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• Twitter is testing alert that warns you when you're about to wade into 'heated' conversation

  06-10-2021 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter is testing a feature that prompts users who may be entering a flame war. A prompt suggests they remain respectful and reminds them that 'facts matter' and 'diverse perspectives have value.'
  
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• Bizarre three-eyed 'dinosaur shrimp' emerge in lake formed by torrential downpours in Arizona

  06-10-2021 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The horseshoe-crab-like creatures, known as Triops, emerged from tiny eggs and began swimming around a temporary lake formed at Wupatki National Monument, about 30 miles outside Flagstaff.
  
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• Boom! 427,000 Parents Sound Off To NSBA/DoJ On ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Label

  06-10-2021 23:08 via technocracy.news
  
  A few days ago I wrote that the NSBA and DoJ had made a strategic error in attacking middle-American soccer moms who are fed up with the harm being done to their children at the hands of tyrannical school boards. They have awakened the masses of angry momma-bears who aren’t going to take it any more! ⁃ TN EditorLast week, PJ Media covered the hysterical and threatening letter written by National School Boards Association (NSBA) president Viola Garcia. In the lette
  
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• Humans have impacted the Earth's atmosphere for hundreds of years longer than previously thought

  06-10-2021 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Humans have impacted Earth's atmosphere for more than 700 years, far longer than the Industrial Revolution and much longer than initially believed, according to a new study.
  
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• Crustacean that looks just like a piece of sushi becomes star attraction at Japanese aquarium 

  06-10-2021 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bizarre parasitic sea creature was discovered in Japan which looks like a piece of salmon sushi.
  The isopod has orange and white markings on its back and a white underbelly.
  
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• Rare Sumatran tiger brought to zoo for breeding program killed by her would-be mate

  06-10-2021 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kirana, a six-year-old female Sumatran tiger at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington, died after being attacked by a two-year-old male she was paired with as part of a breeding program.
  
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• Google update shows carbon dioxide emissions for flights and which dishwashers are energy efficient 

  06-10-2021 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a presentation Tuesday, Google's Sundar Pichai unveiled a feature that allows travelers to choose flights with the lowest carbon emissions. Results even factor in the seat chosen and plane's age.
  
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• Whistleblower breaks Facebook secrecy wall, MP says

  06-10-2021 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will soon give evidence to a parliamentary committee.
  
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• Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children

  06-10-2021 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After years of trials, the vaccine has shown potential to save tens of thousands of children's lives.
  
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• Smarter birds like parrots and cockatoos need mental stimulation or they suffer psychologically

  06-10-2021 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Smarter birds, like parrots, need to be mentally stimulated or they are likely to suffer from severe psychological problems, a newly published study suggests.
  
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• Campaigners call on UK government to slash the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph in towns

  06-10-2021 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London-based team compared scenarios with a 20 and 30 mile per hour limit, and found CO2 emissions were 26 per cent lower in a 20 zone, and NOx was 28 per cent lower.
  
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• Metroid Dread is let down by boring robot villains

  06-10-2021 17:54
  
  Metroid Dread on Nintendo Switch is a fine return to form for the series, but it should have avoided AI enemies
  
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• Portrait Of Eric Schmidt: Technocrat, Big Tech Titan, Member Trilateral Commission, Philanderer

  06-10-2021 17:49 via technocracy.news
  
  Ponder for a few minutes the strange ascendance of Eric Schmidt from a software nerd to the heir apparent of fellow Trilateral, Henry Kissinger. Like many Trilaterals (e.g., Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton), Schmidt discarded ethics and morality for a lifestyle that included an “open marriage” and multiple adulterous affairs. ⁃ TN EditorBy now, many know the legend of Eric Schmidt—how, back in 2001, Google’s young co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, brought him i
  
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• Twitch confirms massive data breach

  06-10-2021 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Documents, shared in online forums appear to show records of payments made to streamers.
  
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• Largest Health Care System In New York State Fires 1,400 Unvaccinated Workers

  06-10-2021 16:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Madness grips entire health care systems as skilled and knowledgeable medical personnel are summarily fired from their career positions. Yet, since madness begets more madness, we can expect more outrageous dislocations in the future as all traditional medical ethics and principles are thrown out the window. ⁃ TN EditorA large New York health care system on Monday said it fired 1,400 workers because they declined to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
  Northwell Health terminated approximatel
  
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• NASA's lunar probe snaps eerie black and white image of Jupiter and two of its moons

  06-10-2021 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped an eerie black and white photo of Jupiter and two of its moons, Europa and Io, from 390 million miles away.
  
