"...unlike in 2020, platforms showed this weekend that they are increasingly comfortable sitting on the sidelines of contentious news stories, content to let users seek out whichever versions of the truth most appeal to them." https://www.platformer.news/monday-newsletter-3/
Migrants Find Joy and a Taste of Home in a Manhattan Church Kitchen https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/14/nyregion/nyc-migrant-kitchen.html
“Christian nationalism is a white supremacist political ideology masquerading as religion.” https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-07-14/christian-nationalism-democracy-republican-robin-abcarian
The need for more immigration attorneys in the Deep South was already urgent. After the SPLC layoffs, it’s a full-blown crisis https://prismreports.org/2024/07/15/deep-south-immigration-attorney-crisis-splc-layoffs/
For the second week in a row, neo-Nazis take to Nashville streets https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/07/15/for-the-second-week-in-a-row-neo-nazis-take-over-nashville-streets/
"To his most committed supporters, he may be more than a vessel now. He is a miracle, a prophet, a warrior, and God’s hand is on him, if not the rest of us." https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/christian-right-believes-trump-was-saved-by-god-at-shooting.html
Meet Nature's Impersonator, the Hummingbird Moth: The Insect That Mimics a Bird https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/meet-natures-impersonator-the-hummingbird-moth-the-insect-that-mimics-a-bird
A Giant Polka-Dotted Pumpkin Takes Root in London’s Kensington Gardens https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-polka-dot-pumpkin-puts-down-roots-in-londons-kensington-gardens-180984693/
Americans Know Political Violence All Too Well https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-political-violence-roosevelt-history/
The Background Hum of Political Violence https://prospect.org/politics/02024-07-14-background-hum-political-violence-trump-shooting/
The sinister history of America's 'uranium gold rush' https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/forgotten-american-nuclear-age-uranium-rush
Does Evolution Take Millions of Years or Does it Happen in Sudden Bursts? https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/does-evolution-take-millions-of-years-or-does-it-happen-in-sudden-bursts
We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-cannot-cede-control-of-weapons-to-artificial-intelligence/
Astronomers Spot Rare, Mid-Sized Black Hole in Our Galaxy https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-spot-rare-mid-sized-black-hole-in-our-galaxy-180984689/
These former conspiracy theory believers were deep down the rabbit hole. Here's what pulled them out https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-14/former-conspiracy-theory-believers-changed-their-minds/103999008
Research published last year, highly relevant today...
Conspiracy Theories Can Be Undermined with These Strategies, New Analysis Shows https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-can-you-fight-conspiracy-theories/
Melting Ice Reveals Body of American Mountaineer Missing for 22 Years in the Peruvian Andes https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melting-ice-reveals-body-of-american-mountaineer-missing-for-22-years-in-the-peruvian-andes-180984690/
'Moment of crisis': Expert links Trump to 'staggering' uptick in hate crimes https://www.rawstory.com/trump-antisemitism-2668735660/
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