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The great nutrient collapse

1-Jan-2018 @SmaugDragon 0

The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention. Source: The great nutrient collapse

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds | The New Yorker

1-Jan-2018 @SmaugDragon 0

New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason. Source: Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds | The New Yorker

U.N. Envoy Shares Dire Impressions From His Report On Poverty In U.S. : Goats and Soda : NPR

25-Dec-2017 @SmaugDragon 0

“People in the U.S. seem particularly unable to stomach the sight of homeless,” he says, “yet are unwilling to enact policies to help them.” Source: […]

Arecibo is monitoring potentially hazardous near-earth asteroid

24-Dec-2017 @SmaugDragon 0

Source: Arecibo is monitoring potentially hazardous near-earth asteroid

The FCC is expected to repeal its net neutrality rules today, in a sweeping act of deregulation – The Washington Post

14-Dec-2017 @SmaugDragon 0

An Obama-era rule is expected to be rolled back after more than a decade of debate surrounding the policy. Source: The FCC is expected to […]

Disney to Buy 21st Century Fox Assets for $52.4 Billion in Historic Hollywood Merger – Variety

14-Dec-2017 @SmaugDragon 0

The Walt Disney Co. has set a $52.4 billion, all-stock deal to acquire 20th Century Fox and other entertainment and sports assets from Rupert Murdoch’s […]

Why Are Prosecutors Putting Innocent Witnesses in Jail?

17-Oct-2017 @SmaugDragon 0

Across the country, people who committed no crimes are being locked up to compel their testimony in court. Source: Why Are Prosecutors Putting Innocent Witnesses […]

Equifax executives sell stock before disclosing hack.

9-Sep-2017 @SmaugDragon 0

Three Equifax executives sold shares of the credit-reporting company worth nearly $2 million shortly after a massive data breach was discovered. The sales occurred before […]

Donald Trump Jr.’s Russia Meeting Was Allegedly About the Magnitsky Act. What the Hell Is the Magnitsky Act? – Mother Jones

27-Jul-2017 @SmaugDragon 0

What the Hell Is the Magnitsky Act? Source: Donald Trump Jr.’s Russia Meeting Was Allegedly About the Magnitsky Act. What the Hell Is the Magnitsky […]