The Department of Homeland Security Wants to Follow You on Twitter: Here’s What’s Happening Today
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Here’s what we’re reading:
1. The anti-transgender bathroom law just got worse
“North Carolina lawmakers may try to create a new type of government documentation called a “certificate of sex reassignment” to allow a tiny minority of otherwise-banned transgender people to pee in public restrooms. What could possibly go wrong?”
2. The Department of Homeland Security wants to follow you on Twitter
“I am the Ghost of Government Incompetence Present, here to spook youths into complaining about wasteful and meaningless proposals.”
3. A clone alone no more: The 20-year legacy of Dolly the sheep
“The world’s most photographed ewe was born in Scotland on July 5, 1996. Nature Video talks to two of the researchers who created her.”
4. Her shocking murder became the stuff of legend. But everyone got the story wrong.
“In some 101 textbook, her death is evidence of bystander apathy, a cautionary tale about how diffusion of responsibility causes inaction.”
5. 49 celebrities honour the 49 Orlando victims: “It’s on all of us to know each and every one of them by name”
“An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at a project led by Ryan Murphy and HRC, as a parade of A-list talent paid tribute to those who died at Pulse to create a short film and push for change.”
