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Wednesday, 03 May

01:22

Klassische Musik kann einen transformativen Effekt ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Klassische Musik kann einen transformativen Effekt auf Menschen haben. Wie weit das geht, konnte man gerade in Los Angeles sehen, bei einem Konzert von Tschaikowskis 5.

An dieser Stelle vielleicht als Warnung frs Archiv: Wenn du whrend eines ffentlichen Konzerts einen lauten Orgasmus hast, wird es Aufzeichnungen geben.

Gute Nachrichten! Die Trkei hat die rechte Hand bin ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

Gute Nachrichten! Die Trkei hat die rechte Hand bin Ladens erwischt!

Endlich kann man wieder sicher Mercedes fahren.

"Me Too" betrifft auch Mnner, stellt sich vllig ... "IndyWatch Feed Europe"

"Me Too" betrifft auch Mnner, stellt sich vllig berraschend raus. Mit denen solidarisiert sich dann blo keiner.

Johns Hopkins study shows lockdowns only reduced COVID-19 death rate by .2% "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Lockdowns during the first COVID-19 wave in the spring of 2020 only reduced COVID-19 mortality by .2% in the U.S. and Europe, according to a Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis of several studies. "While this meta-analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects, they have imposed enormous economic and social costs where they have been adopted," the researchers wrote. "In consequence, lockdown policies are ill-founded and should be rejected as a pandemic policy instrument." The researchers Johns Hopkins University economics professor Steve Hanke, Lund University economics professor Lars Jonung, and special advisor at Copenhagen's Center for Political Studies Jonas Herby analyzed the effects of lockdown measures such as school shutdowns, business closures, and mask mandates on COVID-19 deaths. "We find little to no evidence that mandated lockdowns in Europe and the United States had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality rates," the researchers wrote. The researchers also examined shelter-in-place orders, finding that they reduced COVID-19 mortality by 2.9%. Studies that looked at only shelter-in-place orders found they reduced COVID-19 mortality by 5.1%, but studies that looked at shelter-in-place orders along with other lockdown measures found that shelter-in-place orders actually increased COVID-19 mortality by 2.8%. The researchers concluded that limiting gatherings may have actually increased COVID-19 mortality.

Note: Why did other major media platforms overlook this vitally important news? You can find this critical study on the Johns Hopkins University website at this link. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on government corruption and the coronavirus from reliable major media sources.

Lockdowns in the U.S. and Europe had little or no impact in reducing deaths from COVID-19 "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Lockdowns in the U.S. and Europe had little or no impact in reducing deaths from COVID-19, according to a new analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The lockdowns during the early phase of the pandemic in 2020 reduced COVID-19 mortality by about 0.2%, said the broad review of multiple scientific studies. "We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality," the researchers wrote. But the research paper said lockdowns did have "devastating effects" on the economy and contributed to numerous social ills. "They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest, contributing to domestic violence, and undermining liberal democracy," the report said. "Such a standard benefit-cost calculation leads to a strong conclusion: lockdowns should be rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument," the paper concluded. Early on, many states and 186 countries imposed bans on work, socialization, in-person schooling, travel and other restrictions to limit the spread of the disease, citing recommendations by top health care experts. Researchers at the Imperial College London, for example, predicted that such steps could reduce death rates by up to 98%. That never happened, according to the new study by researchers Steve Hanke, Jonas Herby, and Lars Jonung at Johns Hopkins.

01:08

8% Of Americans Think They Could Beat A Lion In A Fistfight "IndyWatch Feed World"

A recent survey conducted by YouGov in 2018 found that 8% of Americans believe they could win a fist fight against a lion in a hand-to-hand combat situation. While this statistic may seem humorous or absurd, it is important to understand the dangers and consequences of such a belief.

Lions are apex predators and are known for their strength, speed, and ferocity. They are powerful animals that have evolved to hunt and kill prey much larger and stronger than themselves. Even trained professionals, such as zookeepers and wildlife experts, do not engage in physical combat with lions, as it is far too dangerous and often deadly.

Believing that a human could defeat a lion in a fistfight is not only unfounded but also dangerous. Attempting to engage in a physical altercation with a lion could result in serious injury or death, not only to the person attempting the fight but also to the lion.

It is important to understand that wild animals are not pets and should be respected and admired from a safe distance. Interacting with them in any way that could put human or animal life at risk is illegal and highly irresponsible.

Furthermore, the belief that humans can overpower and defeat wild animals such as lions can be harmful to conservation efforts. It can promote a sense of false bravado and encourage dangerous behavior toward wildlife, which can ultimately harm ecosystems and wildlife populations.

It is essential to educate the public on the importance of responsible wildlife conservation practices, including respecting animals and their habitats and avoiding dangerous interactions with wildlife.

In conclusion, the belief that a human can defeat a lion in a fistfight is both dangerous and unfounded. Interacting with wild animals in any way that could risk human or animal life is irresponsible and can harm conservation efforts. Educating the public on the importance of responsible wildlife conservation practices to ensure the protection and preservation of wildlife and their habitats is crucial.

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01:06

Stephen Kings Fiction Is Just Clumsy Left-Wing Moralism Now "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

It's not just Stephen King's Twitter feed that is full of brain-dead left-wing politics his trite political obsessions are ruining his books as well.

01:02

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01:01

Swarms of earthquakes rock central southern California over 24 hours in northward progression "IndyWatch Feed World"

A slew of earthquakes shook up the Salton Sea region of Southern California within 24 hours over the weekend, with the seismic activity reaching up to 4.5 in magnitude. The first swarm began at 12:08 p.m. Saturday in the US-Mexico border town of Herber, with nearly 50 tremors shaking the area until 5:12 a.m. Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported. The Herber quakes reached up to 3.7 in magnitude and were felt by about 60 people. The second swarm struck nearly 40 miles north, by the town of Niland, where more than 25 tremors then shook the southeast shore of the Salton Sea starting at 12.09 a.m. Sunday. Those earthquakes lasted until 5:28 a.m. and reached a higher magnitude of 4.5, which was felt by about 30 people, UGS said.

01:01

Turbo Cancer Leukemia: Children From Ages 11 to 21 Are Dying Within Hours or Days of Cancer Diagnosis "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:57

In unseren Schulen herrscht Krieg! "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:56

Whither Ukraines counteroffensive? "IndyWatch Feed War"

BY M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | INDIAN PUNCHLINE | MAY 2, 2023

The month of May has arrived but without the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive. The western media is speculating that it may come by late May. There is also the spin that Kiev is judicious to buy time.

The chances of Ukraine making some sort of breakthrough in the 950-km long Russian frontline cannot be ruled out but a Russian counteroffensive is all but certain to follow. An open-ended war will not suit Western powers.

Last week, NATOs top commander, US Army General Christopher Cavoli stated that the Russian army operating in Ukraine is larger than when the Kremlin launched its special military operation and the Ukrainians have to be better than the Russian force they will face and decide when and where they will strike.

Cavoli said Russia has strategic depth in manpower and has only lost one warship and about 80 fighters and tactical bombers in an air fleet numbering about 1,000 so far. The general gently contradicted Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chief of General Staff Gen. Mark Milley who have been propagating that Russia is on the brink of defeat.

Speaking at the House panel on Wednesday, Gen. Cavoli said, This war is far from over. On Thursday, he went further to tell the Senate, I think [the Russians] can fight another year. At the House hearing, Cavoli also said Russian submarine activity has only picked up in the North Atlantic since the beginning of the war and none of the Kremlins strategic nuclear forces have been affected by operations in Ukraine.

He said at one point in his written testimony, Russian air, maritime, space, cyber, and strategic forces have not suffered significant degradation in the current war. Moreover, Russia will likely rebuild its future Army into a sizeable and more capable land force Russia retains a vast stockpile of deployed and non-deployed nuclear weapons, which present an existential threat to the US.

Clearly, the entire narrative of lies and obfuscation created by the neocons in the Biden Administration through the past year has unravelled. The balance sheet shows there is nothing to justify the massive amount of aid to Ukraine through the past one-year period in excess of $100 billion dollars, which is pro rata vastly more than what the US had spent in the twenty years of war in Afghanistan. ...

00:55

Rather Than Smearing Justices, Democrats Should Be Asking Them For Ethics Lessons "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The hearing is a transparent effort to delegitimize the Supreme Court.

00:54

At annual summit, ADL head rails against critics of Zionism while ignoring far-right antisemitism "IndyWatch Feed War"

ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt attacked anti-Zionists in an address at the organization's annual National Leadership Summit but barely mentioned far-right antisemitism.

00:51

Military Situation In Syria On May 2, 2023 (Map Update) "IndyWatch Feed War"

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On May 2, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours;
On May 1, Israeli warplanes struck Aleppo Airport with several missiles. One Syrian serviceman was killed. Five more servicemen and two civilians were wounded;
Jordans Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi stated that during the Amman Consultative Meeting, the participants agreed to adopt a roadmap to achieve a political solution to the crisis in Syria.

00:51

Saturn exhibits behavior never seen before in our solar system: 'Hiding in plain view for 40 years' "IndyWatch Feed World"

The secret has been hiding in plain view for 40 years. But it took the insight of a veteran astronomer to pull it all together within a year, using observations of Saturn from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and retired Cassini probe, in addition to the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and the retired International Ultraviolet Explorer mission. The discovery: Saturn's vast ring system is heating the giant planet's upper atmosphere. The phenomenon has never before been seen in the solar system. It's an unexpected interaction between Saturn and its rings that potentially could provide a tool for predicting if planets around other stars have glorious Saturn-like ring systems, too. The telltale evidence is an excess of ultraviolet radiation, seen as a spectral line of hot hydrogen in Saturn's atmosphere. The bump in radiation means that something is contaminating and heating the upper atmosphere from the outside.

00:50

How and Why the Pentagon Gets Rewarded for Being Corrupt "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:33

Tomgram: Liz Theoharis, Whose World Is This Anyway? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

"In order to fully recover, we must first recover the society that has made us sick[...]"

00:31

A Proposal for a UN Freedom of Information Act Never Got Off the Ground "IndyWatch Feed War"

Human Wrongs Watch

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, May 1 2023 (IPS)* The United Nations has consistently been a vociferous advocate of freedom of the press and, most importantly, the right of journalists to report without fear of reprisals.

Credit: UNESCO Attribution 3.0 IGO

But regrettably, the UN is also one of most opaque institutions where transparency is never the norm.Journalists, rarely if ever, were able to get any on-the-record comments or reactions from ambassadors, diplomats and senior UN officials because most of them follow the advice given to Brits during war-time censorship in the UK: Be like Dad, Keep Mum.

As Winston Churchill once remarked: Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

But as a general rule, most ambassadors and diplomats did not tell us either to go to hell or heaven but avoided all comments on politically-sensitive issues with the standard non-excuse: Sorry, we have to get clearance from our capital.

But that clearance from their respective foreign ministries never came. Still, it was hard to beat a response from a tight-lipped Asian diplomat who told me: No comment and as an after-thought, added: And Dont Quote Me on That.

And most senior UN officials, on the other hand, never had even the basic courtesy or etiquette to respond to phone calls or email messages even with an acknowledgment. The lines of communications were mostly dead.

When I complained to the media-savvy Shashi Tharoor, a former UN Under-Secretary-General, head of the one-time Department of Public Information (DPI) and a prolific author, he was explicit in his response when he said that every UN official from an Under-Secretary-General to a window-washerhas the right to express an opinion in his or her area of expertise.

The US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which dates back to 1967, has provided the public and mostly the press in the...

00:31

Murdoch Spoke on Phone With Zelenskyy Weeks Before Tucker Carlson Left Fox News "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Paul Joseph Watson | Summit News | May 2, 2023

More speculation as to the reason behind Tucker Carlsons departure from Fox News is raging after it was revealed that Rupert Murdoch held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy weeks beforehand.

Some have argued that Carlsons vehement opposition to the United States deepening involvement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict was a primary reason as to why he left the network.

Indeed, as we highlighted last week, members of the military-industrial complex celebrated the Fox News hosts departure, with one senior DoD official declaring, good riddance!

Now it turns out that Murdoch had been in communication with Zelenskyy back in March.

Fox News Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch held a previously unreported call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this spring in which the two discussed the war and the anniversary of the deaths of Fox News journalists last March, reports Semafor.

The Ukrainian president had a similar conversation with Lachlan Murdoch on March 15, which Zelenskyy noted in a little-noticed aside during a national broadcast last month.

The conversations came weeks before the Murdochs fired their biggest star and most outspoken critic of American support for Ukraine, Tucker Carlson. Senior Ukrainian officials had made their objections to Carlsons coverage known to Fox executives, but Zelenskyy did not raise it on the calls with the Murdochs, according to one person familiar with the details of the calls.

The report also notes that Carlson had previously described Zelenskyy as a dictator and that him leaving Fox has now relieved pressure on Republicans who have vehemently supported Ukraine.

As Chris Menahan points out, at around the same time of the Murdoch-Zelensky phone call, Tucker told Redacted host Clayton Morris that he felt he may be fired for his stance on Ukraine.

Im saying what I really think and I think it really really matters and if I get fired for it, I dont know what to say, Im not going to change, Carlson said.

He also revealed that a top boss at Fox News texted him to say, For the record, I really disagree with you on Ukraine!

Carlsons opposition to big pharma corruption has also been cited as a reason for his dismissal, given the jaw-dropping amount of advertising money news networks make from pharmaceutical companies.

00:30

Careful Now "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Should we blow up pipelines?

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28^th April 2023

Theres a fundamental principle that should apply to every conflict. Dont urge others to do what you are not prepared to do yourself. How many wars would be fought if the presidents or prime ministers who declared them were obliged to lead their troops into battle?

I can see why How to Blow Up a Pipeline, the book by Andreas Malm which has inspired a new film with the same title, has captured imaginations. It offers a lively and persuasive retelling of the history of popular protest, showing how violence and sabotage have been essential components of most large and successful transformations, many of which have been mischaracterised by modern campaigners as entirely peaceful.

Malm shows how violence was a crucial component of the campaigns against slavery, imperial rule in India, apartheid and Britains poll tax, of the demand for womens suffrage and even of the famously peaceful revolutions in Iran and Egypt. He argues that by ruling out violence and sabotage, those of us who seek to defend the habitable planet are fighting with our hands tied behind our backs. He urges us to develop a radical flank, prepared to demolish, burn, blow up or use any other means necessary against CO₂-emitting property.

