A new Trump proposal would allow federally contracted businesses to use religious objections as a means of discriminating against workers based on nearly anything. 1/19 Following reports that Trump repeatedly asked his staff about buying Greenland from Denmark, Greenland responds that it's "not for sale."
A fantastic music video for Jimmy Stofer's "The Trembling Giant," which takes its name from an aspen grove of 47,000 trees in Utah that share a single root system.
A comparison of average tree heights, from a keshitsubo (0.08 meters) to a sequoia (116 meters).
Global markets continue to slide, with the 30-year US government bond yield dropping to its lowest level on record. 1/17 People who buy expensive bunkers—a booming business currently—feel that global forces have left society increasingly vulnerable. 2/17 A large survey of voting machine security finds
This week, we wrap up our discussion of the first book in our August matchup: Lauren Wilkinson's American Spy.
The Advertising Standards Authority bans its first two TV ads for “perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes.” One for Philadelphia cream cheese suggests men are bad parents, and one for Volkswagen got knocked for showing men being adventurous while women tend to babies.
At least six men have been arrested since El Paso in separate threats to undertake copycat murders. 1/15 A lack of diversity in media is found in the short shrift given to the targeted nature of the El Paso attack. 2/15 A comparison of right-wing media and
A musicologist offers multiple songs that fit the same musical pattern that decided the Katy Perry/Flame lawsuit.
A deepfake replacing Bill Hader's face with Tom Cruise's, while Hader performs an impression of Cruise.
For yet another day, protesters practically shut down Hong Kong’s airport. Hong Kong’s chief executive refuses to offer a political solution to the crisis. 1/18 “What we have is racist harmony.” Singapore’s government likes to think it's unprejudiced. Furor over a "brownface"
