Eco warriors and politics

• Democrats drop Tennessee redistricting challenge; two other legal challenges ongoing (TN Lookout)
• Critics warn of years in prison for young adults under carjacking bill before Congress (TN Lookout)
• Tennessee senators’ unannounced prison visit irritates correction commissioner (TN Lookout)
• Tennessee to report disabled immigrant kids getting public healthcare to ICE, advocates say (TN Lookout)
• These Republican lawmakers challenged abortion bans. Then they faced backlash. (TN Lookout)
• Trump administration swiftly moves ahead on plans to restrict voting by mail in the states (TN Lookout)
• DoD tweaks organized religion list after complaints of Latter-day Saints snub (TN Lookout)
• Knox County votes to challenge Tennessee’s book ban law after “Roots” removal (TN Lookout)

Science and stuff

• Frozen squirrel poop hints at sights and smells of Ice Age ecosystems (Science News Daily)
• These birds clack their wing bones together to woo mates at night (Science News Daily)
• Some pterosaurs may have boasted bold iridescence (Science News Daily)
• A drug may help people on GLP-1 meds preserve muscle (Science News Daily)
• AI cracked an Erdős math problem. Now experts want guardrails (Science News Daily)
• NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead (Science News Daily)
• Honeybees and shrimp are now getting vaccinated (Science News Daily)
• This tiny, blue octopus is new to science (Science News Daily)
• Remote workers feel isolated. Back-to-office mandates are not a fix (Science News Daily)
• Bumblebees can solve problems on their own (Science News Daily)

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• How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
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• Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)

To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.

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