Its essential that we know these histories. Malm forces us to confront questions of strategy and to justify or reject those we have chosen. No one can deny that current campaigns have failed: capitals assaults on the living planet have only accelerated. Nor can we deny that, as he says, we have been too placid and composed or that the climate crisis is insufficiently politicised. Should we, as he urges, begin a campaign of violent attacks on the industrial economy? While his case is compelling, I feel something is missing.

Malms strongest comparisons are with the heroic struggles of womens rights and civil rights activists, anti-slavery, independence, anti-apartheid and economic justice campaigners. These movements directly confronted massive powers. Their outcomes were, in most cases, binary. Either the British Raj persisted or it didnt. Either women would get the vote or they wouldnt. Either there was a poll tax or there wasnt.

But the revolt against environmental collapse is a revolt against the entire system. To prevent the destruction of the habitable planet, every aspect of our economic lives has to change.

Malm reduces our task to the struggle against fossil fuels. But fossil fuels are just one of the drivers of climate breakdown, albeit the largest, and climate breakdown is...

00:28

Davido Showers Chioma With Luxury Gifts For 28th Birthday "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Award-winning afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, better known as Davido has surprised his wife, Mrs.Chioma Rowland Adeleke on her 28th birthday with some luxurious gifts worth thousands of dollars. Despite the ups and down in their relationship, the couple, who legally got married last year November, have been waxing strong and known for their extravagant displays []

The post Davido Showers Chioma With Luxury Gifts For 28th Birthday appeared first on New Telegraph.

00:26

Testing for Manipulation: A Case Study from Colombia "IndyWatch Feed War"

On April 17, Colombias President Gustavo Petro took to Twitter and wrote Manipulations of the extreme right. Lies as the basis of politics. Here, Camilo proves photo manipulation. He referred to a tweet by the journalist Camilo Andrs Garca, who shared an analysis by Ghost, a filter used in conjunction with other image analysis tools, to support his doubts about the authenticity of a photo of a man in camouflage standing by a road in the Colombian countryside.

This man, wearing a red bandana, stands in view of a flag of the far-left National Liberation Army (ELN), a guerilla group which fought the government in a long-running conflict which has seen hundreds of thousands of Colombians killed. While a 2016 peace agreement saw another guerilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) come to terms with the Colombian government, peace talks with the ELN are ongoing, with Petro previously pledging to bring total peace to Colombia.

President Petro, himself a former guerilla, has been described by international media as the countrys first leftist president. Meanwhile Paloma Valencia, who first shared the image on Twitter on April 15 and another photo two days later, is a senator for a right-wing opposition party. On April 17, Valencia also shared video footage of armed men entering a town.

Fact-checking website ColombiaCheck asked Bellingcat for help in verifying the photo and assessing claims about its possible manipulation. The websites editor Jos Sarmiento explained the political context of the claim, noting that Petros total peace approach of negotiating with illegal armed groups has angered Colombias right-wing. He added that Valencia has been one of the leading voices against such processes and that she argues that armed groups only use them as opportunities to grow stronger.

The idea behind her tweet was to show that Petro is letting this happen because they believe that as a former guerilla man himself he is close to...

00:26

Researchers Uncover New BGP Flaws in Popular Internet Routing Protocol Software "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered weaknesses in a software implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) that could be weaponized to achieve a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on vulnerable BGP peers. The three vulnerabilities reside in routing protocol suite for Linux and Unix platforms. It's currently used by several

00:24

5G Is A Network Security Threat Wake-Up Call For Operators And Regulators "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Jan Hglund is the President and CEO of Enea, a specialist in software for telecommunications and cybersecurity.

As mobile networks are increasingly embedded in daily life, they have become a more attractive target for criminals and malicious state actors alike. A new spate of regulations globally suggests a unified response is required.

To consumers, 5G means ultra-fast connectivity and a smoother, better user experience. Few would be aware of how the interconnection and interworking between networks that enables this user experience is itself vulnerable to attack, with more devastating consequences than in the past, as we all increase our reliance on mobile communications.

00:23

Link "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Technophobia is an extreme fear of technology. People with technophobia may fear the power of artificial intelligence, robots or computers.

Technophobia is more than resistance to learning new technology. Rather, people with the condition may obsess over technology. Or, they may go to great lengths to avoid incorporating technology into their lives.

Technophobia is not a clinical diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Still, as technology has expanded rapidly in recent years, some clinicians treat technophobia like a specific phobia. Specific phobias are irrational fears of a particular situation, object, animal or interaction. The fear isnt in proportion to the actual danger.

00:23

How To Use FinOps As A Tool In The Fight Against Rising Cloud Costs "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Scott Sellers is the co-founder and CEO of Azul, with 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the technology industry.

For the first time in a decade, controlling cloud costs has surpassed security as the top cloud management challenge facing IT professionals, according to a survey by Flexera. An Andreessen Horowitz study also said that up to $1 trillion in market capitalization is weighed down by overspending in the cloud. Today, challenging economic conditions, rising costs, increasingly stringent performance SLAs and the need for more resources are squeezing organizations that want to remain in the cloud without overspending.

Many organizations still struggle to connect the dots between the value they deliver via the cloud and the costs required to deliver that value. Without a clear understanding of that basic relationship, it is difficult for teams to hold productive conversations about costs. Engineering departments dont know what to prioritize; cloud architects lack a direction on designing, developing and managing solutions; product managers face difficulties pricing their solutions; and executives wonder where all the money is going.

00:23

Chemists are teaching GPT-4 to do chemistry and control lab robots "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Augmenting the artificial intelligence GPT-4 with extra chemistry knowledge made it much better at planning chemistry experiments, but it refused to make heroin or sarin gas.

By Alex Wilkins

00:20

JUST-IN: Abia Assembly Impeach Speaker "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Barely 27 days to the expiration of the ninth State House of Assembly tenure across the states, the Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached hisSpeaker, Hon. Chinedum Orji. New Telegraph gathered that the impeachment was carried out by 18 out of 27 members of the Assembly who sat at an undisclosed location. Although specifics []

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00:16

The Banking Collapse Of 2023 Is Now Officially Bigger Than The Banking Collapse Of 2008 "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

By Michael Snyder Yes, you read the headline correctly. Collectively, the three big banks that have collapsed in 2023 had more assets than all 25...

The Banking Collapse Of 2023 Is Now Officially Bigger Than The Banking Collapse Of 2008

00:13

Testing and Filtering Your Water Solutions Watch with James Corbett "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

By The Corbett Report If youre a regular Corbett Reporteer, then by now youre aware of the danger to human health caused by water fluoridation....

Testing and Filtering Your Water Solutions Watch with James Corbett

00:09

Video: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CIA "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:06

Talk World Radio: Why We Need Nonviolent Journalism "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Talk World Radio, May 2, 2023

AUDIO:

Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom.

Here is this weeks video and all the videos on Youtube.

VIDEO:

This week on Talk World Radio, were discussing nonviolent journalism, and a new book called Nonviolent Journalism: A Humanist Approach to Communication. Our guests are two of the authors.

A free public event will be held to debut the book in Washington DC on May 9:
https://worldbeyondwar.org/upcoming-event-in-dc-nonviolent-journalism-a-book-debut-and-dinner

Pia Figueroa Edwards is from Chile, a former Undersecretary of State of Chile, and former environmental advisor to the Minister of Agriculture. She is Vice President of the Pangea Foundation and director of TempoConsultores. Sinc...

00:05

Twenty Years After George W. Bushs Infamous Mission Accomplished Claim "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:05

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Progressive American Critique of Pandemicism "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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00:05

U.K. Could Lose 75% of its Energy Supply by 2050 "IndyWatch Feed War"

BY CHRIS MORRISON | THE DAILY SCEPTIC | MAY 2, 2023

The United Kingdom is likely to have barely a quarter of the energy in 2050 promised by the Government and its Climate Change Committee if all the legal obligations of Net Zero are followed. This shocking news is forecast by the latest energy review recently published by U.K. FIRES. Government-funded U.K FIRES writes that the whole excitement of its project has been to recognise that such a shortfall is close to a certain reality. Excitement is not perhaps a word that comes immediately to mind when contemplating Britains almost certain economic and societal collapse.

As we have noted before in the Daily Sceptic, UK FIRES bases its recommendations on the brutal, and many would argue, honest reality of Net Zero. It does not assume that technological processes still to be perfected, or even invented, will somehow lead to minimal disturbance in comfortable industrialised lifestyles. Speaking to architects in 2021 at a RIBA climate conference, UK FIRES leader, Cambridge-based Professor Julian Allwood, said the UK Net Zero strategy is as unrealistic as magic beans fertilised by unicorns blood.

It can be argued that the 5 million of taxpayer funding to UK FIRES is money well spent since its honest Net Zero appraisals contrast with the fanciful stories and deceit that surround many other claims by Net Zero promoters.

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00:04

Easily exploitable flaw in Oracle Opera could spell trouble for hotel chains (CVE-2023-21932) "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

A recently patched vulnerability (CVE-2023-21932) in Oracle Opera, a property management system widely used in large hotel and resort chains, is more critical than Oracle says it is and could be easily exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers to access sensitive information, a group of researchers has warned. Oracle Opera landing page (Source: Assetnote) Whats more, these systems are often exposed to the internet and they are not hard to find. According to security researcher Kevin More

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00:03

Military Situation In Bakhmut On May 2, 2023 (Map Update) "IndyWatch Feed War"

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On May 1, Wagner forces advanced up to 120 meters in Bakhmut and lost 86 fighters;
45 thousand square meters of Bakhmut are under Wagners control;
Russian forces are advancing along the streets of Tolbukhin, Pobedy and Levanevsky in the north-western district;
Wagner fighters are advancing along Korsunsky Street in the city center;
Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue along Chaikovskoho street;
Russian forces continue their assault near the road to Chasov Yar west of Khromovo;
Russian forces are storming Ukrainian positions in Bogdanovka.

00:02

How To Help Your Little One Feel Their Best This Summer "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Summer is a time for relaxation and fun, but it can also come with its own set of challenges, especially for young children. As a parent, its important to ensure that your little ones are happy and healthy during the summer months. Here are some tips on how you can help your little one feel []

00:00

Getting Ready for Act 2 of the Great American Eclipse "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

It seems like only yesterday that the Great American Eclipse swept from coast to coast, and for those who were lucky enough to watch it from along the path of totality, it was a true life experience. No natural phenomenon can compete with the beauty of a total solar eclipse, and if theres one thing I heard more than anything else in those golden moments after the Sun returned from behind the Moon, it was, Whens the next one? Everyone wanted to do it again, and for good reason.

Back in 2017, that question was kind of rhetorical; everyone knew the next eclipse to cross the United States was a mere seven years off. For me personally, the passage of time has not dampened my enthusiasm for eclipses one bit, and I suspect the feeling is mutual among the many people who gazed in wonder and childlike glee at the celestial proceedings of 2017. But except for the very lucky who live within the path of totality, mounting an expedition that optimizes the viewing experience takes preparation. Now that were a little less than a year away for the next one, its time to get geared up and make plans for the 2024 eclipse.

Where and When?

The 2017 eclipses Great American Eclipse moniker was well earned, as the con...

00:00

Canada - Two missing after floods in Quebec "IndyWatch Feed World"

Two firefighters are missing and around 1,000 people are stranded after floods in the Charlevoix region of Quebec Province, Canada. Intense rainfall caused the Rivire du Gouffre to break its banks, flooding roads and damaging bridges. Around 1,000 residents in areas of the Baie Saint-Paul community have been left isolated as a result. Some have been forced to evacuate their homes. Videos on social media showed motorhomes from a nearby campsite being dragged away by the raging river and crashing into a bridge near the town. The Mayor of Baie Saint-Paul, Michal Pilote, declared a state of emergency and asked residents to stay home. Accommodation centres have been opened to house those displaced. Schools have been closed in the area.

00:00

Dr. Fauci Lies: New Design + Tyranny Quotes "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Before we dive into the tyranny quotes, let us first ask: Is the United States government tyrannical? Not constantly, no. It is awfully good of...

Dr. Fauci Lies: New Design + Tyranny Quotes

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23:57

Meta Says About 10% of its Global Ad Revenue at Risk From EU Data Flows Order "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

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Meta says about 10% of its global ad revenue at risk from EU data flows order:

Meta's earning call yesterday was upbeat on better than expected revenue for the quarter. However buried in its disclosures to investors is a stark warning on looming regulatory risk it's facing in Europe where a decision is expected in a matter of weeks (by May 12) that could see the tech giant ordered to suspend its transatlantic data flows.

"We expect the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) to issue a decision in May in its previously disclosed inquiry relating to transatlantic data transfers of Facebook EU/EEA user data, including a suspension order for such transfers and a fine," Meta's CFO wrote in its Q1 2023 report.

We've covered the (very) long-running saga which hinges on a clash between US surveillance laws and EU privacy rights most recently here and here. So regular TechCrunch readers will already know that a key development Meta is hoping will save its bacon in Europe is the adoption of a new high level data transfer pact which aims to resolve the legal uncertainty around EU data exports.

[...] In its earnings report, Meta tells investors it's hopeful the new EU-US data framework will arrive soon enough to be implemented before the deadline for a suspension of its EU transfers meaning, were these stars to align, it could reboot its claim to have an authorized mechanism for its EU transfers and flick the suspension order away however the company also warns it "cannot exclude the possibility" that adoption won't happen soon enough to prevent such an order.

[...] During a call with investors, the social networking giant was asked about the potential impact on revenues if it is forced to suspend EU-US data flows on regulatory order. Responding, CFO Susan Li began by reiterating its hope that the new high level framework will save its bacon. However, if this sought for escape hatch fails to open in time, she warned investors Meta is facing a hit of around a tenth of its worldwide ad revenue saying "roughly 10%" of this comes from ads delivered to Facebook users in EU countries.

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23:56

Extraordinary developments in Haiti "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Haiti has been going through a hell of a time in the recent past but especially since its former president Jovenel Mose was assassinated in 2021 and the prime minister Ariel Henry took power. The subsequent governments have been weak and as a result, armed gangs have started taking over in parts of the country, especially its capital Port-au-Prince, terrorizing he population.

