Saturday, January 18, 2020

Saturday, January 18, 2020

And another day of denials, documents, texts, apologies, doctored videos, Russian radio, global warming, dead birds, a scary app, sex education, and dildo and nude fundraisers comes to a close:

“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Trump repeatedly denies knowing key impeachment figure [Parnas] despite being photographed with him. He denied knowing him 13 times in two minutes despite extensive photographic and video evidence of the two together. The sign of a guilty man.

New documents from Lev Parnas reveal more on possible former US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch surveillance and communication with an aide to Rep. Devin Nunes of California.

Giuliani associate Parnas texted with Trump campaign donors, including about Ukraine efforts.

And in another step closer to a lost democracy, a National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump. We didn’t just wake up here. We slowly crept to it. To obscure truth to avoid controversy is cowardly and will lead to the country’s demise.

National Archives apologizes and removes altered photo of 2017 Women’s March: We made a mistake. I still stand by my previous comment. It’s dangerous that it happened in the first place.

Biden accuses Sanders campaign of releasing doctored video, calls it a lie.

U.S. Supreme Court takes up presidential Electoral College dispute.

Despite shake-up, Putin rejects idea of Soviet-style leaders for life. But his actions speak so much louder than his words. Just like his minion, Donald Trump.

Kansas City radio station agrees to broadcast Russian-owned propaganda program Radio Sputnik. KCXL’s website says.

More Americans are alarmed by global warming than ever before, survey reveals. As we all should be.

Australia's fires have pushed as many as 100 threatened species closer to extinction.

Australia's indigenous people have a 50,000-year-old solution for the country's devastating bushfires. But it's difficult to execute correctly.

Dildo and nude fundraisers for Australia's bushfire survivors are about a lot more than sex appeal. Sex is more than for just making babies. (And the planet doesn’t need anymore babies.)

Dead Birds Washing Up by the Thousands Send a Warning About Climate Change. That warning? We’re fucked.

'Like going back 40 years': dismay as Bolsonaro backs abstinence-only sex ed. Brazilian president’s plan to cut teenage pregnancies inspired by a Christian pressure group and Trump’s approach in the US. Humans are supposed to have sex. Calling for abstinence isn’t going to change that fact. Instead, it’ll lead to ignorance and poor choices.

LGBTQ+ issues should be included in sex education curriculum. Here’s why.

The Trump administration moved on Friday to roll back school nutrition standards championed by Michelle Obama on the former first lady's birthday. Let them eat shit!

US health officials to begin airport screenings for passengers coming from Wuhan, China, the center of a growing outbreak of a never-before-seen respiratory virus.

Clearview app lets strangers find your name, info with snap of a photo, report says. What if a stranger could snap your picture on the sidewalk then use an app to quickly discover your name, address and other details? A startup called Clearview AI has made that possible, and its app is currently being used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies in the US, including the FBI, says a Saturday report in The New York Times. The app works by comparing a photo to a database of more than 3 billion pictures that Clearview says it's scraped off Facebook, Venmo, YouTube and other sites. Well shit. So much for going anywhere and thinking you’re anonymous. Think of the abuses this will bring.

Google says new AI models allow for ‘nearly instantaneous’ weather forecasts.

Two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization.

Studies are finding that parents of younger children are increasingly concerned about the long-term impacts of playing football.

This 9-year-old is bringing awareness to Dyslexia calling it his "superpower" in a viral video.

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Good night.