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Israel-Hamas war protesters temporarily take over building on University of Chicago campus

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

A group protesting the war in Gaza and demanding that the University of Chicago divest from companies doing business with Israel temporarily took over the Institute of Politics building on the school’s campus. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that members of the group surrounded the building around 5 p.m. Friday while others made their way inside. The protest follows the May 7 clearing of a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the school by police. On Friday, campus police officers using riot shields... Читать дальше...

Cubs struggle against top prospect Paul Skenes in loss to Pirates - MLB.com

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  1. Cubs struggle against top prospect Paul Skenes in loss to Pirates  MLB.com
  2. Pirates' Paul Skenes holds Cubs hitless before exit after 6  ESPN
  3. Pirates' Paul Skenes allows no hits in 6 innings, strikes out 11 in second MLB start  Yahoo Sports
  4. Pirates' Paul Skenes pitches six no-hit innings in second major league start  FOX Sports
  5. Paul Skenes strikes out 11 over six no-hit innings in Pirates' win  MLB.com

'Zuckbucks' Group Trains Election Offices

Real Clear Politics 

A 'Zuckbucks' group hosted a webinar advising election offices on how to take advantage of Biden's federal election interference.

Artificial light attracts migratory birds to cities, where they face a range of threats

Paper Blog 

Light pollution from urban areas has steadily increased and expanded, and with the advent of LED lighting, it is growing by as much as 10% per year in North America, as measured by the visibility of stars in the night sky. In our recent research, we found that the glow of cities and urban suburbs can strongly attract migratory birds, luring them to developed areas where food is scarcer and exposing them to threats such as collisions with glass buildings.

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Ungaggable: Costumed clowns and lickspittle surrogates 'R Us'

Raw Story 

This week saw a seedy, craven parade of MAGA stooges trooping into court to pay fealty to their two-bit mob-boss on trial for cooking the books to hide hush money payments to a porn star so he could get elected to a job he was stupefyingly unfit for, and still is. Then "God's most pathetic Republicans" - from Mike Handmaid’s Tale to the Beetlejuice Lady - brazenly violated his gag order for him to declare the rule of law "a sham." Nope, nothing to see here.

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Will the Biden-Trump Debates Matter?

Real Clear Politics 

It was the political equivalent of a new Taylor Swift album dropping in the night: At 8 a.m. on May 15, with no advance warning, President Biden challenged former president Donald Trump to a debate.