First Jan 6 rioter to enter Capitol building sentenced to prison
The first rioter to enter the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in an attempt to stop the official certification of the US presidential election has been sentenced to more…
Scrutiny over claims RFK Jr cut off dead whale’s head
Reuters Robert F Kennedy Jr faces calls from environmentalists for an investigation over a historic claim that he once cut the head off a dead beached whale with a chainsaw…
Two Delta workers killed, one injured in accident at Atlanta airport
Two Delta Air Lines workers have been killed and one has been seriously injured after an accident at an airline maintenance facility in Atlanta. The workers were servicing a Delta…
Links 8/28/2024 | naked capitalism
Swiss chocolate: Scientists cut waste and sugar BBC (Robin K) FDA Expands Probe of Ecstasy-Based Drug Studies ars technica A neural network for religious fundamentalism derived from patients with brain…
The Rise of Fare Evasion
I’ve been riding the subway regularly for almost 40 years, first in New York, where I grew up, and these days in Washington, D.C. When I started doing so, in…
Peer Review: What Does It Really Mean Today? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Educated reader have been trained to treat peer reviewed papers with far more respect than presumed-to-be-not-verified research. Below, KLG explains why the peer research standard was never quite…
On the Distortions and Distractions of the Democratic National Circus | naked capitalism
Yves here. Some readers have been upset about the frequency of criticism in the comments section of Team Dem. I suggest you read this post and consider: the party has…
Federal Cases Against Trump Revived, and Israeli Forces Raid West Bank
Tune in, and tell us what you think at theheadlines@nytimes.com. For corrections, email nytnews@nytimes.com. For more audio journalism and storytelling, download the New York Times Audio app — available to…
Why People Stay After Local Economies Collapse − A Story of Home Among the Ghosts of Shuttered Steel Mills | naked capitalism
Yves here. On one level, this article focusing on how hollowed out Rust Belt communities persist is useful by looking at a neglected yet important of small scale collapse. But…
How the Federal Cases Against Trump Came Sputtering Back to Life
The two federal criminal cases against former President Donald J. Trump sputtered back to life this week after periods of delay and major legal setbacks. With 10 weeks left until…