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☆ HBO documentary filmmaker says cable news 'ramped people up' for Jan. 6th and influencers like Alex Jones deserve jail time
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Daniel T. Allen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

He interviewed far-right figures, including Alex Jones, Enrique Tarrio, and supporters of QAnon. Andrew Callaghan interviewing Alex Jones on the set of Info Wars. You interviewed Alex Jones, Enrique Tarrio, and other fringe figures for "This Place Rules." Alex Jones makes millions of dollars selling brain pills, basically. I think the people who should be in jail for it are brainwashed content creators like Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn, Enrique Tarrio, and Alex Jones.

☆ Why Faulty Streetlights Are Turning Cities Purple — and Why It's Worrisome
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

LED streetlights are supposed to shine for the better part of a decade. Every city with purple lights that responded to my queries or has public records on the matter bought its LED lights from Acuity. The blue LED, with its narrow wavelength, enabled all sorts of modern tech, from the compact disc to flat-screen monitors. Acuity and the purple cities haven't been entirely transparent on that matter. "The purple streetlights are a result of the phosphor coating delaminating from the LEDs," says Fiona Hughes, a representative for the city of Vancouver.

☆ Researchers test mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Nancy Lapid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It delivers tiny lipid particles containing mRNA instructions for cells to create replicas of so-called hemagglutinin proteins that appear on influenza virus surfaces. A universal vaccine would not mean an end to flu seasons, but would replace the guess work that goes into developing annual shots months ahead of flu season each year. Moderna and Pfizer both have mRNA flu vaccines in late-stage human trials, and GSK (GSK.L) and partner CureVac (5CV.DE) are testing an mRNA flu vaccine in an early-stage safety trial in humans. These vaccines are designed to defend against only four recently-circulating influenza strains but could theoretically be changed up each year. The universal flu vaccine, if successful in human trials, would not necessarily prevent infection.

Summary 85 insurers make pledge to extend climate coverComes as COP27 talks focus on issue of loss & damageAfrican Climate Risk Facility to cover 1.4 bln peopleSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A group of over 85 African insurers has pledged to provide $14 billion of cover to help the continent's most vulnerable communities deal with climate disaster risks such as floods and droughts. Demand for compensation for the so-called 'loss and damage' caused by global warming has long been rejected by wealthy countries, wary of accepting liability for the emissions driving climate change. Against that backdrop, the African insurance plan is based around creating a scaleable, local market-based funding tool for resilience, the group said. "This is the African insurance industry saying let's come together and try and solve this ourselves," said Kelvin Massingham, director risk and resilience at FSD Africa, one of the partners behind the launch. The African Climate Risk Facility (ACRF) will provide protection for 1.4 billion people against floods, droughts and tropical cyclones by providing $14 billion of climate risk insurance by 2030 to African sovereigns, cities, humanitarian organisations and NGOs, the insurers said in a statement.

☆ Bank of Canada focus on more timely inflation data lowers overshoot risk
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Fergal Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Inflation tends to be reported on a year-over-year basis to smooth out fluctuations that occur in shorter-term measures. Some forecasters expect Canada's economy to dip into recession next year along with a downturn in global activity. Twelve-month rates include price growth that occurred much earlier in the year, economists explain. Inflation is likely to be more persistent after it spread from goods prices into slower-moving items, such as wages and services. Still, the BoC has opened the door to slowing the pace of tightening to more normal steps of 25 basis points.

☆ Canada recession may be ‘necessary evil’ as central bank queues big hike
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Julie Gordon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThat may be just what the central bank is looking for, said analysts. Inflation in Canada edged down to 6.9% in September, below June's peak of 8.1%, though still well above the Bank of Canada's 2% target. A majority of Canadian firms, meanwhile, think a recession is now likely in the next 12 months, a Bank of Canada survey showed this week. This means the central bank will not start cutting rates until inflation is "within shouting distance" of the 1-3% control range, he said. "I don't think they necessarily are aiming for a recession," said Andrew Kelvin, chief Canada strategist at TD Securities.

