July 25, 2023
National News
Study finds climate change fingerprints on July heat waves in Europe, China and America
Climate change’s sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe. A new study finds these intense and deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and Southern Europe could not have occurred without it.
apnews.com/article/heat-wave-deadly-climate-change-europe-america-4c361736afa70766049acdb189ccfd64
How Long Will Politicians Be Able to Ignore the Planet Becoming Unlivable?
This truly is a climate emergency, and every day that goes by without significant action further endangers the future of almost all life on Earth, including us...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/how-long-will-politicians-be-able-ed4?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
July 22, 2023
The Florida Board of Education approved new state social studies standards on Wednesday, including standards for African American history, civics and government, American history, and economics. Critics immediately called out the middle school instruction in African American history that includes “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” (p. 6). They noted that describing enslavement as offering personal benefits to enslaved people is outrageous.
open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-22-2023?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
This is what politicians debating global warming will look like soon
Awesome new street art unintentionally shames our leaders into paying attention to climate change.
theworld.org/stories/2014-03-26/what-politicians-debating-global-warming-will-look-soon
State News:
Cash for Clout: Who's funding Tennessee's politics? – Tennessee Lookout
"Cash for Clout" is a series in the Tennessee Lookout focusing on the flow money into politic and its influence on the Tennessee Legislature.
tennesseelookout.com/2023/07/24/cash-for-clout-whos-funding-tennessees-politics
Local News:
The Arts:
What you need to know about Cunk on Earth, the Pump Up the Jam-blasting mockumentary baffling experts
From wondering if Beyonce's Single Ladies is more culturally significant than the Renaissance, to pondering if Jesus was the first victim of cancel culture, Cunk on Earth is baffling experts while blasting Pump Up the Jam.
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-14/what-to-know-about-cunk-on-earth-philomena-cunk-diane-morgan/101969760?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
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