Thursday, June 04, 2020

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  The Hayride

  • Drew Brees said enough of what America needs right now. He said enough of what was needed to truly bolster the black community. Drew Brees, the man who did so much for the city of New Orleans...
  • Funding allocated to Texas through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act amounted to $683,285 per Covid-19 case in mid-April, according to a new 24/7 Wall...
    • Fine. We won’t talk about the white Americans that die in our country at the hands of injustice every day. We will stick to the riots, the issue at hand, the unjust and untimely deaths...
  • Facebook has a brand-new tool for deleting old posts, but it’s not very good. Not only is it unavailable on Facebook’s desktop site—because rollouts—but even if it was, there...
  • Outdoor games are a staple of summertime, and this summer, as we’re being encouraged to socialize more outside rather than inside, you may want to invest in a new game or two to play...
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    Pesticide Action Network

  • One week ago, George Floyd was killed by a police officer on the streets of Minneapolis. Here at PAN, we are outraged by the senseless murder of this unarmed Black man, and also by the...
  • How the pesticide-first paradigm takes options away from farmers who would rather use different approaches. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...
    • Earlier this month, the Government of India proposed to phase out 27 pesticides that have already been banned in other countries. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...

      USATODAY - News Top Stories

  • How did we get here?     
  • Protest photos

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    • How do we tell our kids?     

      World news | The Guardian

      Techdirt.

  • A German man, 43, is being investigated on suspicion of murder over the British girl’s disappearance.
  • Donald Trump's ex-defence secretary, James Mattis, attacks the president's handling of recent protests.
    • In a viral speech, Curtis Hayes implored two generations of demonstrator to "find a better way".

      memeorandum



  • Eric Felten / RealClearInvestigations: Covid vs. Climate Modeling: Cloudy With a Chance of Politics  —  Above, from “The Crystal Ball” (1904) by John William Waterhouse. ...
  • Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg: Mattis's Rebuke of Trump Is a Big Deal  —  Rarely has a former defense secretary publicly criticized a president he once served — and never in...

    • Elahe Izadi / Washington Post: New York Times staffers denounce newspaper for Tom Cotton's op-ed urging military incursion into U.S. cities  —  Staffers at the New York Times...

  • Firm denies shutdown of marketing organ but heads may well roll Exclusive Sophos has placed 100 staff at risk of redundancy and is said to be shutting down its Naked Security blog, sources...
  • Be the hero who carries a thermometer around in their mobe Niche, China-exclusive smartphones seldom get a nod in The Reg's pages, but allow us to make an exception for Honor's latest...

    • Aussie homeowner moves press conference off freshly seeded grass In these dark times, at least we still have the no-nonsense attitude of Australians to lift the mood – though the...

      BBC News - Technology



  • Use of the tag has increased as a response to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
  • Jian Zihao says physical and mental health problems have caused him to quit e-sports.

    • A study indicates that 90% of misinformation reported to Facebook and Twitter remains online.

  • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

  • MAGA-Nacht

    3 days ago
  • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

  • I Just Want To Live

    5 days ago

    • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

  • A defenseless bear was allegedly assaulted in her enclosure at a Polish zoo. A drunken visitor reportedly “wrestled” Sabrina and nearly drowned her, causing lasting harm to...
  • Bear cubs, vulnerable caribou, and other defenseless animals can now be lured from their dens and brutally killed by hunters in Alaska’s national parklands. This method of hunting...

    • The bodies of two toddlers were discovered in a creek one week after they went missing. Their mother allegedly allowed them to wander off on their own, seemingly flat-out refusing...

      Unexplained Mysteries



  • Archaeologists in China have discovered a strange brown liquid inside an ancient pot shaped like a swan. The elaborately crafted vessel, which has a l...
  • An increasing body of evidence suggests that Mars may have once had its own spectacular ring system. When it comes to planets with rings, the first th...

    • A controversial figure, Jani was known for his claim that he could survive without eating or drinking anything at all. Born in 1929 in India's Charada...

  • McAtee is remembered as a family man and the owner of Yaya's BBQ. He was shot and killed at his business Monday when police and National Guard were dispersing a crowd after curfew...
  • The protests over George Floyd's death have been raging across the U.S. for a week. The cries of protesters have also begun to echo in the cities around the world...

    • Division 1 college athletes were allowed to return to campuses for voluntary training Monday. A former football player is worried the NCAA and schools might not provide adequate...

  • The Labour leader has called for Ireland's roadmap to be reduced from five to four stages, in order to restart medical services.
  • Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has called out a "lack of moral leadership" in the US amid the ongoing protests and unrest in the country.

    • Only one in 10 reports of coronavirus misinformation to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are being dealt with, according to a new study.

  • Our new NASA solar system mission, #Dragonfly, will send a rotocraft-lander to explore Saturn's moon, Titan! Why Titan? This ocean world is unique in the solar system, with organic...
  • Portal origin URL: Magnetic Fields Force New Perspective on the Center of Our Milky Way GalaxyPortal origin nid: 461513Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 11:15Featured (stick...

