New York Times gift articles

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15001941

Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering for annual climate negotiations. Here’s what they’re all about and what Donald Trump’s victory means for the meeting.

I'll note that these negotiations require consensus to act, which means that much of what we would need (eg: binding cuts to extraction and use of fossil fuels) are basically not attainable through them.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14987814

A new report, urging rich nations to give more climate aid to poorer ones, comes as Donald Trump’s election throws global climate talks into disarray.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14963665

Democrats had attacked Donald J. Trump’s ties to the conservative policy blueprint for reshaping the federal government. Several of its authors served in his administration.

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Much of the plan’s nearly 900 pages detail extreme executive-branch overhauls. Among many recommendations, Project 2025 lays out plans for criminalizing pornography, disbanding the Commerce and Education departments, rejecting the idea of abortion as health care and shredding climate protections.

This was a conquering of the nation not by force but with a permission slip. Now, America stands on the precipice of an authoritarian style of governance never before seen in its 248-year history.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14963780

Title and subtitle are taken from the article version of this newsletter; linking the newsletter version because access to it is free and the text is the same.

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News coverage — including election coverage — is NOT behind the picket line. It’s okay to read and share that, though the site and app may very well have problems.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14928839

That means voting if you haven't already, and helping to get others to the polls.

• Fluoride is a mineral that occurs naturally in water, although it can also be a byproduct of industry. Adding fluoride to public water systems began as an experiment in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1945, after a dentist at the National Institutes of Health theorized that it might prevent cavities in teeth. Over the next 11 years, tooth decay in Grand Rapids dropped by 60 percent.
• a president could exert pressure on the F.D.A. to reverse its approval for a particular vaccine. Mr. Trump could also appoint judges predisposed to limiting the power of federal agencies, including the F.D.A.
• If Congress were to repeal the Affordable Care Act, what would come next? When Mr. Trump was asked during his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris whether he had a replacement plan for the law, he said he had the “concepts of a plan.”

Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is making a last-minute appeal to white working-class men. But for all his talk of football, that bloc is far from a safe bet for his ticket.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14934038

Title & subtitle taken from the article version of this newsletter.

If you're a US citizen, make sure you vote

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/14933880

Days ahead of the U.N.’s global negotiations on climate change, China and other developing countries said trade restrictions should be part of the talks.