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Ghana's president steps back slightly from an anti-LGBTQ bill for fear of losing $3.8 billion in World Bank funding. / BBC News
France becomes the first country to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right. / Al Jazeera
Birth control pills are about to be sold in the United States over the counter for the first time. / CNN
The US Supreme Court unanimously reverses a Colorado Supreme Court decision removing Donald Trump from the ballot. / Reuters
In an "incandescent" opinion, "the liberal justices walk right up to the line of accusing the majority of doing a special favor for Trump." / Slate
Unrelated: From a Hafiz poem for your Tuesday, "no book has ever kissed me like she does." / Harper's Magazine
Prescribing antidepressants to adolescents and young adults, particularly young women, has increased 63.5% since the pandemic. / The American Academy of Pediatrics
A professor of environmental studies says doomsday predictions about artificial intelligence echo previous existential panics. / Vox
Related: "Sorry we machines destroyed your civilization in such a boring way." / McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Why don't we translocate endangered species to islands? "The technique can be effective, but can come with unwanted consequences." / The Conversation
Lower-back tattoos are said to be experiencing a "triumphant" return in favor. / Highsnobiety
A new Jane Austen sculpture is being planned near her grave. Who's opposed? Austen experts and fans. / The Guardian
See also: A video explanation of how Jane Austen changed fiction with "free indirect speech." / Kottke
A teenage German programmer lives full-time on trains. Nice to see, he also has a blog. / Metro, My Life on a Train
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