Archive for July, 2017
New Zealand: ‘100% Pure’ Campaign Shows Tourist Drinking River Water
July 14th, 2017haha oh sure, go for it: sosgoldenbay.nz And that’s near the most precious spring in NZ. Up where I live, in the Far North, the situation is apocalyptic. I snapped this image just a few KMs from my house: Hardly anyone cares or even notices. But they love the National Party up here. Via: Stuff: […]
Fishermen Express Fury as Fukushima Plant Set to Release Radioactive Material Into Ocean
July 14th, 2017Via: Telegraph: Local residents and environmental groups have condemned a plan to release radioactive tritium from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant, say tritium poses little risk to human health and is quickly diluted by the ocean. In an interview with […]
Concentration Camps Reveal the Nature of the Modern State
July 14th, 2017Via: Aeon: In the history of concentration camps, there is one thing that everyone knows: they were invented by the British. The idea of isolating unwanted population groups in purpose-built camps was implemented in South Africa in the context of the Anglo-Boer War, with horrific consequences for the Boer population. Although it would be left […]
House Democrats Want to Know Why a Major Russian Money-Laundering Case Was Abruptly Settled
July 12th, 2017Related: Why Did Loretta Lynch Grant Trump Jr’s Russian Lawyer A Special Visa To Enter America? — Via: Business Insider: Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday asking why the Department of Justice settled a major money-laundering case involving a real-estate company owned by the […]
Scientists Warn Chemotherapy Could Spread Cancer, Trigger More Aggressive Tumors
July 12th, 2017Via: Free Thought Project: Chemotherapy can increase aggressivity in cancer, causing malignant cells to migrate and triggering more dangerous tumors — thereby also increasing the disease’s fatality — researchers in the United States found. Patients with breast cancer who opt for chemotherapy as treatment actually face a risk of metastasis, according to a new study, […]
SolarEdge Launching First PV Inverter-Integrated Electric Vehicle Charger
July 11th, 2017Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — There it is. Finally. Sure, the freaks have been doing it with Arduino and duct tape for years, but it’s great to finally see a real product from a top manufacturer. Via: SolarEdge PR: At Intersolar North America, SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global leader in […]
Tesla Starting to Build Charging Stations That Handle 40 Vehicles at Once
July 11th, 2017Via: Electrek: Electrek has obtained the project plans of a new Supercharger station to be built in Kettleman City, California. It’s located along the highway 5 roughly halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, where there are high concentrations of Tesla vehicles and therefore, one of the most popular routes for long distance travel. Tesla […]
Wind and Solar So Cheap the U.S. Will Meet Paris Commitments Even if Trump Withdraws
July 11th, 2017Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Via: Quartz: Research analysts at Morgan Stanley believe that renewable energy like solar and wind power are hurtling towards a level of ubiquity where not even politics can hinder them. Renewable energy is simply becoming the cheapest option, fast. Basic economics, the analysts say, suggest […]
DARPA Wants Bidirectional Brain Implants, 1 Million Neuron Resolution a “Starting Point”
July 11th, 2017Via: IEEE: DARPA is known for issuing big challenges. Still, the mission statement for its new Neural Engineering Systems Design program is a doozy: Make neural implants that can record high-fidelity signals from 1 million neurons. Today’s best brain implants, like the experimental system that a paralyzed man used to control a robotic arm, record […]
China Tells Carriers to Block Access to Personal VPNs
July 11th, 2017Via: Bloomberg: China’s government has told telecommunications carriers to block individuals’ access to virtual private networks by Feb. 1, people familiar with the matter said, thereby shutting a major window to the global internet. Beijing has ordered state-run telecommunications firms, which include China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, to bar people from using VPNs, […]
