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"It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. If a man; holding a belief which he was taught in childhood or persuaded of afterward, keeps down and pushes away any doubts which arise about it in his mind, purposely avoids the reading of books and the company of men that call in question or discuss it, and regards as impious those questions which cannot easily be asked without disturbing it—the life of that man is one lengthy sin against mankind."
― WK Clifford, The Ethics of Belief
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"It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence. If a man; holding a belief which he was taught in childhood or persuaded of afterward, keeps down and pushes away any doubts which arise about it in his mind, purposely avoids the reading of books and the company of men that call in question or discuss it, and regards as impious those questions which cannot easily be asked without disturbing it—the life of that man is one lengthy sin against mankind."
― WK Clifford, The Ethics of Belief
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Corona-virus Treatments:
- Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker ― NYT
- Coronavirus Drug and Treatment Tracker ― NYT
Historical: - “You’re Gonna Have a Fucking War”: Gen. Milley’s Fight to Stop Trump from Striking Iran ― New Yorker
- Blast From the Past ― FP
- The Confederacy was an Antidemocratic, Centralized State ― The Atlantic
- What Happened after the Liberation of Auschwitz ― Smithsonian Magazine
- A New Report Adds Evidence that Trump was a Russian Asset ― SLATE
- Who Killed More: Hitler, Stalin, or Mao? ― The New York Review of Books
- Ransacking the Republic ― Walter M. Schaub Jr.
- What Thucydides Knew About the US Today ― Edward Mendelson
- Disinformed to Death ― Jonathan Freedland
- Ancient Mud Reveals an Explanation for Sudden Collapse of the Mayan Empire ― Inverse
- The Soul-Crushing Legacy of Billy Graham ― RS
- Lessons in the Decline of Democracy from the Ruined Roman Republic ― Smithsonian Magazine
Interesting Tech: - Next UAS wants you to own your own eVTOL, without a pilot's license ― New Atlas
- Data transmission speed record clocks blistering 319 Terabits per second ― New Atlas
- Landmark study shows one dose of psilocybin induces new neural connections ― New Atlas
- Dementia-fighting experimental drug moves to human trials ― New Atlas
- CRISPR injected into the blood treats a genetic disease for first time ― ScienceMag.org
- No-frills tiny house keeps things simple to drive costs down ― New Atlas
- Existing drug shows promise targeting common cancer mutation ― New Atlas
- Piaggio offers first look at One e-scooter ahead of full Beijing reveal ― New Atlas
- Morphing computer chip repels hundreds of professional DARPA hackers ― New Atlas
Green: - The fungus and bacteria tackling plastic waste ― BBC
- Orbital's O2 floating turbine starts exporting clean power to the grid ― New Atlas
- 100's More Offshore Wind Turbines Green-lighted for New Jersey Coast ― NBC News
- Big oil and gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price ― The Guardian
- Developer of Al-Ion Battery Claims...Charges 60 Times Faster than Li-Ion, EV Range Breakthrough ― Forbes
- Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history ― The Guardian
'Science Faction': - COVID-19 variants: What comes after Delta? ― New Atlas
- Western Wildfires May Take Weeks to Months to Contain ― npr
- Critical measures of global heating reaching tipping point, study finds ― The Guardian
- A 'wobble' in the moon's orbit could result in record flooding in the 2030's ― LiveScience
- Earth's cryosphere loses enough ice to cover Lake Superior every year ― LiveScience
- Prevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines ― NEJM
- Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US mothers’ breast milk ― The Guardian
- First-Ever Observations from Under Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ are Bad News ― Gizmodo
- CRISPR and "The Code Breaker" ― CBS News
- New insights into how COVID-19 can impact the brain and CNS ― New Atlas
