2025.02.20

[lsanderson]

The sweet smell of hindsight in the morning!
Some Democrats now admit they screwed up by voting for Trump’s nominees
Oliver Willis, author
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/20/2304999/-These-Senate-Democrats-regret-voting-to-confirm-Trump-s-awful-nominees?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web

Are CEOs walking away from civic leadership?
The answer depends on who you ask, but there’s no doubt the obstacles to CEO involvement in civic affairs are multiplying.
by Liz Fedor
https://www.minnpost.com/twin-cities-business/2025/02/are-ceos-walking-away-from-civic-leadership/

Minnesota colleges and public schools shaken as Trump takes aim at education
Colleges and K-12 schools that fail to eliminate DEI practices and ‘wokeness’ threatened by funding cuts.
by Ana Radelat
https://www.minnpost.com/education/2025/02/minnesota-colleges-and-public-schools-shaken-as-trump-takes-aim-at-education/

Delta offers $30,000 to passengers in Canada plane flip – ‘no strings attached’
Plane caught fire and flipped at Toronto’s Pearson airport, hospitalizing 21 of 80 people onboard
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/20/delta-payments-toronto-plane-crash

Wot? No cherry on top?
Let’s be clear – the US never had moral supremacy. With Trump, it’s not even pretending any more
Owen Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/20/us-moral-supremacy-donald-trump-president

Historic US ocean liner moves out of Philadelphia after nearly 30 years
The SS United States, once the largest passenger ship built entirely in the US, has been towed from Philadelphia after nearly 30 years.
Launched in 1951, the ship was a symbol of luxury and innovation, carrying nearly a million passengers before its retirement in 1969.
Now on its way to Alabama, it will be intentionally sunk to form the world's largest artificial reef.
This transformation aims to support marine life and attract divers to the site.
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cx2gkxwpgggo

First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's
Frances Mao
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ym30v356po

Hotdogs and motorways: The ripples created by Denmark's Ozempic and Wegovy boom
Adrienne Murray
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20250220-hotdogs-and-motorways-the-ripples-created-by-denmarks-ozempic-and-wegovy-boom

Comments

[lydamorehouse]

Oof. That cartoon is too on the nose!