From Jenna Orkin

US, OAS, Colombia try to steal Ecuador’s election from popular socialist candidate, while spreading fake news

$1m a minute: the farming subsidies destroying the world - report

Academics called breastfeeding 'ethically problematic' because it endorses 'gender roles.' Their view is gaining traction.

William Shakespeare ditched by woke teachers over ‘misogyny, racism’

National Guard troops could remain in DC until Fall 2021

The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 ElectionDeep freeze sends Texas electricity prices soaring 10,000%

Electoral Commission REJECTS controversial bid to make Black Lives Matter a political party because it is 'likely to mislead voters' as it is not associated with main protest groups

White House says Ebola outbreaks in Africa need swift action to avoid ‘catastrophic consequences’

Veep Kamala Harris takes foreign calls on behalf of Biden

Another US Navy destroyer challenged China in the South China Sea by sailing past contested islands without asking permission

York heats up as AG Letitia James sues the company over COVID-19 safety measures

 

From Jenna Orkin

S--t Public Defenders See: The Great Covid-19 Jury Charade

Electricity retailer Griddy’s unusual plea to Texas customers: Leave now before you get a big bill

Jews fear what follows after Republicans applauded Marjorie Taylor Greene

Texas’ power grid crumples under the cold

Texas Power Outages: Winter Storm Shocks Texas, Northern Mexico

Fauci: Stimulus bill needs to be passed for schools to reopen

Are university free speech laws necessary - or a ‘war on the woke’?

China weighs limiting rare-earth exports: report

H-1B visa regulations are changing. An expert and top Silicon Valley immigration lawyer share 4 alternatives to the lottery system.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says the Tesla boom is 'remarkably similar' to the dot-com and housing bubbles

From Jenna Orkin

Copper’s Virus-Killing Powers Were Known Even to the Ancients

UK study finds new variant may be up to 70% more deadly

South African COVID-19 variant detected in NYC hospital patient

TASS - Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be built despite US attempts to delay construction - Novak

The far-right Proud Boys group is splintering after its leader was outed as a former FBI informant

Cuba is working on a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine program. It has a history of fighting disease without help from the West

US oil and natural gas prices rise as freezing temperatures leave millions without power in Texas

1. Bill Gates lays out 4 things Biden should do to tackle the climate crisis, including creating an NIH for clean energy

   Experts feared India's farming protests would be COVID superspreader events. Poverty, misinformation and a younger population may explain why cases plummeted instead.

   
   
   Study estimates B.1.1.7 variant far more lethal than original strain

 

From Jenna Orkin

America is too often failing students on climate change

Exclusive: Google's $76 Million Deal With French Publishers Leaves Many Outlets Infuriated

Ex-New York Times boss Jill Abramson responds to unrest at the paper

INFORMATION: Audit Report on “The Department of Energy’s Wildland Fire Prevention Efforts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory”

 

Our review found that activities designed to reduce the impact from wildland fire had not been fully implemented at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in accordance with site plans.1

(2019)Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys—and yes, they may be smarter 

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations

Trump lawyer van der Veen says his house was attacked, he's faced death threats

A bar owner found a way to save money on employee COVID tests — and customers are picking up the tab

Kari Kuelzer says customers are happy to chip in $15 to buy a test for a server, and she found a way to test everyone twice a week for just $300.

Gaia was a wildly popular yoga brand. Now it's a publicly traded Netflix rival pushing conspiracy theories while employees fear the CEO is invading their dreams.

 

From Jenna Orkin

In 'first,' delivery drone gets to destination in Israel without GPS

Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments

The Brazil Variant Is Exposing the World’s Vulnerability

China launches world’s largest carbon market

Polar vortex breaks records in natural gas consumption

 

Powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake jolts Fukushima area

Nine Capitol rioters were charged with sexual assault or had restraining orders for domestic violence: report

At least three are military veterans, and some of the male rioters were once charged with rape and battery, HuffPost reported.

Ex-staffer died by suicide outside Republican congresswoman Beth Van Duyne's home in Texas

19 current and former officers open up about the disastrous response to the Capitol insurrection

"Let's face it. Now the whole world knows where the vulnerabilities of the Capitol are," said one officer. "I don't trust the people above me."

