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Despite the news that the River Rhine is in a crisis due to “climate change” it has happened before, and many times. There are rocks in European rivers called Hunger Stones where people carved messages to mark the depth of the pain in the droughts. There are historical records of the Rhine drying up in spots so badly that people could walk across it with dry feet. In 1540 wells ran dry that had n
Watch the official public release of Matador Films' new "Uninformed Consent" documentary, presented by Librti.com and Vaccine Choice Canada. An in-depth look into the Covid 19 narrative, who's controlling it, and how it's being used to inject an untested, new technology into almost every person on the planet. Please consider supporting the filmmaker by pressing the SUPPORT button here. The film ex
Analyzing data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red supergiant star Betelgeuse quite literally blew its top in 2019, losing a substantial part of its visible surface and producing a gigantic Surface Mass Ejection (SME). This is something never before seen in a normal star's behavior. Our Sun routinely blows off parts of
As promised, today James does a question and answer with some students of his Mass Media: A History online course. From the history of media to our relationship with to an intriguing question about Gulf War embedded reporting that goes in a very unexpected direction, you won't want to miss this info-packed Q&A. The post first appeared on The Corbett Report .
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In early June an incident of extreme-climate change-policy hit a car park in India at 5am. UPDATE: As commenter DLK says it’s a case of “sudden vehicle death syndrome (SVDS)”. Sudden energy release in car park. Imagine if this happened in an apartment block basement while people slept above it? 100 vehicles catch fire in Delhi’s Electric Vehicle charging station – India. Batteries News A massive f

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A mod that removes Spider-Man Remastered 's rainbow Pride flags and replaces them with American flags has now been removed from Nexus Mods itself. The popular video game modification website wasn't shy about its decision either, firmly asserting its stance in favour of diversity and inclusivity while condemning the uploader as a "coward." "It was very clearly done deliberately to be a troll mod,"
Mark your calendars. Apple 's signature iPhone launch event is expected to take place on Sept. 7. According to Bloomberg business reporter Mark Gurman , "people with knowledge of the matter" say the iPhone 14 and possibly a new Apple Watch Series 8 will be unveiled, as is the historical norm for the first of the company's two September events. Insiders anticipate the iPhone 14 Pro will replace th
A TikTok user attracted several million views after posting up a video of 'blood' coming out of her bathroom wall. There have many recorded cases of '...
The largest shark that ever lived would have put even the man-eating monster from 'Jaws' to shame. Stephen Wroe - an associate professor at the Univer...
Via: The Defender: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is promoting “Enhanced Border Security Agreements” by offering access to the department’s vast biometric databanks to foreign states that agree to reciprocate, according to a July 22 Statewatch report. A DHS document, “DHS International Biometric Information Sharing (IBIS) Program,” is effectively a “sales pitch” to […]
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Inflation Reduction Act's landmark climate action is now the law of the land; Western states hit with unprecedented water cuts; Massachusetts passes sweeping climate and energy bill; PLUS: California proposes big changes amid historic drought... All that and more in today's Green News Report! GNR's now celebrating 13 YEARS of independent green news, politics, analysis, sn

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Loss-making TV channel loses major investor as it faces competition from Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV US media group Warner Bros Discovery is to sell its stake in GB News , in a shake-up which has seen the loss-making television channel’s co-founders sell-up and resign as directors, and the remaining backers step forward with a further £60m in cash. The fledgling news channel, which originally said it
Former chancellor talks about preference for breakfast wrap, which went off menu in 2020 Rishi Sunak’s habit of slightly awkward interactions with the everyday world has continued after he talked of enjoying McDonald’s breakfast wraps – an item that disappeared from the fast food chain’s UK menu nearly two-and-a-half years ago. The former chancellor was speaking to ITV’s This Morning programme a
The Northern Lights, known scientifically as auroras borealis, are triggered by geomagnetic activity from the Sun. They typically occur closer to the North Pole, near Alaska and Canada. (Image credit: Charles Bierwirth/AP)
Weisselberg entered his guilty plea in state court in lower Manhattan on Thursday. He's the latest person close to former President Trump to plead guilty or be convicted at trial of a felony. (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
"Kushner looks like a mannequin, and he writes like one," Times book critic Dwight Garner writes
Former President Donald Trump and his allies are ramping up warnings that Trump might seek payback for the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago club if he recaptures the presidency. On Wednesday, Trump posted a link to an article headlined “The Payback for Mar-a-Lago Will Be Brutal” on his Truth Social account. The article, an op-ed penned by the Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board membe

