From Jenna Orkin

Four Reasons Civilization Won’t Decline: It Will Collapse

2 aides for Ilhan Omar challenger shot, 1 killed; no apparent relationship to the campaign...

Thousands of Migrating Birds Drop Dead Across Southwestern U.S.

Now they want to burn JK Rowling’s books

Human Flesh Looks Like Beef, But the Taste Is More Elusive 

It’s like pork. Or maybe veal - Smithsonian(!)

The White House is expected to announce massive disaster relief for Puerto Rico 3 years after Trump tossed paper towels to survivors of Hurricane Maria

How one Native American tribe is protecting itself from the coronavirus amid legal threats and funding delays from the US government

All-time coronavirus cases have surpassed 30 million, doubling in the past 2 months

Goldman Sachs says oil prices are set to move 'meaningfully higher' into next year. Here are 7 reasons why the firm is bullish, and 5 stocks it recommends buying in advance

A cyberattack that hit a German hospital may have led to a woman's death

Facebook employees with video camera glasses are prowling the streets to do research on privacy

 From Jenna Orkin

“Ziad was like Luke Skywalker. You know when Luke walks the invisible path? You have to believe it’s there…Yeah, Ziad believed it. He was like Luke Skywalker.” Rodriguez trained Ziad Jarrah for six months.

On Sept 11, 2001, Ziad Jarrah took control of the United Airlines flight 93 as part of the orchestrated 9/11 terrorist attack.

C.D.C. Testing Guidance Was Published Against Scientists’ Objections

 in many states we’re seeing both permanent and temporary closures rise across the nation, with 60% of those closed businesses not reopening (97,966 permanently closed). 

From the Columbia Journalism Review:

"In the same way that the news media has given Gates an outsize voice in the pandemic, the foundation has long used its charitable giving to shape the public discourse on everything from global health to education to agriculture."

"Insofar as journalists are supposed to scrutinize wealth and power, Gates should probably be one of the most investigated people on earth—not the most admired."

California Fires Emitting Record Amounts CO2

Armed civilian roadblocks in Oregon town fuel fears over vigilantism

Nearly 100 Earthquakes in Yellowstone in 72 Hours

Foreigners Dump Record $54BN In Corporate Debt As Japan Treasury Holdings Surge To All Time High

This video shows a crowd of anti-maskers 'invading' a Target in Fort Lauderdale, yelling 'take your masks off' and 'we're not going to take it anymore'

• Trump normalizing possibility of violence in 2020 election

• India Sees 100k Daily Cases In New Global Record; 30 Million Milestone Nears: Live Updates

 From Jenna Orkin

Satellites show smoke from US wildfires reaches Europe

World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature – UN report

Hundreds of Americans Planted 'Chinese Mystery Seeds'

GWU Enrollment Down 17%

Manhattan rental market plunges, leaving 15,000 empty apartments in August

Anne Hidalgo le confirme : la rue de Rivoli ne rouvrira pas aux voitures

Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust

‘This is f---ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories

American chains are turning to Mexican toilet paper as they struggle to keep shelves stocked

Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Both Refer To 'Harris Administration' During Public Speeches

 From Jenna Orkin

Sewage from US Embassy, NATO headquarters dumped into Kabul River due to aging infrastructure

An ICE Nurse Revealed That A Georgia Detention Center Is Performing Mass Hysterectomies

Netflix Won’t Cancel ‘Cuties’ at Home, But Might Have to Abroad

Painting one turbine blade black reduces bird fatalities by 72%, says study

A pod of 'crazy' killer whales is launching coordinated attacks on boats, terrifying the sailors and baffling scientists

Oregon braces for a "mass fatality incident" as wildfires rage in western states

The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure

Mathematician comes to defence of TikTok teen blasted for saying math isn't real

IEA cuts global oil demand outlook in 2020 to 2013 levels; 'treacherous' path lies ahead for economic recovery

Bill Gates says the pandemic wiped out 25 years of vaccine progress in 25 weeks

Amazon is recruiting 100,000 new staff in its fourth major US hiring spree of the pandemic

Whistleblower alleges mass hysterectomies at ICE detention center

Citi CEO Leaves First Female Boss To Face Fed Music For Systems SNAFU

 From Jenna Orkin

US judge: Saudi royals must answer questions in 9/11 lawsuit

Yellowstone National Park has experienced 90 earthquakes in the last 72 hours

Iran To Link Its Power Grid To Russia, Azerbaijan

HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country’ contains a plot point that resembles an age-old anti-Semitic lie. Why?

Earth Hasn’t Warmed This Fast in Tens of Millions of Years

China Serves Up Pig-Backed Loans for Its Hogtied Farmers

Anti-maskers forced to dig graves for COVID-19 victims in Indonesia

he UK faces a 'cascade' of new coronavirus cases and could be heading towards a second 'hard' lockdown, an expert has warned

After decades of climate change, 42 square miles of ice broke away from the largest remaining Arctic shelf and shattered

Iran is considering assassinating the US ambassador to South Africa as revenge for top general Qassem Soleimani, report says

1. TikTok owner ByteDance rejected Microsoft's bid for the app's US operations, Oracle reportedly chosen as US 'technology partner'
2. TikTok may be trying not to be sold at all
3. Trump says he'll try to 'negotiate' a 3rd term in office
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   Trump broke rules to hold indoor rally, only on-camera fans had masks
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   Stone calls for Trump to declare 'martial law' in election loss

 From Jenna Orkin

Large number of Russian warships deployed between Syria and Cyprus: photo

Oregon’s air quality is so far beyond ‘hazardous’ that no one knows what it means for health

In Oregon, a New Climate Menace: Fires Raging Where They Don’t Usually Burn

Long Time Climate Denier Hired at NOAA

 

Google just changed the higher education game. Colleges and universities should be paying attention.