☆ Canada's inflation beat boosts chances of 75 bps rate hike
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Julie Gordon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate edged down but exceeded forecasts in September while underlying price pressures were largely unchanged, data showed on Wednesday, amplifying calls for another hefty rate hike by the central bank next week. Inflation was 6.9%, ahead of forecasts of 6.8% and down from 7.0% in August. All three of the Bank of Canada's core measures of inflation, its preferred yardsticks for underlying inflation, were flat in September, with the average of the three matching August's upwardly revised 5.3%. The bank has hiked rates by 300 bps since March and made clear more increases are coming. But it was lower gasoline prices that edged the annual inflation rate down, while consumers paid 11.4% more for their groceries, the largest gain since August 1981.

☆ Analysis: Loonie bulls reel as Bank of Canada trails Fed on terminal rate bets
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Fergal Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A Canadian dollar coin, commonly called a "loonie," and an American dollar bill are seen in this staged photo in Toronto, March 17, 2010. ,A lower terminal rate for the BoC than the Fed is not uncommon, but it threatens to pour cold water on Canadian dollar bulls' expectations that interest rate differentials would help underpin the currency over the coming year. The Canadian dollar has weakened 7.5% against the greenback since the start of the year. Canada's housing market has slowed rapidly in recent months, while its share of the economy, at 9%, is nearly twice that of the U.S. housing market. "Canada's economy is simply more interest rate sensitive than the U.S. economy," said Royce Mendes, managing director and head of macro strategy at Desjardins.

☆ U.S. rents surge, leaving behind generation of younger workers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Rose Horowitch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

REUTERS/Amr AlfikySept 21 (Reuters) - The cost of renting a home in the United States is surging and young workers have felt the sharpest pain, many of them taking on additional jobs or roommates to afford housing costs. Household rents in 2021 jumped 10% from pre-pandemic levels, according to Census Bureau estimates released last week. The 23-year-old spent a year in an apartment in New York City's Queens borough with a door that wouldn’t lock. Recent college graduate Caleb Seamon, 22, started delivering for Uber Eats alongside his full-time job at a think-tank to afford housing. Even so, Seamon says he only found a New York apartment because one of his roommate's parents acted as guarantors.

☆ (foto) Cum ar arăta bărbații obișnuiți în publicitatea de lenjerie intimă
▼ + stars: | 2015-08-07 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

BuzzFeed a realizat un experiment pentru a vedea cum arată bărbații obișnuiți în publicitatea de lenjerie intimă. Chiar dacă suntem obișnuiți să vedem în publicități de lenjerie intimă bărbați ce au corpuri perfect sculptate, bronzați, coafați perfect și fără niciun cusur, produsul pe care îl reclamează este utilizat de toată lumea, iar realitatea este total diferită de ceea ce vedem pe panourile publicitare. Bărbații sunt cu toții diferiți, de diverse etnii, înălțimi, greutăți și forme. Publicitatea impune băieților de mici un anumit aspect stereotipizat despre ce înseamnă masculinitate și perfecțiune. Astfel, echipa de la BuzzFeed și-a ales câte un panou pentru a-l recrea exact așa cum pozează bărbații model din imagine, cu abdomen cu pătrățele și biceps antrenat.

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The Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File found just 69 confirmed, unprovoked shark attacks on people and 36 confirmed bites worldwide in 2023. Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesYou should avoid estuaries, said Richard Peirce, an author, shark expert and former chair of the UK-based Shark Trust and Shark Conservation Society. Avoid dusk and dawnSwimming early in the morning or late at night can be lovely, but it’s also the time when a shark attack is most likely. If a shark is nearbyA great white shark swims off Guadalupe Island in Baja California, Mexico. Cut off the anglesA white shark swims across a sand bar off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in August 2021.

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