People seem to have finally had enough and as a result vigilante groups of citizens have struck back at the gangs.

As Vlina lyse Charlier ventured on to the streets of her conflict-stricken city last week, she encountered scenes that will haunt her for many years to come.

Armed civilians dragging bodies through the streets. Smouldering corpses. Young men with machetes chasing suspected gangsters they planned to kill.

Ive seen enough dead people for many lifetimes, said the Haitian human rights activist. Since Monday, if you get killed, you get burned. Its kill, burn, kill, burn Its nothing I would want anyone else to witness. It stays with you Its hell, you know?

The nightmarish events unfolding in Haitis coastal capital, Port-au-Prince, began before dawn on Monday when members of one of its notorious gangs reportedly tried to seize control of the citys Turgeau area.

What they didnt count on was the population striking back, said Charlier, who works in the neighbourhood.

Over the coming hours, civilians brandishing knives, rocks and handguns rose up against the heavily armed criminals who control more than 80% of Haitis capital and whose activities have led the United Nations to compare the situation there to a war.

As the sun rose, the bloodshed spread. In the Canap-Vert neighbourhood, 13 suspected gangsters were beaten, stoned to death and burned after their minibus was stopped by police. In Turgeau another six men were reportedly set on fire.

This seems like a spontaneous uprising of ordinary people against the gangs, which is not something that you normally see.

Haiti has a long and proud revolutionary history.

In the midst of the French Revolution (178999), slaves, maroons, and free people of color launched the Haitian Revolution (17911804), led by a former slave and the first black general of the French Army, Toussaint Louverture. After 12 years of conflict, Napoleon Bonapartes forces were defeated by Louvertures successor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines (later Emperor Jacques I), who declared Haitis sovereignty on 1 January 1804the first independent nation of Latin America and the Caribbean, the second republic in the Americas, the first country in the Americas to eliminate slavery, and the only state in history esta...

23:53

Ugandan Lawmakers Adopt New Anti-Gay Bill Draft "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Despite President Yoweri Musevenis request to rewrite an Nations, Ugandas parliament passed a fresh draft of the anti-gay bill on Tuesday, keeping many of its harsh elements. New Telegraph gathered that The bill was passed after the legislation with the exception of one []

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23:51

First Republic, the Latest Victim in US Banking Crisis "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:49

Syria: Israeli strikes on Aleppo airport leaves one soldier dead "IndyWatch Feed War"

Syria: Israeli strikes on Aleppo airport leaves one soldier dead

Third reported Israeli attack on Aleppo International Airport this year left the airfield out of service

MEE staff Tue, 05/02/2023 - 14:49

Aleppo International Airport has been attacked several times by Israeli air strikes (AFP/File Photo)

The Israeli military attacked Aleppo International Airport late on Monday, according to Syrian state media, killing one soldier and leaving seven others wounded, including two civilians.

The Israeli aggression also put Aleppo International Airport out of service, said the Syrian state news agency, SANA.

Israel has intensified its attacks on Syrian airports in a bid to disrupt growing flights between Tehran and Damascus, which it views as a corridor to transport weapons.

This is the third time that Aleppo International Airport has been left out of service this year with two attacks on the airport in March.

Islamic State: 'Suspected leader' of IS group killed in Syria, says Turkey's Erdogan

Israeli missile strikes have also hit the airport in the Syrian capital of Damascus at least four times this year.

The Israeli military has made no comment following the latest attacks...

23:49

ABC News Censors Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:48

U.S. Army Info War Division Wants Social Media Surveillance to Protect NATO Brand "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:47

Congress Ignores Real Debt Ceiling Drama "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:45

Texas AG Launches Investigation Into Misrepresentations By Covid Jab Manufacturers: The Public Must Know "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Paxton's investigation seeks to uncover whether Covid jab manufacturers misled the public about the efficacy of the shots.

23:44

The End of an Era "IndyWatch Feed War"

Why do the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank three of the most highly regarded international economic organizations-project a bleak road ahead for the global economy?

Ominously, the World Bank warns of the possibility of a coming lost decade for economic growth.

In January of this year, the World Bank dropped its global growth projection for 2023 to 1.7% from its June of 2022 projection of 3%. To put some perspective on the number, during the era of high globalization before the 2007-9 crash, global growth averaged 3.5%. Since the crisis, growth has averaged 2.8%. And just three months after the January projection, the World Bank warns of an entire decade of lowered growth expectations. As quoted in the Wall Street Journal: it will take a herculean collective policy effort to restore growth in the next decade to the average of the previous one.

Likewise, the WTO projects the volume of world merchandise trade to expand at only 1.7% this year from the 2.8% average growth experienced since 2008.

On the heels of the April World Bank alarm, the IMF has announced its worst medium-term growth forecast since 1990.

Accordingly, all three major international organizations have offered challenging, if not dire predictions for the global economy.

Clearly, the capitalist ship that has been buffeted by a global pandemic, raging inflation, a European war, and bank failures is taking on water. While there is no reason to expect the ship to sink, serious alarm bells are going off.

The pundits, policy-makers, and economics professors assured us that the orgy of price increases battering household budgets was only temporary, due to disruptions in global supply chains caused first by the pandemic, then by the war in Ukraine. Those promises were made over two years ago.

Since then, explanations have given way to prayer. The policy tools a bitter potion of Central Bank interest rate hikes have proven less effective against inflation than promised. The previous long decade of unusually low interest rates encourages consumers to freely use credit when income is under stress, as it is with rampant inflation. As interest rates soar, those same consumers are slow to recognize their exploding debt load from high interest payments, adding to an already deteriorating standard of living. Reliance on credit thwarts the dampening effects of interest-rate increases upon consumer demand.

Media Pollyannas rejoiced over the March Consumer Price Index numbers, with grow...

23:42

Military Situation In Donbass On May 2, 2023 (Map Update) "IndyWatch Feed War"

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Russian forces struck at the railway station in Kramatorsk, where a wagon with Ukrainian ammunition was destroyed;
Russian forces destroyed the temporary deployment points of the 24th separate mechanized brigade and the special operations forces of the AFU in the area of Konstantinovka;
Russian forces took control of Kamyanka village near Avdiivka;
Russian forces took control of several buildings in the western parts of Mariinka;
Russian forces struck Ukrainian positions near Ugledar;
Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue near Pervomaiske;
Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Bakhmut;
Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 armoured vehicle, 3 howitzers were destroyed by Russian artillery on Krasniy-Liman front, according to the Russian MOD;
Up to 330 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 motor vehicles, 4 armored vehicles, 1 tank were destroyed by Russian artillery on the Donetsk front, according to the Russian MOD;
Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 armoured vehicle, 2 motor vehicle were destroyed by Russian artillery in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye region, according to the Russian MOD;
The AFU reportedly destroyed a control post, 2 ammo warehouses and a fuel warehouse of the Russian Army in the past 24 hours.

23:42

French Unions Set New Protest Date After Arrest "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

A day after hundreds of thousands protested the bill, the French trade unions on Tuesday announced that they will organize further large-scale rallies against President Emmanuel Macrons divisive pension reforms next month. The fourteenth day of demonstrations will take place on June 6, according to the unions, days before parliamentarians discuss a bill that would []

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23:40

Gaza: Palestinian groups fire rockets at Israel after prisoner's death "IndyWatch Feed War"

Gaza: Palestinian groups fire rockets at Israel after prisoner's death

Rare rockets claimed by Joint Operations Room leave at least three people wounded

MEE staff Tue, 05/02/2023 - 14:40

Rockets are fired from Gaza into Israel, 2 May 2023 (Reuters)

Palestinian armed groups fired rockets towards Israel on Tuesday following the death earlier in the day of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner who was on hunger strike in an Israeli prison.

The Joint Operations Room (JOR), an umbrella body of armed factions in Gaza including Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility for the rocket volley that left at least three wounded in Israel, according to medics.

The Israeli military said it identified 21 rockets launched from Gaza towards Israel, with only four of them intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile defence system.

Rockets hit residential areas in Sderot and other towns near the fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel.

Magen David Adom, Israels ambulance service, said three people were wounded. One person was seriously hurt by shrapnel while the other two, who were identified as foreign nationals, were lightly wounded.

...

23:36

Working the Problem: Deep Space Repair "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

RIME (Radar for Icy Moons Exploration) is the first instrument ever deployed to the outer Solar System that can make direct measurements of conditions below the surface of an object. That makes it precisely tailored for Europa as well as Ganymede and Callisto, two other Galilean moons that also seem to have an internal ocean. Consider it a radar sounder that can penetrate up to 9 kilometers below surface ice. RIME is a major part of why JUICE is going to the moons of Jupiter.

Consider it problematic as well, at least for the moment, while controllers working the JUICE mission try to solve an unexpected deployment issue. The 16-meter long antenna shows movement, but continues to have trouble in becoming released from its mounting bracket. The antenna is currently about a third of its full intended length, according to ESA, partially extended but still stowed away.

Image: Shortly after launch on 14 April, ESAs Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, captured this image with its JUICE monitoring camera 2 (JMC2). JMC2 is located on the top of the spacecraft and is placed to monitor the multi-stage deployment of the 16 m-long Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna. RIME is an ice-penetrating radar that will be used to remotely probe the subsurface structure of the large moons of Jupiter. In this image, RIME is seen in stowed configuration. The image was taken at 14:19 CEST. JMC images provide 1024 x 1024 pixel snapshots. Credit: ESA.

Given that two months of commissioning remain for the spacecraft, the agency is saying that there is abundant time to work the problem out, which may involve something as simple as a stuck pin, potentially sprung by warming the radar mount by rotating the spacecraft and turning the assembly into direct sunlight.

The memory of the Galileo probe to Jupiter hovers over the mission at least momentarily. Controllers never did free up Galileos high-gain antenna, though they were able to return outstanding data through ingenious use of its low-gain counterpart. Needless to say, the hope here is that RIME follows a different path and soon springs free...

23:35

There is a War Going on in our Schools! "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:32

JUST-IN: Troops Rescue Pregnant Chibok Schoolgirl "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

One of the abducted Chibok school girls was reportedly rescued by the 114 troops Task Force Battalion, Bita in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. The 26-year-old Hauwa Martha is from Kibaku in Jila, Chibok Local Government Area of the state. Hauwa is on serial number 2 in the abducted Chibok schoolgirls list since []

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23:31

[$] Ruff: a fast Python linter "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Linters are tools that analyze a program's source code to detect various problems such as syntax errors, programming mistakes, style violations, and more. They are important for maintaining code quality and readability in a project, as well as for catching bugs early in the development cycle. Last year, a new Python linter appeared: Ruff. It's fast, written in Rust, and in less than a year it has been adopted by some high-profile projects, including FastAPI, Pandas, and SciPy.

23:30

The Enemy From Within. Chris Hedges "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:30

Appdome and GitLab partner to strengthen mobile app defense "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Appdome has released a pre-built integration between its platform and GitLab that is part of Appdomes Dev2Cyber Partner initiative to accelerate delivery of secure mobile apps globally. This new integration allows mobile brands to use GitLab to build any of Appdomes mobile app security, anti-fraud, anti-malware, anti-cheat and other cyber defenses into Android and iOS apps with ease, said Karen Hsu, SVP of Mobile DevOps and Security Solutions. The fast-emerging mobile threat landscape requires agility More

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23:28

Who Stole the 2020 Presidential Election? "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:27

Is the US about to conduct a nuclear false flag in Ukraine and blame Russia for it? "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Drago Bosnic | May 2, 2023

The United States is the only country in history to have used all three types of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, biological, chemical), starting with the atomic bombings of Japan in the closing months of the Second World War to mass usage of chemical and biological weapons against numerous other countries it has attacked ever since (particularly Vietnam). And yet, the belligerent thalassocracy just adores chest-thumping about its supposed morality and even warns that its geopolitical adversaries are about to use such weapons (naturally, without ever providing any evidence). This is precisely whats been happening in Ukraine in recent weeks.

On April 28, one of the most prominent neoliberal mouthpieces, the New York Times, ran a story about America setting up numerous radiation sensors across Ukraine in order to detect nuclear blasts. The NYT claims that such sensors can detect bursts of radiation from a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb and can confirm the identity of the attacker. It adds that the goal is to make sure that if Russia detonates a radioactive weapon on Ukrainian soil, its atomic signature and Moscows culpability could be verified, further claiming that experts have worried about whether President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would use nuclear arms in combat for the first time since the American bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Firstly, it should be noted that Russia has a very clear doctrine about the usage of WMDs in an armed conflict, one that has even been updated recently and that states in what sort of situations Moscow would use such weapons. The Ukrainian conflict is still nowhere near a point where Russian WMDs could be used. Secondly, the Russian military dominates the battlefield, inflicting enormous losses on the Kiev regime forces. Even in the case of the much-touted offensive against newly integrated Russian regions in the Donbass and former southern Ukraine, Russia wouldnt use nuclear weapons. However, the NYT claims precisely that is the case, supposedly because Russia is desperate to stop the attack.

Expectedly, experts the NYT allegedly spoke to are anonymous and they claim that the goal is to prevent Russia from conducting a possible dirty bomb false flag in Ukraine. The operation...

23:26

Powerlifters and Weightlifters Collapsing and Dying Suddenly. Still More Suspicious High Level Athlete Deaths "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:25

Foiled Escape: Security Firm UC Global, the CIA and Julian Assange "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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23:25

10th Assesmbly: Im All Out To Becomes Next Speaker Makki "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Jigawa States biggest export into the Speakership race of the 10th National Assembly, Abubakar Makki Yanlema on Tuesday said he joined the race to win big for democracy. The top contender to the throne said, Considering the role Jigawa State played to bring about the continuity of APC government, you will not but agree with []

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23:24

CVE-2023-32007: Apache Spark: Shell command injection via Spark UI "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Posted by Arnout Engelen on May 02

Severity: important

Affected versions:

- Apache Spark 3.1.1 before 3.2.2

Description:

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The Apache Spark UI offers the possibility to enable ACLs via the configuration option
spark.acls.enable. With an authentication filter, this checks whether a user has access permissions to view or modify
the application. If ACLs are enabled, a code path in HttpSecurityFilter can allow someone to perform impersonation by...

