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White nationalist has long worked at conservative outlets under real name
Guardian findings support watchdogs report that Paul Kersey, a prominent author and activist, is actually Michael J Thompson A new report has revealed that a prominent white nationalist author, activist and podcaster known as Paul Kersey has in fact worked for more than a decade at mainstream conservative institutions and media outlets under his real name. According to RWW investigation, published on Monday, reveals the work of Paul Kersey, whom it calls a barely underground member of the white nationalist movement and a fixture on the roster of racist media…
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Worlds Worst Measles Epidemic Reaches Death Toll Of More Than 6,000
More than 6,000 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in what the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling the “world’s worst measles epidemic.” Area health officials are requesting “adequate finances” in order to “end the outbreak” and “lift the burden of this prolonged epidemic” from thousands of Congolese families. Already, $27.6 million USD has been mobilized but an additional $40 million USD is needed to reinforce on-the-ground outbreak responses and to implement a six-month plan to extend vaccinations to children between the ages of six and 14.…
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A climate activist swam under the Antarctic ice sheet to prove how fast glaciers are melting
(CNN)50-year-old Lewis Pugh was terrified when he plunged into East Antarctic water in nothing but a speedo, swim cap, and goggles. He was even more terrified when he swam below the Antarctic ice sheet, through melting tunnels. The study explains that supraglacial water is concerning because it can pour into cracks, fracturing glaciers and speeding up glacier melt and sea level rise. This alarms Pugh, who says that climate change is already moving rapidly. He wants immediate action at this November’s climate change negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, which is why…
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The US has at least 11 confirmed cases of Wuhan coronavirus, which has killed more than 420 people in China
(CNN)While the Wuhan coronavirus keeps spreading within the United States, health officials are trying to rush testing capabilities across the country. “The process is extremely expedited, and our colleagues at (the US Food and Drug Administration) have been working with us closely ever since we made the plan that we were going to do this in this way,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Her comments Monday came a day after officials confirmed three new cases of infection in California. That…
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Read MoreMan claiming to have coronavirus forces airliner to return to Toronto – CBC.ca
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Puffins Show Off The First Evidence Of Seabirds Using Tools
Don’t be fooled by their cute beaks and innocent waddle – puffins may be smarter than they first let on. Researchers have captured first-of-a-kind footage of puffins using small twigs to scratch their backs and ruffle their chests, marking the first time a seabird has ever been documented using a tool. Annette Fayet, a zoologist from the University of Oxford in the UK, first witnessed this behavior in June 2012 while observing Atlantic puffins living on Skomer Island off the coast of Wales, as reported in the journal PNAS. This impressive…
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Cantina Talk: Who Really Made The Rise of Skywalker, Anyway?
It’s a strange time for Star Wars fans right now. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker closed a chapter of the main series in a way that divided critics, and now the future of the movie side of the franchise is in a bit of limbo. (Although, according to some, suggestions that JJ Abrams didn’t have full control of the finished movie, with the writer-director surprised by what he saw onscreen during the premiere. That seems fairly unlikely, to say the least, but it oddly dovetails with Lucasfilm was pushing…
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For newsrooms, a ‘balancing act’ between Iowa caucuses and the impeachment trial
New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. News outlets have been attempting a “balancing act,” Alexi McCammond of Axios said on Sunday’s “Reliable Sources.” This data from Andrew Tyndall tells the story. In 2016, the ABC, CBS and NBC nightly newscasts devoted 86 minutes of airtime to campaign coverage in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses. This year? About 10 minutes. Impeachment had a clear impact. But has it affected candidates and voters? Hard…
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Researchers Think This Star Will Go Nova By The End Of The Century
Faint star V Sagittae is already known as a unique binary system in its own right, but astronomers now believe it will become much more so by the end of the century. The two stars will merge into a nova, one that is possibly as bright as the brightest star in the sky. The prediction comes from careful analysis of data collected since the 1890s. The binary system is what is known as a cataclysmic variable (CV), where an ordinary star orbits a white dwarf. The dwarf is constantly stealing material,…
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Self-Trust Is The New Self-Care
Sonya Matejko Updated February 3, 2020 Jenna Anderson Sonya Matejko Updated February 3, 2020 Jenna Anderson Something I’ve begun to notice lately is how much your world changes when you start to trust yourself. In taking that one step forward, however small or gigantic, you tell yourself and the world that you believe in yourself enough to move ahead. When you do that? It’s like the universe takes notes, the ground shakes, and doors start to open everywhere from the quake. Maybe you don’t even notice at first. Maybe…
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Scientists Have Recorded Footage Of Atoms Bonding For The First Time
Atoms are commonly known as the building blocks of the world. Yet the possibility of being able to film atomic bonding seemed almost impossible. At lengths of between 0.1-0.3 nanometers, chemical bonds are about half a million times smaller than the width of a human hair. Until now, the bonding process has been shown in classrooms and labs using ball-and-stick models. However, thanks to a research team from the UK and Germany, students will now be able to see 18 seconds of two rhenium (Re) atoms performing a bonding dance. As…
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Snow and Ice Pose a Vexing Obstacle for Self-Driving Cars
In late 2018, Steven Waslander, a professor at the University of Toronto, compiled a data set of images from snowy and rainy Canadian roads. It includes footage of foggy camera views, blizzard conditions, and cars sliding around, captured over two winters. The individual frames are annotated so that a machine can interpret what the scene conveys. Autonomous driving systems typically use annotated images to inform algorithms that track a car's position and plan its route. The Canadian data should help researchers develop and test algorithms against challenging conditions. But the…
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