    • Portal origin URL: New Sunspots Potentially Herald Increased Solar ActivityPortal origin nid: 461446Published: Friday, May 29, 2020 - 14:10Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal...

      How to of the Day



  • Discovering you have bed bugs can be a scary experience. It may be hard to get a good night’s sleep with the knowledge that there are tiny pests crawling all over the place. While they’re...
  • Bruises form on your body as a response to an injury or blow. Most bruises aren't serious, so don't worry! However, the associated pain and swelling might be uncomfortable for a few...

    • Disposable disinfecting wipes offer a quick and convenient way to keep your home and hands clean and free of germs and viruses. However, with news of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic...

  • We look at a major development in the case of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a Black man killed in his own apartment in White Plains, New York, during a police confrontation in 2011, after...
  • As historic protests against police brutality continue nationwide, we go to Houston, Texas, the longtime home of George Floyd, who was killed by Minneapolis police last week. More...

    • Minnesota Opens Human Rights Probe of Minneapolis Police Department, Minnesota AFL-CIO Calls on Police Union President to Resign over George Floyd's Killing, George Floyd's Family...

  • The Labor Department says about 1.9 million people filed for unemployment last week, but there are some signs that people may be returning to their jobs...
  • Sister Astridah Banda of Zambia noticed that most of the information about the coronavirus was being shared in English in a country where 70 languages are spoken. That gave her an idea...

    • A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed thousands of people...

    WebMD Health



  • It could take generations for enough genetic change to take place to substantially weaken a coronavirus -- both the one that causes COVID-19 and other forms that were around before...
  • The DRC has reported nearly 3,200 cases of coronavirus and 72 deaths and nearly 370,000 cases of measles with nearly 6,800 deaths since 2019, CNN reported...

    • Domestic violence cases rose after Los Angeles and Indianapolis introduced stay-at-home rules to help stop the spread of COVID-19, researchers say.

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    Competitive Enterprise Institute

  • Recently a controversy arose over a CBS News shot of a supposed line for coronavirus testing that turned out to include staged medical staff posing posing as patients. But this kind...
  • Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a report urging state and local governments to end bans and restrictions on single-use plastics, like shopping bags and...
    • View Full Document as PDF Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, lawmakers have finally begun considering the unintended impacts of bans on single-use plastics, particularly the potential...
  • At the Niskanen Center, we believe that election security must transcend partisan divisions and advance a practical policy vision that addresses the urgent needs of states in administering...
  • Can protests change election outcomes or the future of the parties? The post How Protests Change Parties and Elections appeared first on Niskanen Center...
    • Do vice-presidential picks matter? Conventional wisdom argues they have limited electoral impact. The post Op-Ed: Why a Biden Victory Hinges on Picking the Right Running Mate appeared...
  • This is not just ‘horrible stuff that happens in America’. Black people know we need to dismantle the same system herePay attention to African Americans.  Related: The perils...
  • The internet eased lockdown life for millions. But millions more still can’t get online, and that’s fundamentally unfairMy 100-zip black backpack, previously the logistical...
    • The state wants us to forget, but those of us who were there in 1989 cling to our memories – and worry for Hong KongTo commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS

  • Demonstrations in cities across the U.S. to condemn racism and police abuses remained large but turned notably more subdued on the eve of a Thursday memorial service for George Floyd...
  • A New York City police officer on an anti-looting patrol was ambushed Wednesday by a man who walked up behind him and stabbed him in the neck, police said, setting off a struggle in which...
    • Canada has had more than 93,000 cases of COVID-19 with nearly 7,500 associated deaths.
  • Making the insanity obvious is one thing, but getting UK political leaders to take any notice is another matter altogether. Most of them won’t be in office anyway when their climate/energy...
  • Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ If Greta Thunberg is an alarmist princess then Katherine Hayhoe is the queen of climate alarmism, at least...
    • The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) brings this critique of the big beasts of social media to our attention. Fake impartiality and bullying tactics get exposed again. – – –...
  • The “anti-China” application had gathered about a million users rapidly via the Google Play Store, where it also quickly became the top free application...
  • South Korean electronic giant Samsung launched its much-awaited Galaxy A31 in India on Thursday (June 4). The Galaxy A31 is the successor of Galaxy A30, which was released by Samsung...
    • Elbrus 8CB, can be said to be pitted against AMD and Intel.
  • The mission is significant as it marks the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from American soil after a gap of over nine years (2011).
  • It also marked the first time that commercially developed space vehicles - owned and operated by a private entity rather than NASA - have carried Americans into orbit...
    • The launch pad is the same one used by NASA`s final space shuttle flight, piloted by Hurley, in 2011.
  • On Wednesday, the US government said it would bar Chinese passenger carriers starting from June 16, pressuring Beijing to let US airlines to resume flights...
  • Syrian forces have started to carry out missions on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 fighters which they received from Russia a few days ago. Confirming the delivery of the MiG-29s, the...
    • After long refusing to explicitly criticize a sitting president, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of trying to divide America and...
  • In a major decision, the Union Home Ministry on Thursday blacklisted at least 2000 foreign members of Tablighi Jamaat from traveling to India for ten years. According to the sources...
  • Join ZEE NEWS campaign to bring Kerala elephant's barbaric killers to book by tweeting #JusticeForElephant to us.
    • The Rajya Sabha elections are scheduled to fill as many as 18 seats from seven states, including four seats in Gujarat, which will be held on June 19. ...

