“We knew that changes in the water content in the Earth’s subsurface can trigger earthquakes and landslides. Now we know that it can also trigger volcanic eruptions,” said Falk Amelung, professor of geophysics at the UM Rosenstiel School and coauthor of the study. “Under pressure from magma, wet rock breaks easier than dry rock. It is as simple as that.”

Another tweeted, “No More Use of Chinese Products. 1st Step… Many More to Go.. #BoycottChina #DeleteTikTok #IndiaVsCorona.”

Hashtags such as #MakeChinaPay and #ChinaLiedPeopleDied are trending on Twitter. In India, the hatred over China are rising with each day. Trends such as #BoycottTikTok and #BoycottChineseProducts were also the top trends. Tik Tok being a companion to many Indians during quarantine, is being called out for Boycott.

“In compliance with the statewide Emergency Bail Schedule, issued by the California Judicial Council, bail for most misdemeanor and felony offenses must be set at $0. Because of this criteria, David Deon Porter was booked into High Desert Detention Center and released from custody following the booking process,” stated sheriff’s officials.

“During the pursuit, Porter drove erratically at excessive speeds through residential neighborhoods and ran multiple stop signs in the process. The pursuit covered approximately 1.6 miles and came to an end when Ported stopped the Jaguar in the 14600 block of Rosemary Dr,” stated sheriff’s officials.

…Russian generals, for example, speak openly of sowing chaos in the government financial system of an adversary, Professor Zysk said, and disrupting seabed cables “would certainly fit into the objective.”

To understand why these men may have found themselves on a submarine that can dive to perhaps 20,000 feet — more than 10 times deeper than crewed American subs are believed to operate — consider what crisscrosses the floor of the North Atlantic: endless miles of fiber-optic cables that carry a large fraction of the world’s internet traffic, including trillions of dollars in financial transactions. There are also cables linking the sonar listening devices that litter the ocean floor.

When democracy ages, it becomes a popularity contest, and so you get people who are good at public relations but terrible at practical decisions.

But some of the families and friends of the victims said a provincial warning system, which would have sent out text, radio and TV warnings, might have saved the lives of their loved ones.

During the worst mass shooting in the country’s history, the Nova Scotia provincial detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) sent a series of tweets to about 90,000 followers warning that there was an active shooter in the area.

More gravely, they said that CIA Director Brennan suppressed facts or analysis that showed why it was not in Russia’s interests to support Trump and why Putin stood to benefit from Hillary Clinton’s election. They also told me that Brennan suppressed that intelligence over the objections of CIA analysts.

It was not Orwell after all. Government does not force us to keep telescreens in our homes; we do it to fill the void of lack of purpose and a dying civilization. Distraction pales in comparison to having an actual direction however, and so the circular crisis intensifies as we try to solve problems caused by our methods with more of those methods:

Controlling for gender, race, maternal age, and prematurity, the team found that viewing screens at 12 months of age was associated with four percent greater ASD-like symptoms, and daily play time with a parent compared to less than daily play time was associated with nine percent less ASD-like symptoms. The findings back recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics which discourages screen time in children younger than 18 months, unless it is used for video chatting.

They equate wanting your people erased with healthy behavior and being sociable. If we really were in a congenial, free, open, and accepting environment, we could talk honestly about these things. True, this tshirt may have been in a bit of poor taste, but it also points to something that is on every mind: China let this happen, and we want to say “no thank you” to globalism, immigration, diversity, and international finance.

“As a brand that advocates for a positive and healthy lifestyle, we are against all racist behavior. Lululemon’s brand, core values and culture represent our stance. We will treat this event very seriously.”

Soon after Trevor Fleming, an art director for Lululemon Athletica, posted a link to the T-shirt in the bio section of his personal Instagram account, waves of online condemnation followed, and he was fired by the Canadian athletic apparel company. By a Reuters count, more than 1,000 comments were left on Lululemon’s official Instagram account criticizing the company for Fleming’s post.

Nine-in-10 Americans now view China as a threat, with 62% viewing China as a major threat — up from 48% in 2018.

Americans have tended to view China negatively since 2013, but that sentiment has grown dramatically over the past two years amid the U.S-China trade war and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. In that time, the proportion of Americans who view China very unfavorably has more than doubled (15% to 33%).

Two-thirds of Americans now view China unfavorably, up from 47% two years ago, according to data from Pew that suggests the increasingly adversarial approach from Washington is spreading throughout the country.

His conviction for the first degree murder of Jackson with the special circumstances of hate crime and multiple murders make this a possible death penalty case.

Muhammad was arrested by Fresno Police officers shortly after the mass shooting, and during a confession said he targeted white men.

He was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Jackson and the jury ruled that he was intentionally killed because of his race. Muhammad was also found guilty of second degree murder for the deaths of Randalls and Gassett.

