Out d’Coup | Pittsburgh bridge collapse; no student loan relief from Biden; book-banning continues; gas stoves; monarchists are coming; PA maps; Act 177; space junk and more

<p>Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, made it clear this week that the <a href='https://www.businessinsider.com/broad-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-not-among-education-dept-priorities-2022-1'>Biden administration does not see canceling student loan debt as a priority</a>. Instead, the Dems in power are turning to their old game of means-testing and “targeted” loan relief. In his speech on Thursday, he didn’t even mention Biden’s promise to forgive $10,000 for every student carrying federal student debt. </p> <p><a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/book-about-holocaust-banned-in-tennessee-school-district/2022/01/27/fc2bde9a-7f87-11ec-8cc8-b696564ba796_story.html'>The book-banning continues. This week, McMinn County school board in Tennessee banned the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel, Maus</a>, from its schools. Board members said the book contained “inappropriate language” and depictions of a nude mouse in a concentration camp. Maus creator, Art Spiegelman, called the decision “Orwellian.” </p> <p>A new peer-reviewed study, scientists believe they finally figured out the large methane releases in cities. As it turns out, <a href='https://www.vox.com/2022/1/27/22902490/gas-stoves-methane-climate-pollution-health-off'>gas stoves release a significant amount of methane - even when they are off</a>. Scientists found that nearly three-quarters of the methane leaking from stoves came from when they were not running. The study projected that methane emissions from stoves are about the same as the CO2 released by 500,000 gas powered cars in a year. </p> <p><a href='https://www.npr.org/2022/01/26/1075904939/neil-young-spotify-joe-rogan?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0ZGGh-1P1v0p9TSPThlQquN1v1tbnfmvSjNVI1E0A5eMQ6ApRzF9QkiOM'>Spotify is standing in Joe Rogan’s corner</a> after Neil Young said that he would pull his music from the site if they continued to platform the coronavirus misinformation podcaster. Young issued the ultimatum after more