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Researchers found that these gloves can unintentionally transfer particles onto lab tools used to analyze air, water, and other environmental samples. The contamination comes from stearates, which are not plastics but can closely resemble them during testing. Because of this, scientists may be detecting particles that are not true microplastics. “It led to a wild …
People are furious because it highlights how bad things are with inflation and tight budgets while execs make bank. People aren’t “bad with money.” Housing, food, healthcare, and debt costs rose faster than wages for years. — Vivek Singh ! Cashflow (@vivekwithmoney) May 8, 2026 Americans are drowning in credit card debt. We just hit …
They spent years calling tough policing racist and now act shocked when reversing it actually works. Blue city’s staggering 40% violent crime drop a ‘blueprint for other cities,’ law enforcement expert says. Data from the Memphis Police Department shows violent crime is down over 40% so far in 2026 compared to the same period last …
He's not wrong. Europe spent decades making themselves dependent on Russian gas, then acted shocked when that became leverage. Buying Russian energy while sending Ukraine weapons is literally funding both sides of the conflict. The strategic incoherence is staggering. — Adams Azeez | Creative Strategist (@Leader_zeez) February 7, 2026 Ave electricity rates are 3x to …
If you’re wondering why asset prices are getting hit like gold down over 10% and silver down more than 30% in a day then listen to this Kevin Warsh clip. He’s openly critical of QE and favors a tighter Fed balance sheet which means less liquidity across markets. pic.twitter.com/fye4ds2o06 — Shay Boloor (@StockSavvyShay) February 1, …
(Bloomberg) — China said it’s “deeply shocked” by the US’s military strikes on Venezuela and its capture of President Nicolas Maduro. China “strongly condemns the US’s blatant use of force against a sovereign state and action against its president,” a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement late Saturday. “Such hegemonic acts of the US …
German women book a €50 hotel in Paris and are shocked by what they see. pic.twitter.com/6cut4TabnX — RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) December 13, 2025
A tense hallway video shows a man pounding on a resident’s door and refusing to leave even after being told multiple times to back off. When he kept escalating, the resident pressed a taser to the metal door handle from inside without ever opening the door, and the shock sent him running down the hallway …
It was on the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corp. pic.twitter.com/g3eF6DI28B — David 🇺🇸 (@David747815774) November 11, 2025 https://twitter.com/1776ussingraham/status/1988447298146488326 While people are freaking out about Mamdani, the President Of The United States is welcoming to the White House the head of Al Qaeda from Syria. They’re buddies now. The U.S., Israel & AlQaeda are all …
Banks and PE don't like the sunlight. They fight it at all costs. Then you get a Tricolor and they all act shocked. — kristen shaughnessy (@kshaughnessy2) October 4, 2025 Most of Wall Street had buy recommendation or no worse than hold recommendations on Silicon Valley Bank the DAY IT FAILED. pic.twitter.com/jKFS2juOAf — TACO Trade …
by Michael Now we are allowing AI to create new viruses? Are we mad? What scientists at Stanford University are doing sounds like the plot to a really bad disaster movie. Viruses that are designed by AI are assembled by crazy researchers, and then those viruses start hunting down bacteria and reproducing. Needless to say, it …
History shows (12 out of 12 times since 1947) when unemployment rises, it rises hard and it rises fast. This time will not be different. pic.twitter.com/aTzJEzO9He — Bob Hyneman (@BobhynemanUSA) September 6, 2025
Washington JAW-DROPPED by Trump’s $88 BILLION tariff bombshell. The Swamp is in UTTER DISBELIEF over the unexpected flood of cash! NEW: President Trump received a call from Congress, and they were SHOCKED to learn that his administration has brought in $88 BILLION in tariff revenue. "I got a call the other day from the people …
Since March 24, 2025, northern China has been battling extreme weather as a massive sandstorm swept through Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Beijing, plunging cities into darkness and suffocating residents in thick dust. Just as people were struggling with hazardous air conditions, a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Hebei Province in the early hours of March 26.
The Trump administration is now dismantling the U.S. Department of Education that coming just as congress is racing to prevent a larger government shutdown later this week. h/t dimwitty
Trump’s DOJ fired Adam Cohen, the head of the department’s drug trafficking and organized crime unit, in a brutal two-sentence memo. “The Justice Department on Thursday sent out a memo referencing Cohen’s task force, saying it would combine the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces with the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program. Together, the new entity …
STEWART: “I’ve been shocked by how undemocratic the Democratic Party can be.” PSAKI: “What do you mean?” STEWART: “By putting their foot on the scales to make sure that Hillary Clinton comes out.” PSAKI: “Oh.” STEWART: "I've been shocked by how undemocratic the Democratic Party can be." PSAKI: "What do you mean?" STEWART: "By putting …
Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted spending Friday on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days. The order, which shocked State Department officials, appears to apply to funding for military assistance to Ukraine. Rubio’s guidance, issued to all diplomatic and consular posts, requires department staffers to issue “stop-work orders” on nearly all “existing foreign …
Well, well, well Look who donated to Democrats on ActBlue then drove a truck through a crowd in New Orleans with an ISIS flag pic.twitter.com/oqoR351Tn5 — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 1, 2025
These people are a menace to society. Businesses have left neighborhoods. They have destroyed cities. — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) December 23, 2024 h/t dr0id
Scientists have found California ground squirrels are evolving in a ‘shocking’ way – the animals have developed a taste for flesh. While these squirrels are known to eat a lizard on occasion, a new video captured dozens of them hunting, attacking and feasting on rodents for the first time. The bizarre behavior was observed between …
A Secret Santa in eastern Idaho recently surprised a young man who stays positive even though he has daily struggles. Aiden, who is a high school sophomore living in Soda Springs, was born without feet and has endured several surgeries, East Idaho News reported on Sunday. His prosthetic legs sometimes give him trouble, therefore, he …
A top Pentagon official responsible for purchasing arms for America’s defense stockpile has expressed ‘shock’ at the increasingly sophisticated arsenal possessed by Yemen’s Houthis. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante spoke at an event hosted by Axios on Wednesday, where he said that Houthis are displaying and deploying advanced weaponry, especially …
Morning Joe, Scarborough was SHOCKED to learn about the high price of groceries. Butter is $10 bucks pic.twitter.com/DsyCV5FSoc — Donnie Detroit (@DonnieDetroit19) November 7, 2024
Municipalities break down the changes as several towns adjust outdated property tax rates and rising town budgets.
Rabid fur seals are biting people. A marine biologist and the co-founder of Ocean Conservation Namibia discuss what the first rabies outbreak in marine mammals means for swimmers, seals, and seal conservation. In recent years there has been a marked increase of aggressive, unprovoked, incidents involving seals against humans around Cape Town, South Africa. And …
