Saturday, January 16, 2021

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    • Owning a car or other vehicle can be a mixed bag. On the one hand, you have the freedom to go wherever you want, without having to rely on public transit, or your own two feet—something...

    Pesticide Action Network

  • This is the time of year on our farm that we reflect on our past growing season and consider the take-aways we can use going forward. We work hard to accept the lessons that came with failures...

  • In a huge win for small farmers and Native communities, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed out 2020 by issuing a decree that will phase out the use of the herbicide...

    • A recent review found that globally, an estimated 385 million farmers and farmworkers suffer unintentional acute pesticide poisonings each year. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex...

  • National Guard troops from across the country descend on Washington DC amid tightened security.

  • But his main rival Bobi Wine claims vote-rigging and vows to produce evidence.

    • National Guard troops from across the country descend on Washington DC amid tightened security.

      memeorandum

  • Washington Post: 41 minutes of fear: A video timeline from inside the Capitol siege  —  At 2:12 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Trump began climbing through a window they...

  • Melissa Repko / CNBC: So long, Peloton: Joe Biden may need new exercise equipment when he moves to White House  — President-elect Joe Biden may have to ditch his Peloton or modify...

    • Tyler Pager / Politico: Biden plans dozens of executive orders for early days of presidency  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden is planning to sign dozens of executive orders in...

  • Idiot faces up to a year in the cooler after FBI tracks him down from SD card found in prang wreckage A man in California faces up to a year behind bars and a fine for crashing his drone into...

  • While the Touch Bar is to be banished Renowned Apple soothsayer Ming-Chi Kuo reckons the iGiant is bringing back its beloved MagSafe charging standard with the next generation of...

    • We'll drink to that The compatibility layer for Windows applications, Wine, has celebrated the start of 2021 in the traditional manner – with a substantial update.…...

      BBC News - Technology

  • Women are sent sexually explicit messages and requests for "worn" garments.

  • Millions of women use apps to track their menstrual cycle, but many say they do not work well enough.

    • Signal has been downloaded millions of times since WhatsApp unveiled new privacy terms last week.

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  • The Iran nuclear agreement is an important element in maintaining peace and mutual aid between nations. In the midst of a global pandemic, and a climate and ecological crisis, international...

  • A small Nebraska town is likely being poisoned by insecticides and other contaminants from an ethanol plant. State leaders have not stopped this environmental onslaught. Urge them...

    • By selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. is responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent people. Ban weapon sales to Saudi Arabia and disarm the war in Yemen...

      Unexplained Mysteries

  • The 500-year-old statue of a woman unearthed in Mexico has a surprisingly familiar head ornamentation. The unusual limestone statue, which was discove...

  • Astronomers have identified a nearby extrasolar world that is not only terrestrial in nature, but also ancient. Situated a mere 280 light years from t...

    • People living on Mars could one day leave regular currency behind in favor of Mars-based cryptocurrencies. The question of whether or not future off-w...

      All Things Considered : NPR

  • NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gregory Koger, a political science professor at the University of Miami, about the challenge President-elect Biden faces passing legislation in...

  • Millions of Americans either hesitate or don't want to get a COVID-19 vaccine. A recent measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest offers lessons in convincing people to say "yes"...

  • ( The presumption being their judgement is worthless and / or inconvenient when it comes to assault upon their person  )

    • NPR's Michel Martin discusses the challenges confronting the Biden administration on policing with civil rights attorney Arthur Ago and Ramsey County, Minn., prosecutor John...

  • Portal origin URL: The U.S. Postal Service to Issue NASA Sun Science Forever StampsPortal origin nid: 467614Published: Friday, January 15, 2021 - 14:30Featured (stick to...

  • Portal origin URL: NASA to Host Virtual Briefing on February Perseverance Mars Rover LandingPortal origin nid: 467626Published: Friday, January 15, 2021 - 13:03Featured...

    • Data captured by Landsat 8, operated by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, was combined to make this natural color composite image of the Delmarva Peninsula on the U.S. East Coast...

      How to of the Day

  • When the craving for french fries strikes, it's great to be able to make them at home! For crispy french fries, use starchy russet potatoes to get fries crunchy on the outside and fluffy...