As little as 13% of people who get the coronavirus develop symptoms, a new study suggests

The study's model also showed that asymptomatic cases could represent at least 50% of coronavirus transmission. 

From Jenna Orkin

Shell says its oil production has peaked and will fall every year

Teachers Don't Have To Be Vaccinated To Safely Reopen Schools, CDC Says In New Memo

Drug Prices by Committee: One Way Biden Could Lower Costs

Remote learning isn't new: Radio instruction in the 1937 polio epidemic

'Woke' American Ideas Are a Threat, French Leaders Say

Germany Reportedly Offered U.S. $1 Billion To Save Russian Pipeline

Propane/propylene inventories decline U.S. propane/propylene stocks decreased by 2.2 million barrels last week to 57.6 million barrels as of January 22, 2021, 5.5 million barrels (8.7%) less than the five-year (2016-2020) average inventory levels for this same time of year.

New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll

Crypto advocate Andrew Yang plans to transform New York City into a Bitcoin hub if he's elected mayor

Amazon is pre-emptively suing New York's AG to stop her pressing charges over its COVID-19 response and the firing of an activist worker

The Pfizer vaccine could be effective against the 2 most dangerous COVID-19 variants, according to new data

From Jenna Orkin

German cabinet approves legislation to ban glyphosate from 2024

Longtime Anti-Nuke Activists Face Prison, Again, After Breaking Into Naval Base

POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH INNOVATION

Most interesting is Reuters' disclaimer.

Trump Impeached Because Democrats Don't Want To Face Him In 2024, Legal Team Argues

Lindsey Graham has a very bad take on the Senate impeachment trial

Biden's new conservation corps stirs hopes of nature-focused hiring spree

'People should be alarmed': air pollution in US subway systems stuns researchers

The Spiraling Environmental Costs of Lithium Batteries Could Rival Fossil Fuel

Watch: BMW Made the World’s First Electrified Wingsuit. It Reached 186 MPH on Its First Flight.

Unlikeliest Pandemic Success Story 

From Jenna Orkin

Four in 10 Americans Embrace Some Form of Socialism

Tasmania declares itself 100 per cent powered by renewable electricity

Iran Has Started Producing Uranium Metal, in Violation of 2015 Accords, IAEA Says

Twitter suspends accounts, removes verification of Saudi political prisoners

Covid deaths of Yanomami children fuel fears for Brazil's indigenous groups

Air pollution from fossil fuel emissions responsible for 1 in 5 premature deaths: Harvard report

China population: concerns grow as number of registered births in 2020 plummet

Instagram banned Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the world's most famous anti-vaxxers, for breaking its policies

1. Dow closes at record high as Powell backs low interest rates

US won't accept WHO findings that COVID-19 didn't come from Wuhan lab

Biden now has access to all Trump-Putin call memos, previously hidden 

From Jenna Orkin

In the Oceans, the Volume Is Rising as Never Before

Plan to send diluted plutonium to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant moves forward

As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay

Deepfake Detectors can be Defeated, Computer Scientists Show for the First Time

Vietnam culls 100,000 poultry as bird flu outbreaks spread

Man Clones Old-Growth Redwoods, Plants Them in Safe Places

Someone tried to poison a Florida city by hacking into the water treatment system, sheriff says

Russia, China, and Iran to hold joint naval drills in Indian Ocean soon - RIA

Sahara sand covers European ski resorts and cities – in pictures

Scientists, including Fauci, are facing off over whether to delay 2nd vaccine doses. Here's why the risk of more mutations from delaying shots may ultimately be worth it.

From Jenna Orkin

The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb

There is much we don’t know about the new COVID-19 variant—but everything we know so far suggests a huge danger.

Yertle the Turtle - a parable for our time

CNN Opinion: Why the pandemic won't be over until 2024

The South Dakota Attorney General Killed a Man. Everything Else Is a Mystery.

Denmark to build Artificial Island for Wind Farms to Power the Whole Country

Radio from Everywhere

Massive 1-Year Rise In Homicide Rates Collided With The Pandemic In 2020

AstraZeneca’s Vaccine Does Not Work Well Against Virus Variant in South Africa

1. Megamergers could be a thing of the past thanks to new Senate bill

   More contagious coronavirus variant from UK doubling every 10 days in US