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How panic over rumored school shooting threats went viral

The Verge

And viral threats have a history of taking hold when they prey on what people worry about the most, especially when the source is thought to be a new technology. “We In Rapid City, South Dakota, public schools shut down after seeing a concerning message mentioning a “North Middle” School. DO NOT share or forward the threat.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

Columbus vs Indigenous Peoples’ Day Holiday Timeline History. 1989: South Dakota becomes the first state to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ day. Columbus Day 2022 – Facts, Celebrations & Controversy – HISTORY. He “found” the Bahamas. 1937: President Franklin D. What do people search for?

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Meet the lieutenant governor pushing Democrats to get serious about weed

The Verge

It was an earnest, goodwill, full on conversation, and by far the most interactive discussion of a public policy topic in Pennsylvania’s history, without a doubt,” he says. the Democratic Party is to the right of South Dakota on legal weed, and it’s like, ‘what the hell is wrong with you?’”. “I

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Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters

The Verge

After three hours of questions from the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, the PACT Act looks like an attempted truce between Section 230 reformers and supporters of the law. It is okay to update a law. Ron Wyden (D-OR) in 1996.

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