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
Saturday, September 30, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Landmark Texas, Florida social media cases added to Supreme Court term
Dianne Feinstein hailed as a trailblazer after death at 90
Dianne Feinstein is dead. Here's what happens next, and what it means for Democrats.
Rep. Barbara Lee says she's 'troubled' by Gov. Gavin Newsom's talk of an 'interim' senator
It's going to be hard to talk Biden out of running for president because the people who said that last time were totally wrong
Secretary Antony J. Blinken With The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic Festival
Duration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine persistence and factors associated with cardiac involvement in recently vaccinated patients
Malaysia aims for chip comeback as Intel, Infineon and more pile in
Country aims to regain semiconductor edge as companies seek supply chain stability
Sea Lion Escapes From Central Park Zoo Enclosure During Flooding
Philadelphia Phillies: Wally the emotional support alligator denied stadium entry
Friday, September 29, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
This Alaska Mine Would Destroy the World’s Largest Salmon Fishery
Inside the tactics that won Christian vendors the right to reject gay weddings
Origins of Parkinson’s may lie in the gut. Researchers hope to prove it.
Swiss glaciers lose 10% of their volume in two years
Countries Committing to Nuclear Power
Taiwan unveils first domestically made submarine
Putin’s Useful Priests
The Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin’s Hidden Influence Campaign in the West
However, the authors are seriously mistaken about the size of the Russian Orthodox Church in America. The authors claim that “in the United States, the Russian Orthodox Church has 2,380 parishes, along with 41 male and 38 female monasteries.”
In fact, the number is far less. The Moscow Patriarchate and ROCOR have a combined 333 parishes, missions, and monasteries—more than seven times less than is claimed by Soldatov and Borogan.
Judicial Watch: New Documents Show Wuhan Lab Asked NIH Official for Information on Disinfectants; Nine Fauci Agency Grants for EcoHealth Bat Coronavirus Research - archive
Unveiling the Quantum World: Scientists Capture Quantum Entanglement of Photons in Real-Time
Thursday, September 28, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Hollywood studios and writers have a strike-ending deal. What’s in it?
China’s ‘batwoman’ scientist warns another coronavirus outbreak is ‘highly likely’
Costa Rica to declare state of emergency amid migrant surge
He live-streamed his attacks on Indian Muslims. YouTube gave him an award.
One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain, say wildlife experts
it’s estimated that as many as 2.7 million people are envenomed by snakes every year.
All Philly liquor stores are closed today after at least 18 were broken into overnight
The formation of a new “supercontinent” has the potential to wipe out humans and all other mammal life in 250 million years, a new study found.
In a study of the impacts of climate extremes, researchers with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom predicted all continents will converge in around 250 million years to form Earth’s next supercontinent called Pangea Ultima.
In win for Bibi, U.S. allows Israel to join visa waiver program
CIA Builds Its Own Artificial Intelligence Model
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
France will end its military presence in Niger by the end of 2023, Macron says
U.S., 17 states sue Amazon alleging monopolistic practices led to higher prices
JPMorgan agrees to $75 million settlement over ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Monster machines floating on the waves could be the future of wind energy
For the first time, scientists have observed solid metal mending its own cracks without human intervention, defying fundamental theories of materials science. Researchers were studying how cracks spread across nanoscale pieces of platinum in a vacuum, prodding the metal 200 times per second to watch how fractures spider-webbed across the surface. After 40 minutes, to the surprise of the scientists, the damage started to disappear as the fissures fused back together.
Your body odor could be used to track your movements or health.
A Manhattan judge on Tuesday found Donald Trump and his real-estate company liable for fraud.
The judge ordered the Trump Organization's New York corporate charters revoked immediately.
A receiver will be appointed to "dissolve" the company — but years of appeals may play out first.
Wenstrup Reveals New Allegations that Dr. Fauci Potentially Influenced CIA COVID-19 Origins Investigation
60 Percent of the Population Growth Since the Pandemic is Age 65+
How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline
The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now
SEYMOUR HERSH
Spider Gold Trust
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
American taxpayers are financing more than just weapons. We discovered the U.S. government's buying seeds and fertilizer for Ukrainian farmers… and covering the salaries of Ukraine's first responders – all 57,000 of them.
