From Jenna Orkin China’s Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High in 2023 Letter from Congressman Langworthy to Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Re: Collaboration with CCP on Gain of Function Bird Flu Tests Robert Kennedy Jr: President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer. UAE Cloud Seeding WORLD NEWS A storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods Dubai’s airport Chechnya Bans Music That Isn’t Between 80 and 116 Beats Per Minute Widespread 911 outages hit several states Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO Are your kids being spied on? The rise of anti-cheating software in US schools Clean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom

From Jenna Orkin Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds The Covid treatment Paxlovid is most beneficial for unvaccinated people with risk factors, according to a recent study. Colon cancer is linked to mouth bacteria. Some Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Finally Get Their Day in Court, but All Deserve Justice Al Shimari et al. v. CACI, which will be heard today, was only able to advance because it targeted a military contractor; U.S. courts have repeatedly dismissed similar cases against the federal government. Tepco Flagship Nuclear Plant to Load First Fuel Since Fukushima California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days Degree in magic to be offered at University of Exeter - archive A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say AI's Original Sin A Boeing engineer turned whistleblower says the planemaker needs ground all its 787 Dreamliners

From Jenna Orkin IDF chief of staff says Israel will respond to Iran missile attack “A small number of hits were identified, including at an IDF base in southern Israel, where minor damage was caused to infrastructure,” the Israeli military said. Scoop: Biden told Bibi U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants AI CAN PRETEND TO BE STUPIDER THAN IT REALLY IS, SCIENTISTS FIND Effect of high-dose Spirulina supplementation on hospitalized adults with COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial In Sudden Reversal, Harvard To Require Standardized Testing for Next Admissions Cycle US-Japan-Philippines Naval Triad Wades into the South China Sea 'Ridiculously early' Missouri cicada emergence could start this week. Here's why Juvenile Crimes - Wesley T. Miller - Chapter 28

From Jenna Orkin NOTE FROM APRIL 15: THERE'S A GLITCH IN BLOGGER PREVENTING ME FROM CREATING ANY NEW POSTS. Scientists develop biofortified rice to combat nutrient deficiencies The Kremlin believes that destabilizing Africa would ease Russia's campaign in Ukraine. Ghana Seeks to Delay Cocoa Deliveries Due to Lack of Beans Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after learning a doctor manipulated some records The U.S. government needs to spend roughly $100 billion annually on carbon dioxide removal by 2050 to help the world avoid extreme climate change, according to a new analysis. A new branch of science called "exposomics" shows how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, bipolar disorder and other brain diseases. A new EPA rule will limit PFASs, or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water for the first time. Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes a container ship near Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Israel Israel's use of AI to find targets in Gaza offers a terrifying glimpse at where warfare could be headed

From Jenna Orkin Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 More than 66% of Russian tanks killed by Ukraine are taken out by drones, report says — that's not a good thing US Says China Spurning Farm Exports May Have Political Slant China may be retaliating against farmland rules, Vilsack says The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has released a Statement as well as a Video showing their apparent Targeting over the last 72 Hours of several Locations in Southern Israel including Hatzerim Airbase, the Oil Port in the City of Ashkelon as well as another Vital Target in the City, and at least 2 Unknown Targets; despite there being No Evidence in Israel of the Attacks, they are claimed to have been conducted utilizing “Al-Arqab” Land-Attack Cruise Missiles, Modified Fateh-110 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles, and One-Way “Suicide” Drones. ‘Catastrophic,’ ‘a shock’: Arizona’s abortion ruling threatens to upend 2024 election US Drones Are Expensive and Error Prone so Ukraine Turns to China Doctors Making $350,000 Are Struggling to Find Long Island Homes North Fork median home prices are approaching $1 million Hamas leader repeats Gaza ceasefire call after sons and grandchildren killed FBI concerned about possible coordinated attack in US after Russia massacre crime levels are nearly as low today as they were in the 1960s.

