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• Vulnerable Democrats thrust into spotlight after voting in favor of Manchin-Schumer inflation bill - Fox News

  12-08-2022 23:57 via news.google.com
  
  Vulnerable Democrats thrust into spotlight after voting in favor of Manchin-Schumer inflation bill  Fox NewsLawmakers vote on Inflation Reduction Act  KXANWill inflation fighting bill work? Results should be tracked | READER COMMENTARY  Baltimore SunExplainer: When will Americans feel the Inflation Reduction Act's impact?  Reuters.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• People Are Texting Their Parents To See If They Were Vaccinated Against Polio Because We All Don't Have Enough To Deal With Already - BuzzFeed News

  12-08-2022 23:29 via news.google.com
  
  People Are Texting Their Parents To See If They Were Vaccinated Against Polio Because We All Don't Have Enough To Deal With Already  BuzzFeed NewsPolio detected in New York City wastewater  CBS Evening NewsPolio found in NYC wastewater, officials say  Fox NewsPolio Has Been Detected in New York City Wastewater, Officials Say  The New York TimesBREAKING: Polio Detected In NYC Wastewater, Officials Say HUNDREDS Of Cases Likely Circulating  The Hill
  
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• Kanye West Posts Cryptic Message About Finding Inspiration in ‘The Children’ & ‘The Homeless’ - Yahoo Entertainment

  12-08-2022 23:05 via news.google.com
  Kanye West Posts Cryptic Message About Finding Inspiration in ‘The Children’ & ‘The Homeless’  Yahoo EntertainmentKanye West says he's inspired by “the children” and “the homeless”  NMEKanye West Has A Message About Design And Inspiration  HotNewHipHopKanye West on What He Believes Should Be ‘Biggest Inspiration for All Design’  ComplexView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California with 46 Starlink satellites – Spaceflight Now - Spaceflight Now

  12-08-2022 22:18 via news.google.com
  Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from California with 46 Starlink satellites – Spaceflight Now  Spaceflight NowSpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on drone ship  Space.comSpaceX continues Starlink expansion with third launch to shell 3 - NASASpaceFlight.com  NASASpaceflight.comSpaceX launches 46 satellites into orbit from California  San Francisco ChronicleSpaceX launches more Starlink satellites in afternoon launch from Cali
  
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• Google ad blitz brings ‘Get the Message’ RCS campaign to NYC - 9to5Google

  12-08-2022 22:04 via news.google.com
  
  Google ad blitz brings ‘Get the Message’ RCS campaign to NYC  9to5GoogleDoes Google Think Gen Z Is the Answer to Its Green Text Woes?  GizmodoAs a loyal iMessage user, I’m sick and tired of Apple’s resistance to RCS  Digital TrendsGreen bubble problems? Google is proposing a fix for texting issues between Androids and iPhones  WFAAGoogle Social, Out-of-Home Campaign Tells Apple to 'Get the Message'  AdweekView Full Coverag
  
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• Shipwrecks And Lost Cities Come To The Surface In Lake Mead

  12-08-2022 21:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Ships and towns from a bygone era make their way to the surface as Lake Mead recedes.
  
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• Evolution Only Thinks About One Thing, and It’s Crabs

  12-08-2022 21:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Crab-like body plans have evolved independently at least five times. Biologists are still trying to figure out why.
  
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• European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops

  12-08-2022 20:57
  
  An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent.
  
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• Anne Heche Dead at 53 After Car Crash in Los Angeles - Entertainment Tonight

  12-08-2022 20:49 via news.google.com
  
  Anne Heche Dead at 53 After Car Crash in Los Angeles  Entertainment Tonight
  
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• How to use Flex Mode on the Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold - The Verge

  12-08-2022 20:03 via news.google.com
  
  How to use Flex Mode on the Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold  The VergeGalaxy Z Fold 4 vs iPhone 14 Pro — here's where Samsung already wins  Tom's GuideFirst Impressions of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 & the Galaxy Z Fold 4 | Cell Guru  NDTVSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 vs Galaxy Z Fold 3: Which foldable phone should you buy?  ZDNetHere's how to use Galaxy Bespoke to personalize a Samsung Z Flip 4 or Watch 5  TechRadarView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• A pro-Johnny Depp YouTuber was sent a cease-and-desist after she targeted an employee of Amber Heard’s PR team

  12-08-2022 18:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  A pro-Johnny Depp YouTuber was spreading lies and conspiracy theories about an employee of the public relations firm that works with Amber Heard, a law firm said in a cease-and-desist letter.
  
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• 50 Years Ago, Cavers Connected Mammoth Cave and Flint Ridge

  12-08-2022 18:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The half-century anniversary marks the connection that established Mammoth Cave as the longest cave in the world.
  