Jimmy Carter visits peanut festival seven months after entering hospice care
Italy culls tens of thousands of pigs to contain African swine fever
U.S. Army Hospital in Germany Is Treating Americans Hurt Fighting in Ukraine
Building in zero gravity: the race to create factories in space
New Orleans declares emergency over saltwater intrusion in drinking water
Potential health risks of high salt concentrations for those who rely on Mississippi River lead mayor to sign declaration
Origins of Life? We Now Have Up to 250 Grams of Bennu Dust. Here's What Happens Next.
Vivitrol, a monthly injection of long-acting naltrexone, is the opioid treatment preferred by the criminal prosecution system, including jails, prisons, probation officers and drug courts. But people on Vivitrol are actually more than twice as likely to overdose than on other opioid treatments, according to a new study, writes Maia Szalavitz who is the author of Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction. "Physicians and people using this drug must be made aware that the evidence heavily favors methadone and buprenorphine above and beyond any other treatment approach," she says.
An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sofa. Then the FBI turned up
The criminal-justice system isn’t ready for those wired to see the world differently
Alarming Navy Intel Slide Warns Of China’s 200 Times Greater Shipbuilding Capacity
Monday, September 25, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech
Wildfires turn Canada’s vast forests from carbon sink into super-emitter
Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval
Estimated World Official Gold Holdings Reach Record High
NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean Room
4 in 10 now criticize US aid to Ukraine
With WGA deal, when will Hollywood finally get back to work?
Forget fantasies about replacing Biden. Kamala Harris can’t beat Trump.
This 6-year-old is a pioneer in the quest to treat a deadly brain tumor
‘In total shock’: birdwatchers amazed as ‘uber-rare’ American birds land in UK
Birders have flocked in their hundreds to see the songbirds, blown across the Atlantic by Hurricane Lee
Sunday, September 24, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
A 9/11 Widow’s Plea to Biden Over a U.S.-Saudi Treaty
Lego abandons effort to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles
Danish company says complications with non-oil-based materials would have entailed higher total carbon emissions
'Forever chemicals' linked with higher odds of cancer in women, new study suggests. Here's why experts say people shouldn't be 'overly alarmed.'
U.S. pushes for Kenya to lead multinational force in Haiti but some warn of abuse
California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease
Scientists found the most intense heat wave ever recorded — in Antarctica
After Florida restricts Black history, churches step up to teach it
Subsidized meals in child care tied to healthier kids and families
How the dream of air conditioning turned into the dark future of climate change
Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 15 Storm Clouds Forming...
WESLEY T. MILLER
Saturday, September 23, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
A military panel deemed a suspected 9/11 key accomplice unfit for trial due to the CIA's 'torture program'
Martha Muñoz has shown that organisms can influence their own evolution—a lesson she’s passing on to her students
China’s quest for human genetic data spurs fears of a DNA arms race
Chinese academics and military scientists have also attracted attention by debating the feasibility of creating biological weapons that might someday target populations based on their genes.
THE INEQUALITY OF HEAT
U.S. braces for calamitous, costly government shutdown in eight days
Half-million-year-old wooden structure unearthed in Zambia
Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air
Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange is not a criminal: global poll
Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts
U.S. Virgin Islands cozied up to Jeffrey Epstein. Now they’re profiting from his sex crimes
Friday, September 22, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Authors' Guild Lawsuite Against OpenAI
How the dream of air conditioning turned into the dark future of climate change
Record Number of Billion Dollar Disasters
Rishi Sunak’s Self-Serving Climate Retreat
The British Prime Minister has rolled back the country’s policies on reducing emissions. To what end?
Fukushima power plant: as Japan discharges treated waste water, nuclear radiation readings don’t add up
The average amount of time it takes for a Russian mobilized soldier to die in Ukraine is 4 and a half months: report
Europe is beating its addiction to plastics. Why is the US so far behind?
Climate change has ravaged India’s rice stock. Now its export ban could deepen a global food crisis
Elon Musk’s Quest for the Future Marred by Unethical Practices and Hidden Agony
Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval
Thursday, September 21, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
“You’re as Sick as Your Secrets”: Will Eric Adams Be the Mayor Who Releases 9/11 Docs?
The Weight of Dust
Popular decongestants have been known to be ineffective for years. Why did they stay on the shelves so long?
