Archive for October, 2018
Microplastics Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt
October 19th, 2018Via: National Geographic: Microplastics were found in sea salt several years ago. But how extensively plastic bits are spread throughout the most commonly used seasoning remained unclear. Now, new research shows microplastics in 90 percent of the table salt brands sampled worldwide. Of 39 salt brands tested, 36 had microplastics in them, according to a […]
Mexican Town Practically Eliminated Crime by Throwing Out Politicians and the Police
October 19th, 2018Via: Al Jazeera:
Trump Threatens to Use Military to Shut Southern U.S. Border
October 18th, 2018Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern U.S. border on Thursday as more Hondurans and Salvadorans joined thousands of migrants in Guatemala headed north. “I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught – and if unable to do so I will call […]
China May Have $5.8 Trillion in Hidden Debt With ‘Titanic’ Risks
October 17th, 2018Via: Bloomberg: China’s local governments may have accumulated 40 trillion yuan ($5.8 trillion) of off-balance sheet debt, or even more, suggesting further defaults are in store, according to S&P Global Ratings. “The potential amount of debt is an iceberg with titanic credit risks,” S&P credit analysts led by Gloria Lu wrote in a report Tuesday. […]
Tesla Model 3 Drive System Designed to Last for Over One Million Miles
October 16th, 2018Via: Electrek: Tesla says that the Model 3 drive system is designed and validated for over one million miles of range. Today, the automaker released impressive pictures of Model 3 drive units after testing, which Elon Musk says “drove 1M miles”.
To The Stars Academy $37 Million “Deficit”
October 15th, 2018Take Off Your Pants and Jacket… and bend over: If we’re fucked up, you’re to blame Via: Ars Technica: The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has incurred losses from operations […]
Smart Home Surveillance: Governments Tell Google’s Nest To Hand Over Data 300 Times
October 15th, 2018Shocker. Via: Forbes: Anyone pumped for this week’s launch of Google’s Home Hub might want to temper their excitement. A smart home is a surveilled home. That’s been the concern of privacy activists since citizens started lighting up their abodes with so-called “smart” tech in recent years. Take Google’s current smart home division, Nest Labs. […]
How Many Households Qualify as Middle Class?
October 15th, 2018Via: Of Two Minds: By the standards of previous generations, the middle class has been stripmined of income, assets and purchasing power. What does it take to be middle class nowadays? Defining the middle class is a parlor game, with most of the punditry referring to income brackets as the defining factor. People tend to […]
Sears Files for Bankruptcy
October 15th, 2018Via: CBS: Sears has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. Sears once dominated the American retail landscape. But the big question is whether its shrunken version can be viable or will be forced to go out of business, ending the final chapter for an iconic name […]
Sperm Counts Continue to Fall
October 14th, 2018Via: The Atlantic: Men’s sperm have been decreasing in number and getting worse at swimming for some time now—and, at least in the United States and Europe, new research says it’s getting worse. A pair of new studies unveiled this week at the Scientific Congress of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in Denver […]