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• Colorado’s UCHealth To Deny Organ Transplants To Unvaccinated

  06-10-2021 16:02 via technocracy.news
  
  UCHealth in Colorado say that kidney transplant patients are too likely to die if they get Covid, so the answer is to make sure they don’t get kidney transplants. This twisted, evil logic is spreading like a melanoma cancer throughout the entire healthcare system in America, leaving a trail of otherwise preventable deaths in its wake. ⁃ TN EditorA Colorado-based health system says it is denying organ transplants to patients not vaccinated against the coronavirus in “almost all
  
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• This is how Swatch made its cool ‘eco’ 1984 reissues

  06-10-2021 15:48
  
  Swatch is back with another retro Eighties collection, but now the classic designs are made in its new ‘Bioceramic’ material
  
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• The Nintendo Switch OLED is the best Switch (for now)

  06-10-2021 15:00
  
  The OLED Switch is an upgrade, but not one that's worth upgrading to
  
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• Pluto's atmosphere is DISAPPEARING, study finds 

  06-10-2021 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As Pluto moves further from the Sun in its long orbit, it is getting colder and its nitrogen is refreezing to the surface, according to researchers from Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
  
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• New type of killer whale that preys on large sea mammals is discovered off the west coast of the US

  06-10-2021 14:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'outer coast transient whales', believed to be a subset of transient orcas known as Bigg's killer whales, were spotted in the offshore waters between Oregon and central California.
  
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• Chemistry Nobel awarded for mirror-image molecules

  06-10-2021 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Briton and a German have been awarded the chemistry Nobel for their work to build new molecules.
  
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• Women prefer warmer temperatures because of EVOLUTION, new study claims

  06-10-2021 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Female members of species are naturally drawn to warmer temperatures because of an in-built 'evolutionary difference' according to a study by Tel Aviv University in Israel.
  
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• BMW’s tech-filled iX is an outstanding ride

  06-10-2021 11:21
  
  A 380-mile range and 523bhp. BMW’s new flagship electric SUV is a window into the brand’s future EVs, and it’s quite the view
  
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• Honeybees' waggle dance reveals those in rural areas travel further for food

  06-10-2021 10:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bees in urban areas had an average foraging distance of 1,614ft (492m), compared to 2,437ft (743m) for bees in agricultural areas, experts at Virginia Tech and Royal Holloway University found.
  
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• Why you should eat like Popeye

  06-10-2021 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Hamburg experts followed 12,000 men and women, with an average age of 59. They monitored their iron levels and compared these with rates of heart disease over 13 years.
  
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• Seafood: Shoppers urged to avoid eating UK-caught squid as the species is added to the 'red list'

  06-10-2021 10:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Marine Conservation Society has released an updated version of their Good Fish Guide - a directory for sourcing ocean-friendly seafood.
  
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• How the secrets of the Pandora Papers were freed

  06-10-2021 10:09
  
  The Pandora Papers leak includes a colossal 2.94 terabytes of data. Unravelling the contents was no easy task
  
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• How remote flying of drones will transform the future

  06-10-2021 10:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Paul Carter look at the technology allowing drones to be piloted from miles away.
  
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• Climate change: Voices from global south muted by climate science

  06-10-2021 08:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climate academics from some of the regions worst hit by warming are struggling to be published.
  
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• Facebook harms children and weakens democracy: ex-employee

  06-10-2021 06:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg denies claims, heard in the US Senate, that Facebook puts profits before people.
  
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• TikTok and Twitch face fines under new Ofcom rules

  06-10-2021 01:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video-sharing platforms have a legal duty to enforce strict rules - or be fined or even suspended.
  
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• Some dogs can learn up to 12 new toy names in one week and remember them

  06-10-2021 01:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This rate of discovery and memory retention is similar to that of a one year old chid, according to the team from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary.
  
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• Amazon opens first UK non-food store

  06-10-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Amazon 4-star shop in Kent will sell a range of products which are bestsellers on its website.
  
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• Meet T.Rex's Welsh ancestor! Bizarre chicken-sized dinosaur roamed Wales 215 million years ago

  06-10-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Natural History Museum and the University of Birmingham discovered the remains of the creature in a quarry in Pant-y-ffynnon in southern Wales.
  
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