23:23

Valgrind-3.21.0 released "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Version 3.21.0 of the Valgrind code-analysis tool is out. Changes include better integration with the GDB debugger, better checks for non-portable realloc() calls, and a number of other improvements.

23:17

The Guix (almost) full-source bootstrap "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

The Guix project ("a transactional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU system") has announced a milestone toward its goal of bootstrapping an entire distribution from source:

If you run guix pull today, you get a package graph of more than 22,000 nodes rooted in a 357-byte programsomething that had never been achieved, to our knowledge, since the birth of Unix.

This is an interesting exercise, but should also be a defense against "trusting trust" attacks. (Thanks to Ludovic Courts and Andy Tai).

23:14

Epstein papers expose his elite contacts. "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Documents have reportedly shown that the sex offender held meetings with a future CIA chief, an Obama aide and a Rothschild banker Future CIA director William Burns, banker Ariane de Rothschild and an ex-aide to US President Barack Obama are among the noteworthy people who had meetings with financier Jeffrey Epstein after he was publicly []

23:05

Security updates for Tuesday "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Security updates have been issued by Debian (libdatetime-timezone-perl and tzdata), Fedora (chromium), Red Hat (emacs and libwebp), Slackware (netatalk), and Ubuntu (php7.0).

23:05

The first iPhone Rapid Security Response update released by Apple fails to install "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Apple has released its first Rapid Security Response update, but many iPhone users reported problems during the installation of the iOS Security Response.

On June 2022, Apple announced that the Rapid Security Response feature would be available starting with iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1 operating systems.

Once a Rapid Security Response has been installed, a letter will 16.4.1 (a)). Apple pointed out that if users choose to turn off this feature or not to apply Rapid Security Responses when theyre available, their device will receive relevant fixes or mitigations when theyre included in a subsequent software update.

The feature was implemented by the IT giant to deliver important security patches to iPhones, iPads, and Macs, the company also added that the updates would be installed without requiring a reboot of the devices. The feature could be very useful to quickly address actively exploited vulnerabilities impacting the companys products.

They deliver important security improvements between software updates for example, improvements to the Safari web browser, the WebKit framework stack, or other critical system libraries. They may also be used to mitigate some security issues more quickly, such as issues that might have been exploited or reported to exist in the wild. reads the announcement published by Apple.

New Rapid Security Responses are delivered only for iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, and macOS 13.3.1. By default, your device allows Rapid Security Responses to be applied automatically and, if necessary, will prompt you to restart your device.

Multiple users have reported the failure in installing the Rapid Security Response updates delivered for iPhone today. Some devices display the following error message:

Unable to Verify Security Response.

iOS Security Response 16.4.1 (a) failed verification because you are no longer connected to the Internet,

Apple just issued its first Rapid Security Response patch for iOS 16.4, but its failing to install...

23:00

California: from Mega-Drought to The Big Melt "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

The plentiful rain that fell in California through the last few months have ended Californias long-term drought for now, but has also left the mountains covered in snow, tens of feet deep...As that snow melts, the creeks and rivers will flow with far more water than usually seen.

"Guilty" API Proposed For Better Communicating Why Radeon GPUs Hang/Reset "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

A set of patches to the AMDGPU Linux kernel driver and Mesa's RADV Vulkan driver would allow more easily relaying information about the reasons why a GPU hang/reset occur so that the user-space software can be more informed about any issues...

22:59

EFCC Fails To Present Witnesses As AA Zaura Million Dollars Case Resume "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has failed to present witnesses in an alleged fraud case of 1.3 Million Dollars involving a Kano businessman and APC Kano Central Senatorial District candidate, Abdulkarim Abdussalam Zaura. When the case resumed at the Kano Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Muhammad Nasir Yunus, Prosecution Counsel, Barrister []

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22:52

Stop Crying Woes Over Loss Of Osun Guber Election, PDP Taunts Oyetola "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the immediate past Governor of the State, Gboyega Oyetola to leave PDP out of his woes. The party urged Oyetola to stop blaming the game of his colossal loss at the July 16 2022 governorship election in the state. PDP reaction came barely []

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22:45

Theyre killing libraries "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

I have never read a book by Nora Roberts, and what Ive heard about them does not appeal at all. If you enjoy them, great shes an immensely popular author, so a lot of people do enjoy her books. Unfortunately, a censorious few do not, and have decided that no one should read them. Shes being banned. For this?

Whats more, the objection to Robertss books appears extremely flimsy. Four of those books, which make up The Bride Quartet, are about friends seeking love as they build their wedding-planning business.

The books have some sex scenes, but the language is often vague enough that a child would have little idea what was happening. (He touched, he tasted, he lingered until her quivers became trembles.) And spoiler alert each book ends with a marriage proposal.

Roberts allowed that the books contain sex but noted that it is monogamous and consensual. Speaking of the censors, Roberts told us: Im surprised that they wouldnt want teenagers to read about healthy relationships that are monogamous, consensual, healthy and end up in marriage.

Its conventionally heteronormative! But one person, literally one person, squeaked an objection, and chickenshit school administrators in Marin county immediately pulled every Roberts book off the shelves. Thats all it takes, one prude from the fascist group Moms for Liberty complains, and administrators instantly surrender.

Theres a reason for that. Moms for Liberty is a right-wing terrorist organization.

The groups methods, however, belie the wholesome vision it tries to project. VICE News has spoken to students, administrators, parents, superintendents, school board members, and teachers who have faced vicious attacks by Moms for Liberty. Their stories paint a picture of a group that conducts orchestrated harassment campaigns against individuals, thats resulted in many fearing for their safety and, in some cases, their lives.

The greatest impact that Moms for Liberty is having is imparting fear, within the teachers and the educators and in the parents, Laura Leigh-Abby, co-founder of Defense of Democracy, a nonprofit group advocating for inclusive education, told VICE News. The true impact theyre having is really not calculable, because Im seeing teachers who are afraid to speak out because they dont want to be targeted.

Its their tactics. They harass and threaten to get their way, and all too often people let them have it.

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22:37

Treason Allegation Against Me Height Of Rascality In Governance Obi "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Says paid agents trying to destability LP The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has described the treason allegation against him by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as the height of rascality and waste of scarce resources by the outgoing Federal Government. Obi who reacted to sundry []

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22:33

Sexagenarian Man Knocked Down By Yahoo Boy In Akure Seeks Govt, Nigerians Assistance "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

A 60-year-old Abdullah Ibrahim who was among those who survived the fatal accident allegedly caused by a suspected 25-year-old internet fraudster, (Yahoo Boy), Temitope Olorunfemi, in Akure, Ondo State has cried out for help. The sexagenarian suffered injuries of varying severity after being struck by the late Olorunfemis car on Easter Monday. New Telegraph gathered []

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22:30

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22:27

Incredible animation shows just how big supermassive black holes can get "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

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22:27

New inorganic wide-bandgap perovskite subcells that are both efficient and stable "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

All-perovskite tandem solar cells, stacks of p-n junctions formed from perovskites with different energy bandgaps, have the potential of achieving higher efficiencies than conventional single-junction solar cells. So far, however, most proposed all-perovskite tandem cells have not achieved the desired power associated with creating suitable narrow-and wide-bandgap subcells.

Researchers at Nanjing University and University of Toronto recently developed new inorganic wide-bandgap perovskite subcells that could increase the PCEs and stability of these promising solar cells. Their design, introduced in a paper in Nature Energy, involves the insertion of a passivating dipole layer at the interface between organic transport layers and inorganic perovskites within the cells.

Our research group has been focusing on improving the PCEs of all-perovskite tandem solar cells, which have broken the world record several times and have been included in the solar cell efficiency tables, Hairen Tan, one of the researchers who carried out the study, told Tech Xplore.

22:26

How to extract quantitative data from your image using the AI pixel classifier "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

See how you can extract quantitative data from your image using the AI pixel classifier.

More about Mica: https://fcld.ly/mica-yt-tut.

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Mica radically simplifies your workflows, but your workflow is not completed unless you have extracted quantitative information from that image.
Let me show you how easy it is to extract quantitative information with Mica.
First record your multicolor image.
In this case, we want to count the nuclei that we see in that image.
Go to Learn and load the image of interest.
Now you have two classes, the background and the nuclei that we want to quantify.
First of all, draw a background region.
Secondly, draw the object of interest.
Once you are done with that let Mica first create a preview of the annotation that you have created.
If you are happy with that, then do the full training.
Now you have trained an AI model that uses pixel classification in order to segment your nuclei.
Save that model and you can use that model also for all the experiments that you are doing in the future.
Simply go to Results, select the image to quantify, switch to Analysis and you will have access to all the different models that you have trained.
Select the one that you are interested in and Start.
As an output can display the data as histograms, boxplots or even scatterplots.

Mica
Mica, the worlds first wholly integrated imaging Microhub, brings widefield imaging, confocal imaging and with AI-supported analysis seamlessly together. All united in one sample-protecting incubator environment.

All researchers, regardless of expertise, can now work in one easy-to use digital imaging platform, moving confidently from setup to beautifully visualized results, allowing true access for all.

At last, users can capture 4 x more data with 100% correlation in only one exposure, whether using widefield or confocal imaging. They can freely switch from widefield to confocal mode with just a simple click without ever moving the sample and explore unexpected paths with no constraints.

22:26

Scientists Propose Radical New Way to Probe The Interior of The Sun "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Gravitational wave astronomy is still in its early stages. So far it has focused on the most energetic and distinct sources of gravitational waves, such as the cataclysmic mergers of black holes and neutron stars. But that will change as our gravitational telescopes improve, and it will allow astronomers to explore the Universe in ways previously impossible.

Although gravitational waves have many similarities to light waves, one distinct difference is that most objects are transparent to gravitational waves. Light can be absorbed, scattered, and blocked by matter, but gravitational waves mostly just pass through matter. They can be lensed by the mass of an object, but not fully blocked.

This means that gravitational waves could be used as a tool to peer inside astronomical bodies, similar to the way X-rays or MRIs allow us to see inside a humans body.

22:26

MRI scans and AI to decode what we think? This study has answers "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

Is mind reading possible? An age-old question with multiple unproven answers. Those who study psychology often claim that they can understand what the other person is saying as they study mental processes, brain functions, and behaviour, but even they can be 100 per cent accurate.

A study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, attempts to address it as scientists have said that they have come up with a way to decode a stream of words in the brain using MRI scans and artificial intelligence.

The study titled Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings noted that the system wont replicate each word but it reconstructs the brief of what a person hears or imagines. The study was published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

22:26

Hacking with ChatGPT: Five A.I. Based Attacks for Offensive Security "IndyWatch Feed Tech"

22:25

Blinken lied to US Senate about Hunter Biden lawmaker "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Senator Ron Johnson has claimed that the secretary of state falsely testified about his dealings with the presidents son US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lied bold-faced in congressional testimony about his contacts with President Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson has claimed. Then a campaign aide to President-elect Biden, Blinken agreed to testify []

22:20

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22:19

Godfather of AI issues warning and quits Google "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Geoffrey Hinton says bad actors could harness artificial intelligence for bad things Turing Award-winning scientist Geoffrey Hinton resigned from Google last month, where he had spent much of the past decade developing generative artificial-intelligence (AI) programs, and warned of the risks that his lifes work may present to humanity. Hinton is credited with being a []

22:19

Viewed From Above, Our Most Important Leaks "IndyWatch Feed World"

Illustration by Ard Su

David W. Brown offers this updated look at the use of satellite technology for a key metric:

A Security Camera for the Planet

A new satellite, funded by a nonprofit, aims to pinpoint emissions of methanea gas that plays a major role in global warming.

When his phone rang, Berrien Moore III, the dean of the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, was fumbling with his bow tie, preparing for a formal ceremony honoring a colleague. He glanced down at the number and recognized it as nasa headquarters. This was a bad sign, he thought. In Moores experience, bureaucrats never called after hours with good news.

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22:10

Dollar being gradually abandoned IMF boss "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Kristalina Georgieva says there are no viable alternatives for a global reserve currency The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the US dollar is gradually losing its status as the worlds main reserve currency. Speaking on Monday, Kristalina Georgieva noted that there is no viable alternative among global currencies to replace []

22:08

Chile Announces Plan to Nationalize Lithium Industry "IndyWatch Feed War"

In a surprising though not unprecedented move, Chile announced plans to nationalize its lithium industry, following similar efforts in resource nationalism among major producers of battery metals. Although implementation of the reforms is expected to be gradual and keep existing contracts intact, the decision stands to influence the political will and feasibility for other lithium producers to follow suit. In seeking to indigenize and retain a greater portion of the value chain in their mining sector, the policies instituted by Chile and other lithium producers have significant implications for the global energy market as demand for electric vehicles and renewable infrastructure soars.

At present, Chile possesses the worlds largest lithium reserves and is the 2^nd largest producer, behind Australia. In its return to resource nationalism, Chile seeks to secure its domestic supply and maximize revenue generation from this strategic resource, positioning itself as a leading player in the global battery metals market. Santiagos move toward greater state control of critical minerals precedes a similar phased plan for copper nationalization dating back to the 1950s and ending with the military coup in 1973 that removed the left-wing government of then-President Salvador Allende.

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22:08

There Never Was a Nord Stream Secret Operation: President Bidens Act of War against Europe "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

An Act of War against the E.U. has triggered a deep-seated crisis within the Atlantic Alliance. A NATO country, namely the U.S. through an illegal act of sabotage has attacked its European allies most of which are NATO member states. "It's NATO against NATO"

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21:58

Khader Adnans martyrdom "IndyWatch Feed War"

Khader Adnan, 44, died in Israeli custody as he neared his 90th day on a hunger strike protesting his imprisonment. The veteran of two previous hunger strikes, Adnan became an international symbol of Palestinian steadfastness and resistance.

