Tuesday, October 31, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Trump Gets Fined in Court but Wins in the House
Will the U.A.W. Strike Turn the Rust Belt Green?
How ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Fails Native Americans Like Me
German-Israeli Shani Louk is confirmed dead, 3 weeks after Hamas captured her and paraded her through Gaza in her underwear
Digital Quality of Life Ranked Worldwide
Mob storms Dagestan airport in search of Jewish passengers from Israel
Extremist attacks escalate in Niger after coup topples American ally
They went hunting for fossil fuels. What they found could help save the world
Drone Footage
Sixty Minutes: Indoor Air Systems Preventing Spread of Viruses
Sunday, October 29, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
A pro-Russian former Ukrainian lawmaker who was lined up to be Putin's puppet leader in Kyiv was shot in Crimea
New York City is moving migrants out of shelters and offering them plane tickets to anywhere in the world.
Chinese fighter jet flies within 10 feet of US B-52 bomber: US military
How $17.2 Million in Gold and Cash Disappeared From Toronto’s Airport
FBI raids Baltimore's 'Safe Streets' office in Belair-Edison
Hamas Working to Free 8 Russian-Israeli Hostages – Reports
Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction. ‘This is not my time,’ he says
Guaranteed income? 14th grade? Before AI, tech fears drove bold ideas.
A barrage and a midair explosion: What visual evidence shows about the Gaza hospital blast
Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 20
Alone In The Dark
WESLEY T. MILLER
Saturday, October 28, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working
Israel conducts ground incursion in Gaza tanks roll through border area
California DMV suspends permits for Cruise driverless robotaxis
65 hospitals closing departments or ending services
Oregon students won’t have to show added proficiency in basic skills through 2028 to graduate
Family Sues Panera Bread Claiming ‘Charged Lemonade’ Led to Student’s Death
The lawsuit claims Panera Bread failed to advertise the high levels of caffeine in their 'Charged Lemonade'.
Slow Death of Department Stores as Non-Store Retailers Including Amazon Flourish
Cost of Wasted Cancer Drugs May Exceed $4,000 Per Patient
Red Cross war surgeons enter Gaza; Egypt says drone hits border town
Hamas militants were high on 'poor man's cocaine' during the October 7 terrorist attacks, report says
Friday, October 27, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Understanding how “honor cultures” influence people’s willingness to apologize can help reduce conflict.
Daniel Radcliffe directs spotlight to his stunt double who was paralyzed during ‘Deathly Hallows’ accident
The World’s Longest Living People Share this ONE Hobby
This Fox News host gives climate skeptics airtime but went solar at home
Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike
The Real Cost of Plundering the Planet’s Resources
Who is Mike Johnson? Five things to know about the new Republican House speaker
The many reasons Netanyahu may be delaying an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza
Video shows Israeli armored vehicles clearing paths into Gaza ahead of a likely ground invasion
Judge says Georgia's congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and must be redrawn
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Media Confidence in US Matches Record Low
Trump co-defendant Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election case
Let’s not forget the Palestinian Authority’s role in this catastrophe
The surprising benefits of switching to ‘lamb mowers’
A new planetary report card confirms that humans are making little progress on confronting the climate crisis. Researchers assessed Earth’s status on 35 “planetary vital signs” with regards to climate. The analysis shows that humans have reached new extremes on 20 of these measurements, including global gross domestic product, fossil fuel subsidies, annual carbon pollution and glacier thinning. Overall, the report considers human activities, such as deforestation and meat consumption, as well as the planet’s responses to those activities, including characteristics such as ice loss and temperature changes.
• Global demand for coal, oil and gas may peak before 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.
Ukrainian spies with deep ties to CIA wage shadow war against Russia
Israel-Palestine war: Israeli officials 'unhappy' with released woman's description of captivity
Israeli naval forces thwart Hamas' attempted invasion by sea, IDF video shows
Poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic is charged with poisoning his wife
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Jon Stewart’s ‘The Problem’ Not Moving Forward at Apple Amid Creative Differences
Ukrainian Spies with Ties to CIA Wage Shadow War Against Russia
Comprehensive study of West Antarctic Ice Sheet finds collapse may be unavoidable
WHERE MALARIA IS SPREADING
Police: Vehicle reportedly drives through pro-Palestinian rally in Minneapolis
Venezuelans back candidate to challenge Maduro — if she’s allowed
Already, the feds are running a deficit that will reach up to $2 trillion this year. That’s 4% of GDP – in year of full employment and positive GDP growth…a sh*thole country level…not a level for a responsible, mature, honest nation. The European Union, for example, specifically forbade deficits of more than 3% of GDP.
Is the UK Giving Up on Solar Power?
