From Jenna Orkin

Warning issued in London after toxic caterpillar outbreak

Mystery Group Of "Wealthy Donors" And Soros Spends $50 Million For "Private Trump-Russia Investigation"

Twitter Sold Information To Researcher Behind Facebook Data Harvesting Scandal

The Pentagon's Ray Gun Can Stall Cars, Trucks​​ With Radiation Blast

One Year Later: Illinois On The Verge Of Downgrade To Junk; Its Residents $5 Billion Poorer

US Bombers Fly Over South China Sea Amid Escalating Tensions Between Taiwan And Beijing

Ronda Rousey thinks doomsday is coming — and she's ready for it 

Linked because of where it appears:  USA Today

UN Report Says Small-Scale Organic Farming Only Way To Feed The World

Scientists Have Observed Epigenetic Memories Being Passed Down For 14 Generations

South Korea's president callsfor Trump to get the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on North Korea

From Jenna Orkin

The American Government’s Secret Plan for Surviving the End of the World 

Electronics-recycling innovator is going to prison for trying to extend computers' lives

Goldman Sachs is battling to contain an outbreak of mumps on the trading floor

The EU is currently debating whether or not to grant robots 'personhood' — here's what that would mean

800,000 People To Flee New York & California In Next Three Years

Columbia Students Storm Library To Denounce Conservative "Hate Speech"

Chinese Smartphone Sales Collapse In "Biggest Decline Ever"

The Oil Curse Comes To Washington

Newspaper in Virginia runs full KKK recruitment flyer on front page

Top-polling California Republican Senate candidate has called for country "free From Jews"

From Jenna Orkin

'We're doomed': Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention

Want to stop fake news? Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine - The Boston Globe

Homeowners shouldn't be punished for capturing rainwater. Vote yes on Proposition 72

A record-breaking 31 House Republicans won't seek re-election in 2018

"Forgotten In Statistics" - UK Homeless Population 10x Larger Than Government Says

"Sandwich Crisis Deepens": Subway Closes 500 Stores In 2018

"Fair & Balanced" Robot Gets 1000s Of Votes In Tokyo Area Mayoral Race

Palantir Knows Everything About You

Homeowners shouldn't be punished for capturing rainwater. Vote yes on Proposition 72

EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides

This Could Be The Real Reason North Korea Halted Nuclear Testing And It’s Terrifying

We Just Breached the 410 PPM Threshold for CO2

”The Feeling of Being Watched" - Documentary

From Jenna Orkin

North Korea-linked hackers stole data from 17 countries in an ongoing cyberattack that's far bigger than we thought

Stein breaks silence, completing handover of documents to Senate Committee. (Full Statement)

Records: NXIVM hacked billionaire's emails with Hillary Clinton, world leaders

The Supreme Court broke 2 of its strictest rules for the travel-ban arguments — and it shows how seriously the court is taking the case

There's soaring interest in CBD, the marijuana compound in a drug that could be the first to win FDA approval — here's what it does

A single high school in India has produced the CEOs of Microsoft, Adobe, and Master-card

I’ve been told by Indian students that kids are funneled into either engineering or medicine.  Those who can’t make it become journalists, politicians, businesspeople et al.

Deutsche Bank Reports Disastrous Results As It Retreats From US Investment Banking

Iran Bans Crypto Amid Currency Crisis

The Backfire Continues: NRA Breaks Fundraising Records In Wake Of Gun Control Demands

The Great Exodus From America's 'Blue' Cities Accelerates

Compulsory Biometric ID Announced by European Commission

Top US Admiral Warns China Now Controls The South China Sea

North Korean Nuclear Test Site Has Collapsed, Explaining Kim's "Suspension" Of Further Tests

Police Entered Funeral Home To Unlock iPhone With Dead Man's Finger

Pope Fransziskus to award the Russian President Putin with Peace Award „Golden Palm“ for his peace efforts in the Middle East.

