Extra, Extra

Glacial Movement: “At 8:37am on Wednesday, an enormous section ⁠of a glacier in the Himalayas sheared free and crashed onto the valley floor in Nepal’s Langtang national park, about 35 miles north of the capital, Kathmandu, near the mountainous Nepal-Tibet border. Such was the force of the event, it was initially reported as an earthquake of magnitude 4.4. The US Geological Survey later determined the tremor was caused ​by glacial rock and ice collapsing, registering a magnitude of 5.2. The collapse triggered a huge release of water, mud, rock and ice that thundered down valleys.” How the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guide. Hundreds of people are missing (many of them tourists) and at least 389 have died in Nepal. Here’s the latest from The Guardian and the NYT.

+ Lake News! As if watching Sterling Point wasn’t enough to put you on Canada’s side, our clown in chief just signed an order renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America.’ (Let’s sign an order renaming Mark Carney as President of all of North America.)

+ Unfriendly Fire: “A sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln this month in what his wife described as a suicide attempt is now facing disciplinary action from the Navy.” (Surrender to enemies, attack allies. It’s a definite theme, folks.)

+ New Bag of Trix: “General Mills said Wednesday it has removed artificial colors from all its U.S. cereals, including Lucky Charms and Trix. The Minneapolis company has shifted to fruit- and vegetable-based dyes as well as colors derived from spices like turmeric and paprika to give its cereals their customary bright colors.” (You know it’s only a matter of time before they tell us that artificial dyes were actually good for us…)

+ A Pack of Liars: “Newly obtained documents indicate that the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lied during two congressional hearings last year, when he told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation that a 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines.'” (He’ll probably get a promotion.)

+ Who’s Decaffing Now: “Why is decaf suddenly expensive? It involves a Colombian processing plant, a paint-stripper ban, and a supply chain that broke in several places at once.” Everything is connected. Or, Why Your Decaf Now Costs as Much as the ‘Good Stuff.’