From Jenna Orkin

NASA Wants to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
In a warming world, who wins: Goats or sheep?

Japan Considers Extending Nuclear Plants' Life Beyond 60 Years - Nikkei

Chinese nationals in Ukraine sign up for evacuation after call from FM

NATO’s annual nuclear exercise gets underway

The oil market is worried Biden could release another 100 million barrels of crude from strategic reserves, analyst says

Kyle Rittenhouse has started a YouTube channel all about guns

Russia denied using Iranian suicide drones to attack Ukraine, even though there are pictures of it

The EU is considering shelling out 40 billion euros to quell energy inflation as supply shortages continue

The US has a 100% chance of tipping into recession within 12 months, a statistical model shows

 

From Jenna Orkin

Quantum Entanglement Has Now Been Directly Observed at The Macroscopic Scale

After early wins, CRISPR gene editing is about to get a lot harder
U.K. seeks to expand police powers to target disruptive climate activists

2 gunmen opened fire during a firearms training exercise and killed 11 Russian soldiers at a training base, say reports

New video shows Roger Stone warning Trump will get his 'brains beat in' if he runs for president again

Cryptocurrency voters could impact midterm races in key battleground states: poll

Before-and-after photos show the moment an Iranian 'suicide drone' detonates in Russian strike on Ukraine

1. Kanye West to acquire Parler, the right-wing social media platform

2. Former DOJ official says Trump's reaction to the January 6 panel is starting to look like the makings of an insanity defense

   The pound jumps above $1.13 after the UK's finance minister reverses almost all the tax cuts that roiled markets

 

From Jenna Orkin

The New Abortion Underground

British crown blocks Bermuda’s cannabis bill, straining ties

Oklahoma City Apple store becomes second in U.S. to vote to unionize FDA Announces Shortage of Adderall

Third-party candidate upends race for governor in reliably blue Oregon

Alaska cancels snow crab fishing for a year after the population mysteriously collapsed

How Equifax used employment records it collects from 2.5 million companies to fire dozens of its own employees for working second jobs

I’ve been following a woman around the internet. Turns out she was created by artificial intelligence.

Artists say AI image generators are copying their style to make thousands of new images — and it's completely out of their control

Russian soldiers are supplied with Viagra to rape Ukrainian women and 'dehumanize' them, claims UN official

 

From Jenna Orkin

The L.A. City Council scandal
Long covid may set you back a decade in exercise gains

Cardiovascular Drug Interactions With Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir in Patients With COVID-19: JACC Review Topic of the Week

When doctors become long Covid patients – and still aren’t believed

1. Congressional candidate publishes porn video featuring himself
2. Martha's Vineyard stunt could allow migrants to stay in US with visas

3. Inside the cold war between Amazon and unions, which are wielding drones and secret agents to expose the company's labor practices

   Texas-based oil giant accused of failing to help its Russian workers avoid being conscripted by Putin, report says

   Putin will be replaced – but by someone even more extreme, warns former UK spy chief

   Can your boss fire you for refusing to turn your webcam on? If you live in the US, probably.

 

From Jenna Orkin

1. ‘We all saw it’: anti-Xi Jinping protest electrifies Chinese internet

   China Job Market Prospects at Record Low as Economy Slows

   US midterms 2022: the key races

   Europe Rushing to Secure Gas Sparks Record High LNG Ship Rates

   France's Macron suggests he won't fire nukes at Russia even if Putin uses them in Ukraine, undercutting Western threats

   OPEC trims its oil demand forecasts for 2022 and 2023 as COVID-19 flares up again in China

   UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng has been fired as the government waters down tax cuts

   The US Army is spending $353 million on a suitcase-size weapon that can 'hear' enemy tanks and fire armor-piercing slugs at them

2. Flights before Thanksgiving cost 43% more this year and it might only get more expensive

3. How Equifax used employment records it collects from 2.5 million companies to fire dozens of its own employees for working second jobs

 

From Jenna Orkin

How close is Putin to using a nuclear bomb?
Bird flu ‘an urgent warning to move away from factory farming’

A judge’s attack on Yale explains the right’s ‘cancel culture’ ruse

Transplant of human brain tissue into rats could help study autism, other disorders

A new novel tells the story of Nazi birthing farms

Large study provides powerful evidence of long covid’s lasting impact

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Editors’ Note, Oct. 6: After this article was published, the chief executive of Konnech, Eugene Yu, was arrested in connection with an investigation into the possible theft of personal information about poll workers. In communications with The Times for this article, neither Mr. Yu nor a spokesman for Konnech said that the company was the subject of an investigation. They also asserted that all the company’s data was stored on servers in the United States; prosecutors in Los Angeles, who brought the charges against Mr. Yu, said that they had found some company data stored on servers in China. The Times is continuing to report on this story.

