AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND

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Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

• Church youth leader sentenced to 13 years in prison for sexual abuse of young girls     (archived link)

• Memphis police ‘regularly violate’ Black people’s rights, justice department finds

• An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago, but as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future

• German island to end ritual of spanking women with cow horn

...which is terrifying.

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• Jim Abrahams moviemaker, *Airplane!*     (archived link)

• Climate denial a unifying theme of Trump’s cabinet picks, experts say

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• Officers beat pretrial detainee to death in jail’s ‘blind spot’ as punishment, feds say     (archived link)

• Teacher at Christian academy accepts plea deal on child porn charges; victim’s family outraged     (archived link)

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Take kids who are already mixed up and unsure of themselves, and make it traumatic for them every time they have to go to the bathroom. Forcing kids into the wrong restroom is nudging them toward suicide. And Republicans know this.

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• Jason Barr in county jail     (archived link)

• ‘Catastrophic’ marine heatwaves are killing sealife and causing mass disruption to UK fisheries

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Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

• Vengeful cop who threw away dead teen's skull after mom complained about police misconduct gets two week suspension     (archived link)

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• Dengue fever spiked to record levels in 2024; Climate change will make it even worse     (archived link)

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• Christian school teacher arrested for alleged sexual assault; more victims suspected     (archived link)

Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

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• "I have lost everything": southern Africa battles hunger amid historic drought

[RERUN, BUT STILL A CLASSIC]

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• Oil giant Shell gets Friends of the Earth case overturned; will not be required to reduce emissions

Everything is a complicated series of complicated things, with a zillion moving pieces and interlocking mechanisms. Climate is the hugest of these extremely complex entities, and the most obviously gone sideways. Donald Trump's plan is to ignore it. He doesn't believe it's even a problem.

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Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).

• Arkansas cop gets four months in prison for sexually assaulting three children     (archived link)