With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Friday, June 30, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Quelque 74% des personnes interrogées considèrent qu'il y a trop d'immigrés en France.
From Sea to Shining Sea: How Does Shipping Work?
The “coup” in Russia is over but there’s a very worrying development going on in Ukraine right now that should frighten everyone.
That’s the growing risk of a nuclear war. I’m not being hyperbolic.
Orca Rams Into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavior May Be Spreading
The incident occurred roughly 2,000 miles away from the recent encounters near Spain and Portugal
National Geographic magazine has laid off the last of its staff writers
Human-like intelligence in animals is far more common than we thought
If You’re Driving Off a Cliff, Do You Need a Faster Car? By Richard Heinberg,
Hundreds arrested as France rocked by third night of fiery protests over fatal police shooting of teen
JOINT COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
A new outlook on the climate and security nexus:
Addressing the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on peace, security and defence
Women Interviewing for Bill Gates’s Private Office Were Asked Sexually Explicit Questions
Thursday, June 29, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Stomach Virus Spreads Through Cruise Ships at Fastest Pace in Years
CDC has reported 13 norovirus outbreaks through first half of 2023
16.5M Americans at risk of stroke from exercising too hard: study
US Honeybees Suffer Second Deadliest Season on Record
Treasury Sanctions Illicit Gold Companies Funding Wagner Forces and Wagner Group Facilitator
NY Doctors Can Now Prescribe Abortion Pills Across State Lines
Tour de France riders won’t face automatic exclusion in case of COVID-19 positive test
We might have accidentally killed the only life we ever found on Mars nearly 50 years ago
Giant African land snail spotted in Florida, forcing quarantine in parts of county
The giant African land snail consumes at least 500 different types of plants and can “cause extensive damage to tropical and subtropical environments,” Florida officials said.
Supreme Court rejects theory that would have meant radical changes to election rules
Dumpster Living
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Swedish parliament passes new energy target, easing way for new nuclear power
Humans have used enough groundwater to shift Earth’s tilt
Mama Mia! NYC rules crack down on coal-, wood-fired pizzerias — must cut carbon emissions up to 75%
What Prigozhin’s Half-Baked “Coup” Could Mean for Putin’s Rule
What to know about malaria after rare cases are found in Florida, Texas
Supreme Court rejects Independent State Legislature theory, but leaves door ajar
The plant protein that could push meat off your plate
What I Learned on a Titanic Sub Expedition
E-bike batteries are exploding, setting buildings on fire
Strand Releasing Acquires North American Rights to ‘Fantastic Machine,’ Sundance Documentary Produced by Ruben Östlund
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
What just happened in Russia? The Wagner crisis, explained.
A pro-Russian tide in Slovakia could threaten Europe’s unity on Ukraine
The fragile truce that halted Prigozhin's armed revolt against the Kremlin seems to be falling apart already
Wesley T. Miller: Juvenile Crimes
Why insects are so crucial to life on Earth
Wagner Group shot down 6 Russian helicopters and a plane during its mini-rebellion, Ukraine says, weakening Putin's air force at a time when it could prove critical
Huge Growth in China’s Aircraft Industry Is Flying Under the Radar
Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations - some are not happy
Welcome to the Great Unraveling: Navigating the Polycrisis of Environmental and Social Breakdown
It’s Canada’s worst fire season in modern history, as smoke fills skies
Sunday, June 25, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Wagner Ends Rebellion, Kremlin Cuts Deal to Prevent Potential Russian Civil War: Live Updates
Physicists Discover a New State of Matter Hidden in The Quantum World
Wagner leader Prigozhin will move to Belarus following the mercenary group's uprising against Putin, Kremlin spokesman says
What the heck is going on at Goldman Sachs
How the submersible's 'catastrophic implosion' and 4-day rescue effort was years in the making
'Lots of smoke. Lots of questions': Internal emails show JPMorgan Chase execs worried about the bank's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. So why did it take so long to cut him loose?
