Archive for June, 2020
Mysterious Pattern Of ‘Cosmic Radio Bursts’ From A Distant Galaxy Repeats Every 157 Days, Say Scientists
June 8th, 2020Via: Forbes: Although several thousand FRBs are thought to be coming in from deep space every day, and from every direction, there are two that are particularly interesting—FRB 121102 and FRB 180916.J10158+56. These two keep repeating. … The astronomers think that the pattern they observed suggests that these powerful bursts are linked to: * the […]
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could be Released in Florida and Texas
June 8th, 2020Here we go again. Via: Medical Express: On May 1, 2020, the company Oxitec received an experimental use permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to release millions of GM mosquitoes (labeled by Oxitec as OX5034) every week over the next two years in Florida and Texas. Females of this mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, transmit […]
Hospitals Got Bailouts and Furloughed Thousands While Paying CEOs Millions
June 8th, 2020Via: DNYUZ: HCA is among a long list of deep-pocketed health care companies that have received billions of dollars in taxpayer funds but are laying off or cutting the pay of tens of thousands of doctors, nurses and lower-paid workers. Many have continued to pay their top executives millions, although some executives have taken modest […]
Doomscrolling
June 8th, 2020Ever find yourself glued to your phone screen, mindlessly thumbing through depressing news for hours on end? Hmm. Only for about the last 25 years. Via: New York Post: Well, now there’s a word for that: “doomscrolling.”
Authors Pull Study Flagging Hydroxychloroquine Risks
June 8th, 2020Via: Barron’s: The Lancet on Thursday retracted a study that raised safety fears over the use of a drug favored by President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, after the paper’s authors said they could no longer vouch for its underlying data. It was soon followed by the withdrawal of another coronavirus paper in the New […]
U.S. Investigators Want to Interview Prince Andrew About Friendship with Epstein
June 8th, 2020Via: Reuters: U.S. investigators want to interview Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s second son, about his friendship with Epstein – who was found dead in prison last year while awaiting charges of trafficking minors – as part of their inquiry into possible co-conspirators. Andrew has publicly stated he will cooperate with any “appropriate law enforcement agency”. But […]
Bricklaying Robot Set a New Lay Speed Record
June 6th, 2020Via: Popular Mechanics: A brick-laying robot named Hadrian X has broken its own record for speed, which is now up to 200 concrete blocks per hour—with the next landmark set at 240. (Its sibling robot Hadrian 112 aims to reach 1,000.)
Elon Musk Calls for Breakup of Amazon
June 4th, 2020“Blocked in error,” and “The decision to greenlight the book’s sale was not due to Musk, Amazon said.” Oh sure. Via: Reuters: Telsa Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday called for Amazon.com Inc to be broken up, after an author complained on social media about being unable to self-publish a book via the world’s […]
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin Both Worked Security at a Club Called El Nuevo Rodeo
June 4th, 2020Via: KSTP: A former club owner in south Minneapolis says the now-fired police officer and the black man who died in his custody this week both worked security for her club up to the end of last year. George Floyd and now-former Officer Derek Chauvin both worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on […]
This Is #TheGreatReset
June 4th, 2020Via: The Corbett Report:
