Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
The Coddling of the American Mind
August 12th, 2015Via: The Atlantic: In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health. … The current movement is largely about emotional well-being. More than the last, it presumes an extraordinary fragility of the collegiate psyche, and therefore elevates […]
Trans-Fats: “Consumption of industrial trans-fats was associated with a 34 percent increase in all causes of mortality”
August 12th, 2015Via: Independent: The latest findings, published in the British Medical Journal, appear to confirm the growing realisation that the prevailing health advice for the past half century to cut down on foods that are rich in saturated fats such as butter and cheese may have been misguided. The study, carried out in Canada by Russell […]
China to Plant Internet Police in Top Online Firms
August 5th, 2015Via: PC World: China’s control over the Internet is set to expand. In a bid to better police local websites, the country’s security forces are establishing offices at the biggest online firms in the country. The country’s Ministry of Public Security announced the new measures on Tuesday, at a time when authorities have been increasingly […]
Heroin Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Nearly Quadrupled Between 2002 and 2013
July 8th, 2015One more for your herniating Mission Accomplished file folder. Via: Reuters: Heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013, fueled by lower costs as well as increased abuse of prescription opiate painkillers, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. The report found that heroin use increased by 63 percent from 2002 […]
California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Mandatory Vaccine Law
July 1st, 2015Via: Time: California Governor Jerry Brown signed a mandatory school vaccination bill into law Tuesday, abolishing the “personal belief” exemption that many parents use as a loophole to avoid vaccinating their children. Now, under California law, which is among the strictest in the country, children would not be able to enroll in public school unless […]
Water Fluoridation Doesn’t Prevent Cavities
June 30th, 2015Via: Newsweek: The Cochrane Collaboration, a group of doctors and researchers known for their comprehensive reviews—which are widely regarded as the gold standard of scientific rigor in assessing effectiveness of public health policies—recently set out to find out if fluoridation reduces cavities. They reviewed every study done on fluoridation that they could find, and then […]
California Lawmakers Approve Strict Vaccination Requirement
June 25th, 2015Via: Los Angeles Times: California lawmakers on Thursday approved one of the toughest mandatory vaccination requirements in the nation, moving to end exemptions from state immunization laws based on religious or other personal beliefs. The measure, among the most controversial taken up by the Legislature this year, would require more children who enter day care […]
Controversial GCHQ Unit Engaged in Domestic Law Enforcement, Online Propaganda, Psychology Research
June 23rd, 2015via: First Look: The spy unit responsible for some of the United Kingdom’s most controversial tactics of surveillance, online propaganda and deceit focuses extensively on traditional law enforcement and domestic activities — even though officials typically justify its activities by emphasizing foreign intelligence and counterterrorism operations. Documents published today by The Intercept demonstrate how the […]
Glued to the Screen: A Third Grade Class Where Kids Spend 75% of the Day on iPads
June 19th, 2015Via: Hechinger Report: When the 24 third-graders in Morgan Mercaldi’s class arrive at the Jackson Avenue School every morning, they take their iPads out of their backpacks and put them on their desks. The tablets will remain there, or in hands and laps, until the children put them in their packs to take them home. […]
Texas Kids Told ‘It’s Illegal’ to Sell Lemonade Without a Permit
June 11th, 2015Kafkaesque adjective Kaf·ka·esque \?käf-k?-?esk, ?kaf-\ Definition of KAFKAESQUE : of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings; especially : having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality Via: ABC: Two young sisters with an “entrepreneurial spirit” set up a lemonade stand in Overton, Texas, to raise money for their dad’s Father’s day […]