Family sues Google, saying it's responsible for a man's death after Maps told him to drive over a bridge that collapsed 9 years ago
Climate change has ravaged India’s rice stock. Now its export ban could deepen a global food crisis
Three Somali mothers battle drought and famine
Amazing Discovery Reveals Why You Didn't Get Your Dad's Mitochondria
Poland will no longer arm Ukraine to focus on its own defence, Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Wednesday, a few hours after Warsaw summoned Kyiv's ambassador amid a row over grain exports.
BREAKING: If Iran gets nuclear weapon, we will get it too, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman says in an interview with Fox News
Turns Out to Be a DNA Time Capsule
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Intelligence suggests agents of India behind killing of B.C. Sikh leader: Trudeau
More people have now died of 9/11-related illnesses than on that day itself.
An artist who turned in two blank canvases titled 'Take the Money and Run' has now been told to repay $75,000
Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco
Why There’s a Serious Cancer Drug Shortage, and How to Fix It
Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Worker's Carbon Footprint
Azerbaijan launches operation against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
Ice sheets can collapse at 600 metres a day, far faster than feared, study finds
New CDC exhibit details health effects from 9/11
Leaders of world’s biggest polluting countries skipping UN climate summit
Monday, September 18, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Federal appeals court revives lawsuit against FDA over COVID-19 ivermectin messaging
Oil companies granted licences to store carbon under the North Sea
Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 14
...Goes Unpunished WESLEY T. MILLER
Lab to table: The promise and the perils of cell-cultured chicken
The Covid Bump
The coronavirus has long since lapsed as a primary concern for most Americans. Can we make progress on a problem when so few seem to care?
Untangling the politics, policies, and messaging behind the current crisis.
Why So Many Migrants Are Coming to New York
US military asks the public for help finding its missing F-35 fighter jet after its pilot had to eject while training over South Carolina
Scientists Devised a Way to Tell if ChatGPT Becomes Aware of Itself
Climate Change Is Hindering Global Growth and Prosperity, U.N. Says
‘He was born for this moment’: Sean Penn on his film with Zelenskiy
Sunday, September 17, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
China’s Refinery Throughput Jumps To Record Highs
Diverse mix of seedlings helps tropical forests regrow better, study finds
Scientists Confirm Sharks Travel More than 1,000 Miles up the Mississippi River
CDC Exhibit on Health Effects of 9/11
Liquid Computer Made From DNA Comprises Billions of Circuits
FDNY wants feds to add certain autoimmune, cardiovascular diseases to 9/11 Ground Zero compensation list
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirms to ABC News it is "looking into" accusations that several members of an agency team tasked with COVID-19 pandemic analysis were paid off "significant" hush money in order to buy a shift in their position about where the virus came from -- but the agency emphasized it does not pay its analysts to reach particular conclusions.
Dianne Lawson, a member of Libraries not Landfills, says teachers told her The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle were removed from their school libraries as part of the PDSB weeding process.
Mayor Johnson Explores City Owned Grocery Stores in Chicago
Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin will resume offering abortions
Saturday, September 16, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Island sees 7,000 migrants arrive in 48 hours
Lampedusa has population of just over 6,000
Arrivals to Spain's Canary Islands more than treble
Outflanked by liberals, Oregon conservatives aim to become part of Idaho
What is Nipah virus? India rushes to contain outbreak.
Switching half of the world’s meat and dairy intake with plants would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and almost entirely halt deforestation, researchers say.
Are Tom’s of Maine and Colgate toothpaste tubes really recyclable?
For First Time, Crows Have Been Found To Use Statistical Inference To Make Decisions
A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse
Who were the first farmers?
Scientists are gaining new understanding of how the brain transitions from life to death. A new study monitored the brains of patients having a cardiac emergency. The brains of some cardiac arrest patients burst into a flurry of activity during CPR, which was conducted for up to an hour after their heart stopped. A subset of the study participants who survived were able to recall the experience.
