter Challenges Are Handled. A New Law Could Make the Problem Worse. (www.propublica.org)
SB 189, which goes into effect in July, will give Georgia residents more time to contest the eligibility of fellow citizens’ inclusion on voter rolls and make it easier to use questionable evidence in those challenges.
A Russian Influence Campaign Is Exploiting College Campus Protests (www.wired.com)
Over the past week, a disinformation campaign operated by the Kremlin-aligned network Doppelganger amassed over 130,000 views on X, according to data shared exclusively with WIRED by Antibot4Navalny, a collective of anonymous Russian researchers who have spent years tracking the Russian influence operation....
Austin DA is first target of GOP law to oust 'rogue' prosecutors (www.houstonchronicle.com)
Under HB17, local residents can now petition to remove prosecutors if they have “a policy of refusing to prosecute a class or type of criminal offense.” And the case must be presented and presided over by outside judges and prosecutors....
Meet the lawyer who's trying to flag judges who harass their clerks (www.npr.org)
That’s why she’s created a database to gather such stories and warn students about hostile situations, before it’s too late....
Major Florida homeowners insurance firm fined $1M for actions after Hurricane Ian (www.miamiherald.com)
Florida regulators issued a $1 million fine against one of the state’s largest homeowners insurance companies on Thursday over how it treated policyholders after Hurricane Ian....
Social Security Administration to expand access to certain benefits through several upcoming changes (www.nbcnews.com)
“By simplifying our policies and including an additional program geared towards low-income families, such as the SNAP, we are removing significant barriers to accessing SSI,” Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley said in a statement. “These changes promote greater equity in our programs.”
How Paul Manafort tried to make money with a project supposedly tied to the Chinese regime (www.motherjones.com)
A more recent Manafort business venture—unknown to the public—raises further questions about him and his attempt to return to the Trump fold....
Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, and other tech giants are spending millions in DC. Here's who is spending the most. (www.businessinsider.com)
The nation’s largest tech companies spent more than $28 million on lobbying services in the first quarter of 2024....
Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction upheld by appeals court (abcnews.go.com)
Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt in October 2022, but U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols agreed to postpone the jail term while Bannon appealed the decision....
Line between church and state fades in Texas charter schools (www.houstonchronicle.com)
In the first-floor classrooms of a refurbished historical schoolhouse in Houston’s Third Ward, kindergarten-through-5th-graders pray before going to lunch and gather each day for Bible study. A large, green banner saying “He Is Risen” is posted on the hallway wall....
FCC Closes ‘Fast Lane’ Loophole in Final Net Neutrality Order (www.wired.com)
The Federal Communications Commission released its final net neutrality order on Tuesday, and it includes a few edits to the draft version ensuring that internet service providers can’t sneakily violate fast-lane bans....
Report: Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1 billion (www.motherjones.com)
Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1 billion for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones, according to a bombshell...
Divided Supreme Court rules no quick hearing required when police seize property (apnews.com)
“In short, law enforcement can seize cars, hold them indefinitely, and then rely on an owner’s lack of resources to forfeit those cars to fund agency budgets, all without any initial check by a judge as to whether there is a basis to hold the car in the first place,” Sotomayor wrote....
Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook (arstechnica.com)
The tool is nearly ready to be released, Zuckerman told Ars, but the University of Massachusetts Amherst associate professor is afraid that Facebook owner Meta might threaten legal action if he goes ahead. And his fears appear well-founded. In 2021, Meta sent a cease-and-desist letter to the creator of the original Unfollow...
Reminder: You can read Stormy's first day of testimony transcripts (ww2.nycourts.gov)
I haven’t read them yet so I don’t know a page number. It probably won’t be until tonight.
With so many conspiracy theories, why isn't there one where Jeffrey Epstein lives?
I understand why there are the ones where he didn’t kill himself, but the cameras were destroyed, how come no one thought to think he just walked out? This has been bugging me since it happened....