Conservatives have already written a climate plan for Trump's second term (www.politico.com)
Hundreds of conservative operatives outlined a plan that Donald Trump, or any Republican, could use to purge climate action from the federal government.
A trial finds that a dose of the psychedelic psilocybin administered with psychological support is a safe and acceptable treatment for patients with anorexia nervosa and may decrease eating-disorde... (www.nature.com)
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a deadly illness with no proven treatments to reverse core symptoms and no medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Novel treatments are urgently needed to improve clinical outcomes. In this open-label feasibility study, 10 adult female participants (mean body mass index 19.7 kg...
Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe. (wapo.st)
Star Trek Goes On Strike (subspacechatter.substack.com)
Google restricting internet access to some employees to reduce cyberattack risk (www.cnbc.com)
The company will disable internet access on the select desktops, with the exception of internal web-based tools and Google -owned websites like Google Drive and Gmail. Some workers who need the internet to do their job will get exceptions, the company stated in materials....
More than 50 pilot whales die after mass stranding on Scottish beach (www.reuters.com)
Pro-Palestinian protesters splash red paint on US consulate, MFAT buildings in Auckland (www.rnz.co.nz)
The world's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley (techcrunch.com)
The world’s largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley::As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes
2 dead after 11-story Kentucky coal plant building collapsed on workers (www.usatoday.com)
A second man has died days after a shuttered Kentucky coal plant building collapsed, trapping the two workers.
Comcast Falls as NBC Owner Sheds Broadband, Cable Customers (finance.yahoo.com)
Comcast Falls as NBC Owner Sheds Broadband, Cable Customers::(Bloomberg) – Comcast Corp. slid the most in more than a year after reporting drops in broadband and cable subscribers, and predicting more losses to come.Most Read from BloombergLi Keqiang, China’s Second-Most Powerful Man for a Decade, Dies at 68Israel Latest: US...
Electric plane lands in Florida for Air Force testing after 2,000-mile journey (www.axios.com)
A milestone in electric aviation took place Thursday afternoon, when Beta Technologies landed its ALIA eVTOL aircraft at Duke Field, on Eglin Air Force Base, for a deployment period with the U.S. Air Force....
Japan’s top court strikes down required removal of reproductive organs to officially change gender (apnews.com)
Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law requiring transgender people to have their reproductive organs removed in order to officially change their gender is unconstitutional.
Top Hollywood actors offer $150 million to help end strike (www.reuters.com)
Their offer, confirmed by Clooney’s spokesperson on Thursday, would provide the union an extra $150 million over three years and could help fund improved health benefits....
Cloudflare Unveils Free Privacy-Friendly Replacement to the Annoying CAPTCHA System (news.itsfoss.com)
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AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time (www.nature.com)
A deaf football team will debut a 5G-connected augmented reality helmet to call plays (www.opb.org)
A deaf football team will debut a 5G-connected augmented reality helmet to call plays::The helmet, developed by AT&T and Gallaudet University, will debut at the school’s Saturday game. When a coach chooses a play on a tablet, it will then display on a small lens on the player’s helmet.
Research Shows Strong Link Between ADHD and Car Crashes in Older Adult Drivers (www.publichealth.columbia.edu)
In a study on the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its association with crash risk among older adult drivers, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that older adult drivers with ADHD are at a significantly elevated crash risk compared with their counterparts...
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding (apnews.com)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents when handing out funding for wastewater infrastructure....
Nonunion autoworkers are watching the UAW — and deciding whether they want in (www.nbcnews.com)
Outrage over Jerusalem video of ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting as Christians pass (www.theguardian.com)
Over 75,000 workers poised for largest healthcare strike in US history (www.theguardian.com)
Kaiser Permanente workers push for improvements to staffing levels and wage increases after union contract expires
FTC, 17 states sue Amazon alleging it inflates online prices and overcharges sellers (ny1.com)
Drinks company appoints AI robot as 'experimental CEO' - The humanoid-robot CEO of a drinks company says it doesn't have weekends and is 'always on 24/7' (finance.yahoo.com)
Drinks company appoints AI robot as ‘experimental CEO’ - The humanoid-robot CEO of a drinks company says it doesn’t have weekends and is ‘always on 24/7’::The Polish drinks company Dictador appointed an AI-powered humanoid robot named Mika as its experimental CEO in August 2022.