  • Minimalism isn’t just a personal aesthetic choice—it’s a streamlined, organized, and refreshing way to reorganize your home so you’re only holding onto the essentials...

    • Pop Tarts are delicious small pastries that you can eat for breakfast or as a snack. Although you can eat Pop Tarts straight out of the package, they taste a little better when they’re...

  • The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. is set to top 400,000 before Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, but rollout of coronavirus vaccines has been slow, with many...

  • As security is ramped up in Washington, D.C., and state capitols across the U.S., the FBI is warning of more potential violence in the lead-up to Joe Biden's inauguration on January...

    • Joe Biden Unveils $1.9 Trillion Coronavirus and Economic Relief Package, U.S. on Pace to Top 400,000 COVID-19 Deaths by Inauguration Day as Unemployment Surges, Dozens of Capitol...

  • Wesley Allen Beeler presented unauthorized inauguration credentials Friday night, police said. Beeler admitted to having the handgun in his pickup truck, according to police...

  • The actions for Day 1 were laid out in a memo by his chief of staff. The president-elect will extend pauses on student loan payments and evictions, plus send an immigration bill to Congress...

    • Lawmakers want to know what the intelligence community knew about the planned attack, and why they didn't prepare more thoroughly.

  • CDC modeling indicates the variant could account for a majority of COVID cases in the U.S. in March, peaking at around 80,000 cases a day in late April...

  • Emotional support animals are more than just pets. If you have multiple sclerosis, they can provide emotional comfort and sometimes perform useful tasks. Learn what sets them apart...

    • Can multiple sclerosis affect how long you live? Does the type you have make a difference? Learn more about life expectancy with this condition.

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      Niskanen Center

  • Coordination between DOT and DOE could get US on the fast track to building new transmission The post Transmission Should Be a Department of Transportation Priority appeared first...

  • Consolidating the EITC into a child allowance is tricky, but can be done. The post How the Bruenig Benefit Can Keep Families Whole appeared first on Niskanen Center...

    • Three simple rules that can put fiscal policy back on track for recovery and beyond. The post Rules for Sustainable Fiscal Policy: Three Perspectives appeared first on Niskanen Center...

  • The F-word is one we are rightly wary of using, but how else to describe the disgraced president?Assurances that “fascism couldn’t happen here” are always appealing in Anglo-Saxon...

  • After the pandemic is over, I strongly believe we cannot go back to the insecure and impoverished society we had beforeAnas Sarwar is Labour MSP for GlasgowMy grandfather arrived...

    • Millennials, meanwhile, will continue to struggle as they to wait for their liberating jabsThe “wrong kind” of older, or middle-aged, people are supposed to be receiving the...

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  • Canada's procurement minister urged drugmaker Pfizer-BioNTech to get the country's COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedule back on track as soon as possible as cases of the novel coronavirus...

  • In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus...

    • More than seven in 10 Canadians support or somewhat support barring those who don’t have proof of vaccination from businesses where people are in close contact, according to a new...

  • Originally posted on STOP THESE THINGS: As Margaret Thatcher put it: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” That adage, however...

  • But every squillionth of a degree counts for those trying to promote a human-caused climate crisis that never lives up to the hype of the computer models. In contrast with dire predictions...

    • Let’s keep pretending the climate will notice if a few hundred wind turbines are dotted around the seas. Better still, let’s make them even more expensive and unwieldy by adding...

  • Amid rising concerns over its privacy policy, WhatsApp has announced that it has postponed its planned privacy update, which will give users more time to review the policy and accept...

  • The company posted on Twitter that it was experiencing technical difficulties and was "working hard to restore service as quickly as possible. "Ever since its rival WhatsApp, owned...

    • Samsung, leading technology conglomerate has confirmed that the future phone offering from the company will come without chargers and earphones.

  • The lander recently was granted a two-year extension for scientific work, now lasting until the end of 2022.

  • According to NASA, the Quadrantids peak during the first week of January but they remain active for around 6 hours.

    • The stunning picture of 'Wolf Moon' was shared by NASA on their official Instagram page on December 30.

  • Joe Biden has appointed Indian-American community and economic development expert Sameera Fazili to a key position.