21:57

Khader Adnan: Veteran Palestinian hunger striker and fierce anti-occupation activist "IndyWatch Feed War"

Khader Adnan: Veteran Palestinian hunger striker and fierce anti-occupation activist

After spending most of his life between Israeli jails and Palestine advocacy, the renowned activist leaves a legacy of reviving 'resistance with the body'

Huthifa Fayyad Tue, 05/02/2023 - 12:57

Khader Adnan greeted by friends and relatives as he arrives in the West Bank village of Arraba after his release from Israeli prison on 12 July 2015 (AFP)

Just before dawn on 2 May, renowned Palestinian activist Khader Adnan died in an Israeli prison, aged 45, after nearly three months of hunger strike in protest against his detention.

Khader Adnan, a father of nine, had led a life of fierce anti-occupation activism in the occupied West Bank, costing him years behind bars and ultimately his life.

Best known for reviving solo hunger strikes against Israeli administrative detention, a policy in which Israel holds Palestinians without trial or charge indefinitely, Adnan spent a total of 316 days on hunger strike across various jails between 2004 and 2023.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), an umbrella advocacy group, said he will be remembered as a true fighter who led long battles with his empty stomach to gain his freedom.

Today we lost a true leader," the PPS said in a statement. "[He] carried the voice of Palestinian prisoners to the world.

21:57

Azerbaijan Losing Patience with Armenias Pashinyan "IndyWatch Feed War"

The installation of a border crossing point on the Lachin Corridor should not have come as a surprise. Azerbaijan has been strikingly patient for nearly three years waiting for Armenia to sign a post-war peace treaty.

The Lachin road has been de facto sealed from military traffic since environmental protestors established a camp there in December 2022. The protestors continued to allow Russias so-called peacekeeping force and the IRC (International Red Cross) to travel through the Lachin.

Meanwhile, Armenia has refused to implement articles 3 and 9 of the November 2020 ceasefire agreement.

Article 3 specifies The peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is being deployed in parallel with the withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces. Nevertheless, Yerevan still has a large 10,000 contingent (for only 25,000 Karabakh Armenians) of Armenian security forces masquerading as Karabakh self-defence forces. In the last three years, Armenia has rotated and re-supplied Armenian and Karabakh forces through the Lachin Corridor with the assistance of Russias so-called peacekeeping forces using trucks officially transporting humanitarian assistance.

The Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that trucks transporting humanitarian assistance were allowed to travel through the Lachin Corridor after paying several thousand dollars in bribes to Russians. Armenian security forces are reportedly travelling in these humanitarian trucks camouflaged as civilians and construction workers. Russia used the same maskirovka when using humanitarian trucks to supply its proxy forces in the so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic (DNR) and Luhansk Peoples Republics (LNR).

In July 2022, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan agreed to withdraw all remaining military units from Karabakh by September of that year, itself a recognition that Armenian security forces continued to be illegally based in Karabakh. Unfortunately, Pashinyan has the ability to contradict himself sometimes even in the same sentence and he has not fulfilled his promise to withdraw Armenian forces from Karabakh.

Worse still, Armenia has transported into and planted thousands of mines in the Karabakh region that were manufactured in 2021; that is, after the ceasefire agreement was signed. Armenia does not deny the mines were manufactured in 2021 but claims the mines were taken from its own territory.

Article 9 guarantees the safety of transport links between the western regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic in order to organize the unimpeded movement of citizens, vehicles and goods in both directions. Armenia has refused to call this a corridor (despite using this term for Lachin) and has not imple...

21:56

Legacy Media Back Transgender Mobs Attack On Montanas Capitol "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The legacy media have failed to hold Rep. Zooey Zephyr accountable for the bigoted attack against lawmakers of faith in the Montana Capitol.

21:55

Currency Outside circulation rises by N602 billion Naira in one month "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

The total currency outside banks in Nigeria rose by a whopping N602.1 billion in the month of March 2023, the highest monthly gain since we started collating data in 2010. The information is according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria which shows currency outside banks rose to N1.4 trillion in the month of []

21:51

BEST OF THE WEB: 18 inches of snow wallops Michiganders in May: 'Feels like the never-ending winter' "IndyWatch Feed World"

Winter just won't go away in parts of Michigan as some people are getting walloped on May 1st, more than a month after spring officially arrived. We're talking a foot and a half of snow in the Upper Peninsula with even more on the way. Long-time Yooper, Mandy Carlson Moebius, says she can't believe the amount of snow they've gotten in her Marquette County home of Ishpeming. She says the snow started falling around midnight and it was still coming down as of 7:00 p.m. with no end in sight. "This feels like the never-ending winter," Moebius frustratingly told MLive. "The snow was almost gone only to come back with a vengeance. We are so ready for spring to arrive."

21:41

Tucker Dark Carlson Crosses the 9/11 Rubicon. Getting too Close to the Truth "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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21:40

I went to a concert on campus last Saturday "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

It was quite nice and I enjoyed myself. Unfortunately, it was no LA Philharmonic.

Multiple people who attended the L.A. Phil concert on Friday reported hearing a woman making a moaning noise during the symphonys second movement.

One attendee, composer and music producer Magnus Fiennes, described the sound on Twitter as that of a person having a loud and full body orgasm.

An alleged audio recording of the moment where someone can be heard crying out during a quiet beat in the music was making the rounds on social media. Attendees who spoke to The Times said that the clip was similar to what theyd heard.

Future audience expectations in LA are going to be hard to match.

21:39

Midwest Pro-Life March Is A Window To The Post-Dobbs Abortion Battle Embroiling States "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Advocates gathered under St. Louis Gateway Arch this weekend for a pro-life march to resist abortion expansion in Missouri and other states.

21:33

Ayatollah Abbas-Ali Soleimani: Random Attack or Attempt to Sow Discord? Geopolitical Upheaval "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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21:32

US military tracking balloon over Pacific, heading for Mexico "IndyWatch Feed World"

The US military is reportedly tracking a balloon that flew over Hawaii, with officials stating that exactly what it is or who it belongs to has yet to be determined. Three US officials told NBC News that the object flew over portions of the Hawaiian Islands, but did not travel over sensitive areas. The military has reportedly been tracking the balloon since late last week, and has determined that it does not pose a threat to aerial traffic or national security, and is not transmitting signals, one official stated.

21:30

A Call for Peace, Reason, Equality and Development "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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21:29

Big May snowfall in the Alps "IndyWatch Feed World"

There have been some big snowfalls on high slopes in the Alps on the first day of May. Most ski areas are already closed for the season but several dozen remain open in the Alps, and the latest snowfall continues a trend of regular snowfall through spring, after an often dry winter. Tignes and Val d'Isere (pictured this morning), which are still open until next weekend, reported 20cm of fresh snowfall above 2,000m this morning, and it has continued to snow heavily through the day.

21:29

Jetpack Man Sighting over Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), July 28, 2021 "IndyWatch Feed World"

On July 28, 2021, an unidentified individual referred to as Jet Pack Man was sighted near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The sighting occurred at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet, with the individual reportedly flying alongside commercial planes. Air traffic controllers and pilots both reported the unusual incident, which sparked significant interest and concern within the aviation community.

The jet pack man was also referred to as Iron Man by the Air Traffic Controllers and some of the pilots.

Authorities, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), initiated an investigation to determine the identity of the individual and the technology used. Despite extensive searches, the Jet Pack Man remains unidentified, and the incident has fueled speculation and theories regarding advanced personal flight technologies.

The LAX sighting of the Jet Pack Man raised questions about the potential risks posed by such devices to commercial air traffic, as well as the need for regulation and oversight in the emerging field of personal flight technology.

Note on the FOIA request case: The original case was filed on August 3, 2021, for the below information. There was no FOIA case number given, and no response was received until April 4, 2023. The Black Vault asked why the response took so long to get a case number, but nothing was received back. That said, responsive material was mailed within two weeks thereafter. It is unclear why it transpired that way.

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21:28

Silicon Valley Is Bad But ByteDance Is Much Worse "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

If the question is whether TikTok or American tech platforms are generally scarier, in both the short and long term, TikTok wins.

21:25

Why Im More Scared Of American Social Media Companies Than TikTok "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Unlike American social media companies, the deep state can't control TikTok, so they want to annihilate it.

21:21

The Concept and the Causes of War "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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21:15

Died Suddenly: School Bus Drivers Are Collapsing at the Wheel. Nine Recent Incidents "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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21:04

How academisation could be driving down teachers pay and conditions "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

21:00

Meals on Wheels Is a Climate-Relief Model "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

When an unprecedented heat wave bore down on Portland, Oregon, in June 2021, Jonna Papaefthimiou, the citys chief resilience officer, immediately thought of the citys most vulnerable populations: older people sweltering, often alone, in their homes.

She called Suzanne Washington, who runs the local chapter of Meals on Wheels. That overlap of their demographic and the demographic that faces great risk from heat is almost identical, Papaefthimiou said.

Over the next couple of days, Washington and a group of staff identified their most vulnerable clients, recruited volunteers, and started making calls. We were asking, Do you have a fan? Do you know this heat is coming? Are you prepared? Could you get to a cooling center? Do you know where [the nearest one] is? Washington said.

She and her team collected donated fans and air conditioners, which drivers brought with them on their food-delivery routes. They conducted wellness checks by phone and helped clients find rides to cooling centers.

Washington remembers calling a woman in her eighties who said she had just fainted, had a headache, and didnt feel well. We sent out help, she said. That person was in the heat exhaustion phase and heading towards the next phase heatstroke, a life-threatening condition. Their quick actions and persistent outreach most certainly saved lives.

Meals on Wheels, which originated in the United Kingdom during the Second World War, is not a climate organization or even an emergency-response organization in the traditional sense. Rather, these programs are best known for delivering hot meals to lower-income seniors.

But in recent years, as climate disasters increase in frequency and intensity, the broader mission to improve the health and quality of life of the seniors these programs serve has taken on new urgency.

Climate-related disasters, like extreme heat, hurricanes, and wildfires do not affect all populations equally. If youre Black, or poor, youre more likely to live in an ...

20:54

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he opposes biological males competing in women's sports "IndyWatch Feed World"

'Women have worked too hard ... over the past 30 years'. Twenty-one states have banned transgender females from participating in girls and women's sports, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants that number to rise. The son of the former New York senator appeared on CNN Saturday morning and said he opposes biological males participating in female sports.

20:50

Californias Rainbow Color Revolution Just Felled Tennessee, And Its Not Stopping There "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Color revolutions have finally come to the United States, courtesy of our leaders. The target is clear: weak red state governments, including in Tennessee.

20:46

Israel: Ben-Gvir gives speech by memorial for martyrs Baruch Goldstein and Meir Kahane "IndyWatch Feed War"

Israel: Ben-Gvir gives speech by memorial for martyrs Baruch Goldstein and Meir Kahane

National security minister has previously described Goldstein, who massacred 29 Palestinians in 1994, as his hero

Frank Andrews Tue, 05/02/2023 - 11:46

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (C) speaks during a ceremony for Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers (Yom HaZikaron) at the military cemetery in Be'er Shiva on 25 April 2023 (AFP)

Israels far-right Minister for National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir has been filmed giving a speech in front of a wall-hanging glorifying Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein, who massacred 29 Palestinians in 1994.

Images obtained by Haaretz show Ben-Gvir speaking last Tuesday, on the eve of Israeli Independence Day, surrounded by security from the prime minister's office.

Behind him on the wall a drape, quoting scripture, refers to martyrs Kahane and Goldstein and reads: Their blood will rise, adding, "For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged. For the Lord dwells in Zion."

Speaking at the yeshiva, Ben-Gvir said: "We have a clear and unequivocal ideological struggle here. There is a small group that is trying to lead the entire people of Israel to bad places. But the truth must be told - there are many confused Jews."

He told those present to attend Memorial Day at Be'er Shiva, a commemoration for fallen Israeli soldiers, despite angry bereaved families reportedly saying Ben-Gvir shouldn't attend.

20:44

In Reynosa, Mexico, 15,000 Haitian Immigrants Wait For New Chaotic Biden Policy To Kick In "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Haitians gathered in Reynosa will be a bellwether to see how immigrants respond to the demise of Title 42 and Bidens new plan.

20:44

The World Economic Forum says it will 'accelerate' implementation of globalist agenda 2030 "IndyWatch Feed World"

World leaders will be gathering together later this year to "accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2030," according to an announcement made by the unaccountable, corporate-led World Economic Forum (WEF) earlier this week. The United Nations (UN) and the WEF appear frustrated by a lack of progress made towards their 'Great Reset' ideology, alongside Agenda 2030, the socialist, ideological successor to the failed "Millennium Development Goals". The WEF - led by German engineer Klaus Schwab, whose father once worked for the Nazi Party apparatus - has said previous efforts to implement their plans "suffered unforeseen setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, major negative impacts of climate change, and the rising cost of food and fuel everywhere due to the conflict in Ukraine."

20:34

DEI has gone to the dogs as schools train Fido's vet to be woke "IndyWatch Feed World"

Nothing is safe from diversity, equity and inclusion ideology not even your dog. DEI is one of the ways critical race theory is put into action. CRT maintains that seemingly neutral systems are just a ruse to maintain white supremacy. DEI uses the same racial lens, focusing on "whiteness" as the core evil in society.

20:28

The Climate Commitment Act in the Washington State Shows Great Promise "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

<div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_45196" style= "width: 430px;"><a href= "https://www.frackcheckwv.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/4E8EEB32-07FD-4A67-9B0D-238AE1E7479D.png"> <img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-45196" height="200" src= "https://www.frackcheckwv.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/4E8EEB32-07FD-4A67-9B0D-238AE1E7479D-300x150.png" title="4E8EEB32-07FD-4A67-9B0D-238AE1E7479D" width="430"></a> State of Washington: outstanding record of climate crisis programs (Click to expand image) </div> The Cap and Invest Plan to Limit Greenhouse Gases Approved Under Gov. Inslee Program <a href= "https://ecology.wa.gov/Air-Climate/Climate-Commitment-Act#:~:text=The%20Climate%20Commitment%20Act%20(CCA,path%20to%20lower%20carbon%20emissions."> Summary from the Department of Ecology, State of Washington</a>, 2021 & 2022

The Climate Commitment Act (CCA) caps and reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Washingtons largest emitting sources and industries, allowing businesses to find the most efficient path to lower carbon emissions. This powerful program works alongside other critical climate policies to help Washington achieve its commitment to reducing GHG emissions by 95% by 2050. The CCA also puts environmental justice and equity at the center of climate policy, making sure communities that bear the greatest burdens from air pollution today see cleaner, healthier air as the state cuts greenhouse gases. Finally, funds from the auction of emission allowances will support new investments in climate-resiliency programs, clean transportation, and addressing health disparities across the state. A market-based solution ~ In the CCA, the Legislature directed us to design and implement a cap-and-invest program to reduce statewide GHG emissions. This program works by setting an emissions limit, or cap, and then lowering that cap over time to ensure Washington meets the GHG reduction commitments set in state law. Only the second such program in the U.S., cap-and-invest uses the powers of supply and demand to incentivize businesses to cut their emissions, using whatever strategy they think is best. Building a sustainable market ~ The Legislature also tasked Ecology with designing the program so that it could, potentially, be linked with similar programs in California and Qubec, which already share a combined carbon market. Based on an independent economic analysis commissioned as part of our current rulemaking for Chapter 173-446 WAC, Ecology will begin a public process to explore the possibility of linking in early 2023. Cleaner air for overburdened communities ~ The CCA aligns with the requirements of the Healthy Environmen...

