From Jenna Orkin A botched geoengineering experiment to block the sun from hitting Earth won't stop rich donors from pushing forward. The Family That Built an Empire of Pain Any farm, community, homestead or garden project using organic methods can apply to become a WWOOF host. A crisis comms expert says now is Gavin Newsom's chance to get what he wants: the presidency Calls for Biden to Step Aside Are About to Get Deafening Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Team Up to Transform Nuclear Power Heart surgeons left ‘unqualified’ trainees alone during operations, DOJ says California high schoolers will soon need to take financial literacy class to graduate Researchers Make a Smiling Robotic Face From Living Skin Prominent Biden loyalists suggest he should step down PM warns visiting former US officers Iran seeks to conquer Jordan, Saudi Arabia

From Jenna Orkin Royal Air Force unlawfully discriminated against white male recruits in bid to boost diversity, inquiry finds New Antarctic Ice Tipping Point Discovered as Study Says We've Underestimated Melting Hillary Clinton: I’ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here’s What I’m Watching For. The Gene Hackers - archive COVID Is Surging Right Now. Here's What Alarms Doctors The Most. • In a first, cooling costs for public housing residents will be covered. The science is clear: Offshore wind isn’t what’s killing whales. World's Top Universities US supreme court blocks Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement that would shield Sacklers from lawsuits Rights groups protesting at Modi government’s view that criminalising sexual assault violates ‘sanctity’ of marriage

From Jenna Orkin Europe’s Top Airline to Introduce Surcharge to Cover Cost of Clean Fuel Anti-tax protesters storm Kenya’s parliament, drawing police fire as president vows to quash unrest The Rings on Saturn Are Younger than Sharks Israeli Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox must serve in the military Kenyan police crack down on tax protests; Parliament set on fire More and more abandoned satellites are re-entering Earth’s atmosphere and burning up there, yielding a growing garbage patch in the sky. The accumulation of vaporized metals, such as aluminum, copper and lithium, could degrade the planet’s ozone “shield,” which is concentrated in the stratosphere’s lower layer, scientists now warn. The Politics That Derailed Congestion Pricing in New York K-9 officer dies after being left in hot car overnight in Missouri Physicists Accidentally Found a New Way to Represent Pi Brain power: Swiss startup powers computers with mini human brains

From Jenna Orkin 9/11 survivor group sues NYC for documents on Ground Zero toxins Newly released video shows Saudi man filming locations ahead of 9/11 attacks Welsh Senedd members consider criminalising lying by politicians Terrorist attack in Russia's Dagestan region leaves at least 19 dead, local official blames at Ukraine, NATO Fueled by climate change, extreme wildfires have doubled in 20 years Groundbreaking study shows why drinking from plastic bottles may increase your risk of type 2 diabetes The Schools That Are No Longer Teaching Kids to Read Books Julian Assange agrees to plea deal with Biden administration that would allow him to avoid imprisonment in US Astronauts from Boeing's Starliner were supposed to be in space for 8 days. Now they're stuck there with no scheduled return date. Dangote Claims Oil Majors Are Trying to Sabotage Africa’s Biggest Refinery

From Jenna Orkin We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality ap shows Chinese-owned farmland next to 19 US military bases in ‘alarming’ threat to national security: experts Power Outages Cause Suspension of Amtrak at Penn Station These 1,941 historic Ted Cruz emails show how Washington works Microplastics discovered in human penises for the first time Tuition of Terror? How Much Does Qatar’s Money Affect American Academia? Is Qatari terror money funding US universities? Edward Snowden warns public about OpenAI after it appointed an NSA director Gaps In Electoral College Tiebreaker Rules Could Bring Constitutional Crisis A closer look at Harris shows how effective she’s become At least 1,300 hajj pilgrims died during extreme heat, Saudi Arabia says

