Blindsight: a strange neurological condition that could help explain consciousness

Academics Seek to Retract Study Disproving Racist Police Shootings After Conservative Cites It

Thoughts on Heterogeneity

New York’s school decision a slap in the face to parents

Mysterious explosions escalate Israel, Iran tensions

A bright fireball over Tokyo explodes with the force of 165 tons of TNT

“It hurts people when they see a white man bouncing a brown baby on their lap”

I think we will see some increase in deaths soon so this might not happen for awhile. The original spike came from more testing and so was not accompanied by an increase in deaths. But there does seem to have been a recent surge in the real underlying numbers recently and that is likely to lead to some more deaths soon. COVID-19 May Soon Lose Status as an ‘Epidemic’ Under CDC Guidelines

Protests May Have Spread Coronavirus, Some Cities Say

Highly Infectious Coronavirus Strain Takes over

Iran sets record daily deaths from coronavirus

NY Times: Colleges Face Rising Revolt By Professors Over Teaching On Campus In The Fall

I wish I could find a similar graph for the US. But this is reminder of how bad (or not so bad) Covid was in the EU. Note that in 2017 the death rate spike to just over 70 thousand while during Covid it spiked to just under 90 thousand.

Mystery deepens: Third Iran fire in a week damages centrifuge facility

In ‘Russian Bounty’ Story, Evidence-Free Claims From Nameless Spies Became Fact Overnight

This is what [Wikipedia] editors (activists) say to people debating on my biography. My work exploring radicalisation and opposing political extremism is “not noteworthy” so no new information should be included, and I should be portrayed as far right for the rest of my life,” Buckby tweeted with a screenshot of the discussion about his page.

There’s a War Going On Over Kamala Harris’s Wikipedia Page, with Unflattering Elements Vanishing

China cuts Uighur births with IUDs, abortion, sterilization

The exchange was surreal, a sign that the wheels may be falling off public safety in Atlanta

Our Latest Intel Drama On Russia

Aerosols, Droplets, and Airborne Spread: Everything you could possibly want to know

Seattle mayor who defended CHOP is outraged after protesters showed up at her home and Seattle’s moonbat mayor brings up possibility of expulsion of socialist councilwoman for ‘political theatre’

Seattle Police Chief Can’t Stomach the Bitter Irony of the Latest Murder at CHOP

The Story Forbes Censored, Exploding The Myth Of Climate Crisis Alarmism

Scenes From the Social Justice War