Sailors endure night of terror as killer whales wreck yacht
A sailor whose yacht came under attack for more than an hour by a pod of orcas that wrecked the vessel has shared terrifying images of her ordeal on social media
Day: May 27, 2023
White House rejects Lauren Boebert’s claim that antisemitism plan will be used ‘go after conservatives’
‘If anyone finds opposition to hate threatening, they need to look inward’
Freedom: Live and let live
Some fellow Americans seem to have forgotten the freedoms all citizens have enjoyed for years: If you don’t want an abortion, you don’t have to have one; if you don’t want to marry someone of the same gender, you can choose to marry the opposite gender…
Pope Francis clears his schedule ‘due to a feverish state’
Vatican Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni has announced: “Due to a feverish state, Pope Francis did not receive an audience this morning.” He recently recovered from a bout of bronchitis.
EV chargers: Make them ubiquitous
Re: “Seattle gets 31 new EV chargers, none in south Rainier Valley” [May 8, Local News]: It is very disappointing to me that despite being the most adversely affected by climate change, low-income communities are often disregarded when it comes to move…
EU official says Twitter abandons bloc’s code of practice on disinformation
A top European Union official says Twitter has dropped out of the bloc’s voluntary agreement to combat online disinformation.
Social Media: Mental health
Re: “U.S. top doc warns about social media risks” [May 24, Nation & World]: The surgeon general’s warning about social media is welcome and timely. The content, challenges to privacy, and deliberately addictive design of social media can lead teens…
Commentary: Netflix is taking a necessary risk in tackling its 100 million freeloaders
Widespread password sharing is incompatible with subscription growth in an intensely competitive market, says the Financial Times’ Christopher Grimes.