From Jenna Orkin Israeli military suggests Netanyahu misleading people about Hamas war Federal agents search multiple Oakland locations, including mayor's home Mark Robinowitz: Why we need truth and reconciliation While there's been plenty of Boeing plane drama, some flights on Airbus planes have also run into trouble of late. US Stops Some Mexico Avocado Shipments on Security Concerns Firestorm erupts over requiring women to sign up for military draft The Mysterious 'Ecocide' Collapse of Easter Island Never Really Happened The recycling icon is omnipresent—the green knot of arrows is found on plastic bottles, cereal boxes, and bins curbs across the country. But in the decades since it was introduced, the symbol has duped people into buying more plastic. Island in peril: The Indian government, which inherited Great Nicobar Island from British colonizers, is about to build a massive transshipment terminal there. The island is a UNESCO biosphere reserve and part of the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot. Of the 2,500 plant and animal species so far identified, 17 are only found there. • Vermont Will Be Hotter Than Miami This Week—Blame the Heat Dome

From Jenna Orkin China backed the ringleaders of a global scam network, then turned on them No matter how you prompt it, AI just cannot be funny. | MIT Technology Review The first step in Carney's egg-freezing journey was to go on birth control — something she had never done before. "That week, I was a raging bitch," she said. The pill sent her emotions spiraling in every direction. Then, Carney had to self-inject daily hormone shots for 10 days to coax her ovaries to mature as many eggs as possible. Did the United States Support Gain-of-Function Research in a Wuhan Laboratory? Ecuador hit by nationwide blackout, leaving 17 million in the dark Farming The Next Big Food Source: Crickets Rift grows between Netanyahu and Israeli military over Hamas elimination A 2021 study in Geophysical Research Letters found that summers had grown from 78 to 95 days as the other three seasons shrank, based on when the highest 25 percent of temperatures occurred in a given location. Satellites pose a new threat to the ozone layer. "Excited delirium syndrome" is a completely fabricated term used to explain the deaths of people that occur while they are being physically detained by the police. It is not recognized by the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association or the World Health Organization, and California recently banned its use as a cause of death. Other states are following suit. "Though the term is out of favor and is beginning to be removed from documentation and police training manuals, the medical cover-up for police violence persists," writes Aisha M. Beliso-de Jesús, professor and chair of the Effron Center for the Study of America at Princeton University.

From Jenna Orkin Killed by a scam: A father took his life after losing his savings to international criminal gangs. He’s not the only one Japan Bank to Overhaul Investments as Wrong-Way Rate Bets Trigger Bond Losses 11 steps to keep Meta from stealing your data to train AI The petrodollar agreement, formalized after the 1973 oil crisis, stipulated that Saudi Arabia would price its oil exports exclusively in U.S. dollars and invest its surplus oil revenues in U.S. Treasury bonds. In return, the U.S. provided military support and protection to the kingdom. This arrangement was a win-win situation for both; the U.S. gained a stable source of oil and a captive market for its debt, while Saudi Arabia secured its economic and overall security.  The ‘deal’ was secret. The Saudis did not want the rest of the Arab world to know how closely they were working with Israel’s ally, the US. And even today, the ‘fact checkers’ say the deal was ‘fake news,’ that nothing formal ever existed which mandated the Saudis would sell oil only in dollar. Formal or informal, the actual terms of the relationship have been away from the public for more than 40 years. But the sweetheart deal was part of the reason the US attacked Iraq rather than Saudi Arabia, following 9/11. The perps were almost all Saudis, not Iraqis. But Saudi Arabia was a major holder of US debt with a special status. That deal expired on June 9th, according to reports. Ellen Brown: Why Does the Government Borrow When It Can Print? The American Election that Set the Stage for Trump Engineering instruction has the benefit of teaching science, math, engineering, reading and writing in one fell swoop, writes Christine M. Cunningham, senior vice president of STEM learning at the Museum of Science, Boston. She and colleagues at the museum have created kindergarten through 12th grade engineering lessons that could be incorporated into school curricula. Public Intellectual Noam Chomsky Suffered ‘Massive Stroke’ and Is Recovering in Brazil Slowing demand growth and surging supply put global oil markets on course for major surplus this decade What is a heat dome and how is it contributing to the heatwave in the US Approximately 80% of country’s population is experiencing temperatures at or above 90F for long periods of time

