Today in terrible numbers: Over 5,000 new cases of female genital mutilation were reported in England in 2016. Who even knows how many weren’t reported.
France to make childhood vaccines mandatory in 2018 in the wake of a serious (antivax-related) measles outbreak. Good. Public health trumps parental ignorance every time.
Dull candidates, bad strategy, cringe-worthy slogans: How can the Democratic Party be so damn terrible at anything political-party related?
(via Joe.My.God.)I’m with PZ Myers regarding “HanAssholeSolo”’s apology for his gleeful neo-Nazi behavior. To quote my favorite show: “Ethics are what we do when no-one else is looking.”
And finally, the self-styled “inventor of email” (who didn’t invent email) [pictured] plans to challenge Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for her seat. May he crash and burn just as hard as he hopefully will in his bogus SLAPP lawsuit against Techdirt.
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