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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

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2020’s Plague of Locusts Spreads to Indian Subcontinent and South America

Iran admits incident at nuclear site caused ‘slow down’

Libya Unity Govt Says ‘Foreign Air Force’ Hit Key Base

Stanford doctor: Coronavirus fatality rate for people under 45 ‘almost 0%’

Cops Re-Thinking Protest Rules After Car Driven by Black Man Kills White Seattle BLM Freeway Blocker

Duterte’s Worrisome Anti-Terrorism Act

In 2020, Words Are ‘Violence,’ Arson Is Not

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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

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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

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U.S. Maintains Pressure on al-Qa’ida’s Most Overlooked Franchise

Philadelphia set to be first U.S. city to protect workers against retaliation for calling out coronavirus conditions

Santa Cruz County lifts beach closures: ‘People are not willing to be governed’

The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Friday to advance its plan to eliminate the police department and create a new public safety unit.