Armed man posing as law enforcement arrested at RFK event
Friday, September 15, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Trump won’t have to stand trial in October, Georgia judge says
Musk expected to meet with Netanyahu as antisemitism controversy rages
Trump has large lead over Haley, other Republicans in South Carolina, poll finds
Stolen Van Gogh piece is returned in a bloody pillowcase inside an Ikea bag
Nancy Pelosi: Biden thinks Harris is best running mate ‘and that’s what matters’
Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
Russia expels two US diplomats for links to ‘spy’
Ukraine Used British Cruise Missiles in Devastating Sebastopol Attack
Rainforest carbon credit schemes misleading and ineffective, finds report
System not fit for carbon offsetting, puts Indigenous communities at risk and should be replaced with new approach, say researchers
Schiele artworks believed stolen during Holocaust seized from US museums
US launches $1bn tree-planting scheme to mitigate effects of climate crisis
Federal effort will focus on marginalized areas in all parts of country and aims to reduce extreme heat and benefit health
Thursday, September 14, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds
Study highlights conflict between Washington’s claims of climate leadership and its fossil fuel growth plans
FDNY Wants Feds to Add Certain Auto-Immune, Cardiovascular Diseases to 9/11 Compensation List
G20 Policy Recommendation for Digital ID
NYC pension funds and state of Oregon sue Fox over 2020 election coverage
Bill could force companies to notify 9/11 survivors about health programs, but one group is left out (Students)
In September of 2021, the Department of Justice published a report finding that Utah’s Davis School District, just north of Salt Lake City, had violated the civil rights of its students of color by “responding in a clearly unreasonable manner to widespread, pervasive race-based harassment . . . by both students and staff.” The D.O.J. cited common use of the N-word in the district’s schools, and frequent incidents of physical and emotional bullying. The Davis School District reached a settlement with the D.O.J. that October.
Less than a month later, a ten-year-old student in the district named Isabella Tichenor died by suicide, following what her mother alleges were a string of incidents of racist bullying from fellow-students and teachers.
Mathematicians Solve A Key Möbius Strip Problem, After Almost 50 Years of Searching
Washington is full of rats. These dogs are happy to help with that.
Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate
Techniques such as solar radiation management may have unintended consequences, scientists say
Ahmed used to eat a far more nutritious diet of fish and vegetables, but rising salinity in the rivers around his coastal home town of Bhola ended his livelihood in fishing and forced him into the city.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
A Single Gene Variant Protects From Both Alzheimer's And Parkinson's
Fukushima nuclear plant operator says first round of wastewater release is complete
A boy saw 17 doctors over 3 years for chronic pain. ChatGPT found the diagnosis
Ukraine just carried out the same kind of strike on Russia's navy that Elon Musk blocked, believing it could start a nuclear war
Poland Calls for Extension of Grain Embargo
First case of recurrent multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) shown in woman following both COVID-19 vaccination and subsequent infection
World at ‘beginning of end’ of fossil fuel era, says global energy agency
Nato to launch biggest military exercise since cold war
Eight catastrophic floods in 11 days: What’s behind intense rainfall around the world?
Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says
Eric Schmidt: This Is How AI Will Transform How Science Gets Done
Why Biden isn’t getting a credible primary challenger
Many Democrats fear a challenge would pave the way to Trump’s victory. Are they right?
Electric vehicles do produce about 75% less brake dust than petrol cars – but they generate more tyre dust and road wear and churn up more road debris, because their batteries make them, on average, heavier. Road dust is a major global source of microplastics, the tiny plastic particles under 5mm in size that have become an increasingly recognised environmental pollution problem in the past decade.
Justice Department Announces First Criminal Resolution Involving the Illicit Sale and Transport of Iranian Oil in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
The Government Also Seized Almost One Million Barrels of Iranian Crude Oil
Shell Quietly Cuts Carbon Offsets Project
Israeli delegation attends UN heritage conference in Saudi Arabia in first public visit by officials
Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings and requires the court, for purposes of deciding custody, to determine the best interests of the child based on certain factors, including, among other things, the health, safety, and welfare of the child.
This bill, for purposes of this provision, would include a parent’s affirmation of the child’s gender identity or gender expression as part of the health, safety, and welfare of the child.
Some X users, in contrast, were horrified by the movie’s plot, many of whom believe it is a sick attempt to normalize pedophilia and trans-ageism, wherein someone has an “age identity that differs from their chronological age.”
