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UK social homes unprepared for rising heat as policy fails to keep pace, new research warns #UnitedKingdom

UK social homes unprepared for rising heat as policy fails to keep pace, new research warns
Millions of UK social homes are at growing risk from rising temperatures and soaring energy costs and current housing and climate policies are failing to keep up, according to new research by The University of Manchester.

NYC hospital permanently axes transgender treatment program for kids following Trump's threat to yank funding (Emily Crane/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/02/18/us-news/nyu-langone-health-axes-transgender-treatment-for-kids-following-trumps-threat-to-yank-funding/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p99#a260218p99

Gemini co-lead Oriol Vinyals says Gemini 3's gains come from better pre-training and post-training, contradicting the idea that pre-training gains are falling (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-unseats-anthropic-…

Google Unseats Anthropic With Gemini 3
Before we get to Gemini 3, we want to highlight this morning’s news that former Harvard University President Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board of directors following a congressional committee’s release of emails showing a personal correspondence between him and convicted sex ...

Georgia teacher killed in crash involving suspect fleeing ICE traffic stop, officials say https://ground.news/article/savannah-k-8-teacher-killed-in-crash-after-man-fleeing-ice-slams-into-her-car

Today, I attended service at a Unitarian Universalist congregation, and my soul is energized. There are a lot of people that want to make this world a better place. If you are feeling alone out there in a world of hate, there are those that side with love.
Today was especially powerful as a woman of color that marched with MLK Jr. read to the multi-colored children of the congregation a book of his speech. She choked up reading his words as my own tears ran freely.
"I have…

UCLA cancels Bari Weiss' Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture on "the future of journalism", following student protests; a source says it will be rescheduled (The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/bari-weiss-ucla-lecture-canc…

Bari Weiss' UCLA Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Has Been Rescheduled
The CBS News editor-in-chief was set to appear at the university for a discussion centered on the "future of journalism."

Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE (WTOC)
https://www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/savannah-teacher-killed-crash-by-man-fleeing-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p1#a260217p1

"Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind"
#Trees #Environment
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Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind
Sydney communities may be missing out on crucial tree planting projects intended to combat urban heat, leaving western and eastern parts of Greater Sydney with less protection from extreme heat, a University of Sydney-led study has revealed. In a surprising finding, the researchers found that while Greater Sydney's total tree canopy increased by 4.2% from 1.514 billion square meters to 1.578 billion square meters between 2016 and 2022, this growth was not evenly distributed.

Fox found its culprit for high grocery prices following Democratic election victories -- Joe Biden (Craig Harrington/Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-found-its-culprit-high-grocery-prices-following-democratic-election-victories-joe
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p95#a251217p95

Judge limits ICE's crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/ice-minneapolis-arrests-judge-protests-00735416
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p141#a260116p141