Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Brazil: Worst Oil Spill in Country’s History
October 24th, 2019Via: Telegraph: Brazil has deployed 5,000 troops to its beaches amid mounting fury at the government’s inaction over the worst oil spill in the country’s history. The environmental catastrophe began in early September when large quantities of oil inexplicably washed ashore. The mysterious spill has continued and has now touched more than 1,000 miles of […]
Junior Minister Says Gov.UK Considering Facial Recognition to Verify Age of Porn-Watchers
October 21st, 2019In other news, China: Face Scan Required to Use Internet. Via: The Register: The UK government could use facial recognition to verify the age of Brits online “so long as there is an appropriate concern for privacy,” junior minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Matt Warman said. The minister was responding to an urgent […]
Australia Newspapers Redact Front Pages in Media-Freedom Protest
October 21st, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Australia’s fiercely competitive newspaper industry shelved rivalries on Monday to present a united front against what it says is a government campaign to restrict freedom of the press. Major newspapers including The Australian, owned by Rupert Murdoch-controlled News Corp., the Daily Telegraph and Nine Entertainment’s Sydney Morning Herald published front pages with most […]
Historic Midwest Blizzard Has Farmers “Expecting Massive Crop Losses – As Devastating As We’ve Ever Seen”
October 19th, 2019Via: Activist Post: Millions upon millions of acres of wheat and soybeans that were about to be harvested are now completely gone.
Unprecedented Movement Detected on California Earthquake Fault Capable of 8.0 Temblor
October 18th, 2019Via: Los Angeles Times: A major California fault capable of producing a magnitude 8 earthquake has begun moving for the first time on record, a result of this year’s Ridgecrest earthquake sequence destabilizing nearby faults, Caltech scientists say in a new study released in the journal Science on Thursday. In the modern historical record, the […]
Stunning Survey Reveals Quarter Of Americans Have Never Eaten Vegetables [???]
October 15th, 2019Via: StudyFinds: The most popular vegetable in America is — corn! That’s according to a survey of 2,000 Americans who were asked which vegetables they liked and disliked the most. However, it turns out the most surprising result of the study may be that a staggering number of adults haven’t eaten any vegetables their entire […]
Animal Testing Atrocities at German Laboratory
October 15th, 2019Via: Daily Mail: A horrifying laboratory where monkeys were strapped into metal harnesses as tests were carried out on them is facing closure after German inspectors raided the building. Footage showed macaques bound in brackets in rows on the wall, their heads locked in restraints, allegedly at LPT Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology in Mienenbuttel, […]
“The Digital Poorhouse”
October 15th, 2019Via: Guardian: The Guardian has spent the past three months investigating how billions are being poured into AI innovations that are explosively recasting how low-income people interact with the state. Together, our reporters in the US, Britain, India and Australia have explored what amounts to the birth of the digital welfare state. Their dispatches reveal […]
Counterfeiting Microsoft’s “Restore CD” Landed Me in Prison for a Year
October 14th, 2019“When I save something, that’s taking away from their market share.” Via: Vice:
GQ Magazine Says “New Masculinity” Is Men Wearing Earrings, Giant Sleeping Bag Dresses and Crying
October 14th, 2019And why not? I’ve noticed men wearing women’s style skinny jeans for years. So it goes… Via: Summit News: According to GQ Magazine, “new masculinity” is men wearing earrings and giant dresses that resemble sleeping bags while crying. Yes, really. “@Pharrell covers GQ’s New Masculinity issue, an exploration of identity, culture, and style in 2019,” […]
