Protecting nature: How Nova Scotia left $5 million on the table By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Protecting nature: How Nova Scotia left $5 million on the table - Halifax Examiner
Under terms of a two-year agreement that ended March 31, the province was supposed to protect an additional 82,500 hectares (203,862 acres).
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The U.S. is undergoing one of the biggest changes to its social safety net in recent history, with huge numbers of people getting dropped from the government’s food assistance program. Nowhere has this been more dramatic than in Arizona. Listen as we explain why and its implications on "The Daily."
Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S.
The number of people who receive nutrition assistance in Arizona has dropped significantly in a matter of months.
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Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses. www.wired.com/story/ai-age...
AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
Chinese researchers have shown that AI models have the capacity to act like aggressive and adaptive computer viruses.
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Warming climates are likely expanding the range of suitable habitat uphill in Nepal, which could allow the leopard population to grow and, as a result, have a higher risk of conflict with humans. www.thexylom.com/post/leopard...
Living With Leopards in the Himalayas
Conflicts with people are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push the creatures into human settlements. There are solutions to try.
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The Gaza roadmap’s elaborate safeguards hide a harsh truth: Peace would cost both Hamas and Netanyahu the leverage to survive.
Trump’s Board of Peace Is Powerless To Fix the ‘You First’ Problem
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Trump seeks to shield his business finances from BBC in libel lawsuit
Trump seeks to shield his business finances from BBC in libel lawsuit
The president is trying to revise his lawsuit against the British broadcaster to focus on harms to his reputation allegedly caused by a network documentary.
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Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect (Gift Article)
Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.
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No UN body enjoys the same clout as the federal court that sent Al Capone down for tax evasion. We explain why the organisation’s next secretary-general can, at best, hope to nudge the mighty to do right
Al Capone would recognise today’s world order. That’s not good
In a gangsterish age, the UN needs an ultra-pragmatist as secretary-general
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Ninth Circuit orders EPA to reexamine glyphosate's toxicity to humans and the environment www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circui...
Ninth Circuit orders EPA to reexamine glyphosate's toxicity to humans and the environment
The active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup faces new scrutiny after the Night Circuit slammed a government agency's inadequate assessment of whether the chemical causes cancer.
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Roundup’s Surprising Connection to Industrial Meat - sentientmedia.org/roundups-con...
Roundup’s Surprising Connection to Industrial Meat
The one thing glyphosate has in common with the screwworm outbreak, deforestation, climate change and bird flu.
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Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution (Gift Article)
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Health Secretary Kennedy Said The Cyclospora Outbreak Was Under Control, Now The U.S. Has Confirmed Its First Deaths
Health Secretary Kennedy Said The Cyclospora Outbreak Was Under Control, Now The U.S. Has Confirmed Its First Deaths
The cyclospora outbreak has turned deadly after Michigan health officials confirmed the first two known U.S. deaths connected to the intestinal illness. According to the Michigan Department of Health and […] The post Health Secretary Kennedy Said The Cyclospora Outbreak Was Under Control, Now The U.S. Has Confirmed Its First Deaths appeared first on Baller Alert.
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I’m still trying to accept the reality that at age 78 I am an old man . This article interested me because I spend each day trying to become more knowledgeable about reality and attempting to accept it. I Told My Patient She’d Never Go Home. I Was Wrong. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | Doctors Must Learn to Tolerate Uncertainty (Gift Article)
When we doctors rush to provide certainty about how a patient’s disease will progress, we risk foreclosing possibilities.
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France had never seen a "fire cloud" until this month’s record-smashing blazes [via @wired.com]
France had never seen a "fire cloud" until this month’s record-smashing blazes
Extreme fire conditions on the ground have created a “natural force beyond our control.”
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is set to introduce legislation to create a new federal agency to investigate corruption in response to President Trump’s administration ahead of the midterm elections.
Schumer pitches new federal agency to investigate corruption
The new bill is part of the Democrats’ effort to articulate a legislative agenda ahead of the midterm elections.
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This show trial of Dr. Fauci reveals the Republicans are happy to promote the idea that the definition of the word reality is the same as the definition of perspective. Think about that for a while what’s the consequence of that? www.ms.now/news/anthony...
Lawrence O’Donnell torches Senate GOP for ‘disgracing themselves’ at Fauci hearing
Lawrence O’Donnell tears into Senate Republicans after Anthony Fauci’s contentious hearing on the origins of Covid-19.
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A new rule for asylum applications adds to the bevy of changes under the Trump administration to the core program for those fleeing persecution in their home countries. n.pr/4h4ByMf
The Trump administration has undercut the U.S. asylum program. These 3 charts show how
A new rule for asylum applications adds to the bevy of changes under the Trump administration to the core program for those fleeing persecution in their home countries.
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Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/c...
Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups (Gift Article)
Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties are demanding explanations.
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Commentary: It’s easy to forget that the vast majority of Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs — 80% or more, depending on the poll — value environmental conservation. One success story is the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/28/h...
Here’s how the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative got politicians from both parties on board • Ohio Capital Journal
In a time of political polarization, it’s easy to forget that the vast majority of Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs — 80% or more, depending on the poll — value environmental conservation.…
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Trump has made the death penalty a cornerstone of his law-and-order agenda. Nowhere has his vision been pursued more relentlessly than in Florida, thanks to an unusual concentration of power in the governor’s office. with @nytimes.com
Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty
Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight ...
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But climate change isn’t worth getting serious about, right?
The Independent@the-independent.com · last wk.Mapped: The areas in France and Spain affected by raging wildfires
President Donald Trump promised to put veterans first. Current and former VA hospital workers: Help us investigate whether he’s doing so 👇
Is Your Veterans Affairs Hospital Short-Staffed? Have You Seen Setbacks in Care? Help ProPublica Investigate.
We want to understand the consequences of cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. If you have firsthand information about conditions at your local hospital, we want to hear from you.
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"The fraud that truly matters right now is occurring at the top, and all throughout the Trump administration. The House Oversight Committee Democrats, at this time of writing, put the Trump family's 'digital grift profits' at $2.5 billion. Billion. With a B." www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...
Editor's Notes: Trump Is a Crook, and the Concern Trolling Over Fraud Is Beneath Contempt
This administration has gutted the machinery of anti-fraud enforcement and pilfered the country on an unprecedented scale.
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HE’S ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY 📰 This is the cover of the New York Daily News on May 5, 1980: “Local Billionaire Takes on 74-Year-Old Stroke Victim — For the Principle.” The “principle”⁉️ All tenants should pay their rent on time, no matter the circumstances.
The Constitution gives the states the authority to set the time, place and manner of federal elections. “It does not give the president of the United States any authority,” @marcelias.bsky.social says. https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
A new game show features celebrities competing for the title of “Nation’s Dumbest.” How did stupidity become a badge of honor? www.newyorker.com/podcast/crit...
The Golden Age of the American Idiot
A new game show features celebrities competing for the title of “Nation’s Dumbest.” How did stupidity become a badge of honor?
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