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Don’t Believe the Hype About Hypersonic Missiles

This is how you get empty shelves in grocery stores. Canada’s Largest Meatpacking Facility Is on Trial for Endangering Its Workers During the Pandemic

Good story. But the cynic in me wonders if it is true. “This is for you, Dad”: Interview with an Anonymous GameStop Investor

The Journalistic Tattletale and Censorship Industry Suffers Several Well-Deserved Blows

American Utilities Are Getting Pummeled By Unpaid Bills

South Africa halts rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after shot falters against variant

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The Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland, 1627

Data from Israel’s vaccination campaign only shows the vaccine against COVID-19 prevents serious illness so far.

Clouds gather over Google’s Saudi deal

A mob of left-wing radicals armed with hatchets and knives took over a Washington hotel on Sunday

AOC Wasn’t Even in the Capitol Building During Her ‘Near Death’ Experience

My Spouse Has COVID-19 But I Don’t. How?

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Tesla’s dirty little secret: Its net profit doesn’t come from selling cars

Muzzled For Our Own Good

Can Vaccines from Russia and China Be a Game Changer?

I don’t get the sense that anyone learned any lessons. Least of all the person writing the article. The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic

The San Francisco School District’s renaming debacle has been a historic travesty

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These Are the Highest Resolution Photos Ever Taken of Snowflakes

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil

Cool story. But there is a lot about it that rings really false. I don’t doubt the CIA did something like this but I really doubt they got what this article claims they got out of it. Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite

Hedge Fund Manager Claims Victim Status; Claims “We Have to Work Together and Pull Together”

Scariest Headline Of the Year (although to be fair they did not quote her exactly right): Yellen: I Don’t See a Financial Crisis Occurring ‘In Our Lifetimes’