“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” -- Isaac Asimov
The two shootings, first in El Paso, Texas, and then in Dayton, Ohio, are the latest instances of deadly mass shootings in 2019, bringing the total number of such incidents up to at least 17 — an average of one every 12.7 days this year. Man those “thoughts and prayers” sure are working.
FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat. The “Great Replacement” idea is a conspiracy theory.
After majority of House Democrats call for impeachment, Pelosi says Trump 'will be held accountable'. We shall see.
Greenland Is Melting Away Before Our Eyes. This week alone, Greenland will lose about 50 billion tons of ice, enough for a permanent rise in global sea levels by about 0.1mm.
11 billion tons of ice melted in Greenland - in just one day.
Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Melted During the Debate. “Mr. Vice President, your argument is not with me, it’s with science.”
Air travel is a huge contributor to climate change. Now a global movement wants you to be ashamed to fly.
A teen scientist just figured out how to suck microplastics from the ocean. There may be hope for humanity.
Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash ‘could pay for green transition’.
U.S. pulls out of Soviet-era nuclear missile pact with Russia.
Thursday's budget deal proves once again Republicans never cared about the deficit.
Rural hospitals are shutting down in states that didn't expand Medicaid. Most closures have happened in places where people came out in droves to vote for Donald Trump. A vote for a Republican is a vote against your best interests.
On a momentous day for Tribal Nations, Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY), the House Republican Conference Chairwoman, stated that the successful litigation by tribes and environmentalists to return the grizzly bear in Greater Yellowstone to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) “was not based on science or facts” but motivated by plaintiffs “intent on destroying our Western way of life.” Yeah. She said that. I’m sure she doesn’t see the irony in her callous remarks.
Next week marks 45 years since President Richard Nixon resigned. The latest Economist/YouGov Poll shows that half of Republicans (52%) approve of how he handled his job as president.
Third Ebola case confirmed in DR Congo's Goma as Rwanda shuts border.
Indonesia's Aceh whips 11 for sharia-banned romance. The six men and five women -- all in their late teens and early twenties -- were rounded up by religious officers who caught them behaving amorously, a crime under local law. What archaic bullshit. Nothing but about power. The power to dominate others.
Birth rate in England and Wales has hit a record low according to the Office for National Statistics.
New medical procedure could delay menopause by 20 years.
Scientists went to China to create controversial human-monkey embryos.
Deaf student creates more than 100 new signs for scientific terms: “It’s not easy to convey complex processes with a few hand gestures."
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Good night.
No comments:
Post a Comment