Nuke the climate We all know that climate change is dangerous, which means it can be tempting to take drastic measures to tackle it. Such as building a nuclear bomb orders of magnitude bigger than any to date and setting it off deep under the seabed. News reporter Alex Wilkins drew Feedback’s attention to this little scheme. It is the brainchild of Andrew Haverly, who described his idea in a paper released on 11 January on arXiv, an online repository without peer review. Haverly’s plan builds on an existing approach called enhanced rock weathering. Rocks like basalt react with carbon…
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A Missouri woman convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and recently pardoned by President Donald Trump was sentenced to 10 years this week for killing a mother of two in a drunken-driving crash.Emily Hernandez was seen holding the broken nameplate of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after the mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol in 2021. She served 30 days in federal prison and was released.On Wednesday, she was sentenced in Missouri state court to 10 years in prison for a 2022 drunken-driving crash that killed Victoria Wilson and seriously injured her husband, Ryan Wilson, court records show.“Nothing will ever…
In a wide-ranging question-and-answer session with Meta employees on Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, defended recent changes he had made to loosening restrictions on online speech and ending diversity initiatives, and doubled down on embracing President Trump’s new administration.“I want to be clear, after the last several years, we now have an opportunity to have a productive partnership with the United States government,” Mr. Zuckerberg said, according to a recording of the meeting shared with The New York Times. “We’re going to take that.”Mr. Zuckerberg, 40, said it was “fundamental” for Meta — the world’s biggest social media…
There is no question that Zelensky has become a ruthless dictator at the behest of the West. If Trump really wants to end this war, cut off EVERYTHING to Ukraine until Zelensky allows an election and then send in monitors to ensure the Ukrainian people get a real election. Sources in Ukraine have often questioned if he was actually elected. But that is revisiting history and who knows the truth? What is clear is that he ran promising peace and has done absolutely everything opposite of what he ran for election promising. Vladimir Putin has raised this question about Volodymyr…
Credit: DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jette Carr and Prime Minister’s Office (GODL-India), via Wikimedia President Trump has just been sworn in, but his administration has already taken steps to promote a robust and efficient administrative state. By implementing four executive orders aimed at expanding the scope of Schedule F and reforming the federal hiring system, Trump can expediently implement the Department of Government Efficiency’s rulemaking and budget recommendations. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is a temporary advisory committee tasked with implementing Trump’s “18-month DOGE agenda” of maximizing efficiency and productivity in the federal government. Because…
Bravo released the highly anticipated trailer on January 30, and based on the three-minute teaser, watchers are in for a wild ride. Along with Williams’ exciting return to the network, the trailer also flashed a quick clip of Moore, which let fans know that she would be seen at the beginning of the season.Loyal Bravoverse members began questioning whether her scenes would be cut from the upcoming batch of episodes after news she departed the series in the middle of filming took over the internet.During the sneak peek of the upcoming season, Porsha Williams addressed Kenya Moore’s actions during the…
The implications of this tech decoupling are profound. For consumers, it means a world of incompatible standards, with Harmony OS potentially becoming a major platform across the Global South where China’s influence is growing. While adoption by non-Chinese manufacturers faces significant hurdles, the platform’s success in China’s massive domestic market alone would make it a force to be reckoned with. For businesses, the challenge is even more acute. Companies increasingly face an impossible choice: Maintain access to the Chinese market and risk US restrictions, or align with US policy and face Chinese retaliation. Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s vision…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that, if the United States imposes tariffs on his country, he will respond in kind. Speaking at a news conference in the capital Brasilia, on Thursday, Lula said his country seeks a relationship based on mutual respect. His comments came in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat of heightened tariffs. “It is very simple: If he taxes Brazilian products, there will be reciprocity,” Lula told reporters. “Trump was elected to run the US, and I was elected to run Brazil. I will respect the US and want Trump to respect…
According to The Wall Street Journal, Rozier is being investigated for his performance in a game on March 23, 2023, when he was playing for the Hornets. In the hours leading up to the game, there were unusual prop bets made that Rozier would fail to reach certain statistical benchmarks, raising alarms about potential suspicious activity. Sportsbooks and the NBA were alerted, and some books stopped taking bets related to Rozier’s performance that day.After recording five points, four rebounds and two assists in nine minutes and 34 seconds of action in the first quarter, Rozier exited the game during a…
Amazon announced on Wednesday that it was laying off dozens of workers in its communications and sustainability departments, and earlier this month, the company let go of 200 employees from its North America stores team. It’s only the beginning.In September, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that the company would be eliminating excess layers of middle management by the end of March. Now, a leaked Amazon Web Services (AWS) sales team guidelines document, obtained by Business Insider on Thursday, sheds light on how those middle-manager cuts will happen.The document tells AWS sales managers to increase their number of direct reports, pause…