Discord Banned Around 8,200 Users for Posting Inoffensive Images of Grids

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“Discord banned over 8,000 users in the past two months after they posted entirely benign images, including ones showing grids.”

Why Trump's nuclear blackmail of Iran failed spectacularly

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“In April, despite President Trump's implicit nuclear blackmail by threatening that "a whole civilization will die tonight," Tehran did not...”

Wrong war, for the wrong reasons, at the wrong time, by the wrong President.

Scientists discover why exercise reverses muscle aging

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“Researchers have uncovered a molecular "switch" that helps explain why exercise keeps aging muscles healthy. By reducing levels of a gene called...”

Muscle health is directly related to falls by the elderly.  And falls can be deadly for us old farts.  

Scientists discover a protein switch that burns fat and blocks new fat cells

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“A protein called "Mitch" may hold the key to a new generation of obesity treatments. ”

How Fly Fishing Benefits Your Mental Health

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“Studies show that the activity may relieve depression, stress and PTSD symptoms. It’s worked for me”

The Feds Could Soon Clear The Way For A Tesla With No Brake Pedal

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“New federal proposal could help Tesla, Zoox, and other robotaxi developers”

What are these developers trying to prove?  

Panicking Trump has finally realised the jeopardy his presidency is in

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“Trump appears to be in a belated panic about the impact of the fast-approaching November mid-term elections”

What's even more stunning is that President Trump refusing to sign or veto the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act will allow it to become law on July 7.  Trump is deliberately denying himself a win.  And a Trump veto would turn into another loyalty test.  Theoretically there are enough votes to...

This Is The Oldest Engine Still Being Produced Today

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“There will be three things to survive a nuclear war: cockroaches, W123 Mercedes, and Cummins B-Series inline-6s”

A gas well in northern Minnesota holds some of the richest helium-3 ever measured on Earth

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“This week, the president of a small helium company stood up at a quantum technology conference in Boston and made an unusual pitch.”

In a first, scientists extract ancient human DNA from cave walls

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“An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for...”

Paleogenetics?  The study of the genetics of old, dead people?  That's a highly specialized branch of science.