1. Facebook removes false claims that antifa started Oregon fires
2. Facebook's Peter Thiel reportedly dined with a white nationalist
3. Facebook will give staff paid time off to work at polling stations

4. A supercomputer found a promising theory about why COVID-19 cases go downhill fast. It even explains the bizarre range of symptoms.

   Popular QAnon Website Shuts Down After Citigroup Employee And Webmaster Doxxed And Stalked

A Los Angeles artist is selling $180 'Karen' Halloween masks, calling them 'the real monsters of 2020'

But to say there's a rise in misogyny is pure paranoid feminist BS.

 From Jenna Orkin

“There’s an input on the computer that you tested positive for COVID?”

“Yes,” the student answers. He goes on to disclose that he tested positive a week before and that every single person at the party has COVID-19, including two people from the house across the street.

Latest: 500,000 people in Oregon forced to flee wildfires

How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled

Oregon's Firefighting Helicopters Are Deployed in Afghanistan as the State Burns 

Between 2007 and 2018, the national suicide rate among persons aged 10–24 increased 57.4%.

Tape shows: ethically, CNN chief a little shaky

Trump appointees sought to alter CDC scientific reports so they don't contradict or undermine the president

'The worst crash in our lifetime': One market expert says stocks are screaming towards a Great Depression-like setup in early 2021 — and warns an 80% to 90% plunge isn't out of the question

IBM's reopening plan is a case study in how leaders can safely bring employees back to the office during the pandemic

The New York Times just started offering parent employees a stipend as high as $600 a week for childcare and in-person tutoring

California just made it easier for inmate firefighters to become professionals, allowing them to have their nonviolent criminal records wiped clean

Alexa Is Fuelling Men's Fantasies

 From Jenna Orkin

Massive smoke clouds seen from space over California, West Coast: VIDEO

Oregon governor: 'This could be the greatest loss of life and structures due to wildfire in state history'

To Manage Wildfire, California Looks To What Tribes Have Known All Along

Chinese fighter jets enter Taiwan airspace for second day

America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral

‘Doomsday glacier’ in Antarctica melting due to warm water channels under surface, scientists discover

EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration secretly withheld millions from FDNY 9/11 health program

France Suffers Record Jump In COVID-19 Cases As Europe's "Second Wave" Builds: Live Updates

Whole Foods workers say a new company policy is a 'slap in the face' and a 'disgusting abuse' of people who worked during the height of the pandemic

New York City is allowing indoor dining to reopen at 25% capacity, but experts say it isn't enough to save restaurants

"It literally makes no sense to put my life at risk and my staff members at risk for 12 people to come and dine at Dirt Candy," Amanda Cohen said.

 From Jenna Orkin

Wildlife in 'catastrophic decline' due to human destruction, scientists warn

Firefighters told to disengage with wildfire in Clackamas County, fire officials said

Teacher Deaths in Three States

Role of Black Bourgeoisie in Coopting Our Movement

Panic amid towering inferno at Beirut's port

Dozens of Amazon's own products have been reported as dangerous -- melting, exploding or even bursting into flames. Many are still on the market

(Broadway) Coronavirus pandemic strains companies along key avenue; survey finds 78% increase in empty storefronts since 2017

Electric Cars Won't Save the Planet

China strategically dehydrated Laos, buried it under loans and now controls its national electric grid

Carl Bernstein: Woodward's Trump revelations 'graver' than Watergate

The US said it had canceled the visas of 1,000 Chinese students to stop them stealing 'sensitive military research'

Amazon added the ex-NSA spy chief who presided over the Edward Snowden scandal to its board

25 times Trump downplayed COVID-19 publicly after telling Bob Woodward on tape it was 'more deadly than strenuous flus'

 From Jenna Orkin

China Looks To Build Espionage Hub In Iran Under 25-Year Deal

Oxford vaccine trial on hold because of potential safety issue

Cryptocurrencies Rarely Used to Launder Money, Fiat Preferred

Nuclear power facility in Scotland will not be safe for other uses until the year 2333, report finds

One Tasmanian's 54-year obsession to catalogue all of the world's edible plants to end malnutrition

Justice Dept. Intervenes to Help Trump in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Lawsuit

 

Entire Rochester Police Command Resigns

1.3 million active-duty troops will have their payroll taxes deferred under Trump's controversial order — and they can't opt out

China is the world's biggest shipbuilder, and its ability to rapidly produce new warships would be a 'huge advantage' in a long fight with the US, experts say

Boris Johnson's government is blaming the public for its coronavirus test shortage as a surge of infections triggers new lockdown restrictions

Boris Johnson's government bans gatherings of more than 6 people in England as coronavirus cases rise