Some news items you might have missed: • LGBTQ Nation: Serial liar former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) cried and begged for a presidential pardon in a recent TV interview saying he’s worried about being “seriously harmed” in prison by immigrants angered by his anti-immigration rhetoric. #NoSympathy • Gay Times: Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) actor and Sebastian Stan (Thunderbolts) are set to play a couple in Justin Kurzel’s upcoming project, Burning Rainbow Farm. 
• The Advocate: Folks wonder how newly-named Pope Leo will be on LGBTQ issues. In 2012, at a meeting of bishops, he criticized “homosexual lifestyle” and “alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children” as being “at odds with the gospel.” But at other times, he has expressed sympathy for the LGBTQ+ community. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out the what’s what this week in LGBTQ publications including Sergio Fernandez covering the latest from DNA Magazine. 
• JoeMyGod: Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act, which would basically criminalize online porn across the U.S. • Broadway World: 10 to 12 cast members of the current Les Misérables tour plan to sit out the June 11 performance at the Kennedy Center, when Donald Trump is scheduled to attend. Cast members were reportedly offered the option to abstain from performing that evening. • CNN: Under Donald Trump, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced its “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to impossible for the public to track the cost of extreme weather and climate events.
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NOAA ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980 www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c… [image or embed] — Shawn Reynolds (@shawnreynolds.bsky.social) May 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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