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Trillions in Stimulus Go Unchecked With Watchdogs Kept Toothless
June 17th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. has spent more than half of $3 trillion in economic rescue funds passed by Congress — with little of the oversight intended to ensure the money goes to the right places.
India Says 20 Soldiers Killed in Clash with Chinese Troops
June 16th, 2020Via: AP: A border clash high in the Himalayas between the world’s two most populated countries has claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers in the first deadly violence since the two nuclear armed neighbors faced off in a border dispute 45 year ago. The Indian and Chinese troops fought each other with fists and […]
Melinda Gates: After Health Care Workers, Vaccinate Black People Next
June 15th, 2020Well, at least they’re consistent: The Bill Gates Effect: WHO’s DTP Vaccine Killed More Children in Africa Than the Diseases it Targeted Via: Time: Who needs it after health care workers? In the U.S., that would be black people next, quite honestly, and many other people of color. They are having disproportionate effects from COVID-19.
Canadian Scientist Sent Deadly Viruses to Wuhan Lab Months Before RCMP Asked to Investigate
June 15th, 2020“The virus shipments are not related to the outbreak of COVID-19 or research into the pandemic, Canadian officials said.” Mmm hmm. What is admitted in this article (in terms of what was sent to China) is almost unbelievable. Also, the denials about “conspiracy theories” are hilarious. I mean, Bill Gates, millions of dollars in research […]
FCC Has “Serious Doubts” that SpaceX Can Deliver Latencies Under 100ms
June 14th, 2020In the darkest days of my Internet connectivity hell in rural NZ, I had to use IPstar, which had latencies as high as 1000ms+. Yep. Not a typo. Over a second. How is SpaceX going to improve on that by a couple orders of magnitude? Operating the Starlink constellation in low earth orbit is part […]
USC Professor Joel Hay Thinks Covid19 Antibodies Present in Blood Drawn Back in September 2019
June 12th, 2020Via: The Highwire:
Quantum ‘Fifth State of Matter’ Observed in Space for First Time
June 11th, 2020Via: AFP: Scientists have observed the fifth state of matter in space for the first time, offering unprecedented insight that could help solve some of the quantum universe’s most intractable conundrums, research showed Thursday. Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) — the existence of which was predicted by Albert Einstein and Indian mathematician Satyendra Nath Bose almost a […]
A Look Inside Seattle’s ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’
June 11th, 2020I know it’s Seattle, but my guess is that the people involved with Portlandia have just pissed themselves laughing. Via: New York Post: “The homeles [sic] people we invited took away all the food at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” the person tweeted. “We need more food to keep the area operational. please if possible […]
U.S. May Deficit Nearly Doubles to $399 Billion
June 10th, 2020Via: Reuters: The U.S. federal budget deficit in May nearly doubled to $399 billion from a year earlier amid continued strong spending on coronavirus relief programs and a 25% drop in receipts, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday. The May deficit brought the year-to-date fiscal deficit to $1.88 trillion, already eclipsing the previous full-year record […]
World’s Most Powerful CW Handheld Laser
June 8th, 2020When I was a boy, I played with the 5mw red laser in my high school’s chemistry lab and it was good. These kids today… Via: styropyro:
