Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Los Angeles Is Spending Over $1 Billion To House the Homeless. It’s Failing.
December 7th, 2019Via: Reason: The city initially ballparked the permanent units at a median cost of $350,000 a piece. Three years later, the estimated cost rose to more than half a million per unit. Some units are approaching $700,000 each. Andy Bales says he saw it coming. “I was a critic 10 years ago of this plan […]
Chinese Scientists Create Monkey-Pig Chimeras
December 7th, 2019Via: New Scientist: Pig-primate chimeras have been born live for the first time but died within a week. The two piglets, created by a team in China, looked normal although a small proportion of their cells were derived from cynomolgus monkeys. “This is the first report of full-term pig-monkey chimeras,” says Tang Hai at the […]
In the Age of AI
December 7th, 2019Here’s one line from the film that sums up the situation: “I’m pretty confident that we are never again going to have this large, stable, prosperous middle class doing routine work.” Via: Frontline PBS: A documentary exploring how artificial intelligence is changing life as we know it — from jobs to privacy to a growing […]
Uranium-Contaminated Site Collapses Into Detroit River
December 6th, 2019Via: Detroit Free Press: A Detroit property contaminated with uranium and other dangerous chemicals partially collapsed into the Detroit River on Nov. 26, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has confirmed. Located next to Historic Fort Wayne and leased by Detroit Bulk Storage, the site known as the Detroit Dock allegedly collapsed […]
U.S. Navy Buying 9 New Nuclear Submarines for $22 Billion, Largest Warship Building Deal Ever
December 4th, 2019So it goes… Via: Popular Mechanics: The U.S. Navy has just signed the largest warship building deal ever. The service will pay more than 20 billion dollars for nine new Virginia-class attack submarines. The submarines will replace Cold War-era Los Angeles-class boats in America’s submarine fleet, adding new technology and greater firepower. Many of the […]
Bacteria in Contaminated Walmart Pork Resistant to Multiple Antibiotics
November 30th, 2019Via: Newsweek: Testing has revealed the presence of bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics in pork products sold at Walmart stores in the eastern U.S., according to a report. Research conducted by non-profit World Animal Protection (WAP) identified several strains of bacteria in the meat, 80 percent of which were resistant to at least one antibiotic. […]
Northland New Zealand Housing Crisis: People Living in Trees, Car Ports, Old Cars
November 28th, 2019The commentary I wrote back in 2018 describes why this is happening. Of course, the situation has only gotten worse since then. Via: Radio New Zealand: New Zealand government MPs have heard that the housing situation in Northland has become so desperate some families are living in the woods, in huts built in the forks […]
Polio Outbreaks in Africa Caused by Mutation of Strain in Vaccine
November 28th, 2019Via: Guardian: New cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine have been reported in four African countries and more children are now being paralysed by vaccine-derived viruses than those infected by viruses in the wild, according to global health numbers. The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners identified nine new cases caused by the […]
Trump Approves Legislation Backing Hong Kong Protesters
November 27th, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law congressional legislation backing protesters in Hong Kong despite angry objections from Beijing, with which he is seeking a deal to end a damaging trade war. More: China Warns U.S. of Retaliation for Law Backing Hong Kong Protesters
Hundreds of Banks and Government Sites Burned in Iran Unrest
November 27th, 2019Via: Reuters: Approximately 731 banks and 140 government sites were torched in recent unrest in Iran, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said in remarks published by the official IRNA news agency on Wednesday. More than 50 bases used by security forces were attacked and approximately 70 gas stations were also burned, he said, without specifying […]