20:27

White House Correspondents Dinner: SUV Plows into Climate Defenders "IndyWatch Feed War"

An official black SUV slammed into climate defenders at the White House Correspondents Dinner.Screenshot by Censored News from live video.The Rich and Famous Cross Protest Line to Flaunt Excess at Lavish White House Correspondents DinnerBy Brenda NorrellCensored NewsApril 29, 2023WASHINGTON -- The rich and famous, politicians and the media, crossed the protest line to flaunt excesses at the

20:25

Joe Biden Jokes About Cheerfully Walking Away From Press Accountability "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The joke's on the American people, and the corporate media are in on it.

20:21

The British are showing signs of goodwill to China, but they aren't the ones calling the shots "IndyWatch Feed World"

The UK foreign secretary says antagonizing Beijing goes against London's 'national interests', but Washington has other ideas. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly claimed in a recent keynote speech that trying to "isolate China" would constitute a "betrayal of [the UK's] national interests." He also spoke out against a "new Cold War." Although he denounced Beijing on a range of issues, including Hong Kong and the alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang, Cleverly's underlying message was: "No significant global problem - from climate change to pandemic prevention, from economic stability to nuclear proliferation - can be solved without China."

20:11

Hollywood writers strike: What to know as the WGA heads to the picket line "IndyWatch Feed World"

After six weeks of negotiating with studios, about 11,500 TV and film writers are officially on strike.

Hollywood writers are officially on strike.

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20:11

On Learning to Not Avoid Politics "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

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Meet Tiffany and hear from other Strong Towns Creators on a panel at our upcoming National Gathering, May 30-31 in Charlotte, NC. Learn more here.

Not long ago, I was sitting outside a caf in downtown Waco, Texas, taking a break from work to catch a few moments in the sun. A lady I recognized from our local MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) office walked up and waved with a smile. I offered the chair across from me, glad for a chance to talk to another person rather than staring at my screen. We thought you left Waco! she said at one point, reflecting on my months-long absence from transit-related meetings.

Last year, in an effort to understand local transit efforts better, I had made a point of going to various meetings organized by the MPO and other agencies. I didnt really know what I was doing; I didnt even know what an MPO was. (As I know now, its a government agency that coordinates regional transportation planning and allocates federal funding for transportation projects.)

I just wanted to try something. Participation slowed down after I got married because I moved farther away from downtown, but mostly because I had hit a wal...

20:03

Another jab to the face of common sense: CDC sticks with Covid vaccine requirement for travelers coming to US - a policy that's had NO effect on transmission rates "IndyWatch Feed World"

US health officials are pushing ahead with a Covid vaccine mandate for travelers entering the country despite no evidence it reduces infection rates. There was an expectation the unpopular policy would be ditched when the federal government officially ends the nation's public health emergency on May 11, when any still-standing pandemic measures are expected to be ended. But, in an announcement Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated the policy rather than dropping it.

20:02

Nigeria Targeted a UK Mansion; Its Next Leaders Son Now Owns It "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

A firm belonging to the son of Nigerias president-elect bought an $11 million London mansion that his predecessors government was seeking to confiscate as part of a probe into one of the biggest corruption scandals in the West African nations history, according to previously unreported UK company documents. Theres no suggestion that President-elect Bola Tinubu []

20:01

Why the power of brands is getting more tribal "IndyWatch Feed World"

In an excerpt from his new book, Wieden+Kennedy head of strategy and University of Michigan marketing professor Marcus Collins explains why to truly get people to move, brands need to focus on their cultural connections.

Fans, tribes, neotribes, community, networks, cultures of consumption, and all the many monikers that go by different names all amount to the same thing: people. If you want to get people to move, then you must focus on people and their proclivity to connect. These connections, of course, are fostered and fortified by the cultural characteristics that govern said people. Adoption into these cultural characteristics catalyzes collective behavior and inspires people to move.

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20:00

Why Inflation Price Hikes Are Even Worse Behind Bars "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

An additional tax on commissary goods means incarcerated people are paying far more for staple items like peanut butter and soap, a Marshall Project analysis found.

19:18

A frontline view of the fight against illegal mining in Yanomami territory "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

YANOMAMI INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil Four officers from IBAMA, Brazils environmental protection agency, throw themselves from a helicopter into the murky waters of the Uraricoera River below and swim toward an illegal mining raft anchored to the left side of the riverbank. This small yet efficient monster of destruction, operated by up to eight people, uses a suction hose to rip the sediment from the riverbed before dumping it onto a conveyor belt with running water inside the raft. The gold, which is heavier than the sediment it is hidden within, is left on a carpeted mat at the bottom of the conveyor belt. It is then subjected to a burning process using mercury that, as it vaporizes, causes irreversible damage to the surrounding flora, fauna and, ultimately, human beings. It is not just the land of the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, in northern Brazil, that is being destroyed, assailed as it is by the diggers and excavators that carve vast craters into the ground. Dozens of these rafts, which can cost as much as 2 million reais ($395,000) to build, are operating illegally on the banks of rivers like the Uraricoera and the Mucaja, in the Amazon state of Roraima. Weapons in hand, IBAMAs environmental inspectors raid the raft in search of the illegal miners operating it, but to no avail: The raft is empty. Its operators probably fled as soon as they heard the whirr of the helicopters overhead. In the silence of the rainforest, the helicopters, known asThis article was originally published on Mongabay

19:01

Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups May 2, 2023 "IndyWatch Feed War"

19:01

Half of Asian Americans still feel unsafe in the United States, especially on public transit "IndyWatch Feed World"

For AAPI Heritage Month, the Asian American Foundation released a survey with some troubling findings, but it wasnt all bad news.

Anti-Asian American sentiment has been on the rise ever since the first emergence of COVID-19. While many people have moved on from the pandemic, discrimination against the Asian American community is still here. The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) released its annual STAATUS Index, a study that asks a sample of 5,235 Americans representing different demographics about their sentiments around Asian Americans and Asian issues. Here are the key findings:

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19:00

Lifes a Beach "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Captioned Photo: Jules is hanging out in Cornwall. Photo-of-the-Day Two best buddies, just hanging out after they were married. Big Aircraft Challenge Identify the Airplane The photo has a hint of fame to it because of the pilot. Bullet Points: ** The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. ** []

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19:00

Still time to save Brazils Cerrado, study shows, but its running out fast "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Brazils Cerrado may not be a household name like the neighboring Amazon Rainforest, but this vast savanna biome is even more threatened and fragmented. A new study now shows theres still a chance to save much of its rich biodiversity but it also warns that the window of opportunity is closing fast. A global biodiversity hotspot and the largest savanna in the world, the Cerrado is still often overlooked by local and international conservation initiatives. One recent example is the European Unions law against deforestation-linked imports, approved this month by the European Parliament, which leaves the Cerrado out of its scope. Our research aimed to show not only which areas have a higher priority for preservation, but also how they have changed in the last few decades, said study lead author Joo Paulo Vieira-Alencar, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology at the University of So Paulo. By delaying the definition of conservation areas, we are losing our ability to preserve the endemic species that live there. We need more urgency. To define priority areas for conservation, the researchers mapped where in the Cerrado endemic terrestrial vertebrates are concentrated, using species records and the categories for extinction risk as determined by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. Areas with intense human activity were given lower priority, as these are considered harder to recover or convert into conservation areas. Cerrado landscape, characterized by sparse trees dotting a continuous grassy ground cover. Image by Alex Costa/Mighty Earth. So while the southern CerradoThis article was originally published on Mongabay

19:00

Though Beleaguered, Science Education is Alive in America "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

We were, nonetheless, encouraged by finding so many educators hungry for honest discovery and, in some cases, grateful for scientific information utterly new to them.

The FCC Is Supposed to Protect the Environment. It Doesnt. "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

by Peter Elkind

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as theyre published.

In a mountainous forest in southwest Puerto Rico, workers cleared a patch to make room for a 120-foot cellphone tower intended for use by AT&T and T-Mobile. The site, as the tower company later acknowledged, destroyed some of the nesting habitat of the Puerto Rican nightjar, a tiny endangered songbird. Fewer than 2,000 are believed to be alive today.

In the northwestern New Mexico desert, a company called Sacred Wind Communications, promising to bring broadband to remote Navajo communities, planted a cell tower near the legally protected Pictured Cliffs archaeological site, which contains thousands of centuries-old tribal rock carvings.

And in Silicon Valley, a space startup pursued plans to equip thousands of satellites to use mercury fuel in orbit, even as an Air Force official at one of the possible launch sites voiced extreme concern that the toxic element could rain back down to earth.

You may be surprised to learn that these potential harms fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission. Few people think of the FCC as an environmental cop. Its known for regulating television and radio and overseeing the deployment of communications technology. But the agency also has a broad mandate to ensure that technology doesnt damage the environment. The task includes everything from protecting wildlife and human health to preserving historic sites and even preventing aesthetic blight.

This role is particularly critical now, as the FCC presides over a nationwide buildout for 5G service, which will require 800,000 new small cell transmitters, those perched on street poles and rooftops, often near schools, apartments and homes. But even with this massive effort underway, as ProPublica previously reported, the FCC has refused to revise its radiation-exposure limits, which date back to the era of flip phones. In addition, the agency has cut back on the environmental reviews that it requires while also restricting local governments contro...

18:58

Solo backcountry skier killed by avalanche near Breckenridge, Colorado "IndyWatch Feed World"

On Saturday, a solo backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche near Breckenridge, CO. The 31-year-old man was skiing a northeast-facing couloir on Bald Mountain, or Baldy, southeast of Breck. His girlfriend reported him missing when he didn't return her phone calls. PRELIMINARY REPORT: A solo skier was caught, buried, and killed in a small but long-running avalanche. The avalanche started at about 13,200 feet on an east-facing slope. It ran approximately 1,300 feet. The avalanche began in dry, wind-drifted snow and entrained wet snow in the track of the avalanche path. Summit County Sheriff's deputies, Summit Rescue Group, and Flight for Life all responded and performed a search and recovery in the late evening hours of April 29 and early morning hours of April 30. CAIC staff will visit the site on April 30 and publish more details as they become available. We will issue a full report next week. Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. - CAIC

18:52

Avalanche kills female skier in Samnaun, Switzerland "IndyWatch Feed World"

An avalanche in Samnaun, Switzerland, swept away two female skiers around 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, 2023, who were skiing in the ski area of Ischgl-Samnaun, which is a popular cross-border resort in Austria and Switzerland. The women were skiing on a path typically used by snow ploughs slightly above the groomed run, when a wet avalanche was released above them. The women noticed the avalanche and tried to outski it but both got swept away. One of the women, aged 54, was only partially buried and was found straight away by mountain rescue. She was flown with mild injuries to a hospital in Zams, Austria.

18:43

Meteor fireball over Florida and the Carolinas on May 1 "IndyWatch Feed World"

We received 16 reports about a fireball seen over FL, NC and SC on Monday, May 1st 2023 around 00:35 UT. For this event, we received 2 videos and 4 photos.

18:33

Irish Legislation Make It Illegal to Possess Hate Guilty Until Proven Innocent "IndyWatch Feed World"

Apparently not many people in Ireland even realize what is happening or what this new...

18:30

White Man Calling Himself A Lesbian Indian Forces Alphabet Activists To Turn On Their Own Talking Points "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Republican Delaware County Councilman Ryan Webb ignited local outrage at a public council meeting last week.

18:25

Uber Q1 2023 earnings: stock pops as daily trips surge 24% YOY to 24 million rides a day "IndyWatch Feed World"

Ride-shares surge while Uber Eats runs low on gas.

Uber has just released its Q1 results for 2023 and they show that some verticals have more gas in the tank than others. While total gross bookings were up 19% year-over-year, Ubers ride-share segment accelerated much faster than its delivery segment.

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18:23

Joe Biden claims to be the most pro-union president in history - but workers disagree "IndyWatch Feed World"

A US Railway Union (RWU) rep explains why Biden isn't their man in the White House. US President Joe Biden announced his re-election bid last Tuesday, hoping to cement a second term after the results of the 2024 presidential election next November. This carefully orchestrated announcement came just days after a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs found that only 26% of Americans and 47% of Democrats would like to see him run again. Biden, who claims to be the "most pro-union president in American history," is losing favor with working Americans. That's because, as he said to rich donors in the early stages of his 2020 campaign: "No one's standard of living will change, nothing would fundamentally change." Indeed, his record as president shows that not much has really changed, whether that be in tackling the issue of climate change, improving workers' rights, or ending America's forever wars.

18:07

Scrapping Charles Darwin: Hindutvas Anti-Scientific Maladies "IndyWatch Feed World"

Welcome the canons of pseudoscience. Open your arms to the dribbling, sponsored charlatans. According to a growing number of Indias top officialdom, teaching Charles Darwins theory of evolution to children in their ninth and 10^th grades is simply not on.

Last month, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), a purportedly autonomous government organisation responsible for curricula content and textbook publishing for Indias 256 million primary and secondary students, continued its hostility against Darwin as part of its content rationalisation process. NCERT had taken the scrub to evolution during the COVID-19 pandemic, implausibly arguing that it was necessary to drop its teaching in moving classes online. (Darwin would have been most bemused.)

