And another day of blistering reports, sounding alarms, budget frameworks, rebelling school districts in FL and TX, hospital tents in TX, Canada reopening to US, a plethora of jobs, Apple responds, height loss, UFOs, and ejaculation cutting the risk of cancer comes to a close:
“Just remember, kids:
-Vaccine, bad. Coronavirus, good.
-Critical race theory, bad. Anti-vaxxer conspiracy theory, good.
-Protest, bad. Insurrection, good
-Teachers wearing masks, bad. Teachers carrying guns, good.” -- Michael Harriot
Deaths
US: 633,799 (+683)
World: 4,316,105 (+8718)
Cases
US: 36,780,480 (+ 1,237,142)
World: 204,133,257 (+692,100)
U.N. releases blistering assessment on the state of climate change. The sobering report found it "unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.". Climate change is changing Earth in ways that are "unprecedented" in thousands of years — and in some cases, hundreds of thousands of years — according to a blistering report released Monday by the United Nations. The sobering assessment also found that some changes that are already playing out, such as warming oceans and rising sea levels, are "irreversible for centuries to millennia."…Climate scientists have warned that the increase in average global temperatures should be limited to under 2 degrees Celsius in order to avoid the most devastating effects of global warming. The 2-degree benchmark was set by climate negotiators in Copenhagen in 2009, but studies have increasingly found that the target may already be out of reach.
'Final warning': Lawmakers, Biden administration sound alarm over UN climate report and urge swift action. Lawmakers and top climate officials in President Joe Biden's administration sounded the alarm on Monday in response to a new report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, urging nations to swiftly limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Fires, floods, heatwaves: We're just getting started, say IPCC. So what of the future? Some heating is already inevitable. We will definitely hit 1.5 C in the next two decades, whatever happens to emissions, the IPCC finds. The only good news is that keeping to that 1.5 C is not yet impossible. But it will require “immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions” in emissions, say the scientists, of which there is no sign to date. Even cutting emissions, but more slowly, leads to 2C and significantly more suffering for all life on Earth. If emissions do not fall in the next couple of decades, then 3 C of heating looks likely—a catastrophe. And if they don’t fall at all, the report says, then we are on track for 4 C to 5 C, which is apocalypse territory.
Florida Keys' fate: "The water is coming and we can't stop it".
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released the text of a $3.5 trillion budget framework that will give Democrats the opportunity to pass major federal investments in child care, family leave and climate change without the support of Republicans.
Florida governor's office says state could withhold salaries of officials who enact school mask mandates. — The GOP is actively trying to kill your children.
Large school districts in both Florida and Texas are defying their governors’ ban on mask mandates for students amid a surging number of COVID-19 cases. — DeSantis and Abbott both need to go. They are actively trying to kill people.
Texas hospital system is prepping tents to deal with rapid surge in Covid-19 patients. Harris Health System in Houston is reporting 1 in 4 patients at its two hospitals have tested positive for Covid-19.
'Vaccine passports' are taking off. How to prove your Covid-19 vaccination status on your phone. Here's how to record your vaccination record on your phone so your small, CDC-issued vaccination card can stay safe at home.
Canada reopens its border for vaccinated US visitors. Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans.
Infrastructure on track as bipartisan Senate coalition grows. After weeks of fits, starts and delays, the Senate is on track to give final approval to the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, with a growing coalition of Democrats and Republicans prepared to lift the first phase of President Joe Biden’s rebuilding agenda to passage.
The U.S. now has more job openings than any time in history. Demand for workers was highest among employers in business and professional services, retail trade and hospitality — food service and accommodations — businesses. Regionally, the South had the most activity, with both the number of jobs as well as the number of people quitting jobs increasing.
Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew, citing sex assault at 17. Giuffre has repeatedly made her allegations against Epstein, his onetime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, and Andrew, but the lawsuit was the first time she has directly confronted Andrew in such a formal setting. It steps up public relations pressure on the prince, even if he remains beyond the reach of the courts.
Apple Says It Won't Let the Government Turn Its Child Abuse Detection Tools Into a Surveillance Weapon. On Monday, Apple published a response to many of the concerns that have been raised. The company specifically denied that its scanning tools might someday be repurposed to hunt for other kinds of material on users’ phones and computers other than CSAM. Critics have worried that a government (ours or someone else’s) could pressure Apple to add or change the new features—to make them, for instance, a broader tool of law enforcement. However, in a rare instance of a corporation making a firm promise not to do something, Apple said definitively that it would not be expanding the reach of its scanning capabilities.
Thousands sign open letter arguing against Apple plan to scan US iPhones for child sexual abuse images.
Bad credit shouldn't affect car insurance, experts say. States are listening. Basing car insurance premiums on drivers' credit histories disproportionately harms people of color, experts say. Lawmakers are starting to address the issue.
Study links women’s middle-age height loss with greater risk of death. Research suggests those with higher loss are more likely to die early, even when exercise is taken into account.
A top Harvard astronomer is studying UFOs, thanks in part to the Pentagon report.
Ejaculating often could cut risk of cancer, according to science. Scientists say more research needs to be done. But in the meantime, it’s safe to say that one more orgasm really won’t hurt. — I already forwarded this article to my wife.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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