- “BBC Host’s Husband Taking Legal Action After Death From Covid Jab” – BBC presenter Lisa Shaw died aged 44 from rare complications following her first Covid jab, reports the Express.
- “Americans Vote With Their Feet, Flee Big Cities” – New data from the Census Bureau shows that America’s big left-run cities have continued losing population long after the Covid pandemic ended, according to the Washington Examiner.
- “Research With Exotic Viruses Risks a Deadly Outbreak” – A growing number of scientists are reconsidering the dangers of prospecting for unknown viruses, reports the Washington Post.
- “Pandemic Policies Were Well Intentioned and Viruses Are Scary” – Eugyppius takes a sarcastic tone to rebuke journalists who supported damaging Covid responses.
- “Net Zero Subsidies Are a Disaster For Britain” – The late Lord Lawson warned against the green energy gravy train, says Andrew Orlowski in the Telegraph.
- “NIH Cuts Off Funding For Russian Lab Work, Animal Experiments After Biden Order” – The National Institutes of Health says it has cut off all funding for work in Russian labs, including one that debilitated cats, reports the Washington Times.
- “Eco Plan in Cadbury Village So Absurd Locals Thought it Was April Fool” – The plan has angered residents of Bournville, Birmingham, after it was revealed 70 historic trees would be cut down to accommodate eco homes, a car park and community centre, reports MailOnline.
- “El Niño Ramps Up With Blistering Temperatures Tipped to Hit From May” – Early signs are showing the continent heating up, which is exactly how events played out this time last year ahead of a scorching British summer, a meteorologist has said, according to the Express.
- “Big Obstacles in Store for Buildout of Nationwide Charging Network” – The Biden administration is setting out to build hundreds of thousands of electric vehicle chargers over the next seven years, but the ambitious project faces some significant logistical hurdles, says the Washington Examiner.
- “The Myth of Transgender Oppression” – The sad murders of three young children and three staff members at a private Christian school in Nashville have been followed by bitter protests at state capitols, White House commentary, and a swarm of media kowtowing, says Dennis Kneale in the Washington Examiner.
- “Race-Preferential Admissions Offer Only a Mirage of Opportunity” – Individuals should be treated as individuals and not on the basis of their membership in racial groups, argues Alison Somin in the Hill.
- “Elon Musk Emails BBC Amid ‘Government Funded’ Twitter Label Row” – Twitter owner suggests BBC and other media will have to say how they are funded on their profiles, according to the Telegraph.
- “I’m Sorry, Did You Say ‘Peaceful’?” – Riley Gaines slams San Francisco State University for praising “peaceful” protest where swimmer claims she was assaulted by trans rights activists, according to the New York Post.
- “We Need to Kick Wokeness Off the Therapist’s Couch” – Cynical Therapies shows how social justice activism is doing serious damage to troubled people, argues Joanna Williams in Spiked.
- “Ostracising Anybody Will Hurt Military Readiness ” – Department of Defence’s highest ranking trans official slams Republicans who oppose diversity and inclusion in the armed forces, according to Politico.
- “We Live in a One-Way Shame Culture ” – The old sociological distinction between guilt cultures and shame cultures seems a useful frame through which to consider the matter, argues Sam Leith in the Spectator.
- “U.S. Refugee Organisations Met with Racism, Sexism and Verbal Abuse from Some Afghan Evacuees – Report” – U.S. resettlement agencies involved in aiding approximately 72,000 Afghan evacuees brought to the U.S. experienced mistreatment, according to the New York Post.
- “Viktor Orbán Doubles Down Against the EU on Gender Ideology” – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ideological isolation from the rest of the West is deepening, says William Nattrass, writing for UnHerd.
- “Suella Braverman Scolds Police After Officers Seize Golliwog Dolls” – A complaint was made about the White Hart Inn in Essex, and 15 golliwog dolls were seized because their presence was a suspected ‘hate crime’, reports MailOnline.
- “‘It Used To Be That We Had an Energy Department. Then We Had Energy and Climate Change. Now It’s Net Zero’ — Prof. James Woudhuysen” — Questions raised over the cost of green industries and the impact of environmental policy on the poor on Andrew Doyle’s show on GB News.
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