Watch as a Portugal town is flooded by nearly 3 million bottles worth of red wine after a distillery's tanks burst apart
Monday, September 11, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Chinese team grows humanised kidneys in pigs for first time, raising transplant hopes – and ethical concerns
Idaho Wants to Jail Professors for Teaching About Abortion
Idaho’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act effectively strips professors of their First Amendment right to academic speech. We’re suing.
'A silent killer’: How saltwater intrusion is overtaking coastal farmland in the US
As hurricanes get stronger, storm surges are bringing saltwater to farmland—and leaving salt there once waters evaporate.
The frequency, intensity and severity of large-scale wildfires is increasing, but there's an element to it that is under-acknowledged, says Curtis Abraham, a science writer currently studying in Uganda: the declining populations of large herbivores which naturally regulate nature's fire systems.
Architects are cutting big holes in the middle of skyscrapers and adding more floors to turn empty NYC offices into apartments
Revelations of Chinese espionage rock British Parliament
Fran Drescher is easily reelected as SAG-AFTRA president
Up to 2,000 feared drowned after Libyan city hit by ‘catastrophic’ storm floods
The Russian and North Korean leaders are set to meet. Why, and why now?
She survived 9/11. Then she survived cancer four times.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Svenska Dagbladet can reveal that the streaming giant Spotify has been used for money laundering by criminal networks. For the first time, gang criminals themselves tell of how criminal profits have been laundered by buying fake lyssnin
Your Used Bar of Hotel Soap Has a Surprising Afterlife
Extreme heat is forcing America’s farmers to go nocturnal
Randolph H. Pherson is accustomed to uncertainty when it comes to his health. It took the former CIA analyst five years, appointments with a dozen doctors and a trip to an emergency room before he was diagnosed with coronary artery disease so severe he underwent quadruple bypass surgery hours later.
Saudi Arabia is spending billions on sports, tech and everything in between for a post-oil world
Amazon Reportedly Has Pinkerton Agents Surveil Workers Who Try To Form Unions
Fingerprints of Unvaccinated NYC Teachers Flagged to FBI - Michael Kane
Juvenile Crimes - Ch. 13 - No Good Deed... Wesley T. Miller
He was Mormon royalty. Now his lawsuit against the church is a rallying cry.
Phoenix breaks heat record as city hits 110F on 54th day this year
Saturday, September 09, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
In Two Years Poland to Have Largest Land Army in Europe
The Drugs Don't Work
Ukraine is furious with Elon Musk for thwarting an attack on Russia's navy
Reps. Nadler and Goldman call on NYC Mayor Eric Adams to release Giuliani Administration Records on the City’s Knowledge of the Scope of the Health Threats to 9/11 Responders and Survivors - February
Man-made antibody successfully prevents organ rejection after transplantation
Will Eric Adams Be the Mayor Who Releases 9/11 Documents?
Georgia grand jury recommended charging Lindsey Graham, other Trump allies
This summer was hotter for almost everyone in the world, study says
The real reason(s) food allergies are on the rise
The Sierra Club hired its first Black leader. Turmoil over racial equity followed.
Friday, September 08, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
100 Million Seeds From Native Plants Are Released Into the Brazilian Amazon by Daring Skydiver
Women win Mexican primaries; one is likely to be first female president
Biden to block oil drilling in ‘irreplaceable’ Alaskan wildlands
Rotten Tomatoes scores are rigged, according to report
His Mind Helped Rebuild New York. His Body Is Failing Him.
Dan Doctoroff’s efforts to rebuild the city after 9/11 brought him power. A terrible diagnosis brought him peace.
What OpenAI Really Wants
The young company sent shock waves around the world when it released ChatGPT. But that was just the start. The ultimate goal: Change everything. Yes. Everything.
Abortions Rose in Most States This Year, New Data Shows
Scientists grow human embryo in a lab without sperm, egg or womb
Only Sweden Had the Right Covid Response
Chinese operatives are using AI photos to trick American voters and turn them against each other, Microsoft says
Thursday, September 07, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
'No Question' Putin Using Body Double After Mutiny—Russia Analyst
Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars
Farris and Dan Wilks’ deep pockets fund climate denialism education, conservative politicians and pro-fossil fuel projects
What we know about teacher shortages and how to address them
Transmission of Covid Before Manifesting Symptoms - Study
A childhood in 9/11’s shadow: Did the debris cloud poison me?
