From Jenna Orkin

Conservatives Prepare "Secret Plot" To Oust UK's May If She Backs Off "Hard Brexit"

Elon Musk wants to link computers to our brains to prevent an existential threat to humanity

Amazon's new dirt-cheap gadget is a Trojan horse built to beat Google and invade your home

Spectacular Drop in Renewable Energy Costs Leads to Record Global Boost

"Robots, Drones" Mean Mass Layoffs For Whole Foods Employees

Norway bans use of heating oil in buildings

Big scientific breakthrough at sub-atomic level holds promise for secure comms

America’s War on Drugs - History Channel

In Defense of Cultural Appropriation 

And...

Michael Phelps is going to race a shark

From Jenna Orkin

Who is Otto Warmbier, the college student held prisoner in North Korea

This new animation shows how close Antarctica is to losing an iceberg the size of Delaware

Brexit Is Dead

It’s the end of the world and we know it: Scientists in many disciplines see apocalypse, soon

This map shows the European regions fighting to achieve independence

Republicans Go On Offensive Against Mueller; Call For 'Special Counsel' To Investigate AG Lynch

"Lynching Epidemic" Breaks Out In Venezuela

Alan Pakula's Interview with Woodward/Bernstein
Sheds light in dark corners you didn't even know were there.
Advanced CIA Firmware Has Been Infecting Wi-Fi Routers for Years

(Last year) Eva Golinger: There Is a Very Strong Possibility That President Chavez Was Assassinated

Japan Passes Controversial Bill Boosting Surveillance Powers

Johns Hopkins researchers say they've unlocked key to cancer metastasis and how to slow it

From Jenna Orkin

Detroit is getting a neighborhood of tiny homes that homeless people rent to own
How a public access broadcaster from Austin, Texas became a major conspiracy theorist and one of Trump's most vocal supporters
Guess who. (Blogger's font sizing is way screwed up today.)
ISIS is holding more than 100,000 civilians as 'human shields' in Mosul's Old City
'America's War on Drugs': Inside New Miniseries Exposing Hypocrisy of U.S. Drug Policy
A 9/11 Parable, Resurrected in Newfoundland

From Secrecy News:

The Department of State yesterday released a long-suppressed volume of historical records documenting the role of the United States in the 1953 coup against the Iranian government of Mohammad Mosadeq.
An unexpected country is becoming a biotech powerhouse

ISIS Leader Baghdadi Reportedly Killed In Russian Airstrike

NYC Will Spend $100 Million On Green Rooftops & Tree Planting To Help Beat Extreme Heat

Forbes:  Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis

From Jenna Orkin

Britain will stop giving politicians early access to financial data after fears it is being leaked to the market ahead of release

A French pilot just crossed the English Channel in a flying car

Trump is reportedly being investigated for obstruction of justice — here's what that is

Trump sells Qatar $12 billion of U.S. weapons days after accusing it of funding terrorism

Charleston, S.C. port terminal evacuated as Coast Guard investigates 'dirty bomb' threat
"According to Capt. Stump, a YouTube “conspiracy theorist” [George Webb, of Seth Rich "investigation"(?) fame] made a claim about a threat aboard the Memphis, and authorities are investigating the threat out of an abundance of caution."

Plus ca change.  One way or another, this will be used to heap further ignominy on "conspiracy theorists."
Cuba Scrambles As Venezuela's Oil Industry Collapses

Dramatic New Video Captures Exact Moment Shooter Opened Fire On GOP Baseball Practice

"One Down, 216 To Go" - NY Rep Received Threatening Email After Virginia Shooting

Fox News Drops ‘Fair And Balanced’ Slogan after 21 Years

Record-threatening, ‘crazy’ heat forecast for western U.S. early next week

WARNING: The Global Oil & Gas Industry Is Cannibalizing Itself To Stay Alive

From Jenna Orkin

Congressman among several people shot at congressional baseball practice

It's looking increasingly likely Theresa May could cancel Brexit

Reports: 66-year-old James Hodgkinson named as suspect in congressional baseball practice shooting

Police body camera footage is becoming a state secret

The openly gay son of an immigrant just became Ireland's youngest ever prime minister

Beijing protesters clash with police in rare display of anger over school redistricting
2 Georgia inmates who are 'dangerous beyond description' at large after killing 2 prison guards

Suspect Reportedly Asked "Are Those Republicans Or Democrats" Before Starting To Shoot

Houston Resorts To Selling Off City Streets To Try And Close $100 Million Budget Shortfall

Birds of Paradise (New) video

From Jenna Orkin

By suing a former employee, Amazon may have revealed big plans to take on Microsoft

Peru calls for regional action to avoid a 'sea of blood' in Venezuela

Qatar plans to airlift 4,000 dairy cows into the country as its socioeconomic crisis threatens food supplies

Stockman Fears Fiscal Bloodbath As "Mother Of All Debt Ceiling Crises" Looms

In Major Win For Beijing Panama Establishes Ties With China, Cuts Relations With Taiwan

JPMorgan Pulls Ads From NBC News After Megyn Kelly's "Repulsive" Alex Jones Interview

Putin Meets With Ethereum Founder To Create National Virtual Currency

'Madoff Whistleblower' Harry Markopolos Has Uncovered A New Fraud

Oliver Stone Talks to ‘The Nation’ About His New Documentary ‘The Putin Interviews’

Awesome Engineering:  video.
Imiaginary friends(?)  video.

From Jenna Orkin

Anti-Sharia rallies drew even more boisterous counter-protests across the US

China has an alarming food problem — and there's only one way to fix it

Tracking Hacking: Visualizing The World's Biggest Data Breaches

The American Architects Of The South-African Catastrophe

Jim Rogers:  Worst Crash in our Lifetimes Coming

Retired FBI Special Agent Blows The Whistle On The Real Robert Mueller

India’s Answer to Trump on Climate Is Nuclear Power

Stunning Photos of the Arctic Circle As It Literally Melts Away

Floating solar farm reflects China's clean energy ambitions

.S. Special Forces Help Philippines Fight Islamic Militants

From Jenna Orkin

MintPress Meets The Father Of Iconic Aleppo Boy, Who Says Media Lied About His Son

CNN cuts ties with host Reza Aslan for calling Trump a 'piece of s--t'

Mark Zuckerberg read this book to understand China — here's what it's about

Wealth gap in Hong Kong hits record high

Scientists figured out a simple way to discover what's troubling bees

Afghan Soldier Kills 2 US Troops In Insider Attack

In "Personal Blow" Theresa May's Two Closest Advisors Quit After Election Debacle

SoftBank Agrees to Buy Robot Maker Boston Dynamics

Almost Half of Americans Die Nearly Broke

Is the U.S. Education System Producing a Society of “Smart Fools”?

From Jenna Orkin

Pressured by Trump, missile tests, China finally cuts off all North Korean coal imports

Thousands of millennials straight out of high school work for the NSA with top secret information

Theresa May announces she will form a new minority government with the DUP

CITI: We expect May to resign

Predict Cancer Years Before Symptoms

How Insurance Companies Can Use Fitness Monitors to Raise Rates video.

Comey Testifies AG Lynch 'Pressured' Him On Clinton Probe: "It Gave Me A Queasy Feeling"

Number Of Potential Migrants Worldwide Tops 700 Million

NSA Leaker Reality Winner "Wanted To Burn Down The White House"
If you wrote this in a screenplay, the studio would turn it down as being too "on the nose."

Reality Winner Allegedly Leaked Classified Info. Here’s How The NSA Found Out