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Shocking! 99% - or almost the entire world's population breathes air with unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter & nitrogen dioxide, and threatens their health. More: bit.ly/3uW6wfC #HealthierTomorrow

Scientists are terrified that the Amazon might reach a dreaded tipping point, a sort of point of no return when the greatest rainforest on earth could dry out and turn into a sprawling savanna. bit.ly/34EbEvN

Peter Thiel, one of Donald Trump’s biggest donors in 2016, is now a key financier of the MAGA movement. The tech billionaire is backing 16 Senate and House candidates, many of whom have embraced the lie that Trump won the election. nyti.ms/3sFmgTd

@nytpolitics It's a wonder conservatives haven't started a new party.

A band of anti-Trump Republicans led by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is quietly maneuvering to bring allies to Washington and thwart Donald Trump’s bid to retain his hold on the GOP. The plan is so far yielding mixed results. nyti.ms/33hwoZB

@joncoopertweets New Zealand was much quicker to deal with theirs.

BREAKING: Canadian police moved in to ARREST the remaining anti-vax protesters and TOW their vehicles that had been blocking a key U.S.-Canadian border bridge early Sunday. Who else is HAPPY to see them finally arrested?✋

Canada should be preparing for the end of American democracy theconversation.com/canada-should-…

Bob Saget’s death drove home the importance of not being alone after a head injury, doctors said. “If you have a head injury, you never — and I mean never — be by yourself for the first 24 hours,” said Dr. Gavin Britz, a Houston Methodist neurosurgeon. nyti.ms/3uZUmnV

Why would Putin want to invade Ukraine? Because he wants democracy to fail, and not just in Ukraine theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

By releasing declassified intelligence about Russian moves against Ukraine, the Biden administration hopes to disrupt Moscow's plans and make it harder for President Vladimir Putin to justify an invasion. nyti.ms/34Fnq9b

BREAKING: trump campaign officials led by Rudy Giuliani coordinated the seven state conspiracy of forged electors. NOTE: campaign activities are not considered part of one's job as a federal employee as determined by DoJ last year. cnn.com/2022/01/20/pol…

It turns out that when you buy Uline products, you're helping fund an attack on our democracy thedailybeast.com/new-filings-re…

@TeamYouTube That seems like it wouldn't do much to mitigate an "attack" unless you make the recommendation alogirthms blind to dislikes. As for people it just removes the ability to tell which videos are controversial.

To reduce targeted dislike attacks & their impact on creators (esp on smaller creators), you’ll no longer see a public dislike *count* on YouTube starting today (the dislike button is staying). This comes after lots of research, testing & consideration → youtube.com/watch?v=kxOuG8…

Providing Can. a basic income could cut poverty by almost half in 2022, based on the federal poverty line. The decrease in poverty would be most felt in Man. & Que. where the number of people living below the poverty line would drop by more than 60%. ipolitics.ca/2021/04/07/nat…

Breaking News: Evidence is mounting that a tiny subatomic particle is being influenced by forms of matter and energy that are not yet known to science but which may nevertheless affect the nature and evolution of the universe. nyti.ms/3uzXOCb

The plan, if enacted, would mark a significant reversal of the steady decline in U.S. government spending on science, research and technology. ow.ly/eHfR50EfCQV

Meditation practices enhance top-down ability to control attention, study finds psypost.org/2020/12/medita…

@grist Not actually a carbon *tax*: scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/c… > the term “carbon tax” is often used [...] said this has nothing to do with the concept of taxation [...] the fuel and excess emission charges imposed by the Act were constitutionally valid regulatory charges and not taxes.

So far, Canada has succeeded where the U.S. has failed. bit.ly/3wnsk3Y

New Info About Encrypted Messaging Service Bust Shows Signal Protocol Is Still Secure, Law Enforcement Can Still Bypass Encryption tdrt.io/ino

False Equivalence is Killing the BBC – and It’s Killing Us, Too – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2021/01/13/fal…