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An examination of more than 1,200 federal judges and state supreme court justices turned up dozens of judges who chose not to recuse when facing potential appearances of impropriety involving familial financial connections. www.propublica.org/article/judg...

Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recusewww.propublica.org Ambiguous — and unenforced — recusal standards mean few checks and balances for top judges when cases involve their family members.

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Millions of US low-income households face power shutoffs amid deadly heat

Millions of US low-income households face power shutoffs amid deadly heatwww.theguardian.com Half of Americans live in states without rules restricting disconnections for unpaid or overdue energy bills, report finds

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According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies—an eminently respectable, bipartisan think tank—right-wing political violence accounted for more than 90 percent of all attacks or plots in the first half of 2020, far outpacing terrorism from any other source since 1990.

We’re in an epidemic of right-wing terror. Won’t someone tell the press?www.motherjones.com More than a decade of media malpractice enabled January 6. Has the media learned its lesson?

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They want to subjugate and enslave women, literally! No contraception, no divorce, no work, no independence, no abortion healthcare, this is some scary dystopian shit, created by impotent, insecure, ugly, abusive, inadequate, entitled, bigoted bullying pricks!

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It's damning of the state of healthcare that they are reinstating mask mandates at cycle races before they reinstate them in hospitals.

Tour de France reintroduces mask mandate amid COVID-19 concernswww.cyclingnews.com New measure follows spate of abandons due to coronavirus

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when I see people in the UK pushing for privatizing anything about healthcare, I want to scream at them

I lost most of a week of work because my doctor declined to renew a prescription (which has severe withdrawal symptoms, btw) without telling me why, so I had to spend lots of time trying to fix things. He also seems only to respond to anything after work hours on Friday.

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I sincerely believe that mankind will only survive if we develop a global perspective and abandon all forms of nationalism. If the centuries-long struggle between nations and peoples does not end and we do not treat each other as equals, climate change and wars will ultimately destroy us.

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Rachel and I dug into what Project 2025 means for the environment and it’s actually not as bad as you’d think. Nah I’m kidding, it’s worse. thehill.com/policy/energ...

What Project 2025 would mean for the fight against climate changethehill.com Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and…

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Morning! © Dani Elle

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“The conventional political wisdom was that Latino voters – many of whom are religious – opposed abortion access. That has never squared with Terán’s experience. ‘I go to mass and I believe in a woman’s right to choose,’ she said.”

"‘Terrified of losing their rights’: abortion is a leading issue for Arizona’s Latino voters" www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

‘Terrified of losing their rights’: abortion is a leading issue for Arizona’s Latino voterswww.theguardian.com Organizers hope those disillusioned by electoral politics will vote with an eye on abortion rights after fall of Roe

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It’s essential to keep moving, learning, and evolving for as long as you’re here and this world keeps spinning. Rasheed Ogunlar

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Smooth moves and all the groves! Risso’s dolphins bear scars on their bodies from toothy social interactions with their own kind, and from the beaks and tentacles of their preferred prey, squid.

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I am so incredibly inspired by Gen Z's bravery in speaking up and taking action about the COVID and climate crises. But at the same time it's heartbreaking that they feel required to go above and beyond because elders are completely failing them.

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Lenacapavir did so well at preventing HIV infection that it hit the threshold where the only ethical thing to do was stop the randomized trial and immediately offer it to literally every participant. That's huge news. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trialwww.npr.org The testing of lenacapavir was halted because results were so impressive — 100% effectiveness. The decision was made to give all participants the injection rather than the alternative daily pill.

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Few things radicalized me quite like healthcare while watching my grandmother waste away and die while burning through her entire life savings Nuke health insurance companies from orbit, then nuke the ashes just to be safe, then salt the earth so they can't grow back

Then, he can tell the chatbot to make it four times longer. “If you’re going to put all kinds of barriers up for my patients, then when I fire back, I’m going to make it very time consuming,” he said. lol

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France just proved that the way you fight against fascism is by fighting for the working class — not by appeasing the billionaires and corporations propping up fascists. Pay attention.

What to know about France’s leftist alliance after shock election winwww.washingtonpost.com The New Popular Front wants to lower France’s retirement age and vastly expand government spending on social welfare, environmental protection and health care.

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In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

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Vive la #France ! ✌️😊🎉 Merci France 💕 Parliamentary election in France 🔴BREAKING According to 8:00 p.m. Tagesschau German time on ARD France has clearly rejected the right-wing nationalist party ( #LePen). #StrongerTogether against #fascism 💪

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JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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12-billion-year-old body of #water discovered floating in #space It took three years and two teams of astronomers to find the largest reservoir of water ever detected www.unilad.com/technology/s...

12-billion-year-old body of water discovered floating in spacewww.unilad.com Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory assisted in making the discovery in 2011

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Chemistree ⚛️🧪

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The new COVID variant seems to be evading immunity from vaccines and past infections. COVID cases are up 250% in NYC. Remember the more you get covid your risk for long covid increases significantly. gothamist.com/news/nyc-cov...

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It’s always tough going back to work after a holiday…

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Great update from @chrischirp.bsky.social with important points for practical considerations our new government can do to be more infection resilient ie addressing ventilation, waste water monitoring, long Covid treatment & investment in vaccines that may be more robust & long lasting 🧪

Is the current Covid wave in England peaking?open.substack.com Yes - probably. Plus looking ahead to the future.

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This photo is pure 2024.

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EUROPEAN ROBIN: a precious feather baby, a ruddy sky dumpling, a good friend, will help you find your keys, full of ice cream AMERICAN ROBIN: big, often wet, surly, has your wallet, killed a rat underneath the bird feeder to make an example to the other animals

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Yep. One of the biggest blind spots people have is assuming that underneath, others share the same basic values as them. They have trouble imagining an ideology that is completely misaligned with theirs.

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Don't forget the Sharpie.

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The US government employees who have publicly resigned in protest of the Biden administration’s Gaza policies released a joint statement on Tuesday for the first time.

US government employees who resigned over Gaza policy release joint statement for first time | CNN Politicscnn.it The US government employees who have publicly resigned in protest of the Biden administration’s Gaza policies released a joint statement on Tuesday for the first time, stating they “stand united in a ...