Wednesday, September 27, 2023

From Jenna Orkin France will end its military presence in Niger by the end of 2023, Macron says U.S., 17 states sue Amazon alleging monopolistic practices led to higher prices JPMorgan agrees to $75 million settlement over ties to Jeffrey Epstein Monster machines floating on the waves could be the future of wind energy For the first time, scientists have observed solid metal mending its own cracks without human intervention, defying fundamental theories of materials science. Researchers were studying how cracks spread across nanoscale pieces of platinum in a vacuum, prodding the metal 200 times per second to watch how fractures spider-webbed across the surface. After 40 minutes, to the surprise of the scientists, the damage started to disappear as the fissures fused back together. Your body odor could be used to track your movements or health. A Manhattan judge on Tuesday found Donald Trump and his real-estate company liable for fraud. The judge ordered the Trump Organization's New York corporate charters revoked immediately. A receiver will be appointed to "dissolve" the company — but years of appeals may play out first. Wenstrup Reveals New Allegations that Dr. Fauci Potentially Influenced CIA COVID-19 Origins Investigation 60 Percent of the Population Growth Since the Pandemic is Age 65+ How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now SEYMOUR HERSH Spider Gold Trust

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

From Jenna Orkin American taxpayers are financing more than just weapons. We discovered the U.S. government's buying seeds and fertilizer for Ukrainian farmers… and covering the salaries of Ukraine's first responders – all 57,000 of them. Jimmy Carter visits peanut festival seven months after entering hospice care Italy culls tens of thousands of pigs to contain African swine fever U.S. Army Hospital in Germany Is Treating Americans Hurt Fighting in Ukraine Building in zero gravity: the race to create factories in space New Orleans declares emergency over saltwater intrusion in drinking water Potential health risks of high salt concentrations for those who rely on Mississippi River lead mayor to sign declaration Origins of Life? We Now Have Up to 250 Grams of Bennu Dust. Here's What Happens Next. Vivitrol, a monthly injection of long-acting naltrexone, is the opioid treatment preferred by the criminal prosecution system, including jails, prisons, probation officers and drug courts. But people on Vivitrol are actually more than twice as likely to overdose than on other opioid treatments, according to a new study, writes Maia Szalavitz who is the author of Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction. "Physicians and people using this drug must be made aware that the evidence heavily favors methadone and buprenorphine above and beyond any other treatment approach," she says. An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sofa. Then the FBI turned up The criminal-justice system isn’t ready for those wired to see the world differently Alarming Navy Intel Slide Warns Of China’s 200 Times Greater Shipbuilding Capacity

Thursday, September 14, 2023

From Jenna Orkin US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds Study highlights conflict between Washington’s claims of climate leadership and its fossil fuel growth plans FDNY Wants Feds to Add Certain Auto-Immune, Cardiovascular Diseases to 9/11 Compensation List G20 Policy Recommendation for Digital ID NYC pension funds and state of Oregon sue Fox over 2020 election coverage Bill could force companies to notify 9/11 survivors about health programs, but one group is left out (Students) In September of 2021, the Department of Justice published a report finding that Utah’s Davis School District, just north of Salt Lake City, had violated the civil rights of its students of color by “responding in a clearly unreasonable manner to widespread, pervasive race-based harassment . . . by both students and staff.” The D.O.J. cited common use of the N-word in the district’s schools, and frequent incidents of physical and emotional bullying. The Davis School District reached a settlement with the D.O.J. that October. Less than a month later, a ten-year-old student in the district named Isabella Tichenor died by suicide, following what her mother alleges were a string of incidents of racist bullying from fellow-students and teachers. Mathematicians Solve A Key Möbius Strip Problem, After Almost 50 Years of Searching Washington is full of rats. These dogs are happy to help with that. Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate Techniques such as solar radiation management may have unintended consequences, scientists say Ahmed used to eat a far more nutritious diet of fish and vegetables, but rising salinity in the rivers around his coastal home town of Bhola ended his livelihood in fishing and forced him into the city.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

From Jenna Orkin Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says Eric Schmidt: This Is How AI Will Transform How Science Gets Done Why Biden isn’t getting a credible primary challenger Many Democrats fear a challenge would pave the way to Trump’s victory. Are they right? Electric vehicles do produce about 75% less brake dust than petrol cars – but they generate more tyre dust and road wear and churn up more road debris, because their batteries make them, on average, heavier. Road dust is a major global source of microplastics, the tiny plastic particles under 5mm in size that have become an increasingly recognised environmental pollution problem in the past decade. Justice Department Announces First Criminal Resolution Involving the Illicit Sale and Transport of Iranian Oil in Violation of U.S. Sanctions The Government Also Seized Almost One Million Barrels of Iranian Crude Oil Shell Quietly Cuts Carbon Offsets Project Israeli delegation attends UN heritage conference in Saudi Arabia in first public visit by officials Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings and requires the court, for purposes of deciding custody, to determine the best interests of the child based on certain factors, including, among other things, the health, safety, and welfare of the child. This bill, for purposes of this provision, would include a parent’s affirmation of the child’s gender identity or gender expression as part of the health, safety, and welfare of the child. Some X users, in contrast, were horrified by the movie’s plot, many of whom believe it is a sick attempt to normalize pedophilia and trans-ageism, wherein someone has an “age identity that differs from their chronological age.” Watch as a Portugal town is flooded by nearly 3 million bottles worth of red wine after a distillery's tanks burst apart

Monday, September 04, 2023

From Jenna Orkin The Albanian town that TikTok emptied Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 12 (part 2 of 2) Striving For Success, Destined for Disappointment - Wesley T. Miller Big Farms and Flawless Fries Are Gulping Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website The Transformative, Alarming Power of Gene Editing Chinese nationals posing as tourists have accessed US military bases and other sensitive sites: report ST is 19 years old. Despite a school career in mainstream education where she was studying for her A levels, she has spent the past year as a patient in an intensive care unit run by the Hospital Trust which brings this application. She has a rare mitochondrial disorder which is a progressively degenerative disease. According to the expert1 evidence which is before the court, there is no cure which might enable ST to resume her life outside the clinical setting of the intensive care unit. She is mechanically ventilated through a tracheostomy. She is fed through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube and is currently undergoing regular haemodialysis. Her disease has resulted in a number of related health problems including impaired sight and hearing loss, chronic muscle weakness, bone disease and chronic damage to her kidneys and lungs. 2. The collective view of her treating hospital clinicians is that ST is now in, or fast approaching, the final stage of her life. In February this year, as her condition appeared to worsen, the Trust issued these proceedings to determine the validity of a lasting power of attorney which ST had apparently signed some three months earlier and, specifically, to seek declarations in relation to her capacity and her future medical treatment. Macron says enforcement of abaya ban in French school will be ‘uncompromising’ Inside the Race to Kill Lantern Flies