A closer look at the list of dropped and excluded subjects in the NCERT publication of rationalised content in textbooks from May last year is impressive in its philistinism. In addition to dropping teaching on Darwin, the origin of life on earth, evolution, fossils and molecular phylogeny, we also see the scrapping of such subjects as electricity, the magnetic effects of electric current and the sustainable management of natural resources.

Evolutionary biologist Amitabh Joshi of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research was less than impressed, calling the measure a travesty of the notion of a well-rounded secondary education.

On April 20, the non-profit Breakthrough Science Society launched an open letter demanding a reversal of the decision. Knowledge and understanding of evolutionary biology is important not just to any subfield of biology, but is also key to understanding the world around us. Though not evident at first glance, the principles of natural selection help us understand how any pandemic progresses or why certain species go extinct, among many other critical issues.

A sense of despondency reigns on whether NCERT will change course, even in the face of protest. In the view of biologist Satyajit Rath, Given the recent trajectories of such decisions of the government of India, probably not, at least over the short term. Sustained progressive efforts will be required to influence the long-term outcomes.

The anti-evolutionary streak in Indian politics, spearheaded by the Bharatiya Janata Part...

18:00

Approximately 26% of U.S. Government Spending Goes to Weapon-Makers "IndyWatch Feed World"

The vast majority of the U.S. Governments purchases are for the military, and most of that is paying for weapons and for enabling Americas troops to use them.

For example, in the 3 April 2018 OMB and Congressional Budget Office estimates of discretionary new budget authority that The President signed into law on March 23, 2018, was the OMB TOTAL, DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 654,621 billion dollars. Not included in that sum was MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS OMB Non-Defense Category Subtotal (including CHIMPs) 81,876, all of which is actually military (it wouldnt even exist but for that). Also not included was anything of the OMB TOTAL, STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 53,631, much of which is actually for military purposes. Those are only SOME of the military costs that the U.S. Government categorizes as-if they werent. But, adding just the $81,876 to the $654,621 produces $736,497 billion in military spending that year. The actual total was certainly above a trillion dollars.

The Enacted Appropriations as of March 30, 2018 in the DEFENSE CATEGORY were $629,004 billion; and that was $79,947 billion above the spending limit and so required that cuts needed to be made in the NON?DEFENSE CATEGORY so that the Appropriations in that category (some of which were actually military) were $579,554 billion. Adding $629,004 billion to $579,554 billion produces as the total federal discretionary spending that year, $1.208558 trillion, of which the DEFENSE CATEGORY consumed 52%.

SO: at least 52% of federal spending that Congress authorized and the President spent with taxpayer funds during that year was for the U.S. military.

What percent did the payments to firms such as Lockheed Martin and the others of the 100 top sellers to the U.S. Government (virtually all of which were to the Pentagon) consume of that 52%. It was...

18:00

Box brings generative AI to its content cloud with OpenAI "IndyWatch Feed World"

The company says the new AI features combine enterprise-grade security, privacy, and compliance with advanced AI models.

Box is adding some ChatGPT-style AI features to parts of its content management and collaboration platform. With Box AI, customers will be able to summarize text and brainstorm ideas within their documents stored in the Box cloud. The generative AI features are powered by OpenAI large language models (LLMs), which Box accesses via an application programming interface (API).

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Low-code platform Appian gets a boost from AI "IndyWatch Feed World"

Appian is deploying its own artificial intelligence to automatically classify documents and emails, as well as integrations with GPT.

Appian, which offers a low-code platform for speedily developing business applications, is adding artificial intelligence to users toolboxes.

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17:50

Positively the last poll before the elections? maybe "IndyWatch Feed Politics.eu"

Following hot on the heals of yesterdays Belfast Telegraph poll from Lucid Talk, the Irish News has one today from Liverpool University.

And there are some striking differences which you can see in the individual party charts.

Sinn Fen 29.8%

DUP 23%

Alliance 14.5%

UUP 12.8%

SDLP 8.3%

TUV 5%

As with all polling the normal caveats apply:

Margin of error. Liverpool University normally have a smaller sample than Lucid Talk, and therefore a larger margin of error of 3%
The time lag between polling and voting during which some people can change their mind
The possibility that Dont Knows ultimately decide more in one direction than another
Some people vote differently in Council elections than in Assembly elections.

In addition, there is an important reservation about the Liverpool University poll. The market research company that Liverpool uses appears to have a systemic sampling problem which their weighting methods do not adequately correct for. The result is that their polls tend to under-represent the TUV and/or the DUP wing of unionism, and to overcall support for the smaller Green, PBPA and Conservative parties. This is no guarantee that they have done so on this occasion. But it is a reason to interpret their figures for those parties with caution.

To view trends it is best to compare the results from the same polling company across time not between companies.

Whichever poll you use Sinn Fen are still comfortably set for the biggest gains.

The DUP vote is only slightly lower in Liverpool polls. But look at the TUV poll and then the two combined.

And this trend can be traced back before the Assembly election. When the votes were coun...

17:24

Abducted Warri Lawyer, Akpo Mudiaga Odje Released After Ransom Payment "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

LAGOS MAY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-A human rights lawyer based in Warri, Delta State, Dr. Akpo Mudiaga Odje, was abducted in the town on Sunday and released by his abductors on Monday.

Some gunmen abducted the legal practitioner at about 6:30 pm on Sunday at his chamber near Warri Main Market, Delta State.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Monday had said the police were investigating the matter.

However, SaharaReporters on Monday gathered that Odje had regained his freedom.

One of the legal practitioners close associates who confirmed the release to SaharaReporters said, Yes, Akpo was kidnapped but he has been released. I think some amount was paid as ransom.

The spokesperson for the state police command, Edafe also later confirmed the release to SaharaReporters, but noted that he could not say much about it.

He added that the lawyer had not come to the police station for debriefing.

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17:00

Dandelion Possesses All Attributes as Medicine and Food, a Popular Ingredient for Springtime Liver Protection "IndyWatch Feed World"

16:03

Cold War: Okowa, Ibori Are Not Yet Back On Talking Terms Since Victory Of Oborevwori "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

LAGOS MAY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-In Delta state, the ex-governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, has not candidly identified with the governor and his once-political trainee, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, since the victory of the governor-elect, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori.
Former governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, who is a leading player in the 2023 election in Delta state, has tried to reconcile most of the aggrieved PDP members in the state, but Saturday Vanguard could not find out the extent he has gone between Okowa and Ibori.
Uduaghan also had an issue with Okowa in 2015 because he did not initially support the emergence of the latter as governor, but they had since built bridges of understanding.
Neither Okowa nor the governor-elect, Oborevwori, have spoken on their present relationship with Ibori but from all indications, they still hold him in high regard.
A source hinted: Ibori, who opposed the candidature of the governor-elect, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has not spoken since he suffered a humiliating defeat in his home local government, Ethiope West on March 18.
However, preparations for the handover to the incoming governor, on May 29, are on top gear in the state. The government has set up a 38-man inauguration committee with the responsibility to plan and execute the handover ceremony.
From the feelers, Oborevwori is not averse to those that decamped from the party during the elections returning to the fold, as he is open to working with all stakeholders in the Delta project, irrespective of party affiliation.
As expected, there are new political alignments as politicians try to assert themselves in the incoming administration.

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15:00

Wind-financed Expos against Kevon Martis Backfires "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

Delegitimization is a favorite tactic of the climate alarmist/forced energy transformation lackeys.

14:37

American Agency Wants To Require Offshore Oil Companies To Go Shipwreck Hunting Before Drilling "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Throughout the years of oil and gas development companies drilling in the oceans, they have found at least 600 shipwrecks off the Gulf of Mexico alone. But groups of historians and scientists believe that this number is minimal compared to how many shipwrecks are probably out in the waters.

Because of this, there is a new proposal to the Federal Register by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) that would require offshore energy companies to conduct maritime archaeological surveys before they begin any of their underwater drilling operations that could possibly harm or upset the seafloor off the continental shelf.

During a 2011 operation, an unnamed energy company saw a shipwreck close to where they were doing their drilling operations. The wreck was seen once again sometime in 2017, however it was never fully explored. But finally in in February of 2022, it was examined and photographed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), who found out that the wreck was that of a 207-year-old, 19^th century whaling ship named Indu...

14:19

Nduka Obaigbena Donates N1bn To Western Delta University As Obi, Fayemi Become Visiting Lecturers "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

MAY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The Western Delta University, Oghara in Ethiope West LGA of Delta State had rarely had it so good as it did on Saturday, April 29, 2023, as it raked in monetary donations and offers of sundry help at its 25th Founders Day celebration and Lecture.

Prince Nduka Obaigbena, THISDAY newspaper publisher, opened the financial floodgates, announcing a N1 billion donation to Western Delta University to help enhance the schools development.

At the same event, Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the just concluded general elections and Dr. Kayode Fayemi, immediate past governor of Ekiti State, both agreed to become visiting lecturers at the Western Delta University (WDU), Oghara, Delta State.

At a time, the students and other visitors, who thronged the lecture hall became overexcited as they mobbed the trio of Obi, Obaigbena and Fayemi.

Fayemi, who delivered the lecture at the well-attended event with the title, Sub-National Governance, the Ekiti State Example, promised to set up the School of Policy Implementation in the institution.

He also promised to become the first lecturer once the school is completed.

The visitor to the university, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Delta State governor, appealed to Obi, whom he described as an experienced leader who has greatly contributed to nation building, to join Fayemi as a lecturer upon the completion of the policy school. Obi agreed to help set it up and join as a visiting professor.

In his speech, Fayemi who cited personal examples of what transpired during his tenure as Ekiti State governor, urged political office holders to ensure balancing when making appointments and avoid the pitfalls of selecting those who will end up as liabilities to the government.

One of the important challenges that every governor will face early is that of making key appointments. Apart from the challenges of ethnic and religious balancing, you also have political IOUs to settle.

Every governor will have to strike the right balance between appointing core politicians who have been involved in the long and tortuous political struggle like mine that brought the governor to office and appointing...

14:00

Book Review: Frank, Who Liked To Build "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Here is a review of a children's book -- a great place to start a talk about creativity, lost and found.

13:33

Selected Articles: The Corona Agendas Abiding Ironies: Freedom, Slavery and Singularity "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The Corona Agendas Abiding Ironies: Freedom, Slavery and Singularity

By Dr. Emanuel Garcia, May 01, 2023

I was astonished recently to hear, from a highly respected writer, an astute analyst of the Corona agenda, at a gathering of real

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13:25

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Sudans Army and Rival Extend Truce, Despite Ongoing Clashes

By NOHA ELHENNAWY

Smoke rises in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 29, 2023, as gunfire and heavy artillery fire continued despite the extension of a cease-fire between the country's two top generals. The battle for power between the country's army and its rival paramilitary has killed hundreds and sent thousands fleeing for their lives. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

CAIRO (AP) Sudans army and its rival paramilitary said Sunday they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid, but the shaky truce has not so far stopped the clashes.

In statements, both sides accused the other of violations. The agreement has deescalated the fighting in some areas but violence continues to push civilians to flee. Aid groups have also struggled to get badly needed supplies into the country.

The conflict erupted on April 15 between the nations army and its paramilitary force, and threatens to thrust Sudan into a raging civil war. The U.N. warned on Sunday that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan was at a breaking point.

The scale and speed of what is unfolding in Sudan is unprecedented, the UNs humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said in as statement.

He said water and food are becoming increasingly hard to find in the countrys cities, especially the capital, Khartoum, and that the lack of basic medical care means many could die of preventable causes. Griffiths said that massive looting of aid supplies has hindered efforts to help civilians.

Earlier Sunday, an aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical aid landed in Sudan to resupply hospitals devastated by the fighting, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which organized the shipment. It arrived as the civilian death toll from the countrywide violence topped 400 and aid groups warned that the humanitarian situation was becoming increasingly dire.

More than two-thirds of hospitals...

13:18

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

A Powerhouse US Doctor Slain in Sudan, Killed for Nothing

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER

April 30, 2023

This image provided by Dr. Mohamed Eisa shows Dr. Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman, left, posing for a photo with Dr. Mohamed Eisa. Sulieman was the second American killed in Sudan after battles between two rival Sudanese commanders erupted in Khartoum and turned the capital city into a war zone. (Mohamed Eisa via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) Bound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting engulfed Sudans capital.

For days after battles between two rival Sudanese commanders erupted in Khartoum on April 15, the 49-year-old Sulieman treated the citys wounded. He and other doctors ventured out as explosions shook the walls of homes where Khartoums people cowered inside. Gunfire between the two factions battling for control resounded in the streets.

Say, Nothing will happen to us except what God has decreed for us, Sulieman, a U.S.-born gastroenterologist who divided his time and work between Iowa City, Iowa, and Khartoum, said in one of his last messages to worried friends on Facebook last week, as fighting persisted. And in God let the believers put their trust.

The morning that Sulieman decided he had to risk the dangerous escape from Sudans capital with his parents, American wife and his two American children was the morning that the war found Sulieman, friends say.

In the wholesale looting that has accompanied fighting in the capital, Khartoum, a city of 5 million, a roving band of strangers surrounded him in his yard Tuesday, stabbing him to death in front of his family. Friends suspect robbery was the motive. He became one of two Americans confirmed killed in Sudan in the fighting, both dual nationals.

Authorities say the other, with ties to Denver, was caught in a crossfire. They have not released that Americans name.

Mohamed Eisa, a Sudanese doctor who practices in the Pittsburgh area, was a close colleague...

13:10

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Official: 148 Somalians Evacuated From Sudan via Ethiopia

By OMAR FARUK

April 30, 2023

Somalis who fled the conflict in Sudan sit in a bus after arriving back home at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, April 30, 2023. 148 Somali nationals, mostly students, fleeing violence in Sudan arrived back home by plane on Sunday from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, after a land trip from Sudan via Ethiopia facilitated by the Somali government. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Scores of Somalis fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in their Horn of Africa nation on Sunday, an official said.

Some 148 Somali nationals, mostly students, arrived by plane in the capital Mogadishu, said Abdurahman Nur Mohamed Diinaari, a top official with the Somali foreign ministry.

Through the assistance of the International Organization for Migration, Somalias foreign ministry has finally been able to relocate 148 Somalis from Sudan to Somalia today, he said.

