The Weekly Readlines August 1
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
what didn’t you do to bury me
but you forgot that I was a seed
Greek poet Dinos Christianopoulos (1978)
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
President Biden and his administration successfully negotiated an extremely complex, multi-national prisoner swap, from deep within the depths of his supposed dementia.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris challenged Trump to “Say it to my face” as voter enthusiasm continued to surge for the preferred candidate of childless cat ladies everywhere.
Catastrophic V.P. pick J.D. Vance doubled down on his ickiness, while admitting his wife is not white but he loves her anyway.
Trump rolled out the new Republican strategy, which is the same old racism, trying to get people to focus on Kamala Harri’s biracial heritage, which he pretends he doesn’t understand. Hopefully people outside MAGA-land won’t fall for it.
LGBTQ
Chicago LGBT Hall Of Fame Announces 2024 Inductees – Windy City Times
Beyond The Rainbow: Examining Corporate Support During Pride Month – Nouse
Federal Judge Overturns Florida’s “Stop Woke Act”
Wisconsin Dedicates First-Ever LGBTQ Historic Landmark – Onmilwaukee
Biden Administration Rule Protecting LGBT Students Blocked In 26 States | Reuters
U.S. POLITICS
President Biden Proposes Badly Needed Supreme Court Reform
Excited Crowd In The Villages Shows Up For Kamala Harris Rally
HEALTH AND AGING
Shingles Vaccine May Reduce the Onset of Dementia, Study Finds
An Intersectional Approach to Services and Care for LGBT Older Adults
TRAVEL
The Female Travelers Who Shaped The Ancient World – BBC
SCIENCE
Effort To ‘Trump-Proof’ US Science Grows, But Will It Succeed? – Nature
ISN’T THAT SOMETHING?
Giant Hyper-Realistic Pigeon Sculpture Coming To NYC’s High Line
This Shark Lives For Centuries. Scientists Discover How It Resists Aging. | Mashable
Missing Henry VIII Portrait Spotted On X By Eagle-Eyed Art Historian