Scientists Grew Mini Human Guts Inside Mice
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Your gut has an obvious job: It processes the food you eat. But it has another important function: It protects you from the bacteria, viruses, or allergens you ingest along with that food. “The largest part of the immune system in humansContinue Reading
Here’s how the debt crisis could end if Biden-McCarthy talks fail
Who’s going to steer away from the cliff? Inquiring minds in Congress, on Wall Street and across the country want to know. Here are some answers…Continue Reading
Democracy ‘on trial’ as Hong Kong 47 prepare to face court
Picked up in a dawn raid two years ago, the activists and politicians are charged over an unofficial primary., Hong Kong’s largest national security trial gets under way on Monday, with 47 pro-democracy activists and politicians standing trial for “conspiring to commit subversion” by organising an unofficial ballot of theContinue Reading
Putin evokes Stalingrad battle as he vows victory in Ukraine war
Putin compared Russia’s war in Ukraine with World War II and lambasted Germany for helping to arm Kyiv., Putin compared Russia’s war in Ukraine with World War II and lambasted Germany for helping to arm Kyiv.Russian President Vladimir Putin has evoked a famous World War II victory over the NazisContinue Reading
Maine braces for minus 60 wind chills as an Arctic blast is forecast for the Northeast
Warming centers were being opened across Maine Thursday as the state braced for bitterly cold temperatures that could see wind chills of minus 60 degrees., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Power Slap ratings hit new low
Dana White’s Power Slap League ratings hit a new low in Week 3 | Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images After seeing solid gains in week 2 thanks to a strong lead-in from AEW wrestling, Power Slap ratings hit a new low. Dana White’s Power Slap League saw a big jump inContinue Reading
Meta, which pays for web scraping, sues to stop web scraping
Social ad behemoth insists what it does it okay … and what others do is not Meta Platforms has sued an Israel-based web scraping firm called Bright Data for scraping data from its Facebook and Instagram websites – even though Meta paid Bright Data to scrape data from other websites.…,Continue Reading
FTC prescribes GoodRx a $1.5m pill after ‘sharing health info’ with web giants
Facebook, Google, Twilio had a look-see of that data, we’re told GoodRx will cough up $1.5 million to settle claims it shared people’s health information with Facebook, Google, and other third parties.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Drag Race star Kerri Colby calls for action as anti-trans rhetoric intensifies: ‘Wake up and do something’
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Kerri Colby has issued a stark warning about the rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ hate in America and beyond. In a series of tweets shared with her Twitter followers, otherwise known as ‘Kerr Bears’, the season 14 fan favourite shared her concerns that the so-called ‘great transgenderContinue Reading
Paul G. “RD” Schmidt, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Ret.) Recognized by Marquis Who’s Who for Excellence in Avionics
Paul G. “RD” Schmidt, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) celebrates more than 3src years as a military pilot and avionics system designer…Continue Reading
Climate Movement ‘Ready to Kill’ Dirty Deal Again as Manchin Signals Revival
The U.S. climate movement this week vowed to keep fighting against Sen. Joe Manchin’s thrice-defeated “dirty deal” after the West Virginia Democrat indicated he intends to work with House Republicans to force through fossil fuel-friendly permitting reforms. Frontline climate campaigners and progressives in both chambers of Congress worked tirelessly lastContinue Reading
Republicans kicked Ilhan Omar off the Foreign Affairs Committee to get revenge on Democrats
On Thursday, House Republicans voted 218-211 to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a three-term progressive, from the Foreign Affairs Committee. It’s an act that’s the latest GOP effort to secure political revenge for Democrats’ conduct during the last Congress. Republicans have been eager to target certain Democrats and their committeeContinue Reading
Ally claims Bolsonaro plotted coup to block Lula presidency
A Brazilian magazine on Thursday released audio of a senator claiming then President Jair Bolsonaro sought help in a plot to annul the October elections and keep himself in power…Read MoreContinue Reading