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The 2024 DNC autopsy report -
The 2024 DNC autopsy reportFinally released. Story:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/21/democrats-2024-election-autopsy
The report:
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf
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Faunascrolling--what's visiting where you are?The waxwings are back this morning! What a sweet group of birds. They don't fight each other in the bird bath; they just all happily plotz around in the water.
Need to look them up. I assume they are migratory and just passing through our area right now.
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EbolaAn American infected with Ebola is being treated in Berlin, while another exposed to the deadly virus is being sent to Prague after the White House reportedly resisted allowing citizens to return to the US for care and monitoring.
According to The Washington Post, five people close to the Ebola response said that, over the weekend, the Trump administration resisted allowing the return of Peter Stafford, a 39-year-old surgeon working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a raging Ebola outbreak. The resistance allegedly delayed Stafford’s evacuation and care, risking his health, as experts note that early treatment is critical for Ebola, which can turn deadly in days.
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EbolaMarco Rubio’s comments on Ebola show he doesn’t understand what the World Health Organization does, the agency’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus suggested Wednesday.
The U.S. secretary of state had claimed Tuesday night that the WHO was “a little late” to detect the deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is spreading rapidly through the war-torn country.
“We don’t replace the countries’ work, we only support them,” Tedros told reporters at WHO headquarters. “It could be from lack of understanding of how [the International Health Regulations] work and [the] responsibilities of WHO and other entities,” he said of Rubio’s comments.
The exchange marks a further deterioration in relations between the WHO and its once-largest funder after the U.S. withdrew from the United Nations global health agency in January.
But it wasn't the only message the WHO had for its former member.
The agency also pushed back on the prospect of travel bans after the U.S. on Monday closed its border to non-U.S. travelers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Uganda, in an attempt to prevent the deadly Bundibugyo virus from entering its territory.
https://www.politico.eu/article/who-marco-rubio-ebola-comments-congo-outbreak-travel-bans/
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A radioactive Garden of EdenAnimals thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Hard to believe it's been 40 years.
https://www.sciencealert.com/animals-are-thriving-in-chornobyls-human-free-zone-study-finds
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Solving a flooding problem in the UK -
The next generation of weight loss drugsEli Lilly
on Thursday said its next-generation drug cleared a crucial late-stage trial in patients with obesity, delivering significant weight loss across doses.
The results bring Lilly one step closer to filing for approval of the weekly injection, called retatrutide, which works differently from existing shots and pills from both Lilly and Novo Nordisk. It also appears to be more effective than those options.
The highest dose of retatrutide helped patients lose 28.3% of their weight — or 70.3 pounds — on average over 80 weeks, compared with 2.2% with placebo, when evaluating only patients who stayed on the drug.
Roughly 45% of the 2,500 patients in the Phase 3 trial achieved 30% or more weight loss, Lilly said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/21/eli-lilly-weight-loss-drug-retatrutide-clears-obesity-trial.html
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Will the World Cup be a flop?Empty rooms and Fifa cancellations - US hotels fear World Cup washout
