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@yetiinabox@todon.nl
2026-03-21 11:24:39

Police in the USA will kill around 480 more civilians by 2050 if the temperature rises in line with SSP 5-8.5, leading to greater domestic political disorder.
A cheerful study from Zou, Hou, Xu and Wang in PLOS: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

Higher temperatures are associated with increased risk of police violence: A nationwide county-level study in the United States, 2013–2024
Ambient temperature has been demonstrated to be associated with a variety of violent or conflict events. However, few studies have so far linked temperature to the risk of police violence, where the quantitative estimate of the temperature effect is still unclear. In this study, we comprehensively explore the relationship between temperature variations and police violence risk based on a series of panel regression models with high-dimensional fixed effects in the United States. The results indi…

@bencurthoys@mastodon.social
2026-02-22 12:24:17

I don't mind a Misha as the new Melvin at all. This is good stuff.
[In Our Time] On Liberty #inOurTime
podcastaddict.com/in-our-time/ via…

In Our Time - On Liberty
Listen to In Our Time - On Liberty by BBC Radio 4 on Podcast Addict. Journalist, author and historian Misha Glenny presents his first edition of In Our Time, succeeding Melvyn Bragg who retired from this role last summer. Misha and his guests discuss the landmark work On Liberty by John Stuart Mill, published in 1859 and the increasing recognition for his wife Harriet Taylor Mill's contribution. The subject matter of the essay is ‘civil or social

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-03-22 16:32:52

This is one very brave lady.
Today in Focus: Charlotte Nichols MP on her rape trial ordeal
Starting from: 00:33:07
Episode webpage: theguardian.com/news/series/to
Media file:

Today in Focus | The Guardian

Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism.

Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Helen Pidd, Nosheen Iqbal and Annie Kelly combines on-the-ground reporting, insightful analysis and personal testimony from the people at the heart of the stories that matter, to give you a deeper understanding of the world we live in.

And to make sense of a rapidly-changing news cycle, our new evening edition 'The Latest' hosted by Lucy Hough, brings you up to…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-19 16:05:54

Democrats Walk Out of Bondi Meeting on Epstein Files (Sadie Gurman/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/politics/policy/democr
memeorandum.com/260319/p63#a26

@yetiinabox@todon.nl
2026-02-20 15:55:37

Maybe there is hope.
"All of the death rates were higher in states where more people claimed to pray daily. Only cancer and COVID-19 were correlated significantly with Trump’s percentage of the vote."
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

Prayer, politics, and policy related to age-adjusted cancer, heart disease, infant mortality, and COVID-19 death Rates, U.S. states 2018–2021
The role of religion and politics in the responses to the coronavirus pandemic raises the question of their influence on the risk of other diseases. This study focuses on age-adjusted death rates of cancer, heart disease, and infant mortality per 1000 live births before the pandemic (2018−2019) and COVID-19 in 2020−2021. Eight hypothesized predictors of health effects were considered by examining their correlation to age-adjusted death rates and indicators of health behavior among U.S. stat…

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-04-14 05:49:13

A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida wrote in the order that
Trump had failed to make the argument that the article was published with the intent to be malicious,
but gave the president a chance to file an amended complaint.
Attorneys for the newspaper and Murdoch had asked Gayles t…

Judge dismisses Trump’s $10B lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch
A federal judge has dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles in Florida wrote in the order issued Monday that Trump had failed to make the argument that the article was published with the intent to be malicious, but gave the president a chance to file an amended complaint. Trump's lawsuit came after the Journal published an article that …

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-03-17 22:19:29

A federal judge orders Voice of America employees reinstated by March 23, putting hundreds of people who have been on administrative leave back to work (David Bauder/Associated Press)
apnews.com/article/voice-of-am

Judge orders restoration of Voice of America
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the government-run Voice of America to full operations, putting hundreds of journalists who have been on administrative leave for a year back to work. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth's order came a week after he ruled that Kari Lake, President Donald Trump's choice to effectively lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, did not have the authority to effectively dismantle the congressionally authorized Voice of America. Followin…

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-03-18 16:25:53

How Epstein Collected Insider Tips on Stocks and Startups From His Network (Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/business/how-epstein-c
memeorandum.com/260318/p59#a26

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-02-12 08:46:57

Functional connectivity study on visually evoked auditory response based on high-density electroencephalography frontiersin.org/journals/neuro

Frontiers | Functional connectivity study on visually evoked auditory response based on high-density electroencephalography
AimThis study aimed to investigate the brain activity involved in visually evoked auditory response (vEAR) using high-density electroencephalography (EEG) an...

@davej@dice.camp
2026-03-17 05:08:18

They're talking about government-mandated #RentControl. The article doesn't mention it, because #jermalisms, but we have it in #Canberra. My

Unofficial SBS News Bot (@sbs_bot@chinwag.org)
Has Vienna solved the problem on housing affordability? https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/has-vienna-solved-the-problem-on-housing-affordability/m7x87eg8q #CostofLiving #Europe