Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

And another day of extremists, death threats, arming teachers in OH, Black people buying guns, political divisions extending to friendships, Yellowstone flooding, Americans struggling to read, treatment for alopecia areata, and saying goodbye to IE comes to a close:


“It’s okay that Lauren Boebert had two abortions. It’s not okay for her to try and take that right away from others.” — David Leavitt


Deaths

US: 1,036,483

World: 6,334,232


Cases

US: 87,549,563

World: 541,774,662


Experts: Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric could galvanize extremists. As hate speech targeting LGBTQ people increases among some far-right influencers and others online, experts are warning that extremist groups may see the rhetoric as a call to action.


Idaho officers getting death threats after arresting 31 Patriot Front white nationalists near Pride event. The majority of the threats being made appear to be from groups outside of the local community, the Coeur d’Alene police chief said.


Ohio Gov. DeWine says he'll sign a bill arming teachers after 24 hours of training. The new law dramatically reduces the amount of training a teacher must undergo before they can carry a gun in a school safety zone. Instead of more than 700 hours of training that's currently required, school staff who want to be armed would get training that "shall not exceed" 24 hours, House Bill 99 states.


Why more Black people are looking for safety in gun ownership. A rise in hate crimes and anti-Black vitriol sparked a 58 percent increase in Black people purchasing firearms in 2020. The spike seems to have continued.


Political divisions extend into Americans' friendships. Those are some deeply reinforced bubbles full of people who are likely to hold similar views on the topics Washington is attempting to tackle — from gun control to taxes. Taken together, the numbers suggest there is no quick cure-all for the political discord in Washington. The divides are sharp and real and, to some extent, bubbling up from the electorate.


"Forever chemicals" linked to high blood pressure in middle-aged women: study. Notorious for their presence in jet-fuel firefighting foam and in industrial discharge, PFAS are a set of synthetic chemicals found in a wealth of household products, including nonstick pans, waterproof apparel and cosmetics.


Yellowstone flooding forces 10,000 to leave national park. More than 10,000 visitors were ordered out of Yellowstone as unprecedented flooding tore through the northern half of the nation’s oldest national park, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream, officials said Tuesday. Remarkably, no one was reported injured or killed. The only visitors left in the massive park straddling three states were a dozen campers still making their way out of the backcountry.


One in Five Americans Struggles to Read. We Want to Understand Why. We want to look at the root causes that make reading inaccessible for so many people. These 48 million people — many of whom are native English speakers who left school without the necessary reading skills — are often resourceful, finding ways to navigate a world designed for readers. But they face barriers to getting jobs, accessing social services and finding medical care. This is not just an individual hardship — it’s a collective crisis. Some police departments are having trouble recruiting people who can take entrance tests. Throughout history, American institutions have used literacy tests to exclude people from fully participating in society, including at the polls. We are reporting on similar barriers still in place.


FDA greenlights 1st treatment for sudden hair loss caused by autoimmune disease. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved baricitinib, a once-a-day pill developed by the drugmaker Eli Lilly to treat alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that triggers sudden hair loss. The drug was originally approved by the FDA in 2018 to treat rheumatoid arthritis.


Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn’t a person, court rules. Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally confined to the Bronx Zoo, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday.


Hubble spies stellar ‘ghost’ wandering the Milky Way galaxy. For the first time, the Hubble Space Telescope has detected a lone object drifting through our Milky Way galaxy – the invisible, ghostly remains of a once radiant star. When stars massive enough to dwarf our sun die, they explode in a supernova and the remaining core is crushed by its own gravity, forming a black hole. Sometimes, the explosion may send the black hole into motion, hurtling across the galaxy like a pinball. By rights, there should be a lot of roving black holes known to scientists, but they are practically invisible in space and therefore very difficult to uncover.


It's time to say goodbye to Internet Explorer. As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that faded away as users found faster, less crash-prone alternatives.


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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