Yale University, with an endowment of forty billion dollars, is the largest landowner in New Haven, Connecticut, where one in four residents live at or below the federal poverty level. The juxtaposition is unmissable: the city is, as the labor leader and former resident Gwen Mills describes it, a “post-industrial manufacturing town with a multibillion-dollar education corporation plopped right into the middle of it.” And, because of its status as a nonprofit, Yale isn’t even required to pay taxes on all that property it owns. It would seem like a perfect setup for the kinds of intractable town-grown conflicts that roil many similar American cities. But, as E. Tammy Kim reports in a compelling new story, the situation in New Haven has been playing out differently, owing in large part to the unusual political success of Yale’s organized workers.
For more than a decade, New Haven’s city council has been dominated by Local 35 and 34 of the large North American union UNITE HERE, which represent Yale’s mechanics, janitors, dining-hall workers, receptionists, librarians, and lab researchers. The council has been credited with pressuring Yale to give more back to the community, including making higher voluntary payments in lieu of taxes. Meanwhile, the union has been growing, and, this past year, achieved a major breakthrough when graduate-student teachers won their own union, Local 33. This expansion has strengthened the power of labor at Yale, but it brings new challenges as well. As Kim asks, “Could the Yale unions find enough common ground between graduate students and custodians and billing clerks to keep the experiment going?”
Xi Makes Unprecedented PBOC Visit
Monday, October 23, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Is Argentina about to elect a Trump-admiring outsider president?
A surprising number of celebrities have worked as spies
Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 19 - Never Coming Home Again - WESLEY T. MILLER
Pro-Palestinian creators use secret spellings, code words to evade social media algorithms
Only 1% of chemical compounds have been discovered—here's how we search for others that could change the world
Russia is buying engines from China's AliExpress to make 'quick and dirty' drones that are proving lethal, Ukraine says
Hamas militants likely used North Korean RPGs and assault rifles in the October 7 attacks on Israel, reports say
Starting in mid-2025, some 1.4 billion people from over 60 visa-exempt countries are required to have a travel authorisation to enter most European countries.
Sweden's Islamic State returnees are working with children
Southwest Land Border Encounters
Sunday, October 22, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
India Expected To Reject Russian Demand To Pay For Oil In Chinese Yuan
FBI arrests man for allegedly trying to derail trains in Cleveland
Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza
“During the second part of the third quarter of 2023, we experienced substantial unexpected cancellations and pushouts of existing backlog from our European distributors,” said Zvi Lando, Chief Executive Officer of SolarEdge.
Listen to the Gazans who are seeking a path away from Hamas
Charles Koch’s principles-based legacy and future giving featured in Forbes
Israel did not bomb that hospital, according to the latest intelligence. It's a reminder that in war, all sides engage in propaganda.
Russian casualties soar by 90% as Putin's generals order furious attacks on small city in east, UK intelligence says
Historically, Hamas-affiliated charities — purported to provide much-needed money for residents of Gaza struggling to access sufficient food or medical care — have been a driver of funds toward its military wing. While some of the funds may ultimately reach their intended subjects, often the charitable organizations, headquartered outside Gaza and sometimes based in Western countries, are sophisticated fronts for Hamas military operations.
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion
Saturday, October 21, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Why Jordan and Egypt are saying 'no' to accepting Palestinian refugees from Gaza
North Korea's Covert Role In Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Ukraine’s parliament advances bill seen as targeting Orthodox church with historic ties to Moscow
Some scientists seriously believe we could live forever by the 2030s. Here's what you need to know about the 'longevity escape velocity' theory.
China is set to dominate the deep sea and its wealth of rare metals
The Supreme Court Looks Set to Deliver Another Blow to the Environment
Anguished Fallout from a Pro-Palestinian Letter at Harvard
But the safe rooms—which became mandatory in all buildings constructed in Israel after the Gulf War of 1991—were meant to shield residents from bombs and missiles, not terrorist attacks; their steel doors usually cannot be locked from within.
Billions of crabs went missing around Alaska. Scientists now know what happened to them
Jon Stewart's show on Apple TV+ is reportedly coming to an end amid disagreements around China and AI
Friday, October 20, 2023
From Jenna Orkin
Jordan won’t seek a third vote, backs plan to empower interim speaker
Biden announces Gaza aid deal, will address U.S. response in speech tonight
Discussions still ‘ongoing’ on allowing aid to Gaza via Egypt crossing
Trump co-defendant Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election-interference case
AI is learning from stolen intellectual property. It needs to stop.
U.S. starts deportation flights to Venezuela, aiming to curb migration
The Failure of Australia to Create an Indigenous Vote in Parliament
What the War Means for Palestinians Inside Israel
An antiviral drug approved only in Japan called ensitrelvir helps COVID smell and taste loss fade quickly.
While visiting wartime Israel, New York governor learns of her father's sudden death back home
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