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Disease outbreaks have ravaged humanity from prehistory to modern times, sometimes changing the course of history and even wiping out entire civilizations.
PFAS, a group of manufactured chemicals commonly used since the 1940s, are called "forever chemicals" for a reason. Bacteria can't eat them; fire can't incinerate them; and water can't dilute them. And, if these toxic chemicals are buried, they leach into surrounding soil, becoming a persistent problem for generations to come.
Other methods to gauge scientific prowess still put the United States somewhat ahead
An international team of researchers studying dust samples retrieved by the Hayabusa-2 space probe, has found that some of its dust grains are older than the solar system. In their paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, the group describes their analysis of the dust from the asteroid and what they found.
Study implicates lack of key hormone, battle-weary immune cells, and reawakened viruses
The Northern Lights, known scientifically as auroras borealis, are triggered by geomagnetic activity from the Sun. They typically occur closer to the North Pole, near Alaska and Canada. (Image credit: Charles Bierwirth/AP)

Veterans Today

It is necessary to "restore respect to international law, and to its fundamental norms and principles."
Fighting for your country is an act of bravery, but it’s difficult. War is deadly, and service members have to deal with not only destruction but also heartbreak from leaving their loved ones. The impact of war on veterans and their families is devastating. When they return home, veterans experience serious health issues, such as […]
At the outset of the Ukraine conflict, Western officials proclaimed their unity against Moscow and vowed to accelerate their transition away from Russian fossil fuels and towards greener energy.
Centers for Disease Control not have shared data, literature or scientific facts at the time when they were published, with the public
How much longer will their sniveling cowardice stop them setting free the 2 million prisoners of Gaza and giving the Palestinians their lands back?
"There’s nothing quite so deplorable as trying to defend the indefensible."

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Ellen’s celebrating her last Valentine’s Day on the show, so this is her last chance to help all the lovers out there. To celebrate, she shared what she thinks you should not do when it comes to the day of love. From: TheEllenShow
Journey through America’s national parks in stunning detail in this special livestream of all 8 episodes of our original America's National Parks series from 2015 (Olympic, Yosemite, Everglades, Gates of the Arctic, Yellowstone, Saguaro, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountain). Don't miss all-new episodes of "America’s National Parks" premiering August 29 at 9/8c on National Geographic over five cons
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 is an incredibly iterative update. It makes notable strides in opening up Samsung’s ecosystem, but efforts to improve battery life are unfortunately a swing and a miss. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Cf2NPt Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX The
Alex Honnold and Hazel Findlay just completed the first ascent of one of the world’s tallest monoliths, known locally in Greenland as Ingmikortilaq, collecting valuable climate data in the process. Previously, it had stood as one of the highest unclimbed sea cliffs in the world. Read more: https://on.natgeo.com/3cakqFw Witness the first-known ascent in #OnTheEdge with Alex Honnold, coming soon to
Earlier this year, Ford began shipping the F-150 Lightning, its first electric pickup truck and arguably the most important EV to be released this year. The Verge’s editor-in-chief Nilay Patel got a chance to test out the Lightning for a few days, and came away with a lot of thoughts about the drive quality, the acceleration, the software, EV charging, and — of course — the truck stuff. The F-150

Analysts

Against a bewildering backdrop of competing issues, productivity improvement can no longer remain a siloed service if firms want to remain competitive. A crafted, holistic approach which takes stakeholders into account will become increasingly necessary. Despite the pandemic in the rear-view mirror and a potential global recession up ahead, consulting firms appear to remain optimistic about reven
Crafting fantastic thought leadership content is useless if no-one manages to see it—how you get that content into the hands of your target audience is just as important. Regular readers of our thought leadership blogs and newsletters will know that we talk a lot about high-quality thought leadership, and how to make material as effective and insightful as possible. Our quality ratings methodolog
Thought leadership plays an increasingly important role for businesses in many industries beyond consulting. In an era of business when content is king, thought leadership has proven to be a useful tool to drive exposure—or “share of mind”—of firms’ expertise. Clients are also increasingly interested in the perspective of the companies that are shaping our world. Take architecture firms, for exam
Our research suggests that the intention at the top of organisations to invest in responding to climate change and other sustainability challenges isn’t cascading through the organisation to change at a tactical level. Let’s start with the good news. Recent data we’ve gathered suggests that 45% of organisations will be making a significant investment in responding to climate change and other sust

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'Give me back my right to live without fear and in peace,' says Bano after BJP-ruled Gujarat state releases 11 convicts.
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in Nablus and shut down the offices of seven civil society organisations.
Massive energy losses from generation, to transmission, to charging and during battery storage are turning electric mobility into a cost nightmare.
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
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to deliver stunning images of the Universe, demonstrating that the years of development and delays were well worth the wait! The latest comes from Judy Schmidt (aka. Geckzilla , SpaceGeck ), an astrophotographer who processed an image taken by Webb of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365. Also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy , NGC 1365 is a double-bar
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft now sits on the launchpad, ready for liftoff on a journey around the Moon. This is the first time since 1972 that NASA has a human-rated spacecraft is ready to go beyond Earth orbit. The launch for the uncrewed Artemis 1 test flight is currently scheduled for August 29, and it will be the first full integrated test of the super heavy-lift
Corporations and utopians are offering authoritarian solutions to crises only democracy and free markets can solve

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