From Jenna Orkin Benjamin Netanyahu disbands Israeli war cabinet The Arctic could become 'ice-free' within a decade, sooner than projected, study says Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet but plans to keep far right sidelined AI is already directing military drone strikes in Russia and Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere. The U.S. has been vocal about incorporating automated systems into its military operations in the coming years. We need robust laws now to withstand eliminating humans from nuclear decision-making, writes Tamlyn Hunt, a scholar and writer affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara. The professors turned porn stars “during a favorable market and a hard elver run, a Mainer may earn a hundred thousand dollars in a single haul.” Are animals conscious? How new research is changing minds ‘Making this film was forbidden’: how Agnieszka Holland’s migrant thriller inflamed the Polish right Israel, Hezbollah on 'brink' of all-out war, officials warn Los Angeles council OKs study of removing police from traffic enforcement

From Jenna Orkin Incoming Post editor tied to self-described ‘thief’ who claimed role in his reporting Justice Thomas' Supreme Court opinion on bump stocks is a stinking, rotting carcass of a lie Anatomy of a science meeting: How controversial pesticide research all but vanished from a major conference Idaho farmer sounds the alarm over water restrictions that can damage 500K acres of farmland: 'Significant' New COVID Variant: What To Know About KP.3 Earth's Hottest June Day Ever Recorded Instead of a social network for the population, Hamas has built a network of tunnels under the feet of the Palestinians. Even under hospitals, schools and kindergartens financed by the international community. Gaza is a single military barracks, a deep state of anti-Semitism underground. Complete and yet invisible. In Iran, there is a saying: Israel needs its weapons to protect its people. And Hamas needs its people to protect its weapons. Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 33 Wedding Bells and That Time Marijuana Saved My Life WESLEY T. MILLER New filing reveals Rudy Giuliani’s company received financial support from 9/11 first responders foundation: Report Older women are being significantly shortchanged by medical research

From Jenna Orkin Scientists Connect 16 Mini Brains Made of Human Tissue to Create a "Living Computer" An early summer heat wave broke calendar-day records in Nevada, Arizona, and California this month. OPEC Slams IEA for “Dangerous” Forecast of Peak Oil Demand by 2030 Deadly and Wildly Profitable, Uranium Fever Breaks Out The radioactive metal’s price is up 233%, revealing the speed at which the world is embracing nuclear power once again. Income Needed by Individual to Live Comfortably in Every State The current outbreak of the subtype of bird flu called H5N1 in dairy cows has escalated to an alarming level and is now infecting humans. The dairy industry and regulatory agencies need to move quickly to stop H5N1 from seeding a human epidemic, write veterinarians Kay Russo, Michelle Kromm and Carol Cardona. " F.A.A. Investigating How Counterfeit Titanium Got Into Boeing and Airbus Jets Tattoos Associated with Increased Lymphoma Risk Putin: Peace if Ukraine stops NATO plans, gives up regions Pope Invites Comedians

From Jenna Orkin A WILD PLAN TO AVERT CATASTROPHIC SEA-LEVEL RISE Rise of the Nanomachines The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, fired around 160 projectiles at Israel Wednesday after Israel killed one of its top commanders, Taleb Sami Abdullah, on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said. Mysterious 'hole' on Mars could be future home for astronauts El Niño has ended. Here’s what that means for a streak of record heat. An account of Jesus as a boy is decoded from an ancient papyrus scrap Survey: Job Seekers Beware of Ghost Jobs One Investor’s Uphill Battle to Turn Rewilding Into a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry Hottest June Day Ever Recorded in Mexico Wild New Study Suggests Gravity Can Exist Without Mass

From Jenna Orkin Fed’s $1 trillion pile of paper losses are turning into actual losses — with more in sight Acropolis closed during hottest hours in Greece’s earliest heatwave on record Swiss lawmakers reject climate ruling in favour of female climate elders southern Florida sees record-breaking storms with up to 8in of rainfall Three products from Samyang Foods assessed to be so hot they pose risk of ‘acute poisoning’ More than 110,000 children in England and Scotland are still suffering. For Toby, it has meant pain, crushing fatigue and sadness – as well as months off school How Members of the Chinese Diaspora Found Their Voices Sparing vs Sharing: The Great Debate Over How to Protect Nature Researchers have estimated that generative AI responses on search engines like Google could consume an order of magnitude more energy than traditional search. A Russian submarine just appeared near Florida. The US has worried about subs like it for years.

