And another day of retirement over re-election, appeals courts, Big Bird, chaos at Astroworld Festival, a girl rescued after using TikTok signal for help, basic income programs, anxiety, koalas, and heat-tolerant pumpkins comes to a close:
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Deaths
US: 775,218 (+545 over two days)
World: 5,064,585 (+10,792 over two days)
Cases
US: 47,336,577 (+56,128 over two days)
World: 250,610,452 (+766,494 over two days)
Republicans look for advantage as House Democrats opt for retirement over re-election. Retirements in the House have become a hallmark of a party that is expecting to lose power. The logic is often the same: Why stick around and fight another re-election battle if your party won't have any power come the next year?
Appeals court stays vaccine mandate on larger businesses. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay of the requirement by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration that those workers be vaccinated by Jan. 4 or face mask requirements and weekly tests.
Big Bird vaccine announcement sparks backlash from Conservatives, GOP. Big Bird's seemingly innocuous — and obviously fictional — announcement Saturday that he was vaccinated for Covid-19 caused a stir online, as Republicans like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz accused the yellow anthropomorphic bird of tweeting "government propaganda." — Hell is waiting and starting new fires for Ted Cruz. What an asshole.
Houston authorities are investigating what officials described as a crowd surge that killed at least eight people and injured "scores" of others, turning the Astroworld Festival into one of the worst musical concert tragedies in U.S. history.
‘Stop the show!’ Houston concertgoers describe chaos.
A girl was rescued by police after she used a distress signal popularized on TikTok. A campaign called the "Signal for Help" started by the Canadian Women's Foundation spread across social media in 2020 as a way for domestic abuse victims to seek help using a nonverbal cue.
'There's so much need:' L.A., Chicago launch country's largest guaranteed basic income programs. Los Angeles and Chicago are rolling out guaranteed basic income programs that will provide direct cash assistance to thousands of struggling families. Los Angeles and Chicago are rolling out guaranteed basic income pilot programs that will provide monthly payments to low-income residents for one year. Los Angeles' program, dubbed BIG:LEAP, will give 3,200 people $1,000 a month, and Chicago's initiative will provide 5,000 residents $500 a month. Recipients will be picked at random.
Lazio ask Amazon Prime to cut 'fascists' scene from Maradona series.
Food-delivering robots are no longer the stuff of science fiction. The companies building them say pandemic-related labor shortages and a growing preference for contactless delivery have accelerated their deployment.
Anxiety link to irritable bowel syndrome seen in DNA - research. Genes may go some way towards explaining why a common but poorly understood gut disorder - irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) - is often linked to anxiety, say researchers.
Koalas are dying from chlamydia, and climate change is making it worse. The culprit is chlamydia, a sexually transmitted bacteria that infects more than 100 million people worldwide annually and can cause infertility in humans if left untreated. For koalas, uncontrolled chlamydia can cause blindness and painful cysts in a animal's reproductive tract that may lead to infertility or even death. Worse still, antibiotics used to treat the disease can destroy the delicate gut flora koalas need to consume their staple diet of eucalyptus leaves, leading some to starve to death even after being cured. The disease can also spread quickly.
Scientists develop heat-tolerant pumpkins to withstand climate change — and "save a particular way of American life".
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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