Whether you’re watching a movie or reading the news, it’s hard to avoid villainous, heinous, wicked behavior—but we all could use a few new words for the diabolical. (Peters, Mental Floss)
Read MoreThe sound of the eight bells in Notre Dame's northern belfry came a month before the cathedral is to reopen following five years of painstaking restoration work in the wake of the blaze. "This is a beautiful, important and symbolic step," said Philippe Jost, who runs the public body tasked with restoring the cathedral under challenging circumstances. (France 24)
Read MoreGroups often escalate rhetoric when they haven’t achieved their goals, with a small faction urging stronger action, said Mitchell Silber, an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University who runs a nonprofit helping provide security for Jewish communities in the New York metropolitan area. (Meckler & Svrluga, The Washington Post)
Read MoreIn the tabletop model game, which is popular in Russia and Ukraine, the seals are prayers on paper stuck to the armour worn by “space marines” with red or black wax. Ratnik Tactical, the Russian military equipment maker, said on Telegram: “The best warriors of humanity applied scrolls with prayers and promises to their armour before the battle.” (Crisp, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe Census Bureau is awaiting results from its field testing, which will determine the implementation of more LGBTQ+ questions and language in the upcoming Census. Assuming the changes will be approved, they may be implemented as early as 2027. (Cross, USA Today)
Read MoreWhile the ballot measures, broadly put, performed well on Tuesday, succeeding in seven out of 10 states, Ms. Harris and other Democrats underperformed them across the map. (Igielnik, The New York Times)
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