'Surprising' News: - Harvard-led team to search cosmos for extraterrestrial space tech and UFOs ― LiveScience
- Brown trout become addicts in waters polluted with methamphetamine ― New Atlas
- Scientists Believe These Photos Show Mushrooms on Mars—and Proof of Life ― Popular Mechanics
- American Honey is Radioactive from Decades of Nuclear Bomb Testing ― VICE
- Physicists working with Microsoft think the universe is a self-learning computer ― TNW
- Magic Mushrooms are Decriminalized in DC ― WASHINGTONIAN
- Eating meat ‘raises risk of heart disease, diabetes and pneumonia’ ― The Guardian
- What Are Sperm Telling Us? ― NYT
Medical News: - “Delta is a warning”: WHO concerned new COVID-19 variants will emerge ― New Atlas
- Rare case shows it’s possible to have two Covid variants at the same time, experts say ― CNBC
- 7 questions about Covid-19 booster shots, answered ― Vox
- What is the Delta variant and how is it altering the course of the pandemic? ― New Atlas
- Babesiosis, a dangerous tick-borne infection that attacks red blood cells, a growing problem ― WaPo
- Early findings show new drug could be ‘game-changing’ for brain cancer treatment ― The Guardian
- Long-haul Covid patients can experience 'waves of symptoms,' early research suggests ― NBC News
- New diabetes cases linked to covid-19 ― WaPo
'Lunatic' News: - Rick Wiles Claims That ‘Jesus Christ Shut Down Right Wing Watch’ ― RWW
- ‘Prophet’ Robin Bullock Says Biden has ‘Slotted Serpent’s Eyes,’ Which is a Sign of Demonic Possession ― RWW
- Tony Perkins Offers Tips on ‘Surviving the Rainbow Onslaught’ During Pride Month ― RWW
- A Man Ran Over A Muslim Family with His Truck Because of Their Religion, Police Say ― npr
- Understanding QAnon’s Connection to American Politics, Religion, and Media Consumption ― PRRI Research
- ‘2 If by Sea’: Oath Keepers Msg's Shed New Light on Alleged Plot...Storm D.C. w/ Guns by way of Potomac ― Law & Crime
- South Carolina House votes to allow execution by firing squad ― AXIOS
Wednesday - 4/Aug/2021 - Federal judge sanctions lawyers who brought conspiracy theory-filled lawsuit trying to overturn 2020 election ― BI
Tuesday - 3/Aug/2021 - Help or 'get out of the way,' Biden says to governors on combatting pandemic ― abc News
Monday - 2/Aug/2021 - COVID-19 variants: What comes after Delta? ― New Atlas
- GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham reveals Covid infection, lauds vaccine: ‘My symptoms would be far worse’ ― CNBC
Sunday - 1/Aug/2021 - “Delta is a warning”: WHO concerned new COVID-19 variants will emerge ― New Atlas
- Fauci warns 'things are going to get worse' with COVID ― abc News
- 'Do it for the people you care about': FL woman urges people...get vaccinated after losing...dad & brother to CV-19...same week ― CNN
- Western Wildfires May Take Weeks to Months to Contain ― npr
- Wildfires threaten Turkey coastal resorts ― BBC
- Kinzinger: McCarthy and Jordan should face Capitol attack subpoenas – but maybe not Trump ― The Guardian
- US expands Afghan refugee program as Taliban violence rises ― AP
Saturday - 31/July/2021 - Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases ― AP
- New Orleans EMS can't keep up with calls due to the Covid-19 surge as mayor restores a mask mandate ― CNN
- Our view: COVID response requires maturity ― Winston-Salem Journal
Friday - 30/July/2021 - Trump to acting AG, according to aide’s notes: ‘Just say the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me’ ― WaPo
- Florida COVID-19 cases surge with 100,000+ reported in past week ― Local10.com
- Biden's Justice Department says IRS 'must' hand over Trump tax returns to Congress ― CNN
Thursday - 29/July/2021 - ‘The war has changed’: Internal CDC doc. urges new messaging, warns delta infections likely more severe ― WaPo
Wednesday - 28/July/2021 - Critical measures of global heating reaching tipping point, study finds ― The Guardian
- The DOJ won't Defend Rep. Mo Brooks in Court Against Claims He Incited the Jan. 6 Riot ― npr
- Cops point to Trump's responsibility for Jan. 6 Capitol mob attack ― WRAL.com
- Liz Cheney rebukes GOP leadership after January 6 panel holds first hearing ― CNN
- The Justice Department Puts States on Notice about Election Audits and Voting Changes ― npr
