Archive for January, 2021
Man Claiming to Be CNA in Nursing Home: Seniors, “Dying Like Flies” After Getting Pfizer COVID Vaccine
January 27th, 2021I’m not able to determine the original source of this video, or if James Devalon (unsure of spelling) is a licensed medical professional in any U.S. state. However, if the danger to elderly people from the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is actually as severe as he states, the message should get out. Via: Health Impact News: […]
And Now… Anal Swabs
January 27th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: Beijing is using anal swabs to test its residents for coronavirus, a method that experts say is more accurate and raises the chances of detecting the virus. To collect test samples, the swab needs to be inserted about two to three centimetres (0.8 to 1.2 inches) into the rectum and rotated several […]
GOP Congressman Suggests $1,400 Stimulus Checks for People Who Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
January 27th, 2021Via: KARE11: A Republican House Representative on Thursday suggested giving $1,400 stimulus checks to Americans who get the coronavirus vaccine. Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, during an interview with Yahoo! Finance, pressed the importance of herd immunity and said he’d “be willing to sign off on a stimulus check of $1,400 for people who take the […]
U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 50 Years
January 26th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: The end of 2020 brought the sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s, according to a study released Monday. Economists Bruce Meyer, from the University of Chicago, and James Sullivan of the University of Notre Dame found that the poverty rate increased by 2.4 percentage points during the latter half […]
Company Thinks “Social Robots” Needed During Pandemic
January 26th, 2021I only posted this because the video is so cringe inducing that you shouldn’t miss it. Via: Reuters: “Social robots like me can take care of the sick or elderly,” Sophia says as she conducts a tour of her lab in Hong Kong. “I can help communicate, give therapy and provide social stimulation, even in […]
‘Dark Money’ Helped Pave Joe Biden’s Path to the White House
January 25th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: President Joe Biden benefited from a record-breaking amount of donations from anonymous donors to outside groups backing him, meaning the public will never have a full accounting of who helped him win the White House. Biden’s winning campaign was backed by $145 million in so-called dark money donations, a type of fundraising Democrats […]
StoreDot: What’s the Technology Behind a Five-Minute Charge Battery?
January 24th, 2021Via: Ars Technica: As anyone who’s plugged in a low-charge laptop while it’s sitting on their lap knows, charging a battery produces a lot of heat. Charging it faster produces even more. To deal with this heat, StoreDot is essentially producing a diffuse battery with lots of space in between individual cells, as you can […]
Lack of Sleep, Stress Can Lead to Symptoms Resembling Concussion
January 24th, 2021Via: Ohio State University: A new study suggests that a lot of people might be going through life with symptoms that resemble concussion – a finding supporting researchers’ argument that athletes recovering from a brain injury should be assessed and treated on a highly individualized basis. In the national study, between 11% and 27% of […]
Military Intelligence Buys Location Data Instead of Getting Warrants, Memo Shows
January 24th, 2021Via: Ars Technica: The Defense Intelligence Agency, which provides military intelligence to the Department of Defense, confirmed in a memo that it purchases “commercially available” smartphone location data to gather information that would otherwise require use of a search warrant. The DIA “currently provides funding to another agency that purchases commercially available geolocation metadata aggregated […]
Futuristic Sleeping Pods for Homeless People Installed in German City
January 23rd, 2021Via: Independent: Windproof and waterproof sleep pods have been installed in the streets of a German city in order to house the homeless. The wood and steel cabins, which can fit up to two people, protect against the cold, wind, and humidity. They also guarantee fresh air circulation. The pods were introduced to the city […]
