Earth has had four straight hottest days on record (www.axios.com)
Thursday saw global average temperatures spike more than 1°C above average.
Young Americans blame SCOTUS, GOP for unforgiven student loan debt (www.axios.com)
Young Americans are piling the blame for their student debt balances on conservatives, according to a poll by Generation Lab....
#BlackLivesMatter tweets vanishing 10 years after hashtag started (www.axios.com)
35% of #BlackLivesMatter tweets created between 2013 and 2021 are no longer available on Twitter, report finds.
Young Americans blame SCOTUS, GOP for unforgiven student loan debt (www.axios.com)
Young Americans are piling the blame for their student debt balances on conservatives, according to a poll by Generation Lab provided exclusively to Axios.
A critique of the 'Divided America' Trope (www.axios.com)
We seriously need to start pushing back on this Divided America Trope. It is absolute propaganda....
House GOP speaker race balloons to nine candidates (www.axios.com)
House Republicans will hear Monday from nine lawmakers vying to be the next speaker of the House, with a candidate forum that ushers in a grueling day of voting Tuesday.
California to fine schools that ban textbooks on race or LGBTQ+ topics (www.axios.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law on Monday a bill prohibiting schools from banning books on racial or LGBTQ+ teachings that could result in fines for any authority in the state that defies the legislation.
Trump classified documents trial set for May 2024 (www.axios.com)
Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday set the trial date in the classified documents case against former President Trump for May 20, 2024, per a court filing.
An invasive fish with teeth, that can breathe air, live up to three days outside of water, move short distances on land, and grow three feet long has been found in Louisiana (www.axios.com)
via: https://tildes.net/~science/18ay/an_invasive_fish_with_teeth_that_can_breathe_air_live_up_to_three_days_outside_of_water_move_short
Trucking company tries to recruit drivers through a trucking video game (www.axios.com)
Some of the firm's most promising new recruits credited the game for their driving skills.
"We're shocked that Joe Rogan would do this" - people who watched Joe Rogan do this to everyone else (www.axios.com)
A feud on Twitter highlights the perils of engaging on the platform and a growing tension among researchers and medical professionals.
Square Enix's producers are an asset, not a problem, former senior exec says (www.axios.com)
Final Fantasy maker Square Enix is right to bring more of its games to Microsoft's Xbox and keep taking risks on new games, a former senior executive at the company tells Axios. However, he said it should not heed critics who say the company is too dependent on star game producers.
Woman sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to mail Trump ricin (www.axios.com)
A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.
Trump tells Georgia witness not to testify (www.axios.com)
Galveston Beach fecal matter — how bad is it actually? (www.axios.com)
A recent study by Environment Texas found that almost every Texas beach tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in 2022.
Israel's Mossad chief met Qatari PM to resume hostage talks (www.axios.com)
Gaza conflict embroils Game Awards (www.axios.com)
More than 70 recipients of The Game Awards' Future Class are calling for a statement to be read at next week's The Game Awards, on their behalf, in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Hundreds of OpenAI staff tell board to resign or they'll quit (www.axios.com)
With Braid remake, an influential indie returns (www.axios.com)
Star Wars developer strikes back at class-action claim (www.axios.com)
Valve says it is committed to the Steam Deck, has a "road map" (www.axios.com)
Valve says it is committed to the Steam Deck, has a "road map" (www.axios.com)
Scoop: Internal State Dept. memo blasts Biden, U.S. policy on Israel-Hamas war; accuses Biden of "spreading misinformation" (www.axios.com)
Transgender people can be baptized, Vatican says (www.axios.com)
Transgender people can be baptized in the Catholic Church and serve as godparents, per an official Vatican document published Wednesday....
Behind the Curtain: What AI architects fear most (in 2024) (www.axios.com)
Brace yourself: You will soon need to wonder if what you see — not just what you read — is real across every social media platform....