Journal of Informational Observations

Most visitors to Death Valley National Park only make it a short distance to any site at the hottest and driest place on Earth before returning to the sanctuary of an air-conditioned vehicle. apnews.com/article/death-…

The August 2022 security breach at popular #password management service #LastPass was worse than originally reported, with hackers obtained a trove of personal data, including encrypted password vaults. Read: thehackernews.com/2022/12/lastpa… #infosec #cybersecurity #hacking #databreach

Maya Gabeira, a 33-year-old Brazilian surfer, rode a 73.5 foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal, in February. Now it's official: The wave was the biggest surfed by anyone during the 2019-20 winter season, a first for women in professional surfing. nyti.ms/32UJ9X4

Just in: FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before Congress at worldwide threats hearing that Russia continues to actively interfere in the 2020 election, primarily to “denigrate former Vice President Biden”.

406 million miles from Earth, Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere was captured perfectly by @NASAHubble on Aug. 25 as the Great Red Spot plowed into storm clouds: go.nasa.gov/3c7zD61

THREAD: Bill Gates says climate change is an even harder problem than the pandemic. He told us about coronavirus vaccines, climate change innovations, misinformation, and how Elon Musk and Steve Jobs are different. Here's what he said trib.al/AKGEzZn

Barbados says it will remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic reut.rs/33OoIun

BREAKING: Data from two ground-based telescopes have discovered small quantities of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus. There are no known non-biological mechanisms of making the gas on Venus, so it *may* be being produced by alien microbes. (1/5) #Echobox=1600095714" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newscientist.com/article/225441…

Iran executes champion wrestler Navid Afkari. Ingoring international and domestic outcry and threat to be ousted from world sport community. No words. #نوید_افکاری nytimes.com/2020/09/12/wor…

BREAKING: Bahrain becomes the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East. apne.ws/D6oj3rx

The devastating explosion that tore through Beirut was a disaster-in-waiting, our investigation found. Bribery, graft, a dysfunctional government and tons of ammonium nitrate combined to cause a ruinous explosion that killed 190 people and injured 6,000. nyti.ms/2ZnyGRL

WATCH: President Trump told Reuters reporter Jeff Mason to take off his mask at a White House press conference, saying he was "very muffled." Mason refused and said he would just speak louder cbsnews.com/live

Climate activists gathered at Trient glacier mourn Switzerland's receding ice reut.rs/332IHoz

There are some things you can no longer freely say in Hong Kong. Or write. Or tweet. Or draw. Or sing. nyti.ms/2F6rhPq

Exclusive: The official August data on the number of fires in Brazil’s Amazon needs to be corrected and will likely show an increase over last year, meaning that blazes surged to a decade high, a scientist responsible for the figures told @Reuters reut.rs/34ZhqGf 1/3

Shinzo Abe's right-hand man Yoshihide Suga is the son of a strawberry farmer. But now he is Japan's longest-serving chief cabinet secretary, and is in the race to become the next prime minister. Read his profile from our archives. Read more: s.nikkei.com/3jDyzcJ

NEW: From airlines to Starbucks, a massive part of the U.S. economy hinges on white collar workers returning to the office. But the move to remote work doesn’t show signs of stopping anytime soon. read.medium.com/CZc1nwl

"If the mosquito can't get dengue, then it can’t transmit it between humans." Scientists are fighting fire with fire, infecting mosquitoes with bacteria that prevents them from getting dengue. @WMPglobal's @Cam_Simmons explains how it's done

Second World War spy, Noor Inayat Khan is the latest person to receive an English Heritage blue plaque. 🔵 Khan was Britain's first Muslim war heroine in Europe and was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1949.