Archive for October, 2020
Intermittent Fasting from Dawn to Sunset Induces Anticancer Serum Proteome Response
October 30th, 2020Via: Scientific Reports: Subjects had a significant reduction in body mass index, waist circumference, and improvement in blood pressure that co-occurred with the anticancer, anti-diabetes, and anti-aging serum proteome response. These findings suggest that intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset actively modulates the respective genes and can be an adjunct treatment in metabolic syndrome.
Disney’s Humanoid Robot with ‘Lifelike Gaze’ Is the Stuff of Nightmares
October 30th, 2020Via: Technabob: Because sometimes you need to diversify your assets and Disney has decided it wants to add some nightmare fuel to its portfolio, they recently posted a video of a humanoid robot developed by its research division with a “realistic and interactive lifelike gaze.”
Walmart Pulls Guns and Ammo from Store Displays, Citing Potential “Civil Unrest”
October 29th, 2020Via: CBS: Walmart on Thursday said it has pulled guns and ammunition from the sales floors of its U.S. stores as it seeks to keep firearms from being stolen should social unrest erupt. “We have seen some isolated civil unrest, and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have […]
Greenwald Resigns from The Intercept Over Attempted Suppression of Joe and Hunter Biden Information
October 29th, 2020Via: Glenn Greenwald: Today I sent my intention to resign from The Intercept, the news outlet I co-founded in 2013 with Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, as well as from its parent company First Look Media. The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored […]
Police Department in Georgia: Response to 911 Calls Could Include Drones
October 29th, 2020Via: Atlanta Journal Constitution: Brookhaven will become the first city in the southeast to adopt a first responder program that uses unmanned drones to respond to 911 calls, emergencies and to conduct investigations. On Tuesday night, the city approved funding for the Brookhaven Police Department’s UAS (unmanned aerial system) unit, which will consist of four […]
France: Two Terror Attacks
October 29th, 2020Via: Daily Mail: France has been struck by two terror attacks within hours of each other as three people were killed – two of them beheaded – in an attack inside a cathedral in Nice before a gunman was shot dead by police in Avignon. The first attack began around 9am at the Notre Dame […]
Canada: “Wolves on the Loose” Propaganda Training Mission
October 28th, 2020Hmm. What other fake operations do they run against their own people? Via: Ottawa Citizen: A letter from the Nova Scotia government sent out to residents to warn about a pack of wolves on the loose in the province was forged by Canadian military personnel as part of a propaganda training mission that went off […]
Israeli State Censor Among Those Chosen for Facebook “Free Speech Court”
October 28th, 2020Via: Mint Press: Inviting a literal state censor from a country with such an atrocious record of oppression and overt ethnic cleansing policies to serve in a supervisory role at one of the largest content networks in the world, should be reason enough for concern. Perhaps, even reason enough to call for the board’s dissolution […]
Under Guise of ‘Helping’ Schools, Big Tech Collects — and Profits From — Kids’ Data
October 28th, 2020Via: Children’s Health Defense: The COVID-19 outbreak has led to more than 90% of the world’s students not physically attending schools. As a result, schools worldwide are turning to online learning service providers, or education technology commonly known as EdTech. Market analysts expect the emerging “smart education” market to be worth about $680 billion by […]
New Research Grants for Geoengineering with High Atmosphere Aerosols
October 28th, 2020Via: DNYUZ: On Wednesday, a nonprofit organization called SilverLining announced $3 million in research grants to Cornell University, the University of Washington, Rutgers University, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and others. The work will focus on practical questions, such as how high in the atmosphere to inject sunlight-reflecting aerosols, how to shoot the right […]
