The Denver Post

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces shelled Europe’s largest nuclear plant early Friday, sparking a fire as they pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing Ukrainian city and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea.

Leading nuclear authorities were concerned — but not panicked — about the damage to the power station. The assault triggered phone calls between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders. The U.S. Department of Energy activated its nuclear incident response team as a precaution. Continue reading “Russia attacks Ukraine nuclear plant as invasion advances”

Technocracy

ESG stands for “Environmental, Social, Corporate Governance” and has been likened to a globalized Social Credit Scoring system for business. If you have a high ESG score, it will be easy to qualify for credit, to get the best deals with vendors and to participate in the global supply chain.  Continue reading “ESG Scoring Drives Companies Into Sustainable Development, Aka Technocracy”

Techxplore – by Harini Barath, Dartmouth College

Dartmouth researchers have built an artificial intelligence model for detecting mental disorders using conversations on Reddit, part of an emerging wave of screening tools that use computers to analyze social media posts and gain an insight into people’s mental states. Continue reading “AI model detects mental disorders based on web posts”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The White House on Wednesday formally asked Congress to vote on $10 billion in humanitarian, economic and security aid for Ukraine and Central European allies in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to The Hill.

“Given the rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine, I anticipate that additional needs may arise over time,” wrote Office of Management and Budget acting director Shalinda Young in a Thursday letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, adding that she also anticipates “additional funding will be needed to support the covid-19 response” as well. Continue reading “White House Asks Congress For $10B In Ukraine Aid, $22.5 Billion In COVID Funds”

Daily Mail

Ukraine has accused Russian of launching cluster and vacuum bomb attacks as part of a terrifying offensive, with the country’s president claiming that Vladimir Putin‘s actions amounted to war crimes.

But just what are vacuum bombs, how do they work and what happens to innocent civilians caught in their wake? Continue reading “What IS a ‘vacuum bomb’? Savage superweapon Ukraine claims Russia has detonated”

RT

Footage from outside New Zealand’s parliament building showed violent clashes on Wednesday between police and anti-vax protesters, who have been demonstrating there for nearly four weeks.

Hundreds of officers in riot gear moved in on the camp where protesters had gathered, destroying tents, removing vehicles and making 38 arrests. Authorities responded using tripwires, plywood shields, pitchforks and fire extinguishers in a bid to repel police. Continue reading “Anti-vax protesters clash with police outside parliament”

Middle East Monitor

Old images and footage of Palestinian Ahed Tamimi confronting Israeli soldiers were posted on social media and labelled as “brave” Ukrainian girl confronting Russian soldiers.

A Twitter account posted Tamimi’s images with a comment: “Brave 8-year-old Ukrainian girl, c0nfronts a Russian Soldier telling him to go back to his country.”  Continue reading “Ahed Tamimi’s image posted as example of Ukrainian confronting Russia soldiers”

My Northwest – by Jason Rantz

A Seattle-area school board is defending its decision to offer racially segregated meetings to help select a new superintendent. The board president claims non-white parents feel more comfortable “surrounded by other people similar to them.” The defense is condescending and racist. Continue reading “School board defends segregated meeting, says ‘marginalized’ are uncomfortable around whites”

Epoch Times

The fear of someone informing on them to the Chinese Communist Party, and of the possible harm inflicted on family members in China, is so powerful and pervasive that some members of the Chinese-American community are ill-inclined even to speak to their elected representatives at public events, according to Michigan State Sen. Jim Runestad. Continue reading “China ‘Openly Recruiting Spies in the United States’: Michigan State Senator”

Mint Press News – by Ahmed Abdulkareem

HAJJAH, YEMEN – “We’re brutally bombed every day. So why doesn’t the Western world care like it does about Ukraine?!!… Is it because we don’t have blonde hair and blue eyes like Ukrainians?”  Ahmed Tamri, a Yemeni father of four, asked with furrowed brows about the outpouring of international support and media coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lack of such a reaction to the war in Yemen.  Continue reading “Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West’s Grotesque Double Standard”

The Covid Blog

This article is prefaced with a few facts. The U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) reported 122 helicopter accidents, with 51 fatalities, in 2019. There were 92 accidents and 35 fatalities in the first year of COVID dystopia (2020) when aircraft were grounded for months. In fact there was a 107-day period in 2020 with no fatal helicopter accidents, which is unusual compared to other years. Further, small, private aircraft crash relatively-frequently, even before the COVID-19/vaccine era. But the difference since 2021 – more people are dying in said crashes. Continue reading “Mayday: Four helicopters, seven private planes crash in United States in 14 days, at least 20 people dead”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Right about the time the world was hoping to rise out of a semiconductor crisis, we’re learning that the conflict in Ukraine could plunge the world further back into a chip shortage.

Little known companies like Ukraine’s Cryoin play large roles in the global production of semiconductors, Wired noted this week. Cryoin, for example, makes the neon gas used to power lasers that make patterns on chips.  Continue reading “The Little Known Ukrainian Industry That Threatens To Make The Global Semi Shortage Far Worse”

Metro

President Volodymyr Zelensky has applied for Ukraine to join the European Union in what has been hailed as a ‘historic moment’.

The leader has been calling for ‘fast-tracked’ entry into the EU to help his nation fight off Russian forces by strengthening its ties with the West. Continue reading “Volodymyr Zelensky applies for Ukraine to become member of European Union”

RT

Ukraine has called on international financial organizations to cancel the country’s foreign debts claiming massive destruction in the country caused by the Russian military offensive that began last Thursday.

“The scale of destruction in Ukraine … is colossal! In view of this, our external creditors must be required to write off Ukraine’s debts. To date, the external debt is 1.6 trillion hryvnia, or more than $57 billion.  Continue reading “Ukraine wants its foreign debt written off”

CNN

Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider is OK with Ukrainians using his smash hit, “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as an act of defiance against the Russian invasion.

Anti-maskers? Absolutely not, he says.  Continue reading “Dee Snider backs Ukrainians using his smash hit as a battle cry. But he has a message for anti-maskers”

CBS News

SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk is providing free satellite-based internet service in Ukraine through his company Starlink, as Russia invades the nation and causes power outages.

Starlink is a growing network of small satellites that SpaceX has been building out since 2018 to supply broadband internet access around the globe. On Monday, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, tweeted that a truck full of Starlink terminals had arrived on Ukraine soil, after he had requested them. Continue reading “Elon Musk activates free SpaceX Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine”

Western Standard – by Amanda Brown

Organizers hope Canadians nationwide will be joining hands, literally, across the country this Saturday to protest the federal government’s ongoing vaccine mandates.

The Freedom Chain is planned to stretch across the entirety of the country’s Trans Canada Hwy. beginning in Victoria, BC and finishing in St. John’s, NL. The highway is 7,476 km long. Continue reading “Canada-wide human Freedom Chain hopes to end federal mandates”