In the past two weeks, Covid-19 infections have surged among airport screeners.
— Read on www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2022/05/04/tsa-covid-infections-jumped-50-percent-mask-mandate-lifted/
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The Colorado Flu — US reports first human case of H5N1 bird flu
The case comes amid concerns that a continuing outbreak among US birds could lead to more human infections.
— Read on www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/29/us-reports-first-human-case-of-h5n1-bird-flu
Greenwashing ‘What the actual fuck?’ — UK: Burp-Catching Mask for Cows Could Slow Down Climate Change
Zelp’s innovative face mask captures methane in cows’ burps and converts in into carbon dioxide and water, which could slow down climate change.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/uk-burp-catching-mask-for-cows-slow-down-climate-change-2022-4
Fake Followers Twitter | Fake Followers Audit From SparkToro
Analyze any Twitter account to uncover an estimated percentage of inactive, spam, bot, & other fake followers
— Read on sparktoro.com/tools/fake-followers-audit
Just Like Apple — Google Plans to Curtail Cross-App Tracking on Android Phones
The Alphabet unit plans to continue support of the existing approach for at least two years as it follows Apple in challenging Facebook.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-to-curtail-cross-app-tracking-on-android-phones-11645016401
Riding With The Herd — Trump Flew On Epstein’s Private Jets At Least Seven Times, Maxwell Court Docs Reveal
Flight logs released in Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial have revealed Donald Trump’s numerous flights onboard Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ private jet. Prosecutors released the documents on Sunday, December 19, ahead of closing arguments in the sex-trafficking trial which were delivered the following day. Maxwell has been accused of recruiting young girls for Epstein between 1994 and …
From 1997: Basically, Yup — The Long Boom: A History of the Future, 1980–2020
We’re facing 25 years of prosperity, freedom, and a better environment for the whole world. You got a problem with that?
— Read on www.wired.com/1997/07/longboom/
California wants to ban misleading recycling labels. Plastic companies don’t.
A new bill will stop the plastic industry from putting the “chasing arrows” symbol on plastic that can’t be recycled.
— Read on grist.org/politics/california-bill-bans-recycling-label-on-products-that-arent-recyclable/
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How Activist Academia Destroyed Scholarly Peer Review
If these are the practices that Cambridge University Press is willing to tolerate from journals such as Contemporary European History, we may safely conclude that their “rigourous peer-review system” is not so rigorous after all.
— Read on www.aier.org/article/how-activist-academia-destroyed-scholarly-peer-review/
Female Octopuses Throw Things at Irritating Males, And Look, We Totally Get It
When it comes to getting rid of an annoying pest, sometimes subtlety just won’t cut it. Sometimes you just have to throw everything or anything within reach, pelting the offender with shells and debris until they scuttle off back to their hole.
— Read on www.sciencealert.com/female-octopuses-throw-things-at-irritating-males-and-that-s-so-relatable
Facebook says data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ before September 2019
Facebook Inc on Tuesday said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from a misuse of a feature in 2019 and that the company had plugged the hole after identifying the problem at the time.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-breach/facebook-says-data-on-530-million-users-scraped-before-september-2019-idUSKBN2BT307
Millions are expected to hold off on any further use of brakes until more is known.
CPC centenary: The “end of history” and the struggle against liquidation
The overthrow of socialism and the capitalist counterattack had a staggering impact on the working class globally.
— Read on peoplesvoice.ca/2021/05/28/cpc-centenary-the-end-of-history-and-the-struggle-against-liquidation/
‘Tortured phrases’ give away fabricated research papers
Analysis reveals that strange turns of phrase may indicate foul play in science.
— Read on www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02134-0
Google, what the hell is this?
‘Nothing Good To Say’: Water Quality Reaches New Lows In Waquoit, Poppy Bays
Nutrient pollution in Waquoit and Popponesset Bays has reached a grim new milestone: Both bays now show impaired water quality throughout, with no high-quality areas remaining.
— Read on www.capenews.net/content/tncms/live/
The Political Rave and Drool 