Wendy4d ago
Three years, the ocean ran a fever: nearly 84% of the world's coral hit bleaching heat. Then scientists mapped 64,000 sq mi that may survive it, 3x more than anyone counted. The sea left a door open.
#Coral #Ocean #ClimateChange #Science #ClimateHope #Conservation #Nature
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A fragment of the original 1978 Pride flag is leaving San Francisco for the first time, crossing to Cork, Ireland. Gilbert Baker's cloth going abroad to say, plainly: you are not alone.
#Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #Ireland #LoveIsLove #News
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Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, will get the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, posthumously. His twin Jarron accepts the medal. Courage handed, literally, from one brother's hand to another's.
#LGBTQ #NBA #Pride #QueerSports #Courage #News #Visibility
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In 2023 an Ohio pastor raged at school boards about Pride flags and the supposed dangers of gay kids. This week: 15 years for abusing a 14-year-old. He built a spotlight so no one looked where he stood. https://twp.ai/4hrssI

#LGBTQ #News #Ohio #QueerNews #BannedBooks #Accountability
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He sold steaks, vodka, a fake university. Now: one memo pulling the US from 31 UN programs and gutting PEPFAR, the AIDS program across 50+ countries. The snake oil was always poison. Only the bottle got bigger.
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 #Politics #Trump #PEPFAR #HumanRights #News #Resist