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Area 51: “Testing Of The Tissues From Workers Showed Chemicals That Were Unknown To Doctors”

July 24th, 2019

Via: Los Angeles Times: In the late 1990s, I represented workers at Area 51 who were suffering from health issues and trying to find out what toxic substances they had been exposed to on the base. The case ultimately led to the government acknowledging the existence of the site, where highly classified research into next-generation […]

Parents Who Won’t Vaccinate Their Kids Turning to Home-Schooling in California

July 24th, 2019

Via: Los Angeles Times: In 2016, California implemented one of the strictest immunization laws in the country, requiring that all children be up to date on their vaccinations to attend school unless a doctor says otherwise. The law, however, does not apply to children who are home-schooled, a loophole that parents seem to be increasingly […]

Rats: California Governor Should Declare State of Emergency in Los Angeles

July 21st, 2019

Well, the rats are running the city and the state, so… Via: KTLA: Los Angeles’ rodent problem has gotten so far out of control that some experts are asking the governor to declare an emergency. With an increasing homeless population comes an influx of rats and mice, particularly in downtown L.A. Rats are known to […]

U.S. Military Ordered to Reveal if Insects Were Used as Biological Weapon

July 17th, 2019

Via: Independent: US lawmakers have voted to demand the Pentagon discloses whether it conducted experiments to “weaponise” disease-carrying ticks – and whether any such insects were let loose outside the lab. A bill passed in the House of Representatives requires the Defence Department’s inspector general to investigate whether biological warfare tests involving the tiny arachnids […]

Neuralink Presentation

July 16th, 2019

Update: Elon Musk Says Neuralink Microchip Allowed a Monkey to ‘Control’ Computer with Brain Via: Fox: Elon Musk showed off some of what his neurotechnology company, Neuralink, has been developing Tuesday, and casually mentioned that the technology had been used “to control a computer with its brain.” “Just FYI,” he added. … Musk and other […]

U.S. Fast-Food Drive-Thrus Will Soon Use License Plate And Facial Recognition Technology

July 13th, 2019

I like the picture at ZeroHedge of a morbidly obese person ordering slop at the drive-thru. Wow. Via: ZeroHedge: License plate recognition could be the new big thing at American drive-thrus, according to FT. Chains are now looking to deploy cameras that recognize license plates and help identify customers, personalizing digital menus and speeding up […]

Brain Implant Restores Partial Vision to Blind People

July 13th, 2019

Via: Guardian: Partial sight has been restored to six blind people via an implant that transmits video images directly to the brain. Some vision was made possible – with the participants’ eyes bypassed – by a video camera attached to glasses which sent footage to electrodes implanted in the visual cortex of the brain. University […]

Scientists Look to Create Human-Monkey Chimeras

July 2nd, 2019

Via: National Post: Some Alzheimer’s researchers are proposing the creation of human-monkey chimeras — part-human beings with entire portions of the brain entirely human derived.

Solein: Synthetic, Protein-Heavy Product, Tastes Like Wheat Flour, Made from Electricity, Water and Air

June 29th, 2019

Safety? I can’t find anything related to safety. Also, even if there were claims about it being safe to consume, should we believe them? See: Vaccines, aspartame, GM food, fluoride, etc. “The foodstuff was said to mark a break with a thousand years of production…” Alright. How much time and effort will be spent studying […]

Alexa, Eavesdrop On My House All Day Under The Guise Of Protecting Me From A Heart Attack

June 24th, 2019

Via: ZeroHedge: Today in “Amazon’s reasons to listen to everything that’s going on inside your household” news, its being reported that products like the Amazon Echo could one day be used to detect signs of cardiac arrest, according to Bloomberg. The first signs of cardiac arrest are usually irregular gasps of breath, and researchers at […]

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