Month: October 2021

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What A Day - Women Soccer Players Fight Against Abuse

Players across the National Women’s Soccer League have recently gone public with stories of verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse and harassment. Following these reports of abuse, the league cancelled all five games scheduled for last weekend. And when games resumed on Wednesday, the saga culminated with dramatic moments of silent protests at all league matches. Meg Linehan, who covers the world of women’s soccer for The Athletic, joins us to discuss the developing story. 

And in headlines: the Senate voted to raise the country’s debt ceiling for now, Pfizer-BioNTech asked the FDA to authorize its vaccine for emergency use in kids 5-11, and Biden signs an executive order today to protect national monuments shrunk in size by Trump.


Show Notes:

The Athletic: “‘This guy has a pattern’: Amid institutional failure, former NWSL players accuse prominent coach of sexual coercion” – https://bit.ly/3oJ5TVs

The Athletic’s Meg Linehan – https://twitter.com/itsmeglinehan


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The NewsWorthy - Debt Disaster Avoided, Ex-NBA Players Charged & Tesla Moves HQ – Friday, October 8th, 2021

The news to know for Friday, October 8th, 2021!

What to know about the next step in allowing younger children, ages 5 to 11, to get a COVID-19 vaccine, the latest action to avoid a debt disaster in the U.S., and deadly flooding in Alabama.

Plus: why more than a dozen former NBA players are now facing federal charges, why Tesla is moving its headquarters, and what you may get to see if you look up at the sky tonight…

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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Pfizer Seeks OK for Kids 5-11: NPR, LA Times, AP 

U.S. Debt Disaster Avoided, For Now: WSJ, Politico, AP, WaPo

Biden to Restore Monuments' Protection: WaPo, NYT, NBC News

Deadly Alabama Flooding: USA Today, Accuweather 

Ex-NBA Players Charged: AP, CNN, WSJ, NY Post

Nobel Prize in Literature: BBC, Reuters, NobelPrize.org

Nobel Peace Prize (Watch Live): PBS News

CDC Urges Flu Shot: USA Today, AP, NY Times, NFID

United Ramps Up Schedule: CNBC, NY Times, Fox Business, United Airlines

Tesla HQ Moves to TX: The Verge, TechCrunch

YouTube Won’t Pay for Climate Denial Videos: Axios, The Verge, Engadget

Draconid Meteor Shower: USA Today, People, Earth Sky, American Meteor Society

Indigenous People’s Day or Columbus Day: History, Smithsonian Magazine, Reuters, NPR, National Geographic

Feel Good Friday: Children Discovered Ancient Giant Penguin: Guardian, Live Science, Smithsonian Magazine, EurekAlert

 

 

 

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The Daily Signal - ‘Arrest Me!’: Mom Challenges Attorney General’s Call for Probing Threats to School Boards

Rhode Island mom Nicole Solas says she is just one of many parents “with legitimate concerns about our kids’ education.”


Solas drew national attention earlier this year when her local school board in South Kingstown, R.I., threatened to sue her over public record requests she made to learn what her local school district was teaching students. The school board ultimately opted against taking legal action against her. 


But Solas made headlines again in August, when a teachers union, the National Education Association Rhode Island, filed a lawsuit against her over the records requests. 

Solas made the requests to determine whether her child would be taught about gender identity and critical race theory ideology, two controversial issues that have led to an increase in parental attendance at school board meetings across the country this year. 


Parents “simply want to know what their kids are learning, and they want to have a say if what their kids are learning is not appropriate,” she says. 


Solas is actively speaking out against Attorney General Merrick Garland's order to the FBI and federal prosecutors to meet with federal, state, and local leaders to look into a “disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence” allegedly being made against “school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff.” 


Garland’s directive came less than a week after the National Association of School Boards asked President Joe Biden for assistance looking into whether threats against school board members and other school leaders could be classified as "domestic terrorism.”


Solas joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share her personal story of speaking out against her local school board, and to discuss Garland’s order. 


We also cover these stories:

  • Congress reaches an agreement to raise the debt ceiling.
  • Former President Donald Trump asks a federal judge to order Facebook to reinstate his account.
  • Texas will appeal a federal judge's injunction against the state’s pro-life Heartbeat Act.


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PHPUgly - 257: Involuntary Open Source

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Opening Arguments - OA532: OK I’ll Bite What is the Debt Ceiling

If that's something you've been too afraid to say lately, this is the episode for you! Andrew breaks down the history of the debt ceiling, and why it is as pointless as it is potentially catastrophic! And a wildcard segment on Texas SB 8 being enjoined.

Come see Thomas and others (like Ross and Carrie!) for California Freethought Day! It's online this year! Info here.

Links: 31 US Code § 3101 - Public debt limit, DOJ motion for injunction

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Short Wave - Bonobos and the Evolution of Nice

How did humans evolve some key cooperative behaviors like sharing? NPR Science Correspondent Jon Hamilton reports back from a bonobo sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where scientists are trying to answer that very question. (Encore episode)

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Wait, we’re all content moderators now?

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NPR's Book of the Day - The Realities Of Abortion Politics In ‘Family Roe: An American Story’ & ‘Red Clocks’

Authors Joshua Prager and Leni Zumas each explore the real world implications of abortion politics, through fiction and non-fiction. First, in a conversation with Michel Martin, Prager talks through his book The Family Roe: An American Story, centered on the woman who was the baby at the center of the landmark Roe v. Wade trial. Then Leni Zumas and Scott Simon discuss Zumas' novel Red Clocks, set in a time where fetal personhood legislation has outlawed not only abortion, but also in-vitro fertilization.
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It Could Happen Here - Food Justice & Mutual Aid with Melissa Acedera

We talk to organizer Melissa Acedera about her experience with Polo's Pantry, Home-y Made Meals, food justice, and the difference between charity and mutual aid.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago group pushes for justice and equity in city ward remap process

As aldermen work on new ward boundaries, the Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission has published its own independent map. Reset talks with two of the commissioners on why they believe City Council should vote on their independent “People’s Map,” which includes fewer gerrymandered wards and attempts to give residents fair and equitable representation in city government.