Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Ozon marketplace (competitor of Wildberries) has suddenly realized that Crimea isn’t Russia. It sent someone in Russian-occupied Crimea a message saying: "Ozon does not deliver goods to Sevastopol.Delivery outside of Russia is available only to the following countries:Armenia,
Man finds a young seal tangled in a vegetable sack and frees it before the plastic could turn deadly.
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.
Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.
axios.com
My unvaccinated brother died of COVID in 2021. I was about a year and a half into my epidemiology career. Healthcare staff did absolutely everything they could but they cannot cure ignorance. They cannot cure an anti-science belief and culture. Thats YOUR responsibility. Not Dr. Fauci’s.
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
My entire life I’ve never called it the FIFA World Cup. I’ve always called it the World Cup. Fans don’t give a shit about FIFA. If national teams showed up for a World Cup tournament not held by FIFA we would all watch it. World Cup is the brand. FIFA is nothing.
Whether it comes wrapped in Islam, Christianity, or any other religion, extremist ideology that teaches LGBTQ+ people are sinful, evil, or deserving of punishment creates a climate where hatred can flourish. www.cbsnews.com/news/berlin-...
Suspect in Berlin LGBTQ+ parade attack has ties to Islamic "circles," police say as manhunt continues
Berlin police did not identify the suspect, who is still at large, by name but said that he was already known to police and is from Berlin.
cbsnews.com
The Kansas City Chiefs football team will build a new stadium. Of the $3 billion cost, taxpayers will provide at least $1.8 billion—despite the fact that the Chiefs' owners have $24.8 billion. MORE SOCIALISM FOR BILLIONAIRES!
BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
Remember when automakers were making these cute little cars that were working their way towards 100 mpg, and then they said fuck that and built brodozers
I am absolutely begging Democratic politicians to make media reform a centerpiece of their policy platforms
Local U.S. TV News Will Soon Be Entirely Right Wing Propaganda
Thanks to the destruction of media consolidation limits, Republicans will soon enjoy propaganda and market domination over what's left of local U.S. news.
karlbode.com
Millions of drivers just want a simple car where the only innovation is battery power. Why do so many EV companies be like "let's replace the steering wheel with a joystick!" and "what if the doors only unlock when you lick em?"
Holy shit, we're actually getting there. "UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample [—] In tests, MethylScan detected about 63% of cancers across all stages and roughly 55% of early-stage cancers." (from April) #ShareGoodNewsToo
UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample
The test could offer a more affordable approach to early disease detection.
newsroom.ucla.edu
Car with an NYPD jacket and badge in the windshield actually got booted for illegal parking! Zohran proving the impossible can be possible
The demographic reality is inescapable: We are going to have millions more older drivers with diminishing capabilities, in cars that are too big and too dangerous for everyone around them, with few satisfactory alternatives to driving. It will not end well.
How will we live when we reach the end of our drivespan?
Our cities and suburbs are not designed to cope with the demographic time bomb.
lloydalter.substack.com
In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.
Driver: Why did you take a picture of my car? Me: You are parked illegally! Driver: Delete the picture!!! Me: No, you are stopped in the bike lane, I am on a bike! Stopping in a bike lane is a $200 fine if caught.
CAN I GET 70 MILLION REPOSTS ON THIS? Send this message across America! Let's go for it!
Watch Thomas Massie turn the tables and completely own Fox News Digital reporter Nicholas Ballasy. Just incredible.
The body of a dead baby duck floats in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after workers poured hydrogen peroxide into the water in an effort to reduce algae blooms. June 21, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz.
Who is the lone motorcyclist cruising around Urbana IL in the middle of the night?
Do vaccines save lives? Yep! Does antivaxx BS kill? Yep. 👇 Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
The HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday.
ctvnews.ca
Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
bbc.co.uk