Eco Warriors and Politics

• Dems’ effort to require face coverings punted in House (Tom Humphrey)
• Dems’ effort to require face coverings punted in House (TN Journal)
• Defeated lawmaker appears to pitch former colleagues on constituent service site (Tom Humphrey)
• Defeated lawmaker appears to pitch former colleagues on constituent service site (TN Journal)
• Tennessee Democrats Elect Hendrell Remus New Party Chair (Nashville Scene)
• The Weekly Links: The Insurrectionists, Justin Townes Earle and Trump's Last Execution (Nashville Scene)
• Get a Load of This Unhinged Email From Dave Ramsey and Co. (Nashville Scene)
• Community Members Discuss How to Be an Antiracist in Metro's Upcoming Panel Series (Nashville Scene)
• Lee releases special session legislation (TN Journal)
• Lee releases special session legislation (Tom Humphrey)

Science and Stuff

• Where COVID-19 hit hardest, sudden deaths outside the hospital increased, study finds (Science News Daily)
• A new archaeology for the Anthropocene era (Science News Daily)
• Climate change will alter the position of the Earth's tropical rain belt (Science News Daily)
• Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety (Science News Daily)
• A 'super-puff' planet like no other (Science News Daily)
• Personalized brain stimulation alleviates severe depression symptoms (Science News Daily)
• New management approach can help avoid species vulnerability or extinction (Science News Daily)
• Low-carbon policies can be 'balanced' to benefit small firms and average households (Science News Daily)
• Synthesis of potent antibiotic follows unusual chemical pathway (Science News Daily)
• New computational tool reliably differentiates between cancer and normal cells from single-cell RNA-sequencing data (Science News Daily)

• We are Dying Here! (2 replies)
• TN Legislature Passes Bill Making a Snooze at the Capital a Felony (1 reply)
• Governor "Death" (1 reply)
• Feel Good Friday Whop Frazier (Bobby Thompson) Edition (1 reply)
• Parents may choose either of two options for school (1 reply)
• Your Bandana or Cloth Mask Won't Really Protect You Much if Other Folks don't Wear Theirs (1 reply)
• Requirements for Absentee Ballot in TN (1 reply)
• Friday Toons (1 reply)
• Toons! (1 reply)
• Winter Solstice is at 9:21 PM EST Today...Alban Arthan (2 replies)
• Text of the Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump (1 reply)
• what makes coal so dirty (1 reply)

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