From Jenna Orkin

Estée Lauder is now paying employees $10,000 to adopt and giving parents 20 weeks of paid leave

Democratic Senator Alleges Trump's VA Pick Was Known As "Candy Man" For Handing Out Drugs

Taiwan To Simulate Chinese Invasion In Live-Fire Military Drill Starting Next Week

Armenia Heats Up As The Proxy War Continues

Belgium: First Islamic State In Europe?

Top Secret: DoD Building $110 Million Drone Base In Niger

Hackers Steal $150K After Infiltrating Popular Ethereum Wallet

Facebook Readies For A Fight? Replaces US Policy Head With Former Republican FCC Chair

"This Is Mushrooming" - Nicaragua Teeters On The Brink Of Revolution As US Pulls Diplomats

Finland Abandons Universal Basic Income Experiment After Two Years

Amazon Begins Delivering Packages To The Trunk Of Your Car

Grocery bags and takeout containers aren't enough. It's time to phase out all single-use plastic

Chicago's drinking water is full of lead, report says

Futurism

Ie:  Back to the Middle Ages

Butterflies post.

From Jenna Orkin

Here's what we know about Alek Minassian, the 25-year-old suspect in the Toronto van attackComment:  Time for regime change in Armenia

I shopped at Thrive Market, the online grocery store that sells organic foods for up to 50% off year-round — and I saved over $100 on my first order

Comment:  A plug.  I’ve been pleased as well.

70% Of Taiwanese "Willing To Fight" China

One of the most worrisome predictions about climate change may be coming true

New Zealand Brace

Army Building "Self-Aware" Squid-Like Robot That Can Be "3-D Printed" During Combat

AI-Operated Health Pods To Be Introduced In Dubai

George H.W. Bush Hospitalized Two Days After Wife's Funeral

Saudi Media Claims Houthis Are Holding 19 Oil Tankers Hostage Off Yemeni Coast

Ex-Facebook Executive: "You Don't Realize It But You Are Being Programmed"

"those who are best-and-brightest are the most likely to fall for it, “because you are fucking check-boxing your whole life."

Fresh water from melting glaciers could upend the circulation of the oceans, leading to a world of fast-rising seas.

Dear Project Unspeakable Community, It’s a busy pre-performance week here, as we work with UMass Boston’s Center for African, Caribbean and Community Development to do the final arrangements for this Thursday’s staged reading of the 90-minute Readers Theater script. We’ll have music, visuals, and a really varied and fantastic cast of readers and artists involved. Discussion and reception will follow the reading. Readers include: UMass Dean David Terkla, students (Christopher Simon, Fiona Phie, Kaia Walters, Joshua Nixon), and faculty (Carroy “Cuf” Ferguson, Barbara Lewis, Jorge Capetillo and Joe Ramsey), supported by local artists (Reginald Jackson, Pedro Alexander, Akili Jamal Haynes, Nina LaNegra) and community members (Chris Lydon — WBUR, Bill Singleton — President of United Neighborhoods of Lower Roxbury, Abby Rockefeller, Kwabena Nkromo, Maisha Moses — Algebra Project, and Amilcar Shabazz — Chair of Black Studies, UMass Amherst). The performance is Thursday, Apr. 26, 4-7 pm at UMass Boston’s University Hall, Room 2310 (free shuttles are available from the JFK/UMass MBTA station and the UMass Bayside Parking Lot).

From Jenna Orkin

Starbucks is closing all stores nationwide for racial bias training — and baristas say the problem runs deeper than many customers realize

The latest Snapchat Discover channel promises to get inside your head using Japanese psychology

The Waffle House shooting suspect was arrested near the White House in 2017, had 4 guns confiscated then returned to him

Deutsche: Another $5 Rise In Oil Would Unleash Market Turmoil

Western-Backed Regime Change Looms As Armenia PM Resigns Following Mass Protests

WikiLeaks To Countersue Democrats; "Discovery Is Going To Be Amazing Fun"

Government Accidentally Releases Documents On Remote Mind-Control

"Our Hands Are On The Trigger": Iran Threatens To "Annihilate" Israel

Iran Officially Switches From Dollar To Euro

Beijing Welcomes Mnuchin Visit As US Hints At China Trade-War Truce