The Somalis had traveled by land from Sudan to Ethiopia and then onward by air to Somalia. Forty-five of those who arrived Sunday were later transported to Garowe, the administrative capital of the Somali state of Puntland, Diinaari said.

Somalia itself has been plagued by violence for years. The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which opposes the federal government, frequently launches deadly attacks in Mogadishu and other parts of the country.

One of the Somalis evacuated on Sunday said in an interview that she was happy to be alive and back in her country.

I am pleased that I have finally arrived in my country. However, what we have been through is unusual and hard to describe, but I am grateful for the opportunity to survive, Ramlo Mohamed, one of the evacuees, told AP. I pray in the meantime for God to assist our Muslim brothers in Sudan in alleviating their plight.

There were an estimated 7,000 Somali nationals in Sudan before violence broke out earlier this month, most of them attending universities there. Others are business people and migrants hoping to...

13:06

DeSantis, Proving He Is a Desperate Loser, Battles With Nikki Haley "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

With every turn in this far too early 2024 campaign season, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reveals his lack of basic intelligence and a lack of political acumen. No One to Offer the People of America Let me make one thing completely clear, I do not believe, I know, that there is not a single person []

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13:06

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

Pretoria Peace Deal: A Model for Africas Conflict Resolution Efforts

April 26, 2023

BY ADDISALEM MULAT

The African Unions efforts in mediating the Pretoria peace agreement in Ethiopia have played a significant role in restoring peace and stability in the country. By bringing the parties together to reach a peaceful settlement, the African Union has demonstrated its commitment to conflict resolution, and the landmark peace deal serves as a shining example to other African countries working on conflict resolution.

The role played by the continental bloc in brokering the Ethiopian peace agreement is an excellent example of the organizations commitment to its mandate. It has demonstrated that peaceful dialogue, compromise, and conflict resolution can pave the way for lasting solutions that promote stability and economic growth in the continent.

The Union deserves much credit for its mediation in brokering the peace agreement. It has highlighted the essential elements of regional cooperation and collective action to prevent and resolve conflicts, which is critical in finding sustainable solutions in the future. The Ethiopian government has shown a real commitment to dialogue, reconciliation and compromise, which sets a great example for the rest of Africa. It reveals that conflict resolution is possible through peaceful negotiations in a non-violent process. This approach presents a different and positive alternative to military solutions. Such commitment can go a long way in containing conflicts across the continent and in facilitating sustainable peace and stability.

Ethiopias peace agreement marks a crucial moment not only for the country but for the wider African continent. The conflict in the Tigray region had a severe impact on all Ethiopian citizens resulting in mass displacement, a humanitarian crisis and economic fallout. The new agreement has brought relief to the affected population and shows a glimmer of hope for peace...

13:00

Pan-African News Wire "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

UN Agency Suspends Food Aid to Ethiopias Tigray Amid Theft

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FILE - A worker walks next to a pile of sacks of food earmarked for the Tigray and Afar regions in a warehouse of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Semera, the regional capital for the Afar region, in Semera, Ethiopia, Feb. 21, 2022. The United Nations food relief agency has suspended aid deliveries to Ethiopias northern Tigray region amid an internal investigation into the theft of food meant for hungry people, according to four humanitarian workers. (AP Photo, File)

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) The United Nations food relief agency has suspended aid deliveries to Ethiopias northern Tigray region amid an internal investigation into the theft of food meant for hungry people, according to four humanitarian workers.

The World Food Program is responsible for delivering food from the U.N. and other partners to Tigray, the center of a devastating two-year civil war that ended with a ceasefire in November.

More than 5 million of the regions 6 million people rely on aid.

WFP informed its humanitarian partners on April 20 that it was temporarily suspending deliveries of food to Tigray amid reports of food misappropriation, one of the four humanitarian workers told AP. Three other aid workers confirmed this information. They all insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to a journalist on this matter.

Last month, AP reported that the WFP was investigating cases of 20 million people need humanitarian help due to drought and conflict.

A letter sent by the WFPs Ethiopia director on April 5 asked humanitarian partners to share any information or aware of or that are brought to your attention by your staff, beneficiaries or local authorities.

At the time, two aid workers told AP that the stolen supplies included enough food to feed 100,000 people. The food was discovered missing from a warehouse i...

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Writers Strike: What Happens If Other Union Workers Refuse to Cross Picket Lines

As talks with studios go down to the wire, entertainment guilds are advising their members about their rights and obligations when it comes to allying themselves with scribes at protests.

BY KATIE KILKENNY

MAY 1, 2023 4:20PM

As the Writers Guild of America hurtles toward a potential strike, their peer entertainment unions have been quick to offer statements of inter-union solidarity. The SAG-AFTRA national board proclaimed it stood strongly in support of industry scribes, while the Teamsters issued a fiery declaration that the WGAs battle is a shared fight. The Directors Guild of America and IATSE called on the studios and streamers to reach a deal with the writers, and one of the latters Locals even sent treats to the WGA negotiating committee from beloved SoCal bakery-slash-institution Portos.

But, when faced with an actual picket line from writers in front of a workplace, what choices do members of other entertainment unions have? In the labor movement, observing (in other words, not crossing) a picket line means honoring the sense of dignity and collectivity and power of the workers [on strike], explains history professor Nelson Lichtenstein, who directs the University of Southern California Santa Barbaras Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy. Therefore, crossing a picket line is a sin in the House of Labor.

All the major entertainment unions contracts contain no-strike clauses that while each have different language prevent labor groups from participating in a work stoppage over the course of their respective agreements. Still, workers individually have a right to engage in sympathy strikes, which include when they honor a picket line formed by a union that is not their own. Of course, doing so can open workers up to consequences: While legal sources surveyed by The Hollywood Reporter disagree on whether a breach of contract claim can or might be brought against an entertainment worker as a result of en...

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Lordstown Says Its at Risk of Bankruptcy if Foxconn Walks Away from Its EV Deal

Foxconn was going to invest $170 million in the struggling EV startup but now says that Lordstown is in breach because its stock is trading for less than $1 a share.

By Andrew J. Hawkins

May 1, 2023, 4:38 PM EDT

Lordstown Motors headquarters

Embattled electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors says it could run out of money if its deal with iPhone manufacturer Foxconn fails to go through. The deal is in jeopardy after Foxconn notified Lordstown that its in breach of its investment deal because its stock has fallen under $1 a share.

Lordstown traces its origins to GMs announcement in 2018 that it would be closing down its Lordstown, Ohio, factory. Then-President Donald Trump assailed GM over the decision, leading to the automakers decision to sell the plant to a struggling electric truck startup called Workhorse.

Instead, Workhorses founder and former CEO, Steve Burns, started a new company called Lordstown Motors with the plan to build electric pickup trucks, centered on a prototype called Endurance. GM invested $75 million in the company, $25 million of which was cash and another $50 million in the form of plant assets, plant permits, and operating costs at the factory.

Lordstowns stock has fallen under $1 a share

Since buying it, Lordstown Motors has put about $240 million worth of work into getting the factory ready to build the Endurance. It went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, last summer and has since run into problem after problem.

The CEO was forced out after he was caught lying about truck preorders. Initial production goals were slashed. GM sold its stake in the company. And federal investigators launched probes as Lordstown revealed it only has enough money to survive through mid-2022.

Flash forward to mid-2022, and Lordstown was able to sell the former GM factory to Foxconn for $230 million. The company later said it would loan out space from Foxconn while it searched for contract manufacturers to help with the prod...

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F.D.I.C. Proposes Broadening Bank Insurance for Businesses

The recommendations followed concerns that fueled a run on several banks.

The front of a building with the words Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation recommended that Congress consider expanding the banking regulators power to backstop certain deposits to prevent bank runs.Credit...Al Drago for The New York Times

By Alan Rappeport

May 1, 2023 3:34 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday recommended that Congress consider expanding its regulatory powers to backstop certain deposits so that it could prevent bank runs.

The proposal came the same day the F.D.I.C. orchestrated the seizure and sale of First Republic Bank to J.P. Morgan, and weeks after a run on Silicon Valley Bank helped sow its collapse.

Right now, the F.D.I.C. insures bank deposits only up to $250,000. That has left banks that have a large share of uninsured deposits particularly small- and midsize banks vulnerable to runs. The F.D.I.C. estimates that as of the end of last year banks held $7.7 trillion of uninsured deposits, about 43 percent of total deposits in the United States.

The report highlights that while the overwhelming majority of deposit accounts remain below the deposit insurance limit, growth in uninsured deposits has increased the exposure of the banking system to bank runs, Martin Gruenberg, the chairman of the F.D.I.C., said in a statement accompanying the report. Large concentrations of uninsured deposits increase the potential for bank runs and can threaten financial stability.

Fears over the stability of the banking system have led to an exodus of deposits from smaller regional banks to larger banks in recent weeks, as nervous customers moved their money to banks that are seen as too big to fail.

Some members of Congress have been looking for ways to boost the deposit cap, at least temporarily, in an effort to stop depositors from pulling their money out of smaller institutions that have been at the center of recent bank turmoil....

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Americas Voters are Speaking Loudly, But Trumps Party Continues to Ignore Them "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

The entire and former Grand Old Party is opposed to the wishes and needs of the majority of our nations people. I see two reasons for this fact: todays fake Republicans are the party of special interests, and it is composed primarily of old, white men. A Young Nation With Young Ideas and Beliefs You []

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US May Default on June 1 Without Debt Ceiling Hike; Biden, McCarthy to Meet

By David Lawder, Trevor Hunnicutt, Andrea Shalal and David Morgan

U.S. President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as they depart following the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday summoned the four top congressional leaders to the White House next week after the Treasury warned the government could run short of cash to pay its bills by June.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to Congress that the agency will be unlikely to meet all U.S. government payment obligations "potentially as early as June 1" without action by Congress.

The estimate raised the risk that the United States is headed for an unprecedented default that would shake the global economy, adding new urgency to political calculations in Washington, where Democrats and Republicans were girding for a months-long standoff.

Biden called Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Jerusalem, where he is on a diplomatic trip, to invite him to a May 9 White House meeting. The two leaders haven't sat down to discuss the issue since February.

Biden also extended invitations to House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell, whose fall in March sidelined him for weeks, said he and Biden had a "good conversation" today, adding: "I'm sure we'll be speaking again."

House Republicans passed a bill to raise the debt limit last week that includes steep cuts to spending from healthcare for the poor to air-traffic controllers, which the Democratic-controlled Senate and Biden say they will not approve.

Biden has steadfastly said he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling increase, but will discuss budget cuts after a new limit is passed. Congress has often paired debt-ceiling increases with other budget and spending measures.

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Pitfalls of the soft life "IndyWatch Feed Africa"

For black women in particular, the individual pursuit of a soft, consumption-driven life is a fragile approach to securing social justice.

alt — Photo by Nupo Deyon Daniel on Unsplash.

The charm of the strong black woman is fizzling out as we enter the era of the soft black girl. This is a phrase used to describe a black girl or woman who intentionally pursues an easy and peaceful life. Strong black womanhood, laden with aches and responsibilities, now represents a hard life. Whereas to be a black girl imbued with softness is to view the world as a playground. It is to enjoy an existence marked by fewer burdens or none.

The term soft life first emerged among social media users in Nigeria who expressed their desire for a gentle life, unburdened by the effects of poor governance in their country. While Africans, especially Nigerians and South Africans, still actively employ the term, it is largely black women residing in the USA and UK who have co-opted both the term and its current practice.

It has become impossible to disentangle the notion of soft life from black women. Some black women claim men cannot enjoy or benefit from a soft life. This is because such a lifestyle rests fundamentally on the use of feminine energy and the repudiation of masculine energy. Such binary thinking presents soft life as a hyper feminine phenomenon. It foists it upon black women in a manner never intended by the original architects of the soft life imagination. Because of this, a growing number of black women see a soft life as a necessity and a crucial element of black feminist practice.

Many soft life enthusiasts stress the importance of softness, of practicing self-care. To justify the soft life trend, they quote Audre Lordes famous saying: Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation and that is an act of political warfare. I recognize the value of encouraging black women to care for themselves and cultivate a lifestyle that enables inner peace. But I question if a soft lifestyle, in its common expression, bears the same liberatory politics as Lordes feminist call to nurture the self. Lorde does not remove her awareness of the need for social transformati...

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Guilty Verdict in Saint Paul Murder Trial of White Vigilante Not Enough, Says Victims Family "IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica"

Saint Paul, MN On March 30, 2023, Brian Kjellberg was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder without intent for killing Arnell AJ Stewart over a parking space near Kjellbergs residence. But even before evidence shown in the trial indicated a racial motive, Stewarts family and supporters have been calling this a premeditated, racially motivated killing and continue to demand authorities charge Kjellberg with hate crimes.

On December 2, 2021, Brian Kjellberg, who has been described as a white vigilante, killed AJ Stewart, who is Black, with a homemade shank for unwittingly parking in his private parking space in an alley outside Kjellbergs home. Stewart, who was unarmed, was next door to Kjellbergs home visiting friends. Kjellberg said he acted in self-defense after Stewart punched him in the face.

Nearly sixteen months later, the murder trial of Kjellberg, whos been freed on bond since shortly after the killing, took only four days to conclude and only 90 minutes of deliberation for the jury to find Kjellberg guilty of second-degree murder for stabbing Stewart to death.

Arnell AJ Stewart photo via Justice for AJ

Kjellbergs defense attorney, Earl Gray, has filed motions for acquittal (pdf) and for a new trial (pdf) with a motion hearing set for May 2 at 1:30 p.m. in the Ramsey County Courthouse. If the motions are unsuccessful, Kjellberg faces up to 40 years in prison at his May 17 sentencing hearing.

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Lula Recognizes Six New Brazilian Indigenous Reserves "IndyWatch Feed Enviro"

The Amazon rainforest plays a critical role in the mitigation of climate change, but in recent years it has been the target of a steep increase in deforestation.

A demarcation decree by President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva of Brazil has established six new Indigenous reserves in the South American country where no mining will be permitted and restrictions will be placed on logging and commercial agriculture.

The lands include an extensive area of about 1.5 million acres of Amazon rainforest.

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