Welcome to the third Friday of 2022!
It was again a weird week for reasons that just are too weird to go into.
Anyway, it’s time for another Friday Five in which I bring you: one story about something a lot of us were already thinking, another about the majesty of the cosmos, the top five stories of the week, five stories of interest to queers and out allies, five stories about traitors and similar criminals, five stories about haters, and five stories about the pandemic. Plus some notable obituaries.
This Week in Things a Lot of Us Were Thinking:
Howard Stern: Hospitals Should REFUSE to Treat Unvaccinated
This Week in the Universe is Awesome:
A Star-Producing, Cosmic Bubble Shrouds Our Solar System
Stories of the Week:
Opinion | An anti-Black backlash — with no end in sight
California salmon returning to old spawning grounds
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to shield records from Jan. 6 committee
Here’s why some LGBTQ students in Utah say their health education is inadequate
Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot
Stories of Interest to Queers and Our Allies:
64 things Joe Biden has done for the LGBTQ community during his first year in office
Jim Obergefell, who gave name to landmark Supreme Court case, to run for Ohio House
Andrew Blaser makes U.S. Olympic history as the first out gay man in this super fast ice sport
The writer behind the new bisexual Superman has turned death threats into donations for LGBTQ youth
Gilead says counterfeit HIV drugs ended up with patients
This Week in Seditious Treason and Other Major Crimes:
Jan. 6 Suspect James Grant Sent Back to Jail After DWI Arrest
Proud Boy "Tiny" Toese Goes to Jail
Trump Family Gets Late Night Love Note From New York Attorney General
Oath Keepers stockpiled 30 days of supplies, rifles ahead of Jan. 6
Five things to know about the New York AG’s pursuit of Trump
This Week in Homophobes and Other Haters:
These groups are pushing an anti-LGBTQ agenda disguised as health care
YouTube Deletes Ex-Gay Torture Rant As Hate Speech
After DirecTV dropped the channel, OAN host asked viewers to dig up dirt on AT&T’s board chairman
MSNBC guest skewers Kyrsten Sinema as type of white person “Martin Luther King Jr. warned us about”
This Week in the Pandemic:
‘Back Alley’ Advice Is Making The Pandemic Worse
Supreme Court rejects bid to block mask mandate on airplanes
A record 9 million Americans are out sick as COVID rates surge
In Memoriam:
Raymond Washburn, who rescued 5 people during Oklahoma City bombing, dies
Yvette Mimieux Dead: Actress Who Starred In ‘The Time Machine’ Was 80
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