From Jenna Orkin Ohio warns Democrats that Biden may miss deadline for November ballot Cancer is rising among the young. Study suggests it’s because their cells are aging faster Jon Stewart says the Arab states won't give Palestinians citizenship because they're really terrified of the 'Islamists' they backed Decline of the EU Center, Pro-Russia Candidate Elected President of Slovakia Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists Bayer’s $1.5 Billion Roundup Verdict Slashed to $600 Million More Russian LNG Being Exported to Europe Than Asia Statement from President Joe Biden on CHIPS and Science Act Preliminary Agreement with TSMC DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAYMOND A. TIERNEY RELEASES REPORT OF SPECIAL GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION INTO SUFFOLK COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ACTIONS PRIOR TO THE DEATH OF THOMAS VALVA Russia Is Preparing for a Potential Gasoline Shortage

From Jenna Orkin How melting glaciers could help stop global warming Environmentalism could stop the clean-energy transition Mexico breaks relations with Ecuador after embassy raid By the Dawn’s Early Light: On the Fall of the Francis Scott Key Bridge The US-China relationship appears to be warming up, but Russia could still be a sticking point Geo-Engineering in San Francisco The Far Right Is Crawling With Eclipse Conspiracy Theories Everyone has lost their goddamn minds El Salvador offering 5,000 free passports (equivalent to $5 billion in our passport program) to highly skilled scientists, engineers, doctors, artists, and philosophers from abroad. now Qatar is muscling to take the world’s number one spot. It’s doing so by funding a genocide in Darfur to gain access to resource-rich Sudan. Why This Eclipse Could Prove Einstein Correct Hemophilia gene therapies arrived after 40 years of struggle. Where are the patients?

From Jenna Orkin Blind marriage Fake marriages with women with disabilities are booming in Ukraine. NGL.media found out how it works Mexico severs diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm its embassy to arrest politician The Far Right Is Crawling With Eclipse Conspiracy Theories ‘We need to accept the weeds’: the Dutch ‘tile whipping’ contest seeking to restore greenery Angus Deaton won a Nobel Prize in economics. Now he says he got it wrong on globalization. California Bill Would Create a Legal Right to Ignore Boss’s Emails After hours Iranian official says Israeli embassies are no longer safe Macron, however, told allies there would be no need to involve NATO or the U.S. if Russia targeted French troops, according to an official. France has had casualties in military campaigns in Africa, for example, without turning to allies for help. Swiss to Hold Referendum Restricing Population to 10 Million until 2050 Juvenile Crimes - Chapter 27 "Does this OFFEND me?" WESLEY T. MILLER

From Jenna Orkin Top UN expert warns of deteriorating situation in Haiti: ‘It’s apocalyptic’ Office Vacancy Rate Nears 20% to Set Fresh Record, Moody’s Says Nobel laureate economist savages his own profession as clueless and unethical Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study The economics of American lotteries An ‘extremely active’ hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn Rep. Lauren Boebert has emergency surgery, diagnosed with rare disorder during campaign How Steve Bannon guided the MAGA movement’s rebound from Jan. 6 The number of retractions of scientific research papers has grown dramatically in the last two decades to about eight in 10,000 papers, according to a 2022 estimate by the blog Retraction Watch • Rewarding detections of fraud in scientific research and publishing, rather than punishing whistleblowers, could help the research community avoid an estimated 5,000 paper retractions a year--a mere fraction of retractions that should happen but don't, write Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus, the founders of Retraction Watch, a blog that reports on the retraction of scientific papers.

From Jenna Orkin Exclusive: Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack, sources say DR Congo names first female prime minister amid escalating violence A person in Texas has tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (H5N1). Last month, West Virginia governor Jim Justice signed a bill that purports to protect the ability of the state’s public school educators to teach "alternative" scientific theories like creationism. People of all faiths and none should unite in fighting for the separation of church and state, writes Amanda L. Townley, executive director of the National Center for Science Education. Otherwise we may be opening a door we wished were closed. "Why not [teach] geocentrism or flat-Earthery? Why not crystal healing? Why not racist views claiming that white people and Black people have separate ancestry? All of these notions, which stem from religious beliefs, not science, have been held up by their proponents as scientific theories, and West Virginia’s legislature and governor just opened the public classroom door to them," she says. After terror attack, Russia sees U.S. role and claims it is at war with NATO Largest U.S. egg producer detects bird flu at Texas plant The world is scarred from China shock 1.0. They're not about to let 2.0 happen so easily. The Fraud of Plastic Recycling How Big Oil and the plastics industry deceived the public for decades and caused the plastic waste crisis Despite evidence that financial conflicts of interest may influence physician prescribing and may damage patients’ trust in medical professionals,1-3 such relationships remain pervasive.4 Record numbers of migrants cross Channel in 2024