Ep.317 - Mahmoud Khalil, Solidarity & Plastic

In a week where:

1. Keir Starmer scraps NHS England to put it back into ministerial control. 
2. Ukraine agree to 30 day ceasefire but Russia doesn't.
3. Meta will launch Community Notes. 
4. US conducts strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
5. Tory Lite announces cuts to Disability Benefits.

In the first of two Society segments: (7:01) The detainment of Mahmoud Khalil and many others has sent shockwaves through the US, begging the question: How far is the Trump administration going to go in pulling out deep-rooted laws like Free Speech? (Article By Moustafa Bayoumi)

In the 2nd Society segment: (22:14) Marginally related to the prior segment, a meditation on Solidarity and how important intersectionality is in this fraught time. (Article By Gerald Nesmith Jr.)

In Tech: (42:26) Remember when Meta was piping up about how much they wanted to be bastions of Free Speech last year? Well now they're burying a book that airs out their dirty laundry. Go figure! (Article By Steven Levy)

Lastly, in Science: (54:50) Another W for scientists where they have figured a method of recycling plastic in mere hours with air moisture providing the key to a potential environmental breakthrough. (Article By Neetika Walter)

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Interlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHigh
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