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Pesticide atrazine

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

The EPA reports that the pesticide atrazine is likely to harm over 1000 endangered species.

This conclusion was reached under guidelines that required the EPA to disregard some scenarios of possible harm. So the number is likely to be an underestimate.

Camden, New Jersey, disbanded its thug department

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Camden, New Jersey, disbanded its violent and ineffective thug department and founded a new one with a different attitude.

This eliminated the old union contracts that gave thugs impunity for doing bad work, and even crimes.

Baseless claim of fake ballots

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Someone found a video of a photographer from WXYZ transporting equipment in a box on a wagon, and claimed (based on no evidence) that he was transporting fake ballots.

A news faker can generate dozens of fake instances of "fraud" every day, creating a miasma of dishonesty even if there isn't any real dishonesty. People who are convinced this way, when they see a refutation of one accusation, may respond, "One of those instances was debunked, but there are plenty more," without remembering the specifics, so there is no effective way to refute the rootless accusation.

Adani mining company's Australian subsidiary

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Adani mining accidentally renamed its Australian subsidiary to a word meaning "crooked, villainous, depraved."

The company denied that the renaming was because the name "Adani" had recently developed negative associations, saying that the negative associations had existed for a long time.

Finnish zoo monkeys

samedi 7 novembre 2020 à 01:00

A Finnish zoo gave monkeys control buttons to request various kinds of recorded sound tracks. Their preference was traffic noise.