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Long article, but their story is super sweet.

(The Guardian)

UPDATE

Early this morning, Minnesota became the 23rd U.S. State to legalize recreational Marijuana in the U.S. the state now joins Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Missouri, Michigan, Illinois, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Vermont, New Jersey, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Minnesota kind of represents a turning point, as one of the last states in the country that can legalize weed in the U.S. through their state legislature, with states like New Hampshire, Hawaii and Pennsylvania being the last states that can do so through their state government. Ohio might be next in November through a state ballot initiative

How vile

New York City is sinking due to the weights of its skyscrapers, according to a study published in the journal Earth's Future. The study compared satellite data to the geology beneath Manhattan and it showed that the city is collapsing into the earth. NYC is sinking at a rate of 1-2 millimeters per year due to the weight of it's highrise buildings. Although this may not seem like an alarming rate, some parts of the city are subsiding significantly faster than others. This is on par with the fastest understood rates at which tectonic plates rebound when glaciers melt. The cumulative mass of more than 1 million buildings in NYC works out to be 1.68 trillion pounds. This only includes the mass of the buildings and their contents, not roads, sidewalks or railways. “New York faces significant challenges from flood hazard; the threat of sea level rise is 3 to 4 times higher than the global average along the Atlantic coast of North America … A deeply concentrated population of 8.4 million people faces varying degrees of hazard from inundation in New York City,” he and his team wrote in the new report. https://nypost.com/2023/05/17/nyc-is-sinking-under-the-weight-of-its-buildings-geologists/amp/

UPDATE UPDATE

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-first-non-binary-passport-international-day-against-homophobia/ Mexico

Here’s to hoping it happens

Colorado Springs hasn’t elected a non GOP candidate in almost 50 years, and is a conservative hotbed (historically) for a large city

Now that’s what I call room service.

LGBTQIA+ Ally Donna Deegan becomes the first woman to be Jacksonville Mayor in a victory for Florida Dems!

Also first black woman Former City Councilmember Cherelle Parker is the projected winner of the hotly contested Democratic mayoral primary, according to the Associated Press, and in line to make history as the first woman to be Philly mayor. With more than three-quarters of precincts reporting, Parker was showing 33% of the vote, prevailing by a double-digit margin over the second-place finisher, according to unofficial returns. If Parker wins in the November general election as expected, she will be the first woman mayor — and first Black woman mayor — in 333 years of Philadelphia mayoral history. https://billypenn.com/2023/05/16/philadelphia-mayor-winner-may-primary-election-results/

An active shooter incident happened at Allen Premium Outlets (outside Dallas) a little bit ago. The gunman is confirmed dead. 8 people are dead, other victims remain in critical condition. An officer was on an unrelated call at the mall, heard the gunshots, and immediately responded engaging the suspect and killing him. WARNING: Graphic videos of the shooting and the aftermath.