{"id":33407,"date":"2024-06-21T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/friday-headlines-sorry-homer#id33186"},"modified":"2024-06-21T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:19:00","slug":"friday-headlines-sorry-homer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/friday-headlines-sorry-homer\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday headlines: Sorry, Homer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The White House plans to send nearly $110 million in security and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-administration-bypasses-republican-hold-funding-haiti-lawmaker-says-2024-06-20\/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20June%2020%20(Reuters),the%20funds%20by%20Republican%20lawmakers.\">police assistance to Haiti.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Zimbabwe&#39;s economy worsens, traditional healers are making money by <a href=\"https:\/\/restofworld.org\/2024\/traditional-healer-sangoma-zimbabwe\/\">promising people wealth.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ rest of world<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congress almost unanimously passed a clean energy bill this week and &#8220;it didn&#39;t receive a single mention from any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wakeuptopolitics.substack.com\/p\/congress-passed-a-clean-energy-bill\">cable news networks.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Wake Up to Politics<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related: See how your city is likely to feel in 2070 as <a href=\"https:\/\/pudding.cool\/2024\/06\/climate-zones\/\">the climate crisis continues.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Pudding<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Montana contains nearly twice as many cows as people, but only about one percent of beef eaten by locals is raised and processed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/13\/business\/montana-meat-old-salt-co-op.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E0.T27Q.2VXTnyRTi252&amp;smid=url-share\">in the state.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smartphones are a global phenomenon, but the rise in youth anxiety is not&mdash;unless young people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2024\/06\/mental-health-crisis-anglosphere-depressed\/678724\/\">start copying Americans.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Atlantic<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Young designers and illustrators describe what it&#39;s like to watch corporations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itsnicethat.com\/features\/becoming-the-zeitgeist-creative-industry-190624\">mimic their style.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ It&#39;s Nice That<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Millennials love ankle socks, Gen Z loves calf socks, and never <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/20\/style\/gen-z-crew-socks-ankle-millennials.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E0.k4d4.UACLFZcJa5ep&amp;smid=url-share\">shall the twain meet.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Need a new hobby for summer? A basic guide to reading wildlife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/how-to-read-wildlife-tracks-and-signs\">tracks and signs.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Atlas Obscura<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A report from attending some of this winter&#39;s balls in Vienna, a tradition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedial.world\/issue-17\/vienna-ball-season\">that started in 1814.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Dial<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A music teacher explains why the bottom number in time signatures <a href=\"https:\/\/ethanhein.substack.com\/p\/the-bottom-number-in-time-signatures\">is so confusing.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Ethan teaches you music<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels kinda blasphemous to say, but by modern standards, I don&#39;t think the Iliad is very good. 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