“My kids were crying. They were like, ‘Mom, you almost died.’ But then, they started laughing,” Helsel said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-66537666

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is temporarily banning transgender women from competing in its women’s events.

The FIDE said individual cases would require “further analysis” and that a decision could take up to two years.

The move has been criticised by some players and enthusiasts.

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Maybe they think transgender players might have unfairly strong fingers?

https://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/

I had forgotten this cultural gem …

“Last year the ocean absorbed the equivalent of seven Hiroshima bombs denotated, every second …Every second of every day for the entire year, seven nuclear detonations worth of heat into our oceans …” Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Word of the Day: Zettajoule

(a sextillion joules, or 10 to the 21st power joules)