From Jenna Orkin
Humiliation All the Way Down
Kevin McCarthy's latest grovel
Monday, November 29, 2021
Sunday, November 28, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Rise and Fall of Aljazeera
World Medical Association boss compares new strain of COVID-19 with Ebola
Southern states fall behind in vaccinating kids as pediatric infections climb
Appalachian “Apple Hunter” Finds and Rescues 1200 Lost Varieties
Congress must untie Biden’s hands on Taiwan
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A former UN worker in Afghanistan faces the heartbreaking choice to sell his young daughter into marriage for $1,200, so his other children won't starve
Moderna plans to produce a booster vaccine shot specifically for the new coronavirus variant Omicron
The Omicron variant carries a number of genetic mutations that might cause it to spread quickly, even among unvaccinated people: report
Blame student loans on Sputnik: How the 1957 launch of a Soviet rocket inspired the government to overhaul education
South Africa says it has been 'punished' rather than 'applauded' for detecting the new Omicron variant
Saturday, November 27, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
A South Korean Artificial Sun Reactor Just Broke a Nuclear Fusion Record
Siberian mine explosion kills more than 50, another tragedy in an industry plagued with safety lapses
Oil and gas companies should pay more to drill on public lands and waters, Interior Department says
As cases rise nationwide, a flood of covid patients causes ‘almost unmanageable’ stress in Michigan
Inside your dreamscape
Ukrainian president accuses group of planning coup for next week
Climate activists say they blockaded 15 Amazon sites in 3 countries on Black Friday, using huge bamboo structures to prevent access for trucks
Belgium records Europe's first case of the new coronavirus variant spreading in southern Africa
Israel reports first case of COVID-19 variant from Africa
Rise of a new coronavirus variant in Africa looks like the disaster scenario experts warned of if rich nations hoarded vaccines for themselves
Friday, November 26, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
"Most People Don't Even Realize What's Coming" | Edward Snowden (2021)
At least 27 migrants drown in English Channel, in one of the deadliest incidents on a dangerous route
The Rittenhouse Trial: A Legal Scholar Responds
A Turkey's Day of Reckoning
A UAE official accused of torture has been elected president of Interpol
Ohio State wants to wipe out its student debt and just launched an $800 million program to do it within 10 years
Ohio State, one of the largest state schools, will offer all undergrads a mix of scholarships and grants to ensure they graduate debt free.
I went to 'the shuttlecock of the Confederacy' to hear what people there thought about critical race theory. I heard about equity instead.
Pfizer has accused a longtime employee of stealing a 'playbook' containing secrets about its COVID-19 vaccine
Thursday, November 25, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
Russia’s Oil Reserves Are Becoming Increasingly Hard To Recover
Weekly jobless claims plunge to 199,000, the lowest level in more than 50 years
German parties to announce government led by center-left Olaf Scholz, marking end of Merkel era
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
Greenland saw record ice loss from calving icebergs and ocean melt over the last year
Climate change fuels a water rights conflict built on over a century of broken promises
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Racial Bias in Medical Devices
Four more UK energy suppliers go bust
SA Health planning COVID quarantine camps in case of outbreak
Russian gas giant Gazprom threatens to cut supplies to Moldova
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
European thinktank adds U.S. to list of "backsliding" democracies for 1st timeAI Hiring Tools Can Discriminate Based on Race and Gender. A New NYC Bill Would Fight That
Monday, November 22, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
Vancouver Is Marooned by Flooding and Besieged Again by Climate Change
Facebook’s race-blind policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show
Sudan’s military, civilian leaders reach deal that reinstates prime minister deposed in coup
Americans Load Up on Firewood as Home-Heating Costs Skyrocket
Many of the 200 witnesses interviewed by the January 6 committee are Trump administration staffers who voluntarily came forward
Glow-in-the-dark materials can help cities stay cooler and use less electricity — here's how they work
A woman in a coma and on a ventilator with COVID-19 woke up the day her family planned to pull her life support
Hospital staff told family members of 69-year-old Bettina Lerman, who was unvaccinated, that she'd never wake up.
A house cleaner working for Israel's defense minister offered to spy for hackers linked to Iran, says indictment
Protests rip across Europe over COVID-19 winter restrictions- Southwest Airlines employee shot dead at El Paso airport: police
China belongs to Xi Jinping now — and what he believes could plunge the world into chaos
Xi Jinping is reigniting China's revolutionary fire and reining in big business. His hardline mindset is the key to fathoming the conflicts to come.
Sunday, November 21, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
Werner argued that negative interest rates were designed not to stimulate the economy but to create deflation and wreak further havoc — “havoc that they intend to instrumentalise to accelerate their goal of becoming the complete masters of our lives, by allowing only digital currency that they issue and control – and that they can monitor in terms of all transactions, and that they can switch off, if, for instance, some pesky dissident criticizes them too much.”Vancouver is now completely cut off from the rest of Canada by road
As Haiti’s crisis worsens, a rising number flee by sea: ‘There is nothing for me here’
Saturday, November 20, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
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Homicide Rates in 2020 Surged to a 24-Year High. It's Another Sign of a Failing Regime.
Reynolds Middle School is shutting down in-person learning for 3 weeks to address student fights, misbehavior
U.S. Senator Introduces Bill to Block Brazilian Beef Imports After 'Mad Cow' Reports
Women given forced internal exams after a baby was found in a Qatar airport bathroom say they thought they were being kidnapped, and compared the trauma to rape
Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse could fracture the world as we know it — letting people 'reality block' things they disagree with and making polarization even worse
About 60% of the US population has reduced protection against COVID-19, CDC data shows
Friday, November 19, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
Vancouver is now completely cut off from the rest of Canada by road
Two men convicted of role in Malcolm X assassination to be exonerated Thursday
Gibraltar: Given the exponential rise in the number of cases, the Government, for example, intends to cancel a number of its own functions including official Christmas parties, official receptions and similar gatherings.
FBI investigating vials labeled 'smallpox' found in lab near Philadelphia
Austrian COVID cases hit record on third day of lockdown for unvaccinated
The 800 Million Barrel Oilfield Getting Boris Johnson In Trouble
The FDA has proposed to produce 500 pages per month which, based on its calculated number of pages, would mean it would complete its production in nearly 55 years – the year 2076.
US Army Special Forces are shifting their focus to fighting China or Russia, and they're already practicing for it in Hawaii
Companies like Nestle and Coca-Cola are eager to use more recycled material — here's why that actually raises concerns over sustainability
Companies want to increase their use of recycled plastic, but higher prices and low collection rates could slow progress.'QAnon Shaman' thanked the judge for OKing a fully organic jail diet
Thursday, November 18, 2021
From Jenna Orkin
They bought houses in Italy for 1 euro — and are using them to give back to the community
Terry Glavin: The scale of the disaster unfolding in B.C. is unprecedented
Gabon goes green: Can a small African oil state show how to protect the continent's rainforests?
- Paul Krugman - I got inflation wrong; I didn't see the current surge coming.
Ghostly subatomic particles help scientists peer inside the guts of dangerous volcanoes
The FBI raided the home of a Colorado elections official accused of leaking data that appeared on a QAnon forum
Elon Musk met with Brazilian minister to discuss bringing SpaceX's Starlink internet to the Amazon rainforest
A record number of ships are stuck at LA ports, even as port chiefs say the backlog is easing up
Internal memo shows how freaked-out progressives plan to beat Republicans in 2022
Bill Gates' nuclear startup picks a Wyoming coal town for its 1st advanced reactor, which will cost $4 billion