This week we’re talking about the recent police shootings of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo, and the cops who donated to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense fund. Farmers in New York and across the country missed out on USDA assistance during the pandemic because the system is designed for corporate monoculture farming. Plastics are in our air and Japan wants to dump radioactive water into the sea. And because we love you so much, two wildflowers this week: Vertical farming in Compton and space Dorito that the Navy says is definitely a UFO. 

Overview of recent police shootings: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/us/police-shootings-killings.html

Cops donate to Rittenhouse: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/16/us-police-officers-public-officials-crowdfunding-website-data-breach?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1618554209

$24 billion USDA pandemic relief program failed to help most farmers: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-USDA-farm-assistance-pandemic-16095475.ph

Microplastics in the air: Microplastics in our air 'spiral the globe' in a cycle of pollution, study finds - CNN

Fukushima water bound for the ocean: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/skoreas-moon-seeks-international-litigation-over-japans-fukushima-water-decision-2021-04-14/

US and China agree to maybe not pollute quite so much: https://www.axios.com/us-china-agree-joint-climate-action-838a35b5-92a8-47c6-901f-1a7e9926f5bc.html 

Space Dorito: https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-confirms-ufo-video-real-taken-by-us-navy-cnn-2021-4?r=US&IR=T&utm_source=reddit.com

Vertical Farm in Compton: https://abc7.com/vertical-farming-companies-stocks-compton-plenty/10433158/

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