Oil giant Exxon was ordered to reinstate 2 employees and pay $800,000 for illegally firing them after suspecting them of leaking information to the media

The huge OPEC+ oil output cuts could push the global economy into recession, IEA warns

 

From Jenna Orkin

How climate change is driving monkeys and lemurs from trees to the ground

Israel says historic agreement made with Lebanon on maritime borders

The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden’s Laptop

‘We have no dry land left’: impact of Pakistan floods to be felt for years

How fossil fuel firms use Black leaders to ‘deceive’ their communities

Biden escalates feud with Saudi Arabia, warning of 'consequences' for cutting oil production in coordination with Russia

1. Twitter reviews permanent user ban, still not looking good for Trump

Poland investigates leak in key pipeline carrying crude oil from Russia to Europe

'The devices would have gotten us killed.' Microsoft's military smart goggles failed four of six elements during a recent test, internal Army report says

Germans told to stop whining, wear 2 sweaters and have candles and flashlights ready in case of blackouts this winter

 

From Jenna Orkin

Republicans Withdraw $1 Billion From BlackRock Due To Its ESG Policies

England’s summer heat waves linked to record excess deaths among elderly

A California city’s water supply is expected to run out in two months

Michael Hudson: A roadmap to escape the west’s stranglehold
British in Jetsuits in NY Harbor

Judge dismisses case over FBI raid of 1,400 private safe-deposit boxes and seizure of millions in jewelry and cash

Whole Foods is quietly raising prices on small brands and industry insiders worry the grocer could be returning to its 'whole paycheck' image

Former Fed boss Ben Bernanke wins Nobel Prize in economics with 2 others for their work on financial crises

A 98-year-old was mistakenly sent a water bill showing she had consumed the equivalent of one million cups of tea in 6 months

With Russia lurking on NATO's southern flank, Italy is working on new jets and new carriers to keep an eye on things

 

From Jenna Orkin

Climate bill positions big oil and gas companies to cash in

These scientists are testing an unhackable quantum internet in their basement closet

Peak Choice - from Mark Robinowitz
American tourist smashes two sculptures in the Vatican

In Nigeria’s food basket state, floods wash away homes, crops and hope

Homes could face three-hour power cuts this winter, warns National Grid

India reintroduced 8 cheetahs after the big cats were wiped out 70 years ago — but some scientists say it's more of a PR stunt than a conservation effort

Meet the 2022 Supreme Court clerks: 38 lawyers who could be tomorrow's politicians, judges, and influential strategists

Most of President Putin's Kremlin elite oppose the Ukraine war, report says

Prince William wants to 'rip up the rulebook' as Prince of Wales by transforming the role King Charles held for most of his life, reports say

 

From Jenna Orkin

Wall in Nesconset adds nearly 400 names of people who’ve died of 9/11-related diseases over a year

 9/11 Heroes Need Your Help! Send A Letter Now

He rowed solo from New York to Ireland in 112 days — and he can’t swim

Norway is portrayed as both hero and villain in Europe’s energy crisis

Arizona court halts enforcement of near-total abortion ban

Increase in Acute Respiratory Illnesses Among Children and Adolescents Associated with Rhinoviruses and Enteroviruses, Including Enterovirus D68 — United States, July–September 2022

Sabotage cause of massive train disruption in northern German, rail operator says

Crimea bridge blast damages key Russian supply route; 3 dead

Judge dismisses case over FBI raid of 1,400 private safe-deposit boxes and seizure of millions in jewelry and cash

Oil prices are nowhere near demand destruction levels and there are 3 factors that could keep pushing crude higher, Morgan Stanley's chief commodities strategist says