  • More than 30,000 people in Norway have reportedly received the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine since late last month.

    • Verma, 50, tendered her resignation to President Donald Trump on Thursday as Administrator of Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, a position she served in the Trump administration...

  • Sameera Fazili and Aisha Shah have been named in Joe Biden' team.

  • This is the second earthquake to hit Jammu and Kashmir this week.

    • The ground-breaking ceremony of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II and Surat Metro Rail Project will take place on January 18.

      Channel NewsAsia World News

  • LONDON: Britain announced plans to hold the first in-person meeting of the G7 for nearly two years in June, inviting the leaders of major developed economies to a picturesque seaside...

  • Scattered shortages of COVID-19 vaccines persisted on Saturday under pressure from growing demand, as previously inoculated Americans returned for their required second shots...

    • GUATEMALA CITY: Thousands of Hondurans, including many families with children, walked together across Guatemala on Saturday (Jan 16) hoping to reach the United States, fleeing...

  • BATANGAS, Philippines: When the Philippines' second most active volcano Taal erupted in 1965, Teodora Caraig, born and brought up on Volcano Island, fled but returned a year later...

  • BANGKOK: During good times, mining for Bitcoin is an around the clock job. In Nonthaburi, a province outside Bangkok, through the day and night one facility’s thousands of machines...

    • Students piled bamboo canes and stationery in front of Thailand's Ministry of Education and splashed crimson paint on it to protest corporal punishment, one of several protests...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

  • British food-delivery company Deliveroo said on Sunday it had raised a further US$180 million from existing investors, including minority shareholder Amazon, in a move that values...

  • LONDON: Britain announced plans to hold the first in-person meeting of the G7 for nearly two years in June, inviting the leaders of major developed economies to a picturesque seaside...

    • LONDON: Leicester City maintained their impressive form as a 2-0 home win against Southampton extended their unbeaten Premier League run to five games to lift them into second place...

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    SpaceNews.com

  • NASA performed a hotfire test of the core stage of the Space Launch System Jan. 16, but the stage’s four main engines shut down a little more than a minute into a test designed to last...

  • Space Policy Directive-7 highlights the United States’ ever growing dependence on space-based positioning, navigation and timing. SpaceNews

  • The U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s C-band auction of 280-megahertz of C-band has raised nearly $81 billion and it’s not quite over. SpaceNews...

  • After nearly two years of struggles, NASA has abandoned efforts to deploy a heat flow probe on its InSight lander into the surface of Mars. SpaceNews

    • The uncomfortable truth now facing the space community, in the days after the horrific events at the Capitol Jan. 6, is that some of the most prominent Republican supporters of space...

    Sydney Morning Herald RSS News Headlines

  • Investors will remain focused on US politics this week, with central bank meetings and corporate earnings also on the agenda.

  • Dozens of Australian Open players will be forced to quarantine for 14 days – without training – after new tournament arrivals tested positive for COVID-19...

    • After three half chances evaded Australian fielders to start the day, the star fast bowler produced a brilliant ball to dismiss the Indian first drop.

      Yahoo News - Top Stories

  • As workplace infections soar, an Observer study reveals no company has been punished this year for breaching Covid safety lawsStaff pressured to go back to work in breach of Covid...

  • Deprived areas see very low take-up of coronavirus testing – and no wonder, say campaigners, when taking time off work can have dire consequencesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee...

    • Keir Starmer calls on home secretary to take responsibility for ‘fiasco’ as officers begin to report ‘near misses’Priti Patel is under mounting pressure to give a full account...

      CNN.com - Top Stories

  •   Washington Post: Breaking News

  • Will Republicans purge the worst of what he has brought to their coalition or will Trump maintain his influence after he is out of office?

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    PCWorld

  • Samsung just unleashed its first premium pair of earbuds, the Galaxy Buds Pro, and they come brimming with features such as improved water resistance, spatial 3D audio, adjustable...

  • Two new reports from Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman claim that Apple is planning big changes for the next MacBook Pro: MagSafe and function keys.

    • Gigabyte will adopt Nvidia’s new 30-series GPUs across its powerhouse Aero and Aorus laptop lines—and finally offer Ryzen 5000 alongside its Intel-based laptops, too. Announced...