Monday, April 18, 2022

And another day of voiding mask mandates, Shanghai deaths, bankruptcy, abortion training, facts about today’s college students, CEO pay raises, endangered rivers, low-grade prostate cancer, letting cyclists run stop signs, and testicle tanning comes to a close:

“The sooner Trump is held accountable for his criminality, the safer American democracy will be.” -- Robert Reich

“Of course, once you realize that police serve the function of ‘cleaning up’ after the byproducts of the rampant inequality neoliberal capitalism generates, you can't stop seeing it.” -- Gisela Wilson

Deaths

US: 1,015,790 (+339)

World: 6,224,758 (+1723)

Cases

US: 82,377,156 (+60,808)

World: 505,209,437 (+457,467)

Florida judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel. A federal judge in Florida on Monday voided the national mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Folks are clapping at pilots announcing they can take their masks off, as if they've been oppressed by wearing a mask on a plane to try and keep themselves and their neighbors safe during a global pandemic. Our chances with things like climate change feel very bleak right now.” — Frederick Joseph

Shanghai reports first deaths in current COVID-19 outbreak. Shanghai authorities on Monday reported the first COVID-19 deaths in the latest outbreak in China’s most populous and wealthiest city.

Abortion training under threat for med students, residents. Browse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you’ll find abortion. The first two procedures are part of standard physician education. But for many U.S. medical school students and residents who want to learn about abortions, options are scarce. And new restrictions are piling up.

10 facts about today’s college graduates. Having a bachelor’s degree remains an important advantage in many sectors of the U.S. labor market. College graduates generally out-earn those who have not attended college, and they are more likely to be employed in the first place. At the same time, many Americans say they cannot afford to get a four-year degree – or that they just don’t want to. Here are key facts about American college graduates.

InfoWars files for bankruptcy in the face of lawsuits over Sandy Hook shooting denial. -- Fuck Alex Jones. He’s a maggot infested rotting asshole.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off. And with those words, Stack, a gun owner and gun rights supporter, set in motion a series of corporate actions that may serve as a model for other CEOs trying to balance their personal conscience and corporate interests when dealing with thorny societal issues, according to two new Harvard Business School case studies. “Increasingly, business leaders are expected to take stands on societal issues—to do societal good. It’s gone beyond ‘do no harm.’”

U.S. CEO pay soars 31% on stock and cash awards, study finds. Median pay for top U.S. CEOs rose 31% last year to a record $20 million, a new study found, surging after a slight decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, as companies showered leaders with stock awards and cash bonuses...The trends also to pushed up the ratio of CEO pay to the pay of companies' median workers to 254:1 from 238:1 a year ago, Equilar's study said.

The top 10 most endangered rivers in America. From the Pacific Northwest to Alabama, American Rivers ranked the top 10 most endangered rivers across the country — crises brought on by worsening droughts, human-made dams and coal-ash contamination. The Colorado River's outdated water management practices have been worsened by climate change, pushing the river into the No. 1 slot, the group said.

Tucker Carlson Has a New Solution for Societal Collapse: Men Tanning Their Balls. The Fox News host is very concerned that men as he likes to imagine them — shirtless, muscular, brimming with testosterone — are going the way of the dodo.

Doctors suggest new names for low-grade prostate cancer. A cancer diagnosis is scary. Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word. Cancer cells develop in nearly all prostates as men age, and most prostate cancers are harmless. About 34,000 Americans die from prostate cancer annually, but treating the disease can lead to sexual dysfunction and incontinence. Changing the name could lead more low-risk patients to skip unnecessary surgery and radiation.

Professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez announced the death of their newborn son, according to a joint statement posted Monday on social media.

Colorado just passed a law letting cyclists run stop signs. Your state should be next. This practice—in which bicyclists treat a stop sign as a yield and a red light as a stop sign—is known as the Idaho stop. This week, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a law authorizing the Idaho stop, making the Centennial State one of a small but growing number to pass similar laws in recent years.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.