From Jenna Orkin ‘They shouldn’t be raking in money,’ cries driver after city illegally collects $500k in automatic traffic fees Hunter Biden found guilty of lying during gun purchase Four U.S. college educators stabbed in park in China, officials say Mexico's new president is a climate scientist. Nature reviewed the legacy of well-known politicians with backgrounds in science and engineering, and evaluated how they fared. Recent discoveries are changing the outdated views of consciousness and have practical implications for resuscitation practices. “If we understand the mechanisms of death, then this could lead to new ways of saving lives,” says Jimo Borjigin, a neuroscientist from the University of Michigan Medical School. Rudy Giuliani May Have 9/11 Lung Disease, His Attorney Says Afghanistan’s Taliban Reports $80 Million In Crude Oil Sales In 10 Days Hundreds of police have sexually abused kids. How do they avoid prison time? Israel and Hamas have both committed war crimes since 7 October, says UN body ‘The big story of the 21st century’: is this the most shocking documentary of the year?

From Jenna Orkin Millions of very hungry spongy moth caterpillars are munching their way through U.S. forests, enabled by drought. Researchers are developing AI tools that can quickly detect and debunk false or misleading claims about climate change. Numerous studies of news coverage of protests--including both left-wing and right-wing protests--show that journalists follow an uninformative template of ignoring the actual issues of the protest, writes Douglas M. McLeod, a professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Rather than report on issues, mass media follows a kind of "protest paradigm," by highlighting rude or violent behavior, disparaging non-normative personalities among protestors, and minimizing the effectiveness of protests. It's fascinating that multiple phases of sleep contribute to "cleaning out" parts of the brain. While immersive dream REM sleep serves to wash away some emotional distress overnight, researchers also think that cerebral spinal fluid flushes out toxins from the brain during non-REM sleep. I hope you spent solid time in all phases of sleep this weekend. The Immigration Story Nobody Is Talking About Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study The secret recordings of Alito and Roberts will likely backfire Question What factors are associated with SARS-CoV-2 viral load at the time of COVID-19 diagnosis, and is viral load associated with disease severity? Doctors Protecting Children - Declaration Absent Teachers Risk Costing American Schools $4 Billion a Year

From Jenna Orkin Exclusive-Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states Trial results for new lung cancer drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? Father of Israeli hostage Almog Jan ‘died of grief’ hours before son’s rescue A home in Ohio for African immigrants with nowhere to go Doctors couldn’t help. They turned to a shadow system of DIY medical tests. Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 32 Flirtations... WESLEY T. MILLER A local councilwoman was gunned down Friday as she was leaving her home in the southern state of Guerrero, authorities and local media said, marking the second female politician to be killed in Mexico after Claudia Sheinbaum became the first woman to win the country's presidency last week. Tim Cook is about to reveal Apple's plan to dominate the internet for another decade American gain, global pain

From Jenna Orkin Scientists Working on Desperate Plan to Refreeze Arctic 4 Israeli hostages, including Noa Argamani, rescued in Gaza operation Python in West Side Backyard Alex Jones Is Finally Screwed World's 1st carved horse: The 35,000-year-old ivory figurine from Vogelherd cave Mexico's Political Rebellion ‘Catastrophic landslide’ closes critical mountain highway between Wyoming and Idaho Is Sam Altman the ultimate personality hire? Tokyo to launch first government-run dating app to try and halt plunging birth rate Stanford PhD physicist applies for rural clerk job in central Chinese town

From Jenna Orkin China’s Sinopec to Build Gas Pipelines for Saudi Aramco in $1-Billion Deal We have no Plan B if Ukraine falls, says Estonia The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv is warning dual U.S.-Ukrainian citizens they will no longer be able to depart the war-torn country if they are otherwise eligible for conscription. Water company installs locked shields over fire hydrants in South LA to prevent theft Russia is expected to begin naval, air exercises in Caribbean, U.S. official says Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending You Can Now Buy Gold Bars From Vending Machines in South Korea Record 2,100 sea lions spotted at San Francisco docks New York passes laws protecting kids from addictive social media content

