NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’
This is something NPR had to do. When Musk first took over Twitter, I questioned whether or not it made any business sense for another business to use it – whether or not a business could trust the platform. I would wager that NPR and PBS are only the beginning.
Velázquez slam shakes Wrigley, fuels unreal Cubs comeback
I know it’s early, but this Cubs team is going to be fun to watch!
We subscribe to Apple News+. Access to the Wall Street Journal and other large regional news papers and magazines are worth the relatively small cost.
What drives me completely insane is when I click on a link to read an article from any application, and I am sent to Safari where the publisher’s website has no clue that I subscribe to their publication through Apple News+. Why not redirect that link to the Apple News app? The metadata to do this is so simple. Surely someone on Apple’s product team has already thought of this feature, right?
While we’re on the topic of things that just make sense, why in the world is there no web version of Apple News+? Some of us do not have the choice to use an Apple device for work. It seems like a no-brainer to publish Apple News+ to the web.
Can we make these things happen, Apple?
Texas judge suspends FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone
I am absolutely furious! Livid! My daughter has less rights and control over her body in 2023 than my mother has enjoyed her entire adult life and my wife has enjoyed her entire life.
How can this be? Why are we allowing the minority to control us? Why are we allowing people with ancient and fringe opinions to make the rules?
This is not going to fix itself. We need to stand up. Fight! VOTE!
We will not go back!
Tennessee House Expels 2 Democrats Over Gun Control Protest
This is absolutely despicable, and if you think this will only happen in Tennessee, you are sorely mistaken. There are a lot of states with conservative majorities and super majorities that now have a blueprint for how to suppress those who disagree with them.
OPEC+ Members to Cut Production Through Year-End
Cut oil production because you’re worried about the stability of financial markets? This is such nonsense! The Saudi’s are worried about their own investments, not the financial markets.
Missouri Republicans use state budget to block diversity initiatives, cut library funding
If you have ever visited a library or used the resources of a library, you know the positive impact they can have on a person’s life and their knowledge base. Here in Missouri, it seems many House Republicans have forgotten this as they have decided to completely remove state funding for public libraries from the budget. What’s ironic is that they and their staffs most likely use a library or the skills of a librarian every day to do their work.
If you care at all about ensuring public access to information, consider donating to your local public library foundation. They will need private donations more than ever if the Senate allows the provision to remain in the budget.
Here are links to the library foundations in the St. Louis area:
There is no argument that can logically be made that the AR-15 should be produced or should have ever been produced.
No hunter in their right mind would ever use the weapon because it would tear apart the meat the hunter was trying to gather in the first place.
This is a weapon of war. Period. Police should not even be allowed to have these weapons! The manufacturer should be out of business, and all existing guns should be confiscated and either destroyed or sold to the US military.
At Waco rally, Trump defends Jan. 6 insurrectionists and blasts the prosecutors investigating him
The words and images from the former president’s rally yesterday are deeply concerning. He and his antigovernment co-speakers and followers are attempting to normalize and glorify political violence.
Let us all be warned. This moment is drastically different than the 2016 campaign or anything done or said since then. The only outcome of a campaign like this is intense violence and hatred between citizens that have more in common than not.
And to the senators that twice had an opportunity to prevent something like this from ever happening again but chose party over country, I hope you are able to find your pocket Constitution and refresh your memory of who you serve and why you hold your position.
We are in real trouble here.