      Channel NewsAsia World News

  • European countries cautiously emerging from the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic are looking to a second generation of contact tracing apps to help contain further outbreaks...
  • India and Australia sealed a deal on Thursday to grant access to each other's military bases, a pact that will clear the way for more military exchanges and exercises in the Indo-Pacific...
    • Battered by crisis after crisis, President Donald Trump appears to be in political peril as never before.

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

  • India pledged to investigate Thursday the death of a pregnant elephant that ate explosives-filled fruit, as cricket and Bollywood stars joined a chorus of outrage over the incident...
  • India and Australia sealed a deal on Thursday to grant access to each other's military bases, a pact that will clear the way for more military exchanges and exercises in the Indo-Pacific...
    • NEW DELHI: Rural parts of India have begun to see a surge in novel coronavirus infections, as millions of migrant workers returning from big cities and industrial hubs bring the virus...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

  • The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped below 2 million last week for the first time since mid-March, but remains astonishingly high as companies adjust...
  • American Airlines Group Inc said Thursday it will boost its U.S. flight schedule next month over dramatic reductions since the coronavirus pandemic, planning to fly more than 55per...
    • Investors eyeing a turnaround in the U.S. economy are piling into U.S. bank stocks even as some caution that positive stress test results and an abatement of loan losses will be needed...

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      SpaceNews.com

  • SpaceX launched a batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites June 3, including one with a deployable sunshield meant to test out a new way to reduce the brightness of future satellites. ...
  • A NASA airborne astronomy observatory that has been grounded for nearly three months by the coronavirus pandemic may resume flights later this month as advocates for the program...
  • Data received so far from space industry suppliers shows the pandemic has caused schedule delays and strains on the supply chain. SpaceNews.com
  • GAO in its annual assessment of DoD acquisition programs says Next-Gen OPIR “faces multiple challenges." SpaceNews.com
    • NASA and Northrop Grumman are increasing work on the James Webb Space Telescope that slowed during the coronavirus pandemic, but the agency has yet to confirm a new launch date for...

    Sydney Morning Herald RSS News Headlines

  • The activists broke through barricades to hold a candlelight vigil as China takes a tougher stance against semi-autonomous Hong Kong.
  • A new security test would be imposed on all foreign investments that threaten the national interest in a federal government plan to fix legal gaps that leave critical assets exposed...


  • The Broncos were on the end of the biggest defeat in club history, embarrassed by the brilliant Roosters at Suncorp Stadium. At least nobody was there to watch...
  • Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said that an investigation is under way with focus on three suspects in the incident of killing of the pregnant elephant in Palakkad.In...
  • India and Australia on Thursday signed seven agreements, including landmark pact on access to military bases for logistics support, after a first-ever virtual summit between PM...
  • India continues to breach the 200-mark even as the number of fresh Covid-19 cases reached a new high with 9,304 patients testing positive in last 24 hours. Besides, 254 more people...

    • Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee who is known for his films like 'Ek Ruka Hua Faisla' 'Chitchor', 'Rajnigandha' 'Priyatama' passed away today in Mumbai. Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986) was his...
  • After vowing Monday to deploy military force to restore order in states that fail to “dominate” unlawful demonstrations, President Trump on Tuesday all but ordered New York...
  • News updates: Suella Braverman defends tweet in wake of Dominic Cummings’ lockdown breach; Prince Charles says he hopes Covid-19 crisis will jolt world into seeing need for green...
  • Spokesman says it is first time in 13 years he can recall police fixing sights on one individual The parents of Madeleine McCann believe the identification of a convicted German sex...


  • In graduation address for her old school, Meghan says ‘only wrong thing to say is nothing’George Floyd protests – live coverageGeorge Floyd coverage in fullThe Duchess of...

      CNN.com - Top Stories




  • President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to use active-duty troops in U.S. cities, and Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper referred to American cities as a “battlespace.”...
    • Lee is the only one of the five Confederate figures along Richmond’s Monument Avenue that is owned by the state. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has supported removal since the deadly...

    PCWorld

  • How to download from Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services to your TV with PlayOn.
  • The internet can be a dangerous place for your debit card. When a phishing site isn't enticing you to hand over your account info, credit card databases are getting hacked. Privacy.com...


  • If you’ve tried to buy a nice Windows laptop in the past few years, there’s a good chance you’ve agonized over display resolutions.Buy a laptop with a 4K display, and you’ll...