Iranian victims of chemical weapons suing Dutch manufacturers
US has closely monitored power struggle between Prigozhin and Russian government for months
The California Statewide Study
of People Experiencing Homelessness
Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings
Saturday, June 24, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Gas stoves emit benzene levels above secondhand smoke, US study finds
Musk breaks silence on reports linking Starlink to missing submersible
Russia has doubled its pens of trained dolphins near Ukraine to guard its ships from attack by enemy divers, UK intel says
Mayorkas puts controversial union chief Randi Weingarten on DHS academic council
Korean convenience stores selling gold bars in vending machines
Pupil who questioned classmate ‘identifying as a cat’ called ‘despicable’ by teacher
Iceland Suspending This Year's Whale Hunt
Radical New Theory Gives a Very Different Perspective on What Life Is
The shimmering mirrored building that vanishes into the desert
Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation request for water rights
How an 1800s Midwife Solved a Poisonous Mystery
Friday, June 23, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
'Real science?' Pinpointing warming's role in disasters
Event attribution is one of the fastest developing areas of climate science since it began 20 years ago.
With oxygen likely to have run out, chances of rescuing the missing Titanic submersible are looking even bleaker
‘Expedition Unknown’ Host Canceled OceanGate Trip Because of ‘Safety Concerns': ‘Titan Did Not Perform Well on My Dive’
One photon is all it takes to kick off photosynthesis
In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a key Biden climate push draws fire from environmentalists
Geraldo Rivera Out at Fox News’ The Five — Read His Statement
AI and the Golden Mean
5 key mistakes in the lead-up to the Titanic sub's catastrophic implosion could have been easily avoided
The recycling mistake that is causing plastic waste to pile up
Harvard's New Computer Science Teacher Is a Chatbot
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Beijing Plans a New Training Facility in Cuba, Raising Prospect of Chinese Troops on America’s Doorstep
By every measure, Keiko thrived in Newport. His skin cleared up; he gained two thousand pounds;
When Dying Patients Want Unproven Drugs
The sleeper legal strategy that could topple abortion bans
Jews, Episcopalians, Unitarians, Satanists and other people of faith say the laws infringe on their religious rights.
Supreme Court dramatically shrinks Clean Water Act’s reach
Woman scan face
AI can predict your political views based on your looks, according to a recent study. It finds that 'attractive' women who smile are most likely to be conservative.
An airplane using sonar to scour the ocean for the missing Titanic submersible has detected noises underwater, US Coast Guard says
You knew Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower. I knew him as a film fanatic.
By Catherine Ellsberg
Meet the implacable, off-the-grid libertarian working to energize Congress
TODAY'S WORLDVIEW In missing submersible and migrant disaster, a tale of two Pakistans
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Too many people take too many pills
Medical systems are set up to put people on drugs, not take them off
THE HINDU – Hair Can Be Used to Clean Up Oil Spills – Interview with Lisa Craig Gautier
Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’
World Bank says subsidies costing as much as $23m a minute must be repurposed to fight climate crisis
Russia has been using the Chinese yuan to get around sweeping Western sanctions — but this side door may be closing
The 5 people in the missing Titan submersible are dead-bolted in
San Francisco’s Shortage of Credentialed Teachers
In Another Potential Blow to Dollar Dominance, Kenyan President Urges Shift Away from Greenback in African Trade
Physicists Conduct The Most Massive Test Ever of The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox
Hunter Biden reaches deal to plead guilty in tax, gun case
In this lake, scientists found a spot like no other — and a record that could redefine our history of Earth
Monday, June 19, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
China Steps Up Game With 1st ‘Floating Oil Factory’
Flying the F-35 stealth fighter can leave pilots looking 'like they are 100 years old,' says test pilot
A psychologist says she broke down in tears when she learned the horrors that 2 castrated Ukrainian soldiers endured, says report
Evolution Keeps Making Crabs, And Nobody Knows Why
Juvenile Crimes - Wesley T Miller
The largest black hole ever discovered can fit 30 billion suns. We found it with gravity and bent light
Government workers warned against sharing classified information with ChatGPT, Daily Telegraph reports
Meta is playing a game of whack-a-mole with the Taliban as the isolated Afghan government increasingly attempts to use WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption for official business
THE FBI GROOMED A 16-YEAR-OLD WITH “BRAIN DEVELOPMENT ISSUES” TO BECOME A TERRORIST
An undercover FBI agent befriended the teenager online. When he turned 18, he was arrested for supporting ISIS. The Intercept
PARTNERS IN DOOMSDAY
As Ukraine begins a counter-offensive and Biden's hawks look on, new rhetoric out of Russia points to a revival of the nuclear threat
Saturday, June 17, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
The Quest to Save Chili Peppers
A seed bank in Taiwan is home to more chili varieties than anywhere else on earth. In a warming world, we’re going to need them.
