here's what I want everyone to understand about Ted Cruz: a well-funded feature of his campaign has been the demonization of queer kids, particularly trans youth. his teen daughter has publicly identified as queer. that's not an item of gossip--it's an indication of what sort of man Cruz is.

George is hiding. You can't see him. You can't find him anywhere. Ca. 1960s. digitalnz.org/records/3487...

A Catholic Tribune headline asks, “How many ‘sex change’ mutilation surgeries occurred on Wisconsin kids?” Another: “Haitian illegal aliens in America: What are Harris supporters saying?” The church says it never sent the paper. We found who did:

Who’s Mailing the Catholic Tribune? It’s Not the Church, It’s Partisan Media.

ProPublica has traced these mass-mailed newspapers to a “pink slime” network known for misinformation and its financial ties to right-wing super PACs and billionaires.

Hi new Bluesky users. Semi-annual reminder to follow my favorite part of this website: the Gift Links feed. It shows any free link to an otherwise paywalled article that’s shared by anyone on Bluesky. It has legit changed how I read the news. bsky.app/profile/did:...

The handling of the #Covid pandemic feels like being trapped in a burning building with people who deny it is on fire, even as they acquire burn injuries and complications of smoke inhalation, and hoping they come to their senses, gaslighted every time you try to explain the urgency.

If you’re American and eligible to vote then that is a very small and usually relatively easy thing you can do to materially reduce the prospects for advancement of Early Career Hitler and anyone who tries to convince you not to do it for whatever reason can be safely ignored

Clean indoor air the kind of no-brainer, basic component of civil society that future generations will be aghast we neglected this long

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HEPA filters in classrooms: "HEPA filters... predicted to reduce PM2.5 by 40–60 % and viral RNA by 30–50 % depending on... classroom design and window opening... The energy cost of... HEPA filters is likely to be only 1 %–2 % of the classroom heating costs. " www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Coupled indoor air quality and dynamic thermal modelling to assess the potential impacts of standalone HEPA filter units in classrooms

The quality of the classroom environment, including ventilation, air quality and thermal conditions, has an important impact on children’s health and …

Over 18 months, a Vermont man bought 15 guns. Prosecutors say he was a shadowy soldier in a criminal enterprise designed to exploit two features of life in the state of Vermont: its gun laws and its deadly struggle with opioid addiction.

The Straw Man

One day in September 2020, Dylan Russell walked into Bennington Armory, a gunshop in southern Vermont. The quirky store had opened four years earlier, in 2016, promoting antique guns and war…

A small language change I think everyone can make is saying “at the beginning of the pandemic” or simply “during 2020/21” instead of “during covid/the pandemic”. The pandemic is still ongoing per the WHO and covid is certainly still going on 😬

Here’s an insider report on what’s going on behind the scenes to bring Internet Archive services online: www.reddit.com/r/internetar...