Saturday, October 14, 2023

Reading archive 2023-10-14

Battling A Green Glacier: How A Native Tree Became A Threat To Nebraska’s Grasslands: Is there such a thing as too many trees? In Nebraska—home of Arbor Day—ranchers are battling the inexorable march of redcedar trees across Sandhills grasslands that sustain both livestock and birdlife.

With all eyes on Gaza war, violence is quietly mounting in the West Bank

A flood of misinformation shapes views of Israel-Gaza conflict: The barrage of false images, memes, videos and posts — mostly generated from within the region itself — is making it difficult to assess what is real. - "One such story is an allegation that Hamas beheaded babies in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz near Israel’s southern border with Gaza. The unconfirmed story appears to stem from a single Israeli news report on Tuesday.

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"Less than a day later, the Israeli government backtracked. 'There have been cases of Hamas militants carrying out beheadings and other ISIS-style atrocities,' according to a Thursday statement provided to CNN. 'However, we cannot confirm if the victims were men or women, soldiers or civilians, adults or children.'"

Opinion  A war that must be waged with an eye toward what comes after

U.S. institutions under fire for their support — or silence — on Israel

A trans woman joined a sorority. Then her new sisters turned on her.: A 21-year-old University of Wyoming student was looking for community. Instead, she faced death threats, a federal lawsuit and an attempt to kick her out. - "On Fox News, newly hired network contributor Caitlyn Jenner called Artemis 'a perverted, sexually deviant male.' A column in the Daily Mail by Meghan McCain — the daughter of the late U.S. senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) — called Artemis an active threat. 'Let’s call this what it is — an invasion of women’s spaces by biological men under the guise of acceptance,' she wrote.

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"A few nights before the spring initiation ceremony — one of the chapter’s most sacred and joyous rituals — the lawsuit plaintiffs walked in en masse, wearing matching black sweatshirts, emblazoned with the name of the law firm they hired to sue their own sorority." [ed. note lol shocking that these women love drama and hate each other]

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