How four children survived Amazon plane crash, 40 days alone in jungle
“I Am the Only One”: Trump’s Messianic 2024 Message
Under threat of prison, the master of fear and anger takes another dark political turn.
US nuclear-powered submarine that ran into an underwater mountain in the South China Sea is going to be stuck in repairs for years
A white supremacist took MDMA for a study, and it snapped him out of his beliefs: 'Why am I doing this?'
Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, and the Modern Whistle-Blower
Jewish denominations: A brief guide for the perplexed
Black women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than white women but are about 40 percent more likely to die of the disease. Black men are more than twice as likely to die of prostate cancer as their white peers.
A Supreme Court blunder endangers Native American children
Scientists made a frightening discovery when they measured sharks worldwide
Friday, June 16, 2023
From Jenna OOrkin
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
A leaked document of Amazon's ideas for using ChatGPT and AI at work lists 67 ways to take advantage of the ChatGPT boom
U.S. Coast Guard to widen Indo-Pacific presence with eye on China
“Does Economics Do More Harm than Good?”
A STAR REPORTER’S BREAK WITH REALITY
America’s unlikeliest abortion clinic has opened in its reddest state
A Grave Warning About Antarctica Is Hidden Inside Octopus DNA
Nuclear power is no silver bullet to wean us from fossil fuels
Johns Hopkins University said Tuesday that it has removed a page on its website that sparked backlash for defining the word lesbian as "a non-man attracted to non-men," in its new inclusive glossary of LGTBQ terms.
Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the indictment and arrest of Cedric Lodge for the unlawful interstate transport of stolen human remains from “in or about 2018 through on or about August 16, 2022.” Lodge worked in the morgue as part of the Anatomical Gift Program
Justice Dept. releases scathing federal report on Minneapolis police
Thursday, June 15, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
“World’s Deadliest Wars Go Unreported”: Journalist Anjan Sundaram
Europe’s Economic Engine Is Breaking Down
Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor Suspended and Arrested After Waging All-Out War on Cash
Scientists Predict Never-Before-Seen Crystal Structures With Unexpected Chemistry
Japan releases seawater into tunnel built for Fukushima nuclear contaminated water
Trump vows to stay in the race even if convicted
US and Australian wool industries exposed in shocking undercover footage captured by animal rights groups
The Trial of the Malibu Shooter
Droughts: when desserts make deserts, water tech is needed
Woman presumed dead found alive in coffin at her wake in Ecuador
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Donald Trump Arrested, Booked on Federal Charges in Miami Court for Mishandling Classified Documents; Ex-President Pleads Not Guilty
Military service “is the single strongest individual-level predictor” if someone will carry out or plan to carry out a mass casualty event, researchers have found.
Are all calories created equal? Your gut microbes don’t think so.
Physicists Conduct The Most Massive Test Ever of The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox
Nicola Sturgeon’s Calamitous Arrest
Tori Bowie, an elite Olympic athlete, died of complications from childbirth
Russia has lost so much money due to the Ukraine war that it's now trying to raise $4 billion by slapping a windfall tax on its oligarchs
Why Israel’s Government Is Attacking Its Public-Broadcasting System
Safeway bamboozled nearly a million California shoppers with deceptive deals: lawsuit
Will Trump Burn the Evidence?
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
The updated NRC information says that as the two pipefitters left the heat exchanger room, they were frisked by radiation protection staff “and the instrument readings went off-scale high.”
Kansas wheat harvest looks to be historically small
Massive beehive shuts down part of Midtown block
JPMorgan Reaches Settlement With Epstein’s Victims
21st-century editors should keep their hands off of 20th-century books
Will the Judge in Trump’s Case Recuse Herself—or Be Forced To?
