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‘I Call It Fire Brain’: What It’s Like to Photograph Wildfires at the Frontline of the Climate Crisis
The West has been primed to burn at a moment when more people than ever have moved to some of the most dangerous forests on Earth. The result has been an endless stream of horror stories and images: houses on fires, dead animals, ecosystems upended, people crying when they realise they lost everything, drone shots…
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Texas Governor Bans Mask Mandates as U.S. Republicans Embrace Death and Disease
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an executive order Thursday night that bans local U.S. mask mandates used to fight the covid-19 pandemic, which has gotten worse in recent days thanks to the highly infectious delta variant of the virus. The executive order comes after Republicans in U.S. Congress staged a protest Thursday against mask mandates…
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Accused Capitol Rioter to Judge: Pretty Please, Let Me Out of Home Detention for a Classic Car Show
One of the far-right goons awaiting trial for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 7 — who was infamously photographed inside Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s office — wants out of home detention to go to a car show.
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Congress to Receive Covid-19 Vaccine As Members Debate Sending Crumbs to Americans
Members of Congress will be able to get vaccinated for covid-19 in the first round of inoculations currently being rolled out by Pfizer and BioNTech, according to the physician to Congress and a new report from Reuters. Meanwhile, those same members of Congress are still debating whether to give Americans $US600 ($788) each in a…