Broadway actress Laura Osnes, and other links

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• Broadway actor Laura Osnes says she quit show over vaccine requirement -- “Osnes wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Tuesday that she withdrew when she learned that Guild Hall was requiring vaccinations. ‘It was a drama-free and discrete transition.’”
• Ceres: The Smallest and Closest Dwarf Planet -- “Ceres is a dwarf planet, the only one located in the inner reaches of the solar system; the rest lie at the outer edges, in the Kuiper Belt.”
• Ducey, others, call for resignation of Homeland Security Secretary after comments leaked -- “The Biden-Harris administration’s record of failure on this issue has led to this moment.”
• Grave Robbers in the Victorian Era -- “...19th-century grave robbers did it anyway! They were tempted by the money offered to them by physicians and medical schools who needed cadavers for their anatomy classes.”
• How much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends? An ongoing debate -- “A diverse expert panel of global scientists finds blaming climate change mostly on greenhouse gas emissions was premature. Their findings contradict the UN IPCC’s conclusion, which the study shows, is grounded in narrow and incomplete data about the Sun’s total solar irradiance.”
• On Theological Discourse and the Example of Jesus -- “In many ways, the nature of theological discourse, especially when it comes to navigating areas of disagreement, is like a crucible. ”
• Soccer: Former Afghan women’s captain tells players to burn kits, delete photos -- “Today I’m calling them and telling them, take down their names, remove their identities, take down their photos for their safety. Even I’m telling them to burn or get rid of your national team uniform.”
• Study Finds Sun—not CO2—May Be Behind Global Warming -- “The sun and not human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) may be the main cause of warmer temperatures in recent decades, according to a new study with findings that sharply contradict the conclusions of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).”
• Sudoku maker Maki Kaji, who saw life’s joy in puzzles, dies at 69 -- “Known as the ‘Godfather of Sudoku,’ Kaji created the puzzle to be easy for children and others who didn’t want to think too hard. Its name is made up of the Japanese characters for ‘number’ and ‘single,’ and players place the numbers 1 through 9 in rows, columns and blocks without repeating them.”
• Texas Supreme Court sides with Gov. Abbott over mask mandates in Dallas, San Antonio -- “But the Texas Supreme Court — in a move that overturns the orders of lower courts — blocked the restraining orders Sunday. The move once again makes mask mandates off-limits for local leaders.”
• Today’s Taliban uses sophisticated social media practices that rarely violate the rules -- “The tactics overall show such a high degree of skill that analysts believe at least one public relations firm is advising the Taliban on how to push key themes, amplify messages across platforms and create potentially viral images and video snippets - much like corporate and political campaigns do across the world.”
• White House Makes Massive Mistake with 1 Photo, ‘Outs’ Intelligence Officials on Twitter -- “However, the fact that Fars News and RT — both poisonous sources of state-sponsored disinformation from two of our enemies — are reporting on a White House tweet is not good news for the Biden administration.”
• 7 Things on Your Church Website that will Scare Visitors Away -- “Your address should be in the header or footer of your website, so that it’s on every page. Service times should be prominently listed on your homepage.”