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Hiroshima University researchers have found that fermented stevia extract may fight pancreatic cancer without harming healthy cells—potentially making it more than just a zero-calorie sugar substitute.

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Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Robert Francis O’Rourke and his radical organization, Powered by People, for unlawful fundraising activity, including potentially operating a misleading financial-influence scheme to fund runaway Democrats who fled Texas to break quorum.

“Democrat runaways are likely accepting Beto Bribes to underwrite their jet-setting sideshow in far-flung places and misleadingly raising political funds to pay for personal expenses,” said Attorney General Paxton. “This out-of-state, cowardly cabal is abandoning their constitutional duties. I will not allow failed political has-beens to buy off Texas elected officials. I’ll see you in court, Beto.”

O’Rourke and Powered by People intentionally misled donors to fund runaway Democrats’ personal expenses, despite advertising it as political fundraising. By knowingly blurring the distinction, O’Rourke and Powered by People sought to take advantage of uninformed donors by directing them to explicitly political fundraising platforms, all while intending to use the funds for purposes they understood to be constituted as personal expenditures. Texas law prohibits organizations from engaging in false, misleading, and deceptive acts, such as the fundraising scheme operated by O’Rourke and Powered by People.

Attorney General Paxton has requested a temporary restraining order and an injunction preventing O’Rourke and Powered by People from continuing to raise or distribute money for the purpose of funding the runaway Democrat House members. Attorney General Paxton previously demanded documents from Powered by People and opened an investigation into a Soros-funded group that is also underwriting the quorum break.

UPDATE: Judge blocks Beto O’Rourke from financially supporting Texas Democrats who left the state

Apparently Paxton’s theory is that O’Rourke financially supporting the Democrat exodus constitutes a species of bribery. We’ll see where that goes.

The Times (UK).

Nigel Farage is drawing support from five distinct voter groups — including younger, affluent and progressive voters — according to a new study that reveals deep public disillusionment across traditional political lines.

Commissioned by Best for Britain and conducted by YouGov and the research agency Faster Horses, the study combined polling with video diaries to examine why voters are turning to Reform.

It found potential Reform voters are united by a sense of betrayal, hopelessness and anger, though they differ sharply on issues such as the NHS, climate change and the welfare state.

They’re mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it any more. So to speak.

Unfortunately, they still haven’t discovered Reagan’s Law: Government is not the solution, government is the problem. Britain has too much government, and has had since 1945.

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Unlike Obama and Biden, who roamed about the world looking for other people’s business into which they could stick their noses, Trump actively tries to create peace–as with the “Abraham accords”– for which he will get ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIT from the Usual Suspects.

UPDATE: Trump Peace Summit Set To End Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

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VIZZ works by gently shrinking the pupil of the eye, using aceclidine. This creates a “pinhole effect” – like narrowing a camera lens — which helps bring nearby objects into sharper focus. Unlike older eye drops, this one does not significantly affect the eye’s focusing muscles, so it doesn’t blur your distance vision or cause that “zoomed-in” effect (aka a myopic shift).

Ultimately, the drops offer improved reading vision for up to 10 hours, without the need for glasses and, importantly, without the side effects of older treatments.

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President Donald Trump said Thursday he has directed the Department of Commerce to launch preparations for a new and “highly accurate” national census, according to a post to his Truth Social account.

The president said the count would reflect current information, incorporate data from the 2024 presidential election, and explicitly exclude individuals residing illegally in the U.S.

“I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024,” his post read. “People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

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Five soldiers were shot Wednesday at Fort Stewart in Georgia, leading to a lockdown at the Army base before the suspect, and an active-duty soldier was arrested.

All five soldiers are in stable condition and expected to fully recover, Brig. Gen. John Lubas, commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division, which is based at Fort Stewart, said at a news conference that aired live on Newsmax. The suspected shooter was identified as Quornelius Radford, 28.

The shooting took place in the team area of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, which is also known as the Spartan Brigade.

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According to the team, the newly developed drug, Adriana, is a groundbreaking painkiller, which works on a completely different mechanism to morphine and other existing synthetic opioids. The drug has the potential to revolutionize pain control in the medical field, the team said.

The team also expects that the drug will help resolve the so-called opioid epidemic, in which a large number of deaths occur mainly due to overdoses of opioids.

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Italian police arrested 13 people in a nationwide sweep against Chinese organized crime groups, striking what authorities called a “double blow” to criminal networks accused of drug trafficking, labor and sex exploitation, and money laundering.

