‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat (www.theguardian.com)
UK could rent space in foreign jails to ease shortage of cells (www.theguardian.com)
UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs (apnews.com)
Divided loyalties (africasacountry.com)
Somalia’s political landscape is increasingly fragmented due to regional and clan differences. Is this the end of the centralized state and a unified, national identity?
Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean (www.theguardian.com)
Edible Insects: In Europe, a Growing Push for Bug-Based Food (e360.yale.edu)
PSA: this community is now for "World News", and "US News" is now its own community
summary: we have !usnews for US news now. please use that going forward for most US news you’ve previously posted here...
how's your week going, Beehaw
just finished part one of my latest big project. not much to report; this has kept me very busy for the past week and change
Sex worker feminism: Anti-sex work feminists endanger the lives of sex workers and prop up the far right. To fight fascism, the left must adopt a sex worker feminist politic. (briarpatchmagazine.com)
please be measured in what you expect of us: a non-binding appeal from one of the people running the site
hello! this is just a thing i’d like to personally note. it speaks for myself, and where it does not expresses sentiments we’ve already placed somewhere else. this is not a moderator document or anything, and it will not be stickied....