Live updates: Partial solar eclipse begins in Texas as U.S. anticipates totality
The total solar eclipse will pass across the U.S. from Texas to Maine. Follow live updates, coverage, photos and videos from the path of totality and more., Read MoreContinue Reading
How can the world make immigration work? Ask Canada
In the long term, however, more immigration is better for a country than less.Continue Reading
Crypto Scam Criminal Trial Tests ‘Code Is Law’ Claim by Trader
A jailed trader accused of stealing $110 million on the Mango Markets exchange faces a criminal trial this week that will test the reach of a US crackdown on cryptocurrencies. From a report: Prosecutors charged Avraham Eisenberg with manipulating Mango Markets futures contracts on Oct. 11, 2022, to boost theContinue Reading
Biden Administration Pressed to Act on Federal Contractor Climate Disclosure
Twenty-six members of Congress urge agencies to finalize rules that would leverage the market power of the world’s largest purchaser to cut greenhouse gas emissions. By Marianne Lavelle It was a key pledge in President Joe Biden’s effort to show renewed international leadership on climate change: The U.S. government, theContinue Reading
Gay senator vows to protect trans kids in tearful speech: ‘The world can be tough and scary’
Nebraska’s first out gay senator gave an emotional speech in support of trans kids across the state and the wider US. Senator John Fredrickson gave a tearful speech during a Friday (5 April) legislative session, telling the people of Nebraska that he would fight for their rights. “I stand hereContinue Reading
Vatican denounces gender-affirming surgery, gender theory and surrogacy
In a new document, the Vatican says these practices are ‘grave violations of human dignity’., The Vatican has declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy to be grave violations of human dignity in a new document endorsed by Pope Francis. The 20-page Dignitas infinita, or Infinite Dignity, published on Monday by theContinue Reading
A victory for anti-Zionists in the UK
A landmark employment tribunal has given anti-Zionists in the United Kingdom renewed courage to speak up., On February 5, the Bristol Employment Tribunal handed down a judgement [PDF] that I had long been waiting for. It ruled that my October 2021 sacking from Bristol University, where I’ve been working asContinue Reading
EMC issues for accurately measuring electric powertrains (Webinar)
Measuring electric motors and inverters can be extremely frustrating due to the inverter-induced noise on the measurement cabling. This can be difficult for engineers experienced in measuring inverters, and overwhelming for people new to inverters. New SiC and GaN switching devices and higher battery voltages make these measurements even moreContinue Reading
Fortescue’s electric excavator outperforms its diesel counterpart
Australian mining giant Fortescue has been testing an electric excavator at its Chichester operation site. Over the past three months, the excavator has been running at partial capacity while the site team familiarized themselves with the new piece of equipment. Now the e-excavator is operating at full speed, and hasContinue Reading
From the Solar Eclipse to Global Heating, Dr. Peter Kalmus on the Importance of Science
Three of the most significant greenhouse gases contributing to global heating — carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — reached new record highs again last year, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Global CO2 levels are now over 50% higher than they were before mass industrialization, dueContinue Reading
U.S. Meat Lobby Celebrates ‘Positive Outcome’ of COP28
Lobbyists for the world’s biggest meat companies have lauded a better than expected outcome at COP28, which they say left them “excited” and “enthusiastic” for their industry’s prospects. U.S. livestock bosses reflected on the conference’s implication for their sector on a virtual panel , fresh from “sharing U.S agriculture’s story”Continue Reading
The Traitor declines to endorse a national abortion ban and says it should be left to the states
Former President Americas Worst Traitor has declined to endorse a national abortion ban and says he believes abortion should be left to the states, Read MoreContinue Reading
“His enemies are America’s enemies”: The Traitor is getting help preparing his revenge list
Are you better off than you were four years ago? That question is circulating on social media and cable news every day now in response to the The Traitor campaign foolishly asking it, apparently expecting that everyone is mathematically illiterate and won’t look back to the spring of 2020 whenContinue Reading