George W. Bush was always good at this sort of thing.
Reminds me of the movie, Dave.
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Don’t get cocky. The election process is still shaky in many states.
BBC: Bird names will be changed
Several bird species in the US and Canada will receive new names based on their habitats and traits rather than people’s names, the American Ornithological Society has announced.
“Exclusionary naming conventions developed in the 1800s, clouded by racism and misogyny, don’t work for us today, and the time has come for us to transform this process and redirect the focus to the birds, where it belongs,” the society’s CEO, Judith Scarl, said in a statement.
How do these people keep sneaking in?
Washington Free Press: State Department Intersex Announcement
Today in celebration and recognition of Intersex Awareness Day, we affirm the United States’ commitment to promoting and protecting the human rights of Intersex persons globally.
With the war in Ukraine, the war in the Gaza Strip, and the rest of the world feeling shaky, the State Department must have something more important to do.
This is one of those stupid issues that could be resolved without legislation or legal action if people cared about kids. Anyone want to argue that social media is not detrimental to children? Parents, please explain why you give your children smart phones instead of dumb flip phones.
The New Yorker: Black People at Rest
It’s not clear what to make of this article and art exhibit showing Black women resting (h/t Althouse)
If you can’t be arsed to click over, the article talks about a photography exhibit at N.Y.U. and illustrates it with three photos of Black women idle in bed and one getting her hair washed. The article tries to make it sound like a broad social movement.
Paris Fashion Week is not an event that typically piques my interest, but it showed up in my news feed.
World Aquatics’ plans to debut an open category for transgender athletes at the World Cup in Berlin this week have been cancelled after no entries were received.
This is definitive proof that trans athletes only ever wanted an unfair advantage.
One would have to be incredibly naive or distracted to think that society is functioning properly. Very little of the federal government is operating in the best interests of the American people. On the local level, several cities have stopped enforcing laws and have gone quite feral.