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Expert scientists immediately predict climate change causes triple La Ninas… right after they happen
ENSO is playing games with climate scientists — mocking their ability to predict the single greatest natural short term climate swing factor. The El Niño–Southern Oscillation drives floods, droughts, bushfires, and essentially pushes the planetary temperatures up and down on a year by year basis. Nothing determines the year’s climate headlines more than this one thing, yet climate scientists have
BEST OF THE WEB: The Psychology of Totalitarianism: Reviewing Mattias Desmet's New Book Part 1
I've been eagerly awaiting Mattias Desmet's new book ever since his podcast appearances delineating the "mass formation" hypothesis regarding COVID-19 and the subsequent announcement the book's English translation: The Psychology of Totalitarianism (PT). Desmet is a practicing psychoanalyst and professor of clinical psychology in Belgium, and he brings a level of insight to his analysis that is so
The Controlled Demolition of the Economy
As I'm sure you've seen, there have been many, many such stories circulating in the financial press in recent months, all touting similarly bleak numbers. But it's important to keep in mind that these numbers are just that: numbers. The real question is what these numbers actually mean. Today, let's answer that question by drilling down on the narrative behind the numbers and discover what that s
BEST OF THE WEB: The Road to Zion: The Conservative Movement in Ireland
"Unfortunately for Ireland, Catholic Emancipation was carried in 1829. 'Respectable Catholics' were contented, and became West Britons from that day." — John Mitchel Just as the parasite on modern Irish Republicanism has been Marxism, the parasite on conservative movements in Ireland has been West Britonism Inc. (expressed in its contemporary form by Atlanticism, neoconservatism, Christian Zionism
Welcome to a weather dependent nation — whether you can use your dishwasher depends on the wind
Renewable Crash Test Dummy: Friday edition For energy-nerds following the Australian experiment, today is a big day. On the up-side, three coal turbines have rebooted adding another 1200MW to the grid. On the down-side, the wind has slowed and 3000MW has disappeared. On the hope-side, another 4 coal turbines may possibly get back in gear by Sunday, and you never know, the wind might pick up. Thoug

BLOGGER-FOLLOWING

Khaby Lame unseats Charli D'Amelio as the most-followed account on TikTok
Charli D'Amelio may have built a dancing dynasty, but she has been unseated as the most-followed TikTok account by a comedian who never says a word. Khaby Lame , a Senegalese-born 22-year-old living in Italy, swept past D'Amelio Wednesday night to a current follower count of 142.6 million to D'Amelio's 142.3 million. SEE ALSO: TikTok's eel pit guy on his chihuahua, internet fame, and life expecta
Jacob deserved a happier ending in 'Grace and Frankie'
Welcome to Fix It, our series examining projects we love — save for one tiny change we wish we could make. Grace and Frankie is a near-perfect show. Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris' comedy offered chemistry and humor, warmth and connectedness, substance and truth. The longest-running Netflix series came to an end (or "The Beginning," as the final episode is called) in May, offering promises o
JAN. 6 HEARINGS (Day 5): Trump's Failed DoJ Coup and 'How Close We Came to Losing it All': 'BradCast' 6/23/2022
Yes, we heard him correctly! Rep. Bennie Thompson , Chair of the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, opened today's 5th day of public hearings by noting that Donald Trump tried to " steal " the 2020 election! Finally, as noted on today's BradCast Special Coverage, we're getting somewhere! Let's see if the rest of the media is still as allergic to using

NEWS

Climate justice groups join British rail strike picket lines
Campaigners say government must invest in public transport to avoid worst impacts of global heating Climate justice groups have joined RMT picket lines across Great Britain to support the rail strike and argue the government must invest in public transport to avoid the worst impacts of global heating. Hundreds of activists from several groups including Just Stop Oil , War on Want, Extinction Rebe
Brexit is working and naysayers have axes to grind, claims David Frost
UK’s former chief negotiator launches staunch defence of Brexit on sixth anniversary of EU referendum Brexit is working and anyone who says it has hit the economy and trade has an axe to grind, the former Brexit negotiator David Frost has said on the sixth anniversary of the UK voting to leave the EU. Lord Frost stopped short of painting a picture of “sunny uplands” but said official figures used

SCIENCE

Artificial photosynthesis can produce food without sunshine
Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to turn water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight into plant biomass and the foods we eat. This process, however, is very inefficient, with only about 1% of the energy found in sunlight ending up in the plant. Scientists at UC Riverside and the University of Delaware have found a way to bypass the need for biological photosynthes

VETERANS TODAY

FATF’s Sword of Damocles Still Hanging over Pakistan
By Sajjad Shaukat, PAK VT Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on June 17, this year cleared Pakistan’s path to get off from the grey list. It said that the country has completed its two concurrent action plans and met all 34 items. The global watchdog will now schedule an on-site visit to verify the implementation […]

YOUTUBE

M2 vs. M1: MacBook Pro review
Apple has updated its 13-inch 2020 MacBook Pro with its new M2 processor. It’s an improvement over the older M1 chip, especially in single-core performance. But the M2 will also power Apple’s cheaper MacBook Air, which will have a brand-new design and a host of other benefits. Here’s what we’ve seen from the M2 so far — but until we see the MacBook Air, it’s hard to say whether it’s worth the mon
The Territory | Official Trailer | National Geographic Documentary Films
The Territory, from director Alex Pritz, provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe #TheTerritory #OfficialTrailer #NationalGeographic About National Geographic: National Geographic is the worl
Kalen Reacts to Kalen: NY Fashion Week
In this new series, Kalen Allen looks back at his “iconic” times at ‘The Ellen Show’ over the years. Join him as he watches his first trip to NY Fashion Week and shares what was really going on behind-the-scenes before his debut on the catwalk. From: TheEllenShow

ANALYSTS

Are consulting firms’ missing the new mark with their thought leadership?
The factors clients take into account when deciding which firm to hire have shifted radically in the last year. As we’ve noted elsewhere on this blog, expertise, which pre-pandemic was taken for granted—it was assumed that every major firm could do everything—now plays a pivotal role. Clients seeing consultants afresh via Teams and Zoom, have found it easier to identify who the real specialists a
How can you create differentiated thought leadership?
Our recent research has shown that thought leadership plays an integral role when it comes to the extent to which clients trust consulting firms , as well as the prices they are willing to pay . With thought leadership clearly playing such an important role, it is more important than ever that your firm’s thought leadership output stands out in the marketplace. There are many ways to achieve this

UNCATEGORIZED

Plenty of Examples That Giant Galaxies Like the Milky Way Formed Through Mergers
The Universe’s giant galaxies pose a thorny problem for astronomers. The galaxies have grown large somehow, and the only things that can make a galaxy giant are probably other galaxies. So mergers must have played an important role. Astronomers have known about galaxy mergers for a long time, but the process is still mysterious. A new study based on ten years of work presents observations and dir
Social Engineering Kill–Chain: Predicting, Minimizing & Disrupting Attack Verticals
It was a Friday afternoon when Bill was on his way back home from work when he received a call that made him take the next U-turn back to his office. It was one of these calls that he was dedicating all of his working hours to avoid. He was not given much detail through the phone, but it seems that Andre, someone working in the account payments department, had just fallen victim to a scam and had
Do Ancient Coins Record the Supernova of 1054?
SN 1054 was one of the most spectacular astronomical events of all time. The supernova explosion eventually formed what is today known as the M1 – the Crab Nebula. But in 1054 AD, the year it occurred, it was an ultrabright star in the sky and one of only eight recorded supernovae in the history of the Milky Way. However, it was only noted by half of the literate world. Primarily written about in

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