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37 votes
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Once considered a ‘hate state,’ Colorado is now a safe harbor for trans people
35 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 17
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
4 votes -
The US surgeon general wants tobacco-like warning labels on social media
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Introducing the Light Phone III
38 votes -
NASA employee creates Pride flag using NASA images
55 votes -
A rare burst of billions of cicadas will rewire our ecosystems for years to come. The arrival of Brood XIX and Brood XIII will send shockwaves through forest food webs.
27 votes -
Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
18 votes -
The Christian right is coming for no-fault divorce
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 10
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
8 votes -
Swedish golf sensation Ludvig Åberg leads US Open by one shot after a fine display on a challenging second day at Pinehurst, North Carolina
6 votes -
‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, air conditioning is no longer enough
41 votes -
US policy ideas for lifesaving technologies
5 votes -
Queer Liberation Library offers free LGBTQ books in response to wave of US school bans
21 votes -
OpenAI adds former US NSA chief Paul Nakasone to the board
21 votes -
The Tesla party was fun; now comes the lawsuit driven hangover
24 votes -
Elon Musk wins Tesla shareholder vote for $56 billion pay package
23 votes -
US Supreme Court strikes down Donald Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre
29 votes -
Texas secessionists win GOP backing for independence vote: 'Major step'
48 votes -
Sandy Hook school shooting survivors graduate from high school
25 votes -
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
15 votes -
Pickleball: America’s new favourite sport
6 votes -
Sony Pictures acquires Alamo Drafthouse cinema in landmark deal that puts studios back in theater game
36 votes -
America: a healthy or healthcare economy? The sickness at the heart of US GDP.
9 votes -
Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
46 votes -
Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil well, continuing a troubling trend
13 votes -
The curious case of the underselling arena tours
6 votes -
Banana giant corporation Chiquita held liable by US court for funding paramilitaries
38 votes -
Economists report on an intervention that helps low-income families beat the poverty trap
17 votes -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to suspend congestion pricing is absurd
33 votes -
Silicon Valley’s best kept secret: Founder liquidity
12 votes -
Lynn Conway, trailblazing trans computer scientist, dies at 85
22 votes -
Wired's inside investigation into the Titan submersible disaster
35 votes -
This Miami luxury condo is burying crystals in its building foundation to create good ‘vibes’
20 votes -
When the CIA messes up
9 votes -
Hunter Biden is convicted of all three felonies in federal gun trial
37 votes -
No deal: Shari Redstone ends talks on Skydance offer for Paramount Global
2 votes -
Buoyed by regulatory vacuums, Silicon Valley is building a booming online wellness market that aims to leave the doctor’s office behind
17 votes -
Comicstorian has passed away in an accident
18 votes -
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
34 votes -
A Texas corporate lawyer got mad about illegal evictions—and did something about it
33 votes -
Ursula K. Le Guin's home will become a writers residency
19 votes -
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids
51 votes -
Science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin made Schrödinger’s cat famous
12 votes -
Asylum seekers from Mauritania are settling in Cincinnati as immigration to the United States has soared
13 votes -
Publishers sue Google over pirate sites selling textbooks
20 votes -
‘Playing Russian roulette with your health’: my encounter with LA’s raw-milk, powdered-meat smoothie
17 votes -
Size matters? "Size" dissatisfaction and gun ownership in America.
28 votes -
Amanda Knox convicted in slander retrial over 2007 killing
24 votes -
Jan. 6 rioter caught in a woman’s Bumble dating sting sentenced to prison
49 votes