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The Dollyrots release a video for ‘Animal’

Florida-based Pop Punk husband and wife team The Dollyrots have released a video for ‘Animal’. The track is opener from their recent album, Daydream Explosion, which was released on Wicked Cool Records after Little Steven (The E Street Band) became a fan. Check out the video below.

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Millions of Americans’ Medical Information Is Available on the Internet, Where Anyone Can Take a Peek

This story was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom, and co-reported with the German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Medical images and health data belonging to millions of Americans, including X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans, are sitting unprotected […]

Tortillas tell the story of folate deficiency in Mexico

A new study hat accounts for folic acid fortification in staple foods made from wheat and corn, such as bakery bread and tortillas, found that large proportion of women of childbearing age have FA intake below levels recommended by the World Health Organization, potentially raising the risk for neural tube defects in their offspring. The study is one of a few to investigate FA intake after fortification.

Saudi Arabia Denies Its Key Role in Climate Change Even As It Prepares for the Worst

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, remains a principal funder of climate denialism even as it prepares for climate extremes.

The post Saudi Arabia Denies Its Key Role in Climate Change Even As It Prepares for the Worst appeared first on The Intercept.

We Can Dream

Assume we live in a healthy, functioning Democracy for this one.

Committing to the Bit

The bigoted-comedian-to-right-wing-welfare pipeline gets a new applicant.

GM Can Take Away Our Health Insurance, But They Can’t Stop Our Strike

Just after midnight on September 15, nearly 50,000 members of The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) walked off their jobs at 33 General Motors (GM) plants across the Midwest and South. For two days, workers have been picketing against GM’s dismal wages and two-tier contracts. Steve Frisque was among them. Frisque is a full-time union steward and committee lead at the GM parts plant in Hudson, Wisconsin.

The Trump Administration Will Prevent California From Setting Its Own Fuel Efficiency Standards

The Trump administration is expected to announce on Wednesday that it will strip California from having any legal authority to require stricter tailpipe pollution standards than the federal government, the New York Times reported Tuesday. The Times reports: The formal revocation of California’s authority to set its own rules on tailpipe pollution—the United States’ largest […]

Trump’s Junk Insurance Is a Windfall for Scammy Insurance Companies

Back in 2017 Republicans did their level best to destroy Obamacare. They failed, and in a final act of pique Donald Trump issued an executive order related to junk insurance plans. These were bare-bones plans limited to three months and meant as a short bridge for emergencies. Trump’s order allowed them to last as long […]

Saudi First: Trump Wants to Start a War With Iran When MBS Gives the Order

Why is Trump deferring to Riyadh? Questions need to be asked about his financial ties with Saudis who bailed him out during the 1990s.

The post Saudi First: Trump Wants to Start a War With Iran When MBS Gives the Order appeared first on The Intercept.

Billions of license plate scans are part of a private surveillance database
https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/17/repo-drivers-scan-license-plates/ #privacy #security

49,000 Striking Auto Workers Should Vote No on “Two-Tier.” Here’s Why.

Auto workers on strike since midnight at General Motors are between a rock and a hard place—a hugely profitable company making outrageous demands for concessions and a union leadership that made no plan for winning a strike and has not even told members what they’re going out for. Picket signs say simply “UAW on Strike.”

Researchers see need for action on forest fire risk

How do humans affect forest fires? An international team of researchers has now shown for a region in north-eastern Poland that forest fires increasingly occurred there after the end of the 18th century with the change to organized forestry. The increased number of fires subsequently made it necessary to manage and maintain the forests differently. In the wake of climate change, the researchers suggest new strategies for the fight against forest fires.

Every time you think: "But what about all the good things he did", consider: "What about all the people and potentially great contributions we lost because of him."

#RMS #FreeSoftware

We don't need leaders any more. We never did.

Do you have an idea for a Librem 5 app? Here’s a guide to setup your local development environment https://developer.puri.sm/Librem5/Development_Environment/Boards/emulators.html and an app design tutorial to get you started https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-app-design-tutorial-naming-your-app/ #purism #linuxphone #mobilelinux

New models show that the earth is warming faster than first thought
https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/17/new-models-earth-warming-faster-climate-change/ #climatechange #climatecrisis