Multiple coordinated operations conducted across a total of 25 provinces, including Milan, Rome, Florence, Prato, and Catania, targeted Chinese clans operating with mafia?style intimidation and territorial control, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry and remarks by anti-organized crime police official Andrea Olivadese.

“On one front, the State Police carried out a ‘high?impact’ action in 24 Italian provinces targeting entrenched Chinese criminal groups engaged in illegal trafficking, exploitation of prostitution and labor, product counterfeiting, drug dealing, and international money laundering,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

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A stabbing at a Michigan Walmart on Saturday was stopped by an armed man, a Marine veteran, who went to the shooting range but “forgot to take his pistol off his hip.” The New York Times, Associated Press, Washington Post, NPR, NBC News, BBC, and many others completely ignored the gun used to stop the attack. But an eyewitness described how others who had tried to stop the attacker were stabbed, but it took the Marine with a gun to stop the attack. The attack was stopped several minutes before the first responders were able to arrive. One thought is that this hero might get some coverage in the legacy media simply because he is black and the attacker is white.

Nope. Having a gun costs more Wokemon Points than being a Negro gains.

This case was far from unusual. Between January 2021 and December 2024, concealed handgun permit holders stopped 37 attacks that police said would have turned into mass public shootings if not for their intervention. But they rarely get national news attention.

Remember: When seconds count, police respond in minutes … if you’re lucky.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Aug. 4 that it has ended a decree initiated more than 44 years ago, which imposed across the federal government hiring practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) theories.

This is not the end of anti-white racism. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it may be the end of the beginning.

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Imagine if every moment is filled with a high-pitched buzz or ring that you can’t turn off.

More than 25 million adults in the U.S., have a condition called tinnitus, according to the American Tinnitus Association. It can be stressful, even panic-inducing and difficult to manage. Dozens of factors can contribute to the onset of tinnitus, including hearing loss, exposure to loud noise or a viral illness.

There’s no cure, but there are a range of strategies to reduce the symptoms and make it less bothersome, including hearing aids, mindfulness therapy, and one newer option – a device approved by the FDA to treat tinnitus using electrical stimulation of the tongue.

Gallup.

A view long held in American political philosophy is that working for oneself is a more desirable state than working for others.

New research on entrepreneurial insights from Gallup, supported by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, finds empirical evidence to support such ideals about entrepreneurship. Adults who employ others score higher than other groups, including employees and non-employer owners, on a variety of measures — income, wealth, life evaluation and work engagement.

The War Zone.

Overall, the upgraded Mogami class frigate would represent a massive improvement over the Anzac class design, the first of which entered Australian service in 1996 and the youngest of which are now pushing 20 years old. The final selection of the winner of the SEA 3000 competition comes at a time when Australia is facing growing demands to safeguard its own maritime interests, including being able to keep highly strategic maritime trade routes open, particularly amid growing regional competition with China. There is also the prospect of becoming involved in a major conflict in the Pacific with China, alongside allies like the United States and Japan, where naval capabilities would play key roles. With all this in mind, Australia is separately in the process of acquiring its first-ever nuclear attack submarines with the help of the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as looking to bolster its surface and subsurface fleets with new uncrewed capabilities.

Purchasing Mogami class frigates from Japan also deepens Australia’s ties with an important ally, and vice versa. For Japan, a sale of warships would represent a major entry into the global arms market that the country has been building toward for years now. Japanese authorities and defense contractors have clearly been looking to sweeten the offer to Australia. In February, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced plans to expand its facilities in Canberra. The month before, Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, had said Australia could skip ahead of his country in the production queue if it picked the Mogami offer.

ALSO: The Combat Information Center In Japan’s New Frigate Is Like A Starship’s Bridge

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If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

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As we’ve looked at in the past, Sharrow has completely reimagined the marine propeller, swapping the usual thin-edged blades with a set of closed loops designed to cut efficiency-sapping tip vortices down to virtually nil. With smoother, more effective hydrodynamics, the propellers are claimed to offer up to 30% better fuel efficiency than a traditional propeller while also cutting noise and vibration.

Sharrow has developed several different propeller models, including the mesmerizing CX stacked contra-rotator and the more mass-market-friendly MX-A small outboard propeller. The latter took a big step at addressing one of Sharrow’s biggest drawbacks: uninvitingly high prices. It starts at US$1,995, which is still a far cry from inexpensive but is a solid step down from the $4,995 to $11,995 range of other variants.