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• Analyst assesses risk at Ukrainian nuclear power plant - CNN

  12-08-2022 17:15 via news.google.com
  
  Analyst assesses risk at Ukrainian nuclear power plant  CNN‘It’s madness’: Ukraine holds breath as Putin turns nuclear plant into frontline  The GuardianOpinion | A disaster is looming at a huge Ukrainian nuclear power plant  The Washington PostUkraine and Russia trade blame over nuclear risk  CBS NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• World Bank Creates $1 Billion Fund For Vaccine Passports

  12-08-2022 17:12 via technocracy.news
  
  Unelected and unaccountable Technocrats are bent on creating vaccine passports. There is no discussion with nation-states or actual citizens who will be forced into taking the passports. A universal digital ID is the Holy Grail of Technocracy because it will enable a “Skynet” system of total control. The World Bank’s backing guarantees that Central Bank Digital Currency will be tightly coupled with vaccine passports.
  DBDCs will collect all financial transaction information. Soc
  
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• From South America to Southeast Asia, Tour Boats Threaten Wildlife

  12-08-2022 17:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Can new guidelines improve the ecotourism experience for both humans and other animals?
  
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• What we know about Ricky Shiffer, suspect in FBI office attack - Axios

  12-08-2022 16:59 via news.google.com
  
  What we know about Ricky Shiffer, suspect in FBI office attack  AxiosPolice dig into suspected extremist posts of gunman who attempted to breach Cincinnati FBI office  Fox NewsColumbus man dead after standoff following attempted breach of Cincinnati FBI office identified  WHIOOhio Man Who Tried to Enter F.B.I. Office Was on Their Radar for Months  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Stupid Personified: Collect And Bury CO2 With 1,300 Mile Pipeline

  12-08-2022 16:32 via technocracy.news
  This is a story of citizen resistance to the insanity of burying carbon dioxide, disrupting large swaths of farming operations and seriously harming local growth of plants that require CO2 for photosynthesis. These policies are anti-human and anti-civilization because CO2 is as important as is the oxygen we breath. The pressure for human depopulation rests on this same premise: humans exhale CO2. ⁃ TN Editor
  I have just returned from one of the most important speaking tours I have ever und
  
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• It's not yet clear what caused blasts at a Crimea air base. But analysts say Russia suffered a significant loss - CNN

  12-08-2022 16:26 via news.google.com
  It's not yet clear what caused blasts at a Crimea air base. But analysts say Russia suffered a significant loss  CNNRussia-Ukraine Latest News: August 13  BloombergUkraine’s strike on Russian air base sends a message: Putin is losing  The HillRussia loses war planes during attack on Crimea air base | USA TODAY  USA TODAYView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• "Sturgeon moon" gives spectators around the world this year's last supermoon - CBS News

  12-08-2022 16:25 via news.google.com
  
  "Sturgeon moon" gives spectators around the world this year's last supermoon  CBS NewsPhotos Of 2022's Last Supermoon  The Weather ChannelSturgeon supermoon stuns viewers around the world (photos)  Space.comLast Supermoon of 2022 Lights Up the Sky  NowThis NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• After 'Don't Say Gay' bill passed, anti-LGBTQ 'grooming' rhetoric surged 400% online

  12-08-2022 16:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  In the weeks following the bill’s passage, an average of 6,607 tweets a day used slurs like “groomer,” “pedophile” and “predator” in relation to the LGBTQ community.
  
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• Samsung exec explains why the company's folding phones are so important to its business - CNBC

  12-08-2022 16:09 via news.google.com
  
  Samsung exec explains why the company's folding phones are so important to its business  CNBCWhy Apple's Foldable iPhone Isn't a Thing... Yet  CNETSamsung says foldables will be ‘the new standard’ of smartphones by 2025  9to5GoogleHands-On With Samsung's Latest Foldable Smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip  MacRumorsWhere's Apple's Foldable iPhone?  CNETView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Amazon’s Ring Camera Penetrates 18% Of Homes To Create Massive Surveillance Network

  12-08-2022 16:08 via technocracy.news
  
  In any average neighborhood. every third house is likely to have an Amazon Ring or Google Nest security system, meaning that if you take a one mile walk in your neighborhood, information on you could be collected as many as 50 times; this potentially includes picture, audio and information collected from your cell phone. This “private” surveillance grid approaches the density of cameras in China.
  Home surveillance systems are a necessary form of protection, but should only be focusse
  
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• Count for Kenya’s presidential election enters fourth day - The Guardian

