Mastodawn

Judge to Decide How Long Torture’s Taint Infected the Sept. 11 Case
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/september-11-case-torture.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-newyorktimes

Judge to Decide How Long Torture’s Taint Infected the Sept. 11 Case

Eight days of legal arguments at Guantánamo have brought the long-running terrorism case to a moment of truth in the long wait for justice.

The New York Times

hardindr 18h ago

The New York Times 18h ago

We Democrats Need to Change Course on Israel
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/opinion/democrats-israel.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Home Page @home-page-newyorktimes

Opinion | The Hard Truth My Party Needs to Face

We must use our leverage to end Israel’s occupation and establish two states with full political and legal rights for all.

The New York Times

hardindr 18h ago

The Skeptic magazine 19h ago

Learning about science and statistics through pseudoscience

Evaluating claims of ESP and other psi abilities can provide the perfect opportunity to grapple with some counterintuitive, but incredibly important, maths.

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2026/05/learning-about-science-and-statistics-through-pseudoscience/

#Parapsychology #Science

hardindr 19h ago

https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/26/pepfar-state-department-plan-dismantling-hiv-cdc/

8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it

A State Department plan scheduled to be implemented June 1 would strip the U.S. of decades of disease defense, write eight former CDC directors.

STAT

hardindr 1d ago

Dan McCullough 1d ago

It’s been a while since I found something in the woods and thought, “This is THE single greatest (fill in the blank) that I’ve ever found.”

It felt surreal to just come upon this out in the middle of nowhere, way, way offtrail.

#Rocks

hardindr 1d ago

The New York Times 1d ago

Twenty Years After His Film, Al Gore Tweaks the Climate Script
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/climate/al-gore-an-inconvenient-truth.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Movies @movies-newyorktimes

Twenty Years After His Film, Al Gore Tweaks the Climate Script

Mr. Gore is still giving the slide show that “An Inconvenient Truth” was built around, but with changes that reflect a shift in the discussion of climate change.

The New York Times

hardindr 1d ago

Flipboard Science Desk 2d ago

From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, rice feeds more than half the world. But the same flooded soils that provide daily meals to billions of people also create ideal conditions for climate-increasing gases. @TheConversationClimate goes in-depth and finds a silver lining — but slowing emissions won’t be easy:

https://flip.it/i4oItw

#Science #ClimateChange #Food

Rice feeds billions of people – but its role in fueling climate change is growing

There are ways to reduce emissions without sacrificing yield. A new study shows how, and looks at a technique billed as ‘climate-friendly’ that makes emissions worse.

The Conversation

hardindr 1d ago

Al Jazeera 2d ago

After San Diego shooting, Muslim Americans aim to turn grief into action
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/24/after-san-diego-shooting-muslim-americans-want-to-turn-grief-into-action?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into US & Canada News @us-canada-news-AlJazeera

After San Diego shooting, Muslim Americans aim to turn grief into action

More than 25,000 US Muslims have come together for the annual ICNA conference, where speakers encouraged activism.

Al Jazeera

hardindr 2d ago

The Conversation U.S.2d ago

Long COVID is quietly draining billions from the US economy.

A new study estimates long COVID could cost more than $8 billion by the end of 2027. Millions of Americans are still living with symptoms, and researchers warn the crisis is far from over.
https://theconversation.com/long-covid-will-cost-the-us-an-estimated-8-billion-over-just-3-years-due-to-healthcare-burden-managing-symptoms-and-loss-to-the-workforce-280350

hardindr 3d ago

https://bsky.app/profile/aaronhuertas.bsky.social/post/3mmkkdcnmuc2f

Aaron Huertas (@aaronhuertas.bsky.social)

Occam's Razor: staging false flags is harder to believe than simply acknowledging that we live in a heavily armed country with poor mental health coverage and low levels of political agency; the Trump Administration will use shootings / gun violence to justify their agenda regardless of their source

Bluesky Social