Morning Reads for Monday, April 1, 2019

I wish I had some clever April Fools to pull on y’all. But it’s the last Monday before we close the 2019 Legislative Session and my brain’s tired. However, I found this culmination of Google’s April Fool’s jokes.

• Aww, poor, creepy Uncle Joe.
• Scientists have identified 530,000 sites worldwide suitable for pumped-hydro energy storage, capable of storing more than enough energy to power the entire planet.
• Elon Musk released a rap. And it may be the worst thing that happened this weekend.
• A bipartisan group of state legislators wants to abolish the death penalty in Georgia and instantly commute the sentences of inmates facing executions to life without parole. 
• Bear’s coming home, y’all!
• Here’s a look at a few legislative measures that are still alive for next year.
• The Georgia Supreme Court on Thursday halted the upcoming murder trial of Ryan Alexander Duke for the 2005 killing of a South Georgia beauty queen.
• Aunt Becky is one cool chicken while possibly facing the Big House.