Saturday, February 10, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Oakland nonprofit aims to mentor Black young men through STEM
Wife Of 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Producer Dies By Suicide In US Hotel: Report
Ex-Premier Khan's Party Overperforms in Election
Scientists just set a nuclear fusion record in a step toward unleashing the limitless, clean energy source
Biden’s Righteous Fury at Being Called an “Elderly Man with a Poor Memory”
Still, the White House would have been wiser to focus on the special counsel’s decision not to bring classified-documents charges against the President.
The Supreme Court and the Risks of January 6, 2025
The Justices seem to want to avoid a major decision about whether Trump can serve as President—but if they do so they may set off a national crisis.
Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds
Collapse in system of currents that helps regulate global climate would be at such speed that adaptation would be impossible
US court bans three weedkillers and finds EPA broke law in approval process
Ruling, specific to three dicamba-based weedkillers, is major blow to Bayer, BASF and Syngenta
Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show
Friday, February 09, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Bionic Woman Is First to Have Robotic Limb Merged With Bone
Asian Americans voice reasons they back Republicans in New Hampshire
Japan PM vows to provide Africa with support for food security
5.5 tons of radioactive water leaked from Fukushima nuclear plant: media
Drugs, oil, and war : the United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina
Responsibility
Peter Dale Scott.
Scientists discover an alarming change in Antarctica’s past that could spell devastating future sea level rise
InsideDefense.com:
U.S. foreign military sales increased by 56% in fiscal year 2023 for a record-breaking total of $81 billion, a significant boost above the $52 billion reported in FY-22 and coming at a time when NATO is bolstering its defenses against Russia, according to new data from the State Department.
"This is the highest annual total of sales and assistance provided to our allies and partners,” the State Department said in a new fact sheet released today.
This week the EPA tightened regulations on particulate air pollutants, estimating savings of up to $46 billion dollars in avoided health care and hospitalization costs by 2032 and 4,500 prevented deaths.
THE NORD STREAM GHOST SHIP
The false details in the CIA's cover story
Vladimir Putin pulled a classic power move that steamrolled Tucker Carlson
EU Eases Demands in 2040 Climate Proposal
Thursday, February 08, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Tucker Carlson Has Interviewed Putin in Moscow, Kremlin Says
Strategies to reduce the risks of mRNA drug and vaccine toxicity
El arresto clave que confirmó la presencia de miembros del Tren de Aragua en Chicago
Telemundo Chicago Investiga fue el primero en reportar las comunicaciones de inteligencia de la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Cook que confirmaban la presencia de esta banda criminal en nuestra área.
ERO Philadelphia removes convicted terrorist to Bangladesh
Israel confirms deaths of 31 hostages as Hamas responds to truce proposals
Was an Antiwar Russian Tricked Into Carrying Out an Assassination Plot?
The Limits of Accusing Israel of Genocide
A contentious debate is raging over whether liquid natural gas is a cleaner fossil fuel than coal.
Why genetics makes drug development more reliable – and more human
Africa's Population Density
Tuesday, February 06, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Will Plants Ever Fertilize Themselves?
Biologists aim to engineer crops that can eat nitrogen straight from the air.
AI-POWERED CLOCK SOMETIMES HALLUCINATES THE WRONG TIME
It's Confirmed! Laser Fusion Experiment Hit a Critical Milestone in Power Generation
‘In a word, horrific’: Trump’s extreme anti-environment blueprint
Nuclear-Fusion Reaction Beats Breakeven
Ten things Canadians need to know about the giant radioactive waste mound coming to the Ottawa River
SILICON VALLEY GUYS CASUALLY CALCULATING PROBABILITY THEIR AI WILL DESTROY HUMANKIND
Pigeon Accused of Spying for China Freed in India
Rise in Storm Intensity Prompts Calls For a Whole New Category of Hurricane
Dozens of conservative organizations have banded together to provide Donald Trump a road map—known as Project 2025—to boost fossil fuels and limit government research on the climate if he is elected president.
We Breached The 1.5 °C Threshold Over 10 Years Ago, Study Warns
From Jenna Orkin
Cyberattack on Pennsylvania courts didn't appear to compromise data, officials say
• A lack of diverse physicians is a known factor that leads to health care inequalities. Since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action last year, how are medical schools going to ensure they have a diverse student body, ask Cesar Padilla and Michael Galvez, a physician and surgeon, respectively. "Guaranteed community-college-to-medical school pathways could drastically increase the socioeconomic diversity ... of medical school classes," they say.
For more twists and turns from Patrick Radden Keefe, read about the surreal case of a C.I.A. hacker’s revenge; the notorious gangster exposed by his own sister; and the detectives who never forget a face.
