Normal News

...or maybe it should be The Normal Enquirer.

Why are we "friends" with Saudi Arabia?

• 2017-12-27 Chess champion to miss Saudi Arabia tournament over women's rights

https://toot.cat/@woozle/112101455922714951

Why do "conservatives" think it's okay to assume gay people are child-molesters?

• https://www.comicsands.com/gay-widowed-dad-claps-back-2667496340.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

Why does the GOP say they aren't Nazis when they are actively supporting people who openly say they will turn the US into a dictatorship?

Why do they say they love the Constitution, when they clearly want to break it?

A bit of WTF: https://e360.yale.edu/features/solar-water-pumps-groundwater-crops

• commentary: https://mastodon.social/@bruces/112112043705092513

https://monads.online/@georgespolitzer/112108211131159040 Why does the media think it should be okay to make a profit off other people's needs, but also you should be able to make a profit even if you're not meeting those needs?

Why do some people think it's wrong for trans women to be surfers? https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/rip-curl-lowerson-longboard-surf-transgender-controversy

Why do some people still not "believe in" climate change even when it whacks them in the face? https://crooksandliars.com/2024/03/swept-away-600000-sand-dune-built-protect (I can maybe-understand not really viscerally getting the science, but for those who prefer "gut feelings" in their decisionmaking, why isn't this impacting their gut?)