Asteroid the size of 81 bulldogs to pass Earth on Wednesday - NASA
Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich
Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.
Trump raped E. Jean Carroll, and there's no need for a 2nd jury to waste time on that, judge rules
EU Seizes on Putin and Xi’s G-20 Absence to Engage Africa
Texas Dept Criminal Justice Systemwide Lockdown and Comprehensive Search
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Can We Talk to Whales?
The Transformative, Alarming Power of Gene Editing
Taiwanese soldiers joined US military exercises in Michigan
Scientists Discover Amazing Practical Use For Leftover Coffee Grounds
Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area
Federal appeals court revives lawsuit against FDA over COVID-19 ivermectin messaging
The Lies in Your Grocery Store
Where Dangerous Heat Is Surging
Some Will Benefit More Than Others from New Covid Vaccine
ChatGPT's Emergent Abilities
Monday, September 04, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
The Albanian town that TikTok emptied
Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 12 (part 2 of 2)
Striving For Success, Destined for Disappointment - Wesley T. Miller
Big Farms and Flawless Fries Are Gulping Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow
The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website
The Transformative, Alarming Power of Gene Editing
Chinese nationals posing as tourists have accessed US military bases and other sensitive sites: report
ST is 19 years old. Despite a school career in mainstream education where she was studying for her A levels, she has spent the past year as a patient in an intensive care unit run by the Hospital Trust which brings this application. She has a rare mitochondrial disorder which is a progressively degenerative disease. According to the expert1 evidence which is before the court, there is no cure which might enable ST to resume her life outside the clinical setting of the intensive care unit. She is mechanically ventilated through a tracheostomy. She is fed through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube and is currently undergoing regular haemodialysis. Her disease has resulted in a number of related health problems including impaired sight and hearing loss, chronic muscle weakness, bone disease and chronic damage to her kidneys and lungs.
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The collective view of her treating hospital clinicians is that ST is now in, or fast approaching, the final stage of her life. In February this year, as her condition appeared to worsen, the Trust issued these proceedings to determine the validity of a lasting power of attorney which ST had apparently signed some three months earlier and, specifically, to seek declarations in relation to her capacity and her future medical treatment.
Macron says enforcement of abaya ban in French school will be ‘uncompromising’
Inside the Race to Kill Lantern Flies
Sunday, September 03, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Newly Released Documents Show US Knowledge of Chilean Coup
We Used A.I. to Write Essays for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Here’s How It Went.
The Key Players in Trump’s Plot to Upend the Election, Mapped
A D.C. grocery store is removing Tide, Colgate and Advil to deter theft
NYC migrant crisis sparks latest calls for Staten Island secession
The stories of these children will change the way you think about poverty
Plan for 55,000-acre utopia dreamed by Silicon Valley elites unveiled
Some emperor penguin sites experienced 'total breeding failure' because of sea ice loss
Fossil Fuel Imports Are Already Constrained
Israel, US to Conduct Drills Simulating Attack on Iran Nuclear Facilities
Saturday, September 02, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Copper Giant Aurubis Warns of Massive Theft
London mayor scraps plan for 2025 zero-emission zone
New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns
Tucker Carlson’s accidental confession
David Attenborough to present third series of Planet Earth
Hollywood Studios Have Already Lost the Strike
Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”
Highways are the next antiabortion target. One Texas town is resisting.
A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion
Explainer: How Japan plans to release contaminated Fukushima water into the ocean
What Insects Go Through Is Even Weirder Than We Thought
The Climate Solutions We Can’t Live Without
Virtual-Reality School Is the Next Frontier of the School-Choice Movement
Friday, September 01, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Youth brawls draw hundreds to 2 California malls, including in Torrance
Gabon Military Coup
Nikki Haley is no moderate on abortion
Homeless people were given lump sums of cash. Their spending defied stereotypes.
Scientists Have Observed a Never-Before-Seen Form of Oxygen
10 Medications picked for Price Negotiations
Online Cognitive Behavior Therapy Works as Well as In Person Sessions
Pig Kidney Working in Human
Healthy people can’t typically tickle themselves, but people with schizophrenia can;
Orange juice prices to surge as US crops ravaged by disease and climate