World Bank warns of collapse in money sent home by migrant workers Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are projected to fall by nearly 20% to $445bn (£360bn), “representing the loss of a crucial financial lifeline for many vulnerable households”, the World Bank said. Remittances total about three times the amount of aid received by low-income countries and have become a cornerstone of living standards across the developing world. Migrants typically send money to their families to boost living standards in some of the poorest parts of the world, including south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and South America. Eastern Europe is expected to be one of the worst-hit regions as migrant workers in western Europe and Russia are forced to cut back the amounts they send back to families in Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and other former Soviet bloc countries. Globalism has died. Trump broke many of the cycles by forcing Europe to pay for its own defense, tightening American immigration, and renegotiating contracts in order to put the third world on a level playing field, reducing much of their cost advantage gained by refusing to accept our products. Now as the economic system that relies on outsourced labor collapses, replacements will be found, and they will be hard to displace.

New iOS exploit discovered being used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority Volexity said the exploit was deployed by a threat actor the company is tracking under the name of Evil Eye. The Evil Eye group is believed to be a state-sponsored hacking unit operating at Beijing’s behest, and spying on China’s Uyghur Muslim minority. This is the same group that Google and Volexity discovered in August 2019 using 14 iOS exploits to target Uyghurs since at least September 2016. The 14 exploits were also deployed using a similar tactic — using a “watering hole” technique to plant the exploit on a website and wait users to visit it. People who trust Apple not to be a ramshackle chaotic mess under the slick exterior must be unfamiliar with the history of the company over the past four decades. Apple got three things right: (1) technology should be aesthetically appealing (2) it should not require much technical knowledge and (3) it should work right out of the box. To do this, they reduced flexibility, which enabled them to sell older technology and chaotic software since their technology focuses only on common uses and is rigidly hostile to anything else. This reverses the 1970s-era hacker ethos of the company.

Stimulus bankrolls 22% jump in pornography site traffic, 204% in hard-hit Washington state “What’s especially interesting is that many people are splurging on adult entertainment and indulging their sexual fantasies. Since April 13, we’ve seen a 22% uptick in traffic to our livestreaming site, and tips to our models have increased by 40%,” he told us. Government creates consumerism: “free” money gets spent on trivialities and trinkets, creating a market for those, which since it is both fickle and memoryless, favors companies inconsistently. This works against demand for quality and instead favors demand for novelty, but government loves it because it kicks up economic activity which justifies more borrowing and more taxes.

Food Rationing Confronts Shoppers Once Spoiled for Choice The strong demand comes at a time of supply disruptions as food makers adapt to dramatic shifts in buying patterns and some processing plants close as workers fall ill. As a result, stores are restricting purchases to prevent items from vanishing from shelves. This reverses the the American consumer miracle that brought down Communism. For all its abundance, our system is not resilient nor durable, and because it is driven by consumer attitudes and not sober judgments about long-term needs, it quickly collapses when its economic environment changes.

China seeks ‘new world media order’ says watchdog, as Hong Kong plunges to 80th in press freedom index “China, which is trying to establish a ‘new world media order,’ maintains its system of information hyper-control, of which the negative effects for the entire world have been seen during the coronavirus public health crisis.” The NGO cited the arrest of three citizen journalists who reported on the coronavirus crisis as an example of the extensive censorship and suppression of media freedom during the pandemic. Twenty-first century totalitarianism: you are free to say anything, except that which might destabilize the regime. Like political correctness, this robs people of words and concepts to do anything but praise the way things are going and demand more of it. It evolved from the problem of twentieth century totalitarianism, which was that when government runs the media and industry, people know not to trust it; now, private industry simply bows to government so that it can continue to receive favorable treatment.

Japan preps first subsidy to company moving production out of China The new coronavirus has stalled manufacturing and logistics around the world, especially in exposing the vulnerabilities of Japanese companies, which rely on China for more than 20% of their parts and materials needs. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has come out in support of investments to strengthen domestic production and procurement networks. “Products that depend on one country and have high added value will be returned to Japan as production bases,” Abe said during a government meeting last month. “Even if the products do not depend on one nation, and do not have high added value, the manufacturing will be diversified to ASEAN.” Globalism is over. No one can afford a complete business shutdown. Countries Japan and the USA will be working to reduce their non-salary worker costs — unions, high taxes, affirmative action, expensive regulations, lawsuits — so that manufacturing and services can come back home. That will in turn displace immigrants from many of these jobs.

Oil Surges as Trump Orders U.S. Navy to ‘Shoot Down’ Iranian Ships if They ‘Harass’ American Vessels Brent crude futures contracts for June delivery, the benchmark reference for around 60% of global crude purchases, jumped $1.56 per barrel from last night’s close following the President’s Tweet, to change hands at $20.89 each heading into the end of the session, after trading as low as $15.98 per barrel — a 1999 trough — in early European dealing. Trump seems dangerous, but he actually pushes us farther from war, since setting clear lines and boundaries eliminates confusion and ambiguity which could serve as a Petri dish for military activity that might kick off a war. The world responds, as always, to a strong leader.

Cranes make comeback in Britain’s wetlands The graceful crane – the tallest bird in the UK – is making a comeback into Britain’s wetlands thanks to re-introduction and habitat restoration. Restoring habitats and keeping humans out of them makes all the difference.

Facebook to label national origin of popular posts For instance, an Instagram account targeting U.S. voters but based in Brazil will have every post labeled with “Based in Brazil.” Users then can swipe to find out more information about the account. The information war of our time turns out not to be cyberwar, but to be censorship warfare, as democracies try to prevent their unhinged citizens from following all of the propaganda from foreign sources.