The president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, is hospitalized with COVID-19 and is receiving treatment for lung problems associated with the disease, said Honduran health officials on Wednesday — one… Read the rest of the article: Honduras: President Juan Orlando Hernandez hospitalized for COVID-19
• Trump did not know Britain was a nuclear power, asked if Finland was part of Russia, Bolton writes. • Intelligence briefings were a waste of time, “since much of… Read the rest of the article: Bolton book says House impeachment inquiry should have probed Trump beyond Ukraine
Things on Earth are a mess, but it's fun watching these NASA Astronauts at work on a 24/7 live feed from the International Space Station. You can see Earth from… Read the rest of the article: Enjoy watching the NASA astronauts spacewalk
Hey there. Former chemotherapy patient for breast cancer here. When I was receiving chemo every week at the oncology clinic, one of the drugs they gave me so my body… Read the rest of the article: Doctors say DO NOT take Dexamethasone to prevent COVID-19, no evidence it works as a coronavirus prophylaxis
It's creepy and it's kooky. Also kind of spooky.
U.S. files breach-of-contract suit vs. former National Security Adviser John Bolton
UPDATE: Google is now saying NBC News got it wrong, here's Google's update below. Business Insider has a new story covering the update here. The Federalist was never demonetized. —… Read the rest of the article: Google cracks down on The Federalist & ZeroHedge for violating race-related content policies, may permanently suspend access to Google Ads revenue
“Prepared by a CIA task force, the report was introduced as evidence in the trial of Joshua Schulte, a former employee of an agency hacking unit”
The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee says executives from Facebook, Alphabet/Google, and Twitter have been summoned to appear Thursday at a virtual hearing on foreign influence and election security.
“The California utility agreed to pay a nearly $2 billion fine for causing the blaze, which killed dozens and destroyed the town of Paradise.”
Amazon says it will deploy an artificial intelligence surveillance system in warehouses that tells workers if they are too close to colleagues, as the coronavirus pandemic rages on and workers… Read the rest of the article: Amazon to enforce social distancing in warehouses with AI surveillance software 'Distance Assistant'
Donald Trump, June 16, 2020: “They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine.”
This unusual chicken enjoys joining their human for a relaxing bike ride.
We know Coronavirus is impacting Black, Latinx, and Native Americans at rates far higher than whites. New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows the racial gap is… Read the rest of the article: Racial disparity in COVID cases far worse than you imagined, CDC data shows
UPDATE, 6:50pm PT: AT&T tells Boing Boing, “We do not have an issue with our network,” and points us to this @ATTNEWS tweet: “Our network is operating normally, but it’s… Read the rest of the article: T-Mobile hit with cell phone outage, voice and text down for thousands of users throughout U.S.
• Voice of America's director and assistant director resign • White House April 10 newsletter falsely accused VOA of using taxpayer dollars to "promote foreign propaganda" • Two miserably failed… Read the rest of the article: VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit
Possibly his dumbest statement about COVID-19 ever
“Sao Paulo cemeteries to dig up graves for coronavirus space”
Zoom performs work of China internet censors — against users in the U.S.
Just like the Twitter experiment, and to nobody's surprise — a Facebook account that copies and re-posts President Donald Trump's posts word-for-word is immediately flagged for inciting violence.
