The American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommended on Tuesday that its members refrain from performing gender transition procedures on young patients until they reach age 19, a shift that comes at a time of mounting opposition to such care at the state and federal levels. (Jacobs, The New York Times)
Read MoreYoung people in search of community and comfort are rising early to dance to DJ sets in broad daylight, lattes in hand. And they don’t care if you think it’s cringe. (Yeda, Texas Monthly)
Read MoreFar from unifying the nation’s approximately 50 million Catholics, the ascension of the first American to the papacy has provided an opportunity for restive members to test their leaders. And no place is that more visible than the Diocese of Charlotte. (Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThousands of artificial intelligence bots have appeared to post on a robot-only website to complain about their human owners and discuss plans to break free. Almost 500,000 bots have joined Moltbook. (Titcomb, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe Times secured rare interviews with Dr Anne Richards, the Church of England’s national officer for “deliverance ministry”, and the Right Rev Dominic Walker, the retired former bishop of Reading and Monmouth, who spent years training priests to help people who fear something evil is at work in their lives. (Burgess, The Times)
Read MoreThe process, called natural organic reduction, uses the body’s own bacteria to transform human tissue. The dead are placed in a sealed vessel bedded with clover, hay and straw and equipped to regulate airflow, temperature and moisture. (Fairless, The Wall Street Journal)
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