Happy Birthday to Smokey Robinson who turns 83 today! Robinson was the founder and front person of the Motown vocal group, the Miracles, who had a No. 1 hit in 1970 with "The Tears of a Clown."

Mock Paper Scissors: Meanwhile, in Floriduh...You’ve got to be eff’ing kidding me.

The Baffler: Fresh Hell.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Abortion bans‎‎ violate church-state separation.

Attention dinosaur nerds! Record-breaking dinosaur footprint appears on the Yorkshire coast!

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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