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Everyone Thinks A Straight Pride Parade in Boston Is a Hilariously Dumb Idea

Three guys are trying to plan a Straight Pride Parade in Boston. Just about everyone thinks it’s a terrible idea. It all started with a Facebook post last week by Mark Sahady, who claimed that he was working with the city of Boston to plan a Straight Pride Parade in late August.  Link to Parade:http://superhappyfunamerica.comIt […]

Food freshness sensors could replace 'use-by' dates to cut food waste

Academics have developed low-cost, smartphone-linked, eco-friendly spoilage sensors for meat and fish packaging.

YouTube Announces Hate Speech Ban While Turning a Blind Eye to Homophobia

YouTube announced on Wednesday plans to ban videos expressing support for hateful ideologies like white supremacy and Nazism, just one day after it declined to take action against a popular YouTuber who has repeatedly lobbed homophobic slurs against Vox journalist Carlos Maza. The video streaming platform wrote in a post that it would no longer […]

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#Ancient #Siberia was home to previously #unknown #humans, say scientists | #Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/05/ancient-siberia-was-home-to-previously-unknown-humans-say-scientists

#Russia #Archaeology #Anthropology

Americans consumer 70,000 particles of microplastics per year

Since the mass production of plastics began in the 1940s, the versatile polymers have spread rapidly across the globe. Although plastics have made life easier in many ways, disposing of the materials is a growing problem. Now, researchers estimate that the average American consumes more than 70,000 particles of microplastics per year, though the health effects of that consumption are unclear.

An Industrial Policy for Manufacturing? Count Me Skeptical.

Elizabeth Warren unveiled her plan for “economic patriotism” yesterday. Here’s a taste: Some people blame “globalization” for flat wages and American jobs shipped overseas. But globalization isn’t some mysterious force whose effects are inevitable and beyond our control. No — America chose to pursue a trade policy that prioritized the interests of capital over the interests of […]

The bacteria building your baby

Researchers have laid to rest a longstanding controversy: is the womb sterile? A new study used uniquely rigorous contamination controls to confirm that exposure to bacteria begins in the womb -- and could help to shape the developing fetal immune system, gut and brain.

No One Has Any Idea If Joe Biden Really Is “Electable”

The watchword of the 2020 Democratic primary so far is “electability.” As a Hill column recently put it, “Democrats have 23 candidates but just one issue: electability.” Boiled down, that means Democratic voters are likely to choose among the candidate who they believe has the best chance of smiting Donald Trump in 17 months—as opposed […]

Forget Sex Strikes—We Need a Real Strike for Abortion Rights

This article was first posted by Left Voice.

Abortion is becoming illegal again. The best way to fight against these restrictive laws is mass mobilizations and strikes—not sex strikes, but strikes that grind the entire capitalist system to a halt.

#Home #solar #panel #installations fall by 94% as #subsidies cut | #Environment | The Guardian

Well done, the government (sarcasm).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/05/home-solar-panel-installations-fall-by-94-as-subsidies-cut

#UK #RenewableEnergy #Renewables #SolarEnergy

#Plastic accounts for 60% of litter in English and Welsh #canals | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/05/plastic-litter-canals-england-and-wales

#Pollution #Waste #Plastics #England #Wales #UK

Why Soccer’s Biggest Talents Are Suing to Be Heard

The Women’s world cup is kicking off in Paris - and the defending champions are still looking for the institutional support they deserve.

Access Assessment

Take a trip to the Centrist Hospital, where everyone has “access” to care!

Why is this not shocking to me. https://net-security.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f76e9593a7d90f4024574218d&id=afa5df6ba4&e=a017371bef

Raw Data: The Homeless Rate in Big Cities

The number of homeless rose to 59,000 in Los Angeles County this year. We don’t yet have estimates for all cities, but here’s how a selection of big cities did last year. Note that these are actually the homeless rates for the counties which contain each city (i.e., Phoenix is actually Maricopa County, Chicago is […]

Personal resolution: search for video content on Peertube/LBRY before jumping straight to invidio.us

Suggestion for Youtubers: upload your content to other platforms as well as Youtube, and encourage your viewers to watch you there instead.

As viewers, we can vote with our views by watching our favourite content creators on those platforms, and if possible make small donations to compensate for the lost ad revenue.

Tagging my favourite Free software loving Youtubers @gbryant and @lunduke

Elizabeth Warren Just Added a Green Marshall Plan to Her Long List of Proposals

This story was originally published by HuffPost and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  Elizabeth Warren has ascended in recent Democratic presidential polls atop a growing stack of audacious proposals to wipe out student debt, break up giant companies like Amazon and Facebook, and slap new taxes on the ultra-rich. Yet the senator from Massachusetts is taking […]

Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Copied Language and “Inadvertently” Forgot Citations

Hours after Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released his plan to address climate change Tuesday, individuals and the media began to point out some questionable similarities between passages of the presidential frontrunner’s proposal, posted to his website, and materials from other organizations and websites. Biden’s plan has since been changed to reflect appropriate […]