Today’s comic by Matt Bors is Shots and prayers:
• First mammal succumbs to climate change, say Australian scientists:
Climate change has claimed its first mammalian species, according to a new report by Australian scientists.
Researchers from Australia's University of Queensland and Queensland Government say a rodent, known as the Bramble Cay melomys, which lived on Bramble Cay, a small sandy island in the Great Barrier Reef, has died out due to "rising sea levels and an increased incidence of extreme weather events," the first mammal on record to be declared extinct "due solely (or primarily) to anthropogenic climate change."
• Mother Jones digs into the “shadowy world of America’s 10 biggest gunmakers’:
They are all white, all middle-aged, and all men. A few live openly lavish lifestyles, but the majority fly under the radar. Rarely is there news about them in the mainstream media or even the trade press. Their obscurity would seem unremarkable if we were talking about the biggest manufacturers of auto accessories or heating systems. But these are America's top gunmakers—leaders of the nation's most controversial industry. They have kept their heads down and their fingerprints off regulations designed to protect their businesses—foremost a law that shields gun companies from liability for crimes committed with their products.
• It took two Huffington Post reporters 38 minutes to buy an AR-15 in Orlando two days after Pulse nightclub shooting: They say it would have taken them five minutes, but there was a line
• An interview with the American Muslim whose blood donor photo went viral: Mahmoud Elawadi, an Egyptian immigrant who work as a vice president for Merrill Lynch in Orlando published the photo of himself giving blood with the caption that included these words:
“Yes I'm sad, frustrated and mad that a crazy guy claim to be a Muslim did that shameful act. -Yes I witnessed the greatness of this country watching thousands of people standing in 92 degree sun waiting on their turn to donate blood even after they were told that the wait time is 5-7 hours . -Yes this is the greatest nation on earth watching people from different a ages including kids volunteering to give water, juice, food, umbrellas, sun block. Also watching our old veterans coming to donate And next to them Muslim women in hijab carrying food and water to donors standing in line . -Yes together we will stand against hate , terrorism, extremism and racism. -Yes our blood all look the same so get out there and donate blood cause our fellow American citizens are injured and need our blood . Yes our community in central Florida is heart broken but let's put our colors, religions, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political views all aside so we can UNITE against those who are trying to hurt us.”
• New meaning for “bird brain”: Scientists have discovered that birds have far more neurons in their small brains than do mammalian and primate brains of the same mass.
• Interactive map shows where the oil and gas industry’s toxic pollution threatens 12.4 million Americans.
• On today's “encore presentation” Kagro in the Morning show: ➡ & ! are in. Crazy and/or stupid people & who they shot. Greg Dworkin Storifies Phil Mattingly Tweetsplaining TAA/TPA/TPP. Parsing the procedure story that even explainers don't explain. New contributor WillaGorilla brings the Bernie game.
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