We Breached The 1.5 °C Threshold Over 10 Years Ago, Study Warns
A Russian ship sunk last week was taken out by 6 sea drones powered by Jet Skis, pilot says
Thermal Coal Exports Hit 5-Year High
Bank of America Backtracks on Pledge Not to Finance Coal
Atmospheric River Storms in California
Informed by new research, Dartmouth will reactivate the standardized testing requirement for undergraduate admission beginning with applicants to the Class of 2029
U.S. And Iranian Attacks In The Middle East Threaten Major Oil Price Rises
Monday, February 05, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, DeHeng Law Offices PC, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), in coordination with the Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance (CALDA), are challenging Florida’s discriminatory property law, SB 264, on behalf of four individual plaintiffs and a Florida real estate brokerage firm that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent.
Tucker Carlson at the Bolshoi
How the US is preparing for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan
Polish farmers to stage more protests at Ukrainian border, nationwide
23AndMe Loses 94% Value
The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked American and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
Water futures set to join likes of gold and oil and trade on Wall Street for first time ever
In Kenya, the king of the jungle faces a new challenge — ants
Your plant-based meat could soon have animal fat
World Carbon Emissions
Sunday, February 04, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
The Risks in Attacking the Houthis in Yemen
A year after East Palestine derailment, rail industry blocks new safety rules
Oregon Supreme Court rules that Republican senators who walked out last year can’t seek reelection
Study examines carbon footprint of urban-farmed food
An Impressive Jobs Report Shows the U.S. Economy Powering Into an Election Year
Strong employment growth and improving consumer sentiment are good news for any Presidential incumbent seeking reëlection.
The Immigration Battle in Washington, and the Real Crisis at the Border
Where Will Virtual Reality Take Us?
Apple’s Vision Pro headset suggests one possible future—but there are others.
Vermont is debating a 'millionaires tax.' Massachusetts added $1 billion to its budget and paid for school lunches with a similar tax.
Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 25
Finding My Footing Again
WESLEY T. MILLER
The Negro Soldier - 1945
Saturday, February 03, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Measles cases have ticked up at an alarming rate in the U.K. because of low MMR vaccination. The U.S. could see similar outbreaks.
Chronic wasting disease is a neurological illness that is spreading rapidly in deer, elk and other animals. It could easily spill over to infect humans.
• Cleaning Water Naturally the Ancient Maya Way
Co-Teaching a Class on Israel and Palestine
A miniature academic peace process suggests how a university might organize for difficult subjects—and what, after all, universities are.
AI researchers find AI models learning their safety techniques, actively resisting training, and telling them 'I hate you'
China keeps data on its use of the death penalty secret, although Amnesty International estimates that the country is the top executioner globally, with thousands executed and sentenced to death each year.
Four Secret Service agents were disciplined after getting snookered by imposter federal cops
Stay away from US stocks, expect the AI bubble to burst, and brace for a recession, elite investor Jeremy Grantham says
War on Gaza: Who are the Israeli settlers sanctioned by the US government?
Israel defense minister declares victory in Gaza's Khan Younis
Friday, February 02, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
• Injections of no-longer-used growth hormone derived from cadavers may have “seeded” Alzheimer’s in some people, a small study suggests.
The U.S., by far, produces the most heat-trapping gasses in the atmosphere, but poorer countries pay some of the steepest costs that result from a warmer climate. It's time that wealthy nations compensate poorer ones for their climate damages, write the editors of Scientific American: "We call on those who have become rich at the expense of a less livable world to prioritize the needs of developing countries and others bearing the brunt of the climate crisis."
Tesla issues recall for most of its cars in the US over warning light issue
The FBI may have missed a 'hidden room' in the hunt for documents at Mar-a-Lago: report
Deport NYC’s cop-beating migrants — if we can find them after they were let loose on no bail
Several Bizarre Visual Symptoms Shown to Be a Strong Predictor For Alzheimer's
The First Water Source That Will Disappear in a Crisis
A Houthi missile was just seconds from hitting a US warship. The Navy used its ‘last line of defense’
Persons of Interest
Barbara Lee’s Antiwar Campaign for the Senate
In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream?
Nairobi Gas Explosion
Thursday, February 01, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Can Slowing Down Save the Planet?
In a best-selling manifesto, the Marxist philosopher Kohei Saito calls us to reject the logic of economic growth and embrace a different kind of plenty.
ChatGPT probably won't help create biological weapons, OpenAI says
Chinese hackers are preparing to 'wreak havoc' on US electrical grids, water treatment plants, and oil and gas pipelines: FBI director
US weighing options to recognise a Palestinian state: Report
Cognitive Ability and Miscalibrated Financial Expectations
US weaponry exports hit record high in 2023, boosted by Ukraine war
A Strange Plastic Rock Has Ominously Invaded 5 Continents
The Case for Making Low-Tech ‘Dumb’ Cities Instead of ‘Smart’ Ones
Scientists found a major clue why 4 of 5 autoimmune patients are women
Trump spent more than $55 million in donor money on legal fees last year, filings show
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