Physicians say they’re seeing an explosion of birth-control misinformation online targeting a vulnerable demographic: people in their teens and early 20s who are more likely to believe what they see on their phones because of algorithms that feed them a stream of videos reinforcing messages often divorced from scientific...
The court ruled that the lower court made a mistake in ruling that the woman, Kate Cox, who is more than 20 weeks pregnant, was entitled to a medical exception....
As the Colorado Supreme Court wrote, January 6 meets the bar for insurrection “under any viable definition” of the term. The legal scholar Mark Graber, who has closely studied the Fourteenth Amendment’s history, argues that “insurrection” should be understood broadly—an act of organized resistance to government...
Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion (wapo.st)
Physicians say they’re seeing an explosion of birth-control misinformation online targeting a vulnerable demographic: people in their teens and early 20s who are more likely to believe what they see on their phones because of algorithms that feed them a stream of videos reinforcing messages often divorced from scientific...
Scientists Are Freaking Out About Ocean Temperatures: “It’s like an omen of the future.” (www.nytimes.com)
Colorado Ballot: Supreme Court Justices Appear Skeptical of Arguments to Kick Trump Off State Ballots (www.nytimes.com)
Over 80 Percent Of Texas Women Don't Know How Bad Their State's Abortion Laws Are | They thought there would be exceptions. There aren't. (www.wonkette.com)
AOC Says Climate Movement Must Become 'Too Big and Too Radical to Ignore' (www.commondreams.org)
Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem. As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power (wapo.st)
I’ll note that right now, this is a seasonal issue, associated with moderate springtime temperatures when there is a lot of sunshine available.
Rich People Are the Big Barrier to Stabilizing the Climate (newrepublic.com)
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The world's corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for it (phys.org)
Trump Received Millions From Foreign Governments as President, Report Finds (www.nytimes.com)
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity (www.theatlantic.com)
Biden, in Valley Forge speech, hits Trump hard as threat to democracy (wapo.st)
The full speech livestream is here
Live Updates: Prosecutors Say Trump’s Attacks Are Threat to Trial (www.nytimes.com)
Other coverage for comparison:...
Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman Who Sought Court-Approved Abortion (www.nytimes.com)
The court ruled that the lower court made a mistake in ruling that the woman, Kate Cox, who is more than 20 weeks pregnant, was entitled to a medical exception....
Biden Polling: A Guide for the Perplexed (and the Freaked Out) (talkingpointsmemo.com)
Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection (www.politico.com)
In the US Republican primary debate, moderators ask for a show of hands of how many candidates believe in human-caused climate change. Not a single candidate raises their hand. (twitter.com)
Russia Tried to Weaken Democrats Ahead of 2022 Midterm Vote, U.S. Spy Agencies Say | The Kremlin’s operations likely aimed to erode support for Ukraine, according to a new report (www.wsj.com)
Why you should spend more money on underwear (wapo.st)
Biden's softer climate regulation shows big US bet on subsidies to decarbonize (www.reuters.com)
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America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow (www.nytimes.com)
G7 countries agree to shut all their coal power plants within the next 10 years (theprogressplaybook.com)
January 6 Is Exactly What the Fourteenth Amendment Was Talking About | And ignoring its clear dictate is a dangerous choice to make. (www.theatlantic.com)
As the Colorado Supreme Court wrote, January 6 meets the bar for insurrection “under any viable definition” of the term. The legal scholar Mark Graber, who has closely studied the Fourteenth Amendment’s history, argues that “insurrection” should be understood broadly—an act of organized resistance to government...
Trump Allies Have a Plan to Hurt Biden’s Chances: Elevate Outsider Candidates (www.nytimes.com)
This works because almost all the US uses first-past-the-post elections for the Presidential general election. So you get outcomes like this:...
People Aren’t Facing Up to the Horrors a New Trump Term Would Bring | G’bye, NATO. G’bye, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal. G’bye, democracy. He’s telling us plain as day. Why aren’t people listening? (newrepublic.com)
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Heat is making Earth uninhabitable. Why isn't this the top news story around the world? (www.salon.com)
The study is this one