Beyond propellers, Sharrow is looking toward its next chapter with Sharrow Labs. Based in Michigan Central’s Newlab innovation and mobility hub, Sharrow Labs is focused on pioneering new technologies and innovations in propulsion, clean energy and next-generation mobility. It will also look to expand Sharrow’s footprint into new industries, including aerospace, wind energy and defense.

Everybody who runs a boat has been waiting impatiently for these people to get off the dime and produce products for them to use. YouTube has videos of the props in action; it’s pretty exciting.

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A catalyst tethered by DNA boosts the efficiency of the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO, a building block for many chemical compounds.ds

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Skechers recently started selling a line of kids shoes that have a hidden compartment under the insole for inserting Apple’s AirTag item tracker.

If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

The Times (UK)

The abiding image of Charles Darwin is of the naturalist in his later years, bearded and with a face etched by time, sitting in his garden at Down House in Kent. But he was a youthful 22-year-old when he embarked on what would be one of the most consequential expeditions in human history: his five-year journey onboard HMS Beagle, beginning in 1831, which gave rise to the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Two centuries on, a magnificent Dutch three-masted topsail schooner — the Oosterschelde — has docked in the shadow of Tower Bridge after a two-year conservation expedition retracing Darwin’s steps, having stopped at big ports where the Beagle made landfall. But whereas Darwin’s voyage forced humanity to reconsider its past, this project looks to the future.

The Darwin200 initiative was spearheaded by the British naturalist and geographer Stewart McPherson, 43, who sought to harness the naturalist’s legacy to inspire and train a new generation of scientific thinkers.

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What the researchers from Japan, China, Canada, and the US found is that a particular family of these TEs, called MER11, can strongly influence gene expression and act like “genetic switches” — without actually changing the underlying DNA.

“Our genome was sequenced long ago, but the function of many of its parts remain unknown,” study coauthor Fumitaka Inoue from Kyoto University said in a statement about the work.

MER11 sequences are what’s known as long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons. Spookily, these are believed to have originated from an endogenous retrovirus (ERV) that infected a simian ancestor tens of millions of years ago, hijacking the DNA of the cells it invaded to produce copies of its genetic makeup that have never gone away, but have largely remained inert. Per the researchers, at least eight percent of the human genome comes from these retroviruses.

That, plus all the other TEs littering our genome, makes for a lot of puzzling clutter for human scientists to sift through. The authors argue that the current methods for classifying and annotating TEs are inaccurate, leading to DNA sequences being overlooked as genetic junk. This inspired them to test their own classification system.

UPDATE: Your DNA Is Full of Ancient Viruses – And They’re Running the Show

Judge dismisses lawsuits against Trump’s dismantling of USAID (Kaelan Deese/Washington Examiner)

Democrats Get Lowest Rating From Voters in 35 Years, WSJ Poll Finds (Aaron Zitner/Wall Street Journal)

FCC Chairman: President Trump is fundamentally reshaping the media landscape (CNBC)

Fetterman Thanks Trump Team for Infrastructure Wins

Trump notches winning streak in Supreme Court emergency docket deluge (The Hill)

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In today’s world, allergies are nearly unavoidable. For instance, a report from Stanford Medicine suggests that nearly 40 percent of the human population (over three billion people) suffers from at least one allergic condition, making allergies one of the most widespread health issues globally.

The situation is even worrisome in the US, where over 50 percent of all kids suffer from this problem. However, surprisingly, there’s one group in America that seems almost immune to allergies, the Amish. Compared to the earlier 50 percent figure, only seven percent of Amish kids have developed any allergic condition.

Moreover, “generally, across the country, about 8 to 10 percent of kids have asthma. In the Amish kids, it’s probably 1 to 2 percent. A few of them do have allergies, but at much, much lower rates compared to the general population,” Carole Ober, an expert on human genetics from the University of Chicago, told The Washington Post.

These numbers are so incredible that scientists are now digging deep into Amish barns and homes to understand how these children are being protected. They believe that their findings could lead to treatments that prevent allergies altogether.

I thought it was the beards but what do I know?

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If you ask 1,000 different Americans about the state of the U.S. economy, you will get 1,000 different opinions. But what is the truth? In this article, I am going to share information with you that is indisputable. I like to examine things from an analytical point of view, and so I always want to know what the cold, hard numbers are telling me. And what the cold, hard numbers are telling me is very troubling.

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Elon Musk’s retro-futuristic Tesla Diner and Supercharger in Los Angeles quietly opened its doors to first responders over the weekend. Musk announced on X that if the concept proves successful, a nationwide rollout is a possibility.

“If our retro-futuristic diner