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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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One Year Ago Today:
Corona-virus Treatments:
"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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One Year Ago Today:
- Barr’s botched effort to remove a prosecutor who probed Trump allies ― WaPo
- The Confederacy was an Antidemocratic, Centralized State ― The Atlantic
Corona-virus Treatments:
- Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker ― NYT
- Coronavirus Drug and Treatment Tracker ― NYT
Historical: - 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: - Existing drug shows promise targeting common cancer mutation ― New Atlas
- MIT Engineers Have Discovered a Completely New Way of Generating Electricity ― SciTechDaily
- Developer of Al-Ion Battery Claims It Charges 60 Times Faster than Li-Ion, EV Range Breakthrough ― Forbes
- 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
- Ingenuity helicopter makes first controlled horizontal flight on Mars ― New Atlas
- Backpack AI system helps the visually-impaired navigate safely ― New Atlas
- Energy-harvesting card treats 5G networks as wireless power grids ― New Atlas
- U.S. pledges to slash solar energy costs by 60% in a decade ― REUTERS
- IBM develops AI to invent new antibiotics – and it's made two already ― New Atlas
- Experimental cancer vaccine passes animal tests, moves to human trials ― New Atlas
'Science Faction': - Quantum Leaps, Long Assumed to be Instantaneous, Take Time ― Quanta Magazine
- Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US mothers’ breast milk ― The Guardian
- Carbon emissions to soar in 2021 by second highest rate in history ― The Guardian
- First-Ever Observations from Under Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ are Bad News ― Gizmodo
- Perseverance Rover’s SuperCam Science Instrument Delivers First Results ― NASA JPL
- CRISPR and "The Code Breaker" ― CBS News
- For the First Time, Organic Matter Crucial for Life Has Been Found on an Asteroid's Surface ― ScienceAlert
- New insights into how COVID-19 can impact the brain and CNS ― New Atlas
- DeepMind AI solves 50-year protein folding problem in "stunning advance" ― New Atlas
'Surprising' News: - For some Navy pilots, UFO sightings- an ordinary event: ‘Every day for at least a couple years’ ― WaPo
- Scientists Believe These Photos Show Mushrooms on Mars—and Proof of Life ― Popular Mechanics
- After crime plummeted in 2020, Baltimore will stop drug, sex prosecutions ― WaPo
- 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
- New evidence shows coronavirus can infect and kill heart muscle cells ― New Atlas
- Eating meat ‘raises risk of heart disease, diabetes and pneumonia’ ― The Guardian
- What Are Sperm Telling Us? ― NYT
Medical News: - 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
- The persistence of memory in B cells: Hints of stability in COVID immunity ― ars Technica
- Post-COVID lungs worse than the worst smokers' lungs, surgeon says ― CBS News
- T-cell Covid immunity 'present in adults six months after first infection' ― The Guardian
'Lunatic' News: - 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 Messages Shed New Light on Alleged Plot to Storm D.C. w/ Guns by way of Potomac ― Law & Crime
- Florida governor signs ban on 'de-platforming' by tech companies ― NBC News
- Christian Ministry Fires MAGA-Loving 'Prophet' for Unbiblical Behavior ― Friendly Atheist
- South Carolina House votes to allow execution by firing squad ― AXIOS
- Airplane over coliseum wasn’t spying on Arizona audit ― POLITIFACT
- Pastor Rick Wiles Says U.S. is 'Under the Bondage of Satanic Spirit' that's Destroying the Country ― Newsweek
Monday - 21/June/2021 - Europe Watches with Worry as Delta Variant Spreads Fast in the U.K. and Lisbon ― npr
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
- POLITICS 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