  12-08-2022 15:45 via news.google.com
  
  Count for Kenya’s presidential election enters fourth day  The GuardianKenya electoral officials blame presidential candidates' agents for results delay  CNNIn Kenya, pending election results keep the nation in suspense  Al Jazeera EnglishOpposition leader Odinga ahead in Kenya's presidential race, official results show  ReutersSlow tallies in close Kenya election raise fears of meddling  KARKView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Why it's taking so long to encrypt Facebook Messenger - The Verge

  12-08-2022 15:30 via news.google.com
  
  Why it's taking so long to encrypt Facebook Messenger  The VergeHow to Use End-to-End Encryption in Facebook Messenger Right Now  LifehackerFacebook attempts to increase privacy functionality  ABC NewsMeta testing expanded encryption features amid renewed scrutiny of messaging data  CNNTechbytes: Facebook testing end-to-end encryption  WFAAView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• How Google found itself under pressure from all sides after Roe's demise

  12-08-2022 15:25 via cnn.com
  
  In mid-June, one week before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more than 20 Congressional Democrats wrote a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. In it, they urged the company to prevent searches for abortion clinics from returning results and ads that direct users to facilities that actually oppose the procedure, noting it could put women's health at risk.
  
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• Researchers Prove Shrunken Head is Human and Shed Light on Mysterious Tradition

  12-08-2022 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Tsantsas, or shrunken heads, were a tradition for Indigenous tribes living in the Amazon rainforest.
  
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• U.S. is ‘not going anywhere,’ Middle East envoy says, as China’s Xi expected to visit Saudi Arabia - CNBC

  12-08-2022 14:35 via news.google.com
  
  U.S. is ‘not going anywhere,’ Middle East envoy says, as China’s Xi expected to visit Saudi Arabia  CNBCBiden and Xi Jinping plan first in-person meet up amid rocky relations  Fox NewsChina's Xi Jinping Plans to Meet With Biden in First Foreign Trip in Nearly Three Years - WSJ  The Wall Street JournalChina's Xi plans foreign trip including meeting Biden -WSJ  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• China's Huawei says sales down but new ventures growing

  12-08-2022 12:12
  
  Chinese tech giant Huawei says its revenue fell in the first half of 2022 but new ventures in autos and industrial technology helped to offset a decline in smartphone sales under U.S. sanctions
  
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• South Korea pardons Samsung's Jay Y Lee in bid to revive the economy

  12-08-2022 12:04 via cnn.com
  
  The de facto leader of Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, was pardoned by South Korea's president on Friday for crimes including bribery, allowing him greater freedom to run the smartphone and semiconductor giant.
  
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• Perseid meteor shower peaking now, but bright moon will get in the way - Space.com

  12-08-2022 12:00 via news.google.com
  
  Perseid meteor shower peaking now, but bright moon will get in the way  Space.comWill clouds get in the way of seeing the Perseid Meteor Shower 2022?  5NEWSWhen to see this meteor shower peak in Hawaii — if the Moon isn’t in the way  KHON2Perseid Meteor Shower to fight a full moon this weekend  KOAA 5When to watch the Perseid meteor shower Friday night  WGN TV ChicagoView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• South Korea to pardon Samsung’s Lee, other corporate giants

  12-08-2022 10:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  South Korea’s president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong over bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of a massive corruption scandal.
  
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• Large Dinosaur Predators – Such As T. rex – Evolved Different Eye Socket Shapes To Allow Stronger Bites

  12-08-2022 04:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  According to new research, large dinosaur predators, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved different shapes of eye sockets to better deal with high bite forces. While...
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• Stricter COVID-19 Policies Associated With Negative Mental Health Effects

  12-08-2022 04:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Research suggests that stricter COVID-19 measures are associated with negative mental health effects and a lower opinion of the government’s pandemic response. The mental health...
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• OSHA investigates deaths of Amazon workers in New Jersey

  12-08-2022 01:50
  
  Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially lead to the death of another employee
  
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• Man who fired nail gun at FBI building called for violence on Truth Social in days after Mar-a-Lago search

  12-08-2022 01:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man identified by two law enforcement sources as Ricky Shiffer, who died in a confrontation with police after he fired a nail gun at a Cincinnati FBI
  
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• An Ocean of Galaxies Awaits: Looking Back in Time To Unveil a Hidden Era of Star Formation

  12-08-2022 01:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New COMAP radio survey will peer beneath the “tip of the iceberg” of galaxies to unveil a hidden era of star formation. Sometime around 400...
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• Research Shows Salt Substitutes Lower Risk of Heart Attack/Stroke and Death

  12-08-2022 00:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers say beneficial effects likely to apply to people everywhere. According to a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, dietary salt substitutes lower the...
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