‘Excellent Swimmers’: Mayor Adams Wants Migrants To Be Lifeguards | 5.16.24

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Timestamps:

• (00:00:00) Teasers! 🐳🇺🇲🍑
• (00:03:14) HHS suspends grants for nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, the group at the center of the gain-of-function research in Wuhan
• (00:04:05) Barge collides with bridge in Galveston, Texas, causing damage and oil spill
• (00:04:37) Slovak prime minister Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot
• (00:06:33) Orcas have attacked and sunk another boat in Europe, experts warn there could be more attacks soon
• (00:12:15) Study suggests we found potential evidence of ‘Dyson Spheres’ from super-advanced civilizations that could help us discover intelligent life elsewhere in the universe
• (00:19:21) Pet Orcas would be awesome
• (00:20:37) ‘Historic’: Belgium becomes the first country in the world to pass labor laws for sex workers 
• (00:33:06) Biden and Trump agree to 2 presidential debates, one in June and one in September
• (00:38:31)  Mayor Adams suggests migrants could fill NYC’s lifeguard shortage — because ‘they’re excellent swimmers’

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