Monday - 31/May/2021 - Biden says democracy 'in peril' in speech honoring fallen troops ― abc News
- Tulsa race massacre at 100: an act of terrorism America tried to forget ― The Guardian
- Cheney fires back at Flynn over coup remark ― The Hill
Saturday - 29/May/2021 - Vietnam detects highly contagious new coronavirus variant as infections surge ― WaPo
- My name is Max, and I have a cicada problem ― WaPo
Friday - 28/May/2021 - Senate Republicans block bill to create commission to probe pro-Trump Capitol insurrection ― CNBC News
- ‘2 If by Sea’: Oath Keepers Messages Shed New Light on Alleged Plot to Storm D.C. w/ Guns by way of Potomac ― Law & Crime
- Biden budget includes his big-ticket spending plans, would boost health, education funding ― CNBC News
Thursday - 27/May/2021 - 'Some people have no shame': Biden mocks Republicans' embrace of bill they voted against ― NBC News
Wednesday - 26/May/2021 - 9 people dead in San Jose VTA rail yard shooting, including gunman ― abc News
Tuesday - 25/May/2021 - Prosecutor in Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence, weigh potential charges ― WaPo
Monday - 24/May/2021 - Western powers voice outrage as Belarus accused of hijacking plane ― BBC
- How to Watch the 'Super Flower Blood Moon' Lunar Eclipse this Week ― npr
Saturday - 22/May/2021 - Ousted Chairwoman Liz Cheney calls M.Greene's statement comparing mask mandates to Holocaust, 'evil lunacy' ― BI
Friday - 21/May/2021 - Infrastructure talks hit snag as Republicans reject Biden's reduced $1.7 trillion counteroffer ― USA Today
- Climate change: G7 ministers agree new steps against fossil fuels ― BBC
Tuesday - 18/May/2021 - New York prosecutor says Trump inquiry now 'criminal' ― BBC
Monday - 17/May/2021 - Greenland ice sheet on brink of major tipping point, says study ― The Guardian
Sunday - 16/May/2021 - Israeli airstrikes kill 42 and topple buildings in Gaza City ― CBS News
- Finally, the NRA faces a long-overdue reckoning ― WaPo
Saturday - 15/May/2021 - A Dry Pipeline Asks: Who Wants an Electric Car Now? ― Bloomberg
Friday - 14/May/2021 - Documents Reveal Pharma Plot to Stop Generic Covid-19 Vaccine Waiver ― The Intercept_
Thursday - 13/May/2021 - People vaccinated against Covid-19 can go without masks indoors and outdoors, CDC says ― CNN
- Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump ‘Enemies’ in Government ― NYT
- Pelosi- ethics committee should investigate Marjorie Greene for "verbal assault" of Ocasio-Cortez ― CBS News
Wednesday - 12/May/2021 - Liz Cheney removed from House GOP leadership ― CBS News
Tuesday - 11/May/2021 - Biden administration approves first major US offshore wind-farm ― The Guardian
Monday - 10/May/2021 - By embracing the Big Lie, Republicans risk injuring swing voters in the coming midterms ― Editorial Board
Saturday - 8/May/2021 - This is the City in Every State with the Most COVID-19 Cases ― 24/7 Wall Street
Friday - 7/May/2021 - Four former Minneapolis police officers, indicted on charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights ― NYT
Thursday - 6/May/2021 - India Reports New Single-Day Record of COVID-19 Infections, Deaths ― VOA
- Biden administration details plans to conserve 30% of US land and water by 2030 ― CNN
- Liz Cheney isn’t the only victim of the Republican Party’s Trump cult ― LA Times
- Sheriff: Girl shoots 3 at Idaho school; teacher disarms her ― AP
- America already has a realistic solution to Republican authoritarianism ― WaPo
Wednesday - 5/May/2021 - Facebook board upholds Trump ban, just not indefinitely ― AP
- Interior Department Approves Solar Energy Project in California Desert ― BLM
- Broadband cos paid for 8.5M fake net neutrality comments ― AP
Tuesday - 4/May/2021 - Judge Says Barr Misled on How His Justice Dept. Viewed Trump’s Actions ― NYT
- NOAA unveils new U.S. climate ‘normals’ that are warmer than ever ― WaPo
Saturday - 1/May/2021 - Bush: ‘Anglo-Saxon’ ideals show pro-Trump Republicans ‘want to be extinct’ ― The Guardian
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