From Jenna Orkin US Senate to hold vote on protecting birth control in effective dare to GOP The end of the great northern forests? The tiny tree-killing beetle wreaking havoc on our ancient giants US maternal mortality rate far higher than in peer nations, report finds Alarming disparities persist, particularly between white and Black mothers, according to new report by Commonwealth Fund Can State Supreme Courts Preserve—or Expand—Rights? Charted: Declining Birth Rates in the Most Populous Countries (1950-Today) Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs heading to New York area as they spread across East Coast, experts say The United Nations predicts dozens of countries will have shrinking populations by 2050. China and Japan, two countries with falling birth rates, are trying new things to entice people to have children--China with a cash incentive, and Japan through a government-run dating app, announced this week. But declining populations are good news, says Stephanie Feldstein, the population and sustainability director at the Center for Biological Diversity. "Considering no other large animal’s population has grown as much, as quickly or as devastatingly for other species as ours, we should all be celebrating population decline," she says. END THE PHONE-BASED CHILDHOOD NOW Scientists have discovered a cause of inflammatory bowel disease. They said it's a 'holy grail' discovery that could transform treatments. More young people are having strokes. A doctor shares 3 ways to help prevent them.

From Jenna Orkin Lawmakers expensed millions in 2023 under new program that doesn’t require receipts Massive melon-size hail could be a Texas record Invasive fish that can survive on land for days found in Missouri Nato maps out plan to block Russian invasion Biosolids, derived from sewage sludge, have contaminated farmland and livestock with harmful chemicals, including PFAS. The EPA has historically promoted biosolids as safe, despite evidence of widespread chemical contamination. Magnet Fishing for 100k EPOCH TIMES Chief Financial Officer Of Multinational Media Company Charged With Participating In Scheme To Launder At Least $67 Million In Fraud Proceeds May and spring were warmest on record in UK, Met Office says Season’s high temperatures come despite wettest spring since 1986 and the sixth wettest on record Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work

From Jenna Orkin Ukraine can use Netherlands' F-16s to strike inside Russia as self-defense, Dutch minister says And in 1920, when Kafka was thirty-seven, with scarcely three years to live and “The Castle” still unwritten, anti-Jewish rioting again erupted in Prague. “I’ve spent all afternoon out in the streets bathing in Jew-hatred,” Kafka wrote in a letter contemplating fleeing the city. “Prašive plemeno—filthy brood—is what I heard them call the Jews. Isn’t it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated? . . . The heroism involved in staying put in spite of it all is the heroism of the cockroach, which also won’t be driven out of the bathroom.” This cohort study of 71 341 US female individuals born between 1950 and 2005 found significant trends toward earlier menarche and longer time to regularity over time, and these trends were more pronounced among those who were non-Hispanic Black, Asian, or of other or multiple races (compared with non-Hispanic White individuals) and among low socioeconomic status groups. Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It Car Wars Is China’s electric-vehicle industry a threat to the U.S., or something to learn from? The military’s climate emissions are huge but uncounted. Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert The 3rd human case of bird flu in the US has 2 new and troubling symptoms Last year all the data centers in the world had room for 10.1 zettabytes of information — roughly 456 billion Wikipedias. And with the rise of artificial intelligence, which requires vast quantities of data and power, the global capacity of data centers is expected to double by 2027.

From Jenna Orkin First use of weather forecasts to show human impact on extreme weather is 'transformational,' scientists say Octopuses rewrite their own RNA to survive freezing temperatures How Many Holes Does the Universe Have Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Melting Even Faster Than Scientists Thought The Revisionist History of the Trump Trial Has Already Begun France files preliminary terrorism charges against teenager accused of plan to attack Olympic fans North Korea sends balloons full of manure and trash over the border to South Korea CDC reports person with bird flu presenting new symptoms A “Stunningly Decisive” End to Donald Trump’s Trial Will Mexico Decide the U.S. Election?