Tens of Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Ashore on Gulf Coast in Texas
A “perfect storm” of bad conditions, including high temperatures, starved the fish of oxygen, officials said.
How Dowries Are Fuelling a Femicide Epidemic
Countries Expanding Their Nuclear Arsenal
We're in another COVID wave. But it’s not like the others
Monday, June 12, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Autobiography of Generation X - by Wesley T. Miller
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s Former Leader, Is Arrested in Financial Inquiry
An extinct species buried their dead and carved symbols 100,000 years before humans. The findings challenge our understanding of human evolution, researchers say.
New state bill aims to prevent workplace violence; some groups don't support it
Researchers find why San Andreas fault hasn’t caused a big earthquake in L.A. — yet
Octopuses Can Rewire Their 'Brains' by Editing Their Own RNA on The Fly
If the Police Can Decide Who Qualifies as a Journalist, There Is No Free Press
In scramble for EV metals, health threat to workers often goes unaddressed
Wildfires were once slowed by night and winter. Not anymore.
Mother of the 4 siblings who survived the Colombian plane crash lived for four days before telling her children to 'go away'
Sunday, June 11, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
ExxonMobil: New Fracking Technology Can Double Oil Output
Scientists are trying to find a mystery person in Ohio who has a new kind of COVID
Kim Jong Un orders North Koreans to stop killing themselves after number of suicides skyrocketed
Tokyo Electric Power Company started to send seawater from Monday afternoon into an underwater tunnel that has been built to release Fukushima nuclear contaminated water into the sea, Japan's public broadcaster NHK said on Tuesday.
According to TEPCO, the tunnel will be filled with some 6,000 tons of seawater by around noon on Tuesday.
The process was carried out secretly on Monday because Japan's unilateral decision of dumping more than 1.3 million metric tons of treated but still radioactive water into the ocean provoked consistent protests from neighboring countries, Pacific Island communities and civil society groups in the most affected prefectures such as Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi.
According to the Executive Director of the IEA, the most important factor for oil prices this year will be China’s economy and its oil demand.
The Ukrainian offensive is beginning. David Petraeus is optimistic.
The Bizarre True Story of The Nightmare Woman Haunting The Internet
4 kids who survived a plane crash in the Amazon have been found alive 40 days later
2 of Donald Trump's lawyers just quit
A. G. Sulzberger on the Battles Within and Against the New York Times
Friday, June 09, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Birds in the Atlantic are pecking baby whales to death, eating blubber from their backs as they surface for air
Turkish Lira Hits Record Low
Supreme Court sides with 94-year-old woman who accused government of stealing her home equity
U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline
9/11 group slams PGA-LIV Golf merger as a betrayal
This year, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Quebec have experienced record heat.
Half the world's biggest companies are downsizing office space amid hybrid working
Instagram Connects Vast Pedophile Network
The Meta unit’s systems for fostering communities have guided users to child-sex content; company says it is improving internal controls
New York City has the worst air quality in the world as smoke from Canadian wildfires rolls in
NYC ranked first among major cities for the worst air quality worldwide Wednesday, according to IQAir, a Swiss air monitoring company.
No Ban on Campfires as Canada Turns on Politicians Over Wildfires
Wednesday, June 07, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Monsanto Was Its Own Ghostwriter for Some Safety Reviews
Academic papers vindicating its Roundup herbicide were written with the help of its employees.
Video: Floods pour into southern Ukraine war zone after dam destroyed
Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History
The Oldest Known Burial Site in The World Was Not Made by Our Species
Report: Mossad Agent Who Drowned in Northern Italy Was Part of Mission Targeting Iranian Weapons
Utah parent upset by book bans gets Bible pulled from school shelves to expose ‘bad faith process’
Plants Can Clean Toxic Chemicals From The Air in Hours, Study Shows
Mars has two speeds of sound
Its speed depends on whether the sound is high-pitched or low-pitched
In a geologic triumph, scientists drill a window into Earth’s mantle
U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
This publication estimates that the global cost of health damages associated with exposure to air pollution is $8.1 trillion,
Ireland Mulled Killing 200k Cows to Combat Climate Change
Seymour Hersh - Russiagate's Missing Pieces
The Y Chromosome Is Vanishing. A New Sex Gene Could Be The Future of Men
Drag queen ban struck down in a First Amendment victory
What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days
INSIDE THE MELTDOWN AT CNN
CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong?
Electric vehicles appeal to conservative buyers sick of gas guzzlers
How cities are trying to stop their land from sinking
Senate Passes Debt Limit Bill
Monday, June 05, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
TALES OF THE TONGUE
Since first evolving 350 million years ago, the tongue has taken myriad forms, unlocking new niches and boosting the diversity of life
A company says it added mammoth DNA to plant-based burgers and that they tasted much more 'intense' and 'meatier' than the cow version
Child Labor Is on the Rise
State legislatures across the country are making it easier to hire minors in low-paid and dangerous jobs.
Faculty Fight for Academic Freedom at Harvard
Daniel Ellsberg Is Dying. And He Has Some Final Things to Say.
Excellent Post by Ellen Brown
Financial Transactions Tax
Jack Dorsey is backing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — an anti-vaxxer who called Anthony Fauci a fascist — for president
New US Navy video clearly shows Chinese warship cutting off a US destroyer during 'unsafe' encounter in the Taiwan Strait
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Ted Koppel on Covering—and Befriending—Henry Kissinger
Georgia Officials Target Bail Fund in Crackdown on ‘Cop City’ Protests
Sunday, June 04, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
China Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the Earth
President Xi called for more underground exploration in 2021
The narrow shaft will break through 10 continental strata
World's First X-Ray of a Single Atom Reveals Chemistry on The Smallest Level
A Confession Exposes India’s Secret Hacking Industry
The country has developed a lucrative specialty: cyberattacks for hire.
Biden Falls Onstage at Air Force Commencement
Supreme Court Rules Company Can Sue for Damages Caused by Strike
Hundreds of Mystery Structures Found at The Heart of The Milky Way
Medical systems are set up to put people on drugs, not take them off
Senate Passes Debt Limit Bill
The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic
China defends buzzing American warship and accuses the U.S. of provocation
4 people died after a boat sank on a picturesque lake. All of the passengers had connections to Israeli and Italian intelligence.
Friday, June 02, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry.
New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain.
While COVID and RSV rates were decreasing this spring, a lesser-known virus was on the rise
Ukraine says Russia again blocking Black Sea grain export deal
American life expectancy is dropping — and it’s not all covid’s fault
Can humans ever understand how animals think?
Analysis Pipelines Regulation Mountain Valley Pipeline United States West Virginia Virginia
Mountain Valley Pipeline debt deal undercuts U.S. governing values
The judge assigned to hear Disney's lawsuit against Ron DeSantis just disqualified himself from the case because a 'third-degree' relative owns stock in the company. A Trump appointee will replace him.
Was mass hysteria behind the mysterious case of 227 middle school students fainting last fall?
The students were hundreds of miles apart. Drugs were blamed at first. But now, researchers believe the truth was far stranger: It was likely one of the first cases of mass hysteria spreading online.
Twitter’s Top Content Moderation and Safety Executive Leaves
Ella Irwin departed on a day when Elon Musk said Twitter employees erred in how they handled a documentary
In the next few years, it is expected that artificial intelligence will have a significant impact on the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. This technology has the potential to revolutionize the way that transactions are processed and verified, making the entire system more efficient and secure.
Thursday, June 01, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Police Investigating Assault on 2 Marines in Pier Bowl Brawl
Shalanda Young emerges as quietly essential figure in debt deal
U.S. scolds China for refusing to talk after midair military encounter
The 'new predators in higher education'
Jamie Dimon Says He Never Discussed Jeffrey Epstein’s Accounts at JPMorgan; Jes Staley Says Dimon Did
Former JPMorgan executive Jes Staley said he and Dimon discussed whether to keep Epstein as a client; JPMorgan says that is false
TASS - Maidan-style coup attempt unfolding in Belgrade — Russian ambassador
US President Joe Biden has congratulated his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on his re-election as the two leaders also discussed issues like Turkey buying F-16 fighter jets and Sweden joining NATO.
Dimon Hints at Life After JPMorgan, Says He’d Consider Public Office
Scientists' report world's first X-ray of a single atom
Another Look at the Financial Transactions Tax