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SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400mph
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collisionFour-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400mphwww.theguardian.comTrump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’ Federal lawsuit alleges kids are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally
Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’Federal lawsuit alleges kids are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legallywww.theguardian.comAmericans face the same digital sovereignty risk. The same tech giants who sold out to Trump for tax breaks and protection from antitrust enforcement will happily disconnect any member of the American public, any American company, any American official who displeases Trump.
Post-American compute for a post-American InternetBuilding cooperative human rights computing infrastructure in Puerto Rico, the EU, Canada and Mexicodoctorow.medium.comSpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collision Piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing four tonnes will hit the lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles per hour
SpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collisionPiece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing four tonnes will hit the lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles per hourwww.theguardian.com‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again
‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortalityTurritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over againwww.theguardian.comRepublican officials were set to vote on a plan Tuesday to cut almost half of Election Day voting locations in a major Texas battleground county that has shifted blue in recent years. They also planned to cut eight early voting locations, some on college campuses.
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrageThe plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voterswww.democracydocket.comThe New Politics: Behind the Democratic Civil War and the Rise of Fascism Change is coming. It's time to decide where you'll stand on the battlefield
The New Politics: Behind the Democratic Civil War and the Rise of FascismChange is coming. It's time to decide where you'll stand on the battlefieldopen.substack.comICE Is Trading Warehouses for Old Prisons Adapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.
ICE Is Trading Warehouses for Old PrisonsAdapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.www.themarshallproject.orgHong for Wisconsin!
Julia Métraux"My own mental health journey has given me a much deeper sense of empathy,” @francescahongwi.bsky.social told me. I wrote about the ridiculous attacks by right-wing media on Francesca Hong's mental health history for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’ Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall
Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wallwww.theguardian.comFlorida AG threatens to defund Catholic schools unless they loosen vaccination rules James Uthmeier is leveraging taxpayer money to force his anti-vaccine beliefs on Catholic schools, which refuse to offer religious exemptions for required shots
Florida AG threatens to defund Catholic schools unless they loosen vaccination rulesJames Uthmeier is leveraging taxpayer money to force his anti-vaccine beliefs on Catholic schools, which refuse to offer religious exemptions for required shotsopen.substack.comSteven Pruitt, who is widely regarded as the most prolific Wikipedia editor, has made more than six million edits to the site, and, by extension, has quietly shaped the raw material that every major A.I. chatbot was trained on.
The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s BrainSteven Pruitt has made more than six million edits to Wikipedia. Here’s what his life looks like beyond the screen.www.newyorker.comThe SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data.
The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights WorldwideThe SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data.www.404media.coThe right can’t shut up about COVID because it needs your outrage against experts
Why we’re still fighting over COVID-19 | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, can Kamala Harris pull a Nixon-style comeback?www.inquirer.comAlmost two dozen Democratic-led states asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to uphold a block on President Donald Trump’s sweeping attack on mail voting, saying it poses “extraordinary threats to our democracy.”
Blue states urge Supreme Court to uphold block on Trump’s anti-mail voting orderThe states and D.C. said Trump's order poses “extraordinary threats to our democracy.”www.democracydocket.comUber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.www.nytimes.comIran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisisIran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damagewww.theguardian.comTrump Is Trying to Force Americans to Unlearn What We Know
Opinion | Trump's Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s FutureThis is how we decide who we are and who we want to be.www.nytimes.comWhat would you do if a stranger asked your teenage daughter when her last period was? ... Chances are, you’d call the cops, smack the guy, or both. Out on the street, it’s sexual deviance; in the statehouse, it’s just another Republican policy.
The GOP's Upskirt PoliticsThey don't just want to control women’s bodies—they’re getting off on it.open.substack.com