- Google and Facebook Mandate Vaccines for Employees at U.S. Offices ― npr
- NRA Spending on Lawyers is on Pace for Record this Year ― Bloomberg
Tuesday - 27/July/2021 - CDC urges vaccinated people in covid hot spots to resume wearing masks indoors ― WaPo
- US combat forces to leave Iraq by end of year ― BBC
- Susan Wright Loses Texas Election, a Failing Test for Trump ― Newsweek
Monday - 26/July/2021 - Dr. Scott Gottlieb says U.S. delta-driven Covid spike could peak in 3 weeks, following U.K. pattern ― CNBC
- 7 dead in Utah after sandstorm causes series of car crashes ― abc News
Sunday - 25/July/2021 - Delta variant drives fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic across the U.S. ― CBS News
- What U.S. abortion access looks like, in graphics ― NBC News
- Fauci says US headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus ― AP
Saturday - 24/July/2021 - A MO hospital just hit its all-time high for CV cases. But...Co. fair that attracts thousands won't be canceled ― CNN
- Large study finds COVID-19 is linked to a substantial drop in intelligence ― PsyPost
Friday - 23/July/2021 - Louisiana surges to worst COVID outbreak in U.S. amid delta variant wave ― Times-Picayune
- How a Tiny Town with an Anti-Mask Mayor Caused COVID Chaos ― DB
- Pelosi says ‘deadly serious’ Jan. 6 probe to go without GOP ― AP
- 2 Dead From Untreatable 'Superbug' Fungus Reported At 2 Dallas Hospitals ― CBSDFW
- Nathan Bedford Forrest bust removed from Tennessee Capitol ― WBIR
Thursday - 22/July/2021 - Coast-to-coast heat dome to deliver sweltering weather next week ― WaPo
- ‘Not Out of the Woods’: C.D.C. Issues Warning to the Unvaccinated ― NYT
Wednesday - 21/July/2021 - More than 91 million live in US counties with high CV-19 infections. It's time to reset...put masks back on ― CNN
- How safe is the U.S. president's 'nuclear football'? Pentagon watchdog to find out ― REUTERS
- China floods: 12 dead in Zhengzhou train and thousands evacuated in Henan ― BBC
- ‘I’m sorry, but it’s too late’: Alabama doctor on treating unvaccinated, dying COVID patients ― AL.com
Tuesday - 20/July/2021 - Boston urges Provincetown visitors to self-isolate, get COVID test ― WCVB
Sunday - 18/July/2021 - Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US ― The Guardian
- Appeals court allows CDC to enforce rules for cruise ships in blow to DeSantis ― AXIOS
- Tracking Coronavirus in Florida: Latest Map and Case Count ― NYT
Saturday - 17/July/2021 - Federal judge blocks new DACA applications and says program is illegal ― CNN
- CV-19 hospitalizations on the rise in TX as less than 50 percent of the state is fully vaccinated ― The Hill
Friday - 16/July/2021 - CDC director says COVID-19 is 'becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated' ― BI
- Blistering heat wave returns to northwestern U.S., Canada this weekend ― WaPo
- Biden administration moves to reverse Trump-era shower-head rule ― CNN
- What the ‘Freedom Phone’ and the right’s anti-vax campaign have in common ― WaPo
Thursday - 15/July/2021 - Torrential Rain and Flooding are Wreaking Havoc Across Western Germany ― npr
- U.S. seeks prison term for 1st felony defendant to be sentenced in Capitol breach, domestic terror threat ― WaPo
- “You’re Gonna Have a Fucking War”: Mark Milley’s Fight to Stop Trump from Striking Iran ― The New Yorker
- Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House ― The Guardian
Wednesday - 14/July/2021 - Biden Makes a Push for Democrats to Unite Around $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan ― npr
- Europe Unveils Plan to Shift From Fossil Fuels, Setting Up Potential Trade Spats ― NYT
- US to begin evacuating Afghans who aided American military ― AP
Tuesday - 13/July/2021 - American west stuck in cycle of ‘heat, drought and fire’, experts warn ― The Guardian
Monday - 12/July/2021 - Wildfires blaze across western states as two die in Arizona plane crash ― The Guardian
- Texas Democrats leave the state to block restrictive voting legislation ― WaPo
- Time to Trigger the Nuclear Option ― The Hartman Report
- Hundreds of Thais inoculated with Sinovac are infected as cases spike in Southeast Asia ― WaPo
- Judge eyes sanctions on pro-Trump lawyers who claimed voter fraud ― REUTERS
- Trump Org. removes indicted finance officer Weisselberg from leadership roles at dozens of subsidiaries ― WaPo
Sunday - 11/July/2021 - Couple who hesitated on vaccination share story of having Covid-19 ― KDVR.com
Saturday - 10/July/2021 - Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue that Sparked a Deadly Rally ― npr
- Temperatures could top 120 at inland Southern California today as heat wave bears down ― LA Times
- Texas man who waited 6 hours at polling site is charged with illegal voting ― NBC News
Friday - 9/July/2021 - CDC reports outbreak of COVID-19 delta variant at Oklahoma gymnastics facility ― KFOR.com
- June 2021 was the hottest June on record for U.S. ― NOAA
- Biden fires Social Security commissioner, a Trump holdover ― POLITICO
- Michigan AG will probe people making money off false election claims ― ClickOnDetroit.com
- Biden's admin. just canceled $55.6 million in student debt for people who went to 3 for-profit colleges ― BI
Thursday - 8/July/2021 - Biden says ‘I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan’ ― The Guardian
Wednesday - 7/July/2021 - New York governor declares gun violence a health emergency ― BBC
- 7 questions about Covid-19 booster shots, answered ― Vox
- Even before Jovenel Moïse's Assassination, Haiti was in Crisis ― npr
- Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in Washington, D.C. ― NBC News
Tuesday - 6/July/2021 - Elsa to become hurricane before landfall; Parts of Central Florida under tornado watch ― WESH2
- Biden announces Covid ‘surge response teams’ amid Delta variant concerns ― The Guardian
- 125 COVID-19 cases linked to Texas church summer camp ― The Hill
Monday - 5/July/2021 - At least 150 people fatally shot in more than 400 shootings over the Fourth of July weekend ― CNN
Sunday - 4/July/2021 - Tropical Storm Elsa Moving Away From Southeastern Cuba & Jamaica ― CBS Miami
- Fauci Warns of New CV Surge as Poll Shows Republicans Still Hesitant to Get Vaccinated ― SLATE
Saturday - 3/July/2021 - Tropical Storm Elsa Nears Florida as Crews Prepare to Demolish Remains of Condo ― npr
- What's Next for Voting Rights after The Supreme Court's Decision ― npr
- Canada heatwave: Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia ― BBC
Friday - 2/July/2021 - CDC says U.S. COVID-19 infections are up 10% this week ― CBS News
Thursday - 1/July/2021 - Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions ― NYT
Wednesday - 30/June/2021 - N.Y. grand jury said to return criminal indictments against Trump’s company and its CFO ― WaPo
- Donald Rumsfeld, former defense secretary and Iraq war architect, dies at 88 ― NBC News
- More than 80 test positive for COVID-19 in Illinois summer camp outbreak ― The Hill
Tuesday - 29/June/2021 - Blackouts in US Northwest due to heat wave, deaths reported ― AP
- 95% of COVID-19 deaths since March were in unvaccinated Wisconsinites ― WISN
- Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concrete ― AP
- The Supreme Court Leaves The CDC's Moratorium on Evictions in Place ― npr
Monday - 28/June/2021 - Pacific Northwest bakes under once-in-a-millennium heat dome ― CBS News
Sunday - 27/June/2021 - Gottlieb says parts of U.S. could see "very dense outbreaks" as Delta variant spreads ― CBS News
- U.S. launches airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria ― NBC News
- Trump Org. attorneys given Mon. deadline to persuade prosecutors not to file charges ― WaPo
Saturday - 26/June/2021 - Record Heat Wave Set to Scorch Pacific Northwest to Southern California ― npr
Friday - 25/June/2021 - They Seemed Like Democratic Activists. They Were Secretly Conservative Spies ― NYT
- Justice Dept. sues state of Georgia over new voting restrictions ― WaPo
- Derek Chauvin receives 22 and a half years for murder of George Floyd ― NYT
- UFO report: Gov. can't explain 143 of 144 mysterious flying objects, blames limited data ― NBC News
Thursday - 24/June/2021 - Biden: 'We have a deal' on infrastructure with bipartisan group of senators ― CNN
- Delta Covid variant has a new mutation called ‘delta plus’ ― CNBC
- Miami building collapse: Rescuers search rubble for survivors ― BBC
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Launches Select Committee to Probe Jan. 6 Insurrection ― npr
- Don’t despair over the Senate: a new voting rights law has never been closer ― The Guardian
Wednesday - 23/June/2021 - Covid Delta variant is ‘in the air you breathe’ ― The Guardian
- White House to replace Federal Housing Finance Agency director following SCOTUS decision ― CNN
- Most new wind and solar projects will be cheaper than coal, report finds ― The Guardian
Tuesday - 22/June/2021 - GOP ready to block elections bill in Senate showdown ― AP
- Fauci declares delta variant ‘greatest threat’ to the nation’s efforts to eliminate Covid ― CNBC
Monday - 21/June/2021 - Europe Watches with Worry as Delta Variant Spreads Fast in the U.K. and Lisbon ― npr
- Since 9/11, military suicides dwarf the number of soldiers killed in combat ― NBC News
- Public Supports Both Early Voting And Requiring Photo ID to Vote ― Monmouth University
- Exxon Prepares to Cull U.S. White-Collar Ranks by as Much as 10% ― Bloomberg
Sunday - 20/June/2021 - The NY race that could determine Trump's fate ― CNN
Saturday - 19/June/2021 - Delta variant infecting mounting number of people in rural Kansas and Missouri ― abc News
Friday - 18/June/2021 - Lake Mead's decline points to scary water future in West ― The Hill
- Conservative Christians jeer ‘traitor’ Pence for refusing to overturn election ― The Guardian
Thursday - 17/June/2021 - Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act, leaving it in place ― CNN
- Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday ― CNN
- 1 dead, 13 injured in series of drive-by shootings in Arizona; suspect in custody ― NBC News
- Tropical storm likely to hit U.S. this week as hurricane season gets off to an active start ― CNBC
Wednesday - 16/June/2021 - US Gulf Coast put on alert for potential tropical threat ― AccuWeather
- Biden Administration Extends Protections to Transgender Students ― npr
- Here are the 14 House Republicans who voted against a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday ― CNN
Tuesday - 15/June/2021 - Trump Pressed the Justice Department to Reverse the Election Results, Documents Show ― npr
- NIH study suggests coronavirus may have been in U.S. as early as December 2019 ― WaPo
Monday - 14/June/2021 - A new coronavirus variant is on the rise. Here's why experts are concerned ― CNN
- DOJ national security chief John Demers leaving post amid probe of records seizures ― CNBC
- The Man Accused of Hitting a Muslim Family with His Car is Facing Terrorism Charges ― npr
- Novavax Offers U.S. a Fourth Strong Covid-19 Vaccine ― NYT
- Coronavirus infections dropping where people are vaccinated, rising where they are not ― WaPo
Sunday - 13/June/2021 - Israel's new prime minister is sworn in, ending Netanyahu's 12-year grip on power ― CNN
- Rash of mass shootings stirs US fears heading into summer ― AP
Friday - 11/June/2021 - AG Garland Vows to Defend Voting Rights as the 'Cornerstone' of American Democracy ― npr
Thursday - 10/June/2021 - NY Times: Trump DOJ investigated House Dems, seized data ― AP
- Three Percenters militia members charged in U.S. Capitol attack ― REUTERS
- America's global image under Biden skyrockets compared to Trump, survey finds ― NBC News
Wednesday - 9/June/2021 - Future-proofing the presidency ― Boston Globe
Tuesday - 8/June/2021 - FBI-controlled AN0M app ensnares scores of alleged criminals in global police sting ― WaPo
- U.S. Seizes Share of Ransom From Hackers in Colonial Pipeline Attack ― NYT
- IRS records show wealthiest Americans, including Bezos and Musk, paid little in income taxes as share of wealth ― WaPo
Friday - 4/June/2021 - U.S. economy added 559,000 jobs in May, vs. estimates for 675,000 ― NBC News
Tuesday - 1/June/2021 - Joe Biden calls for US to confront its past on 100th anniversary of Tulsa massacre ― The Guardian
- Biden administration suspends oil and gas leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ― WaPo
Dossier - Donald Trump's Activities in Russia and...Relationship with the Kremlin ― Christopher Steele
A New Report Adds Evidence That Trump Was a Russian Asset ― SLATE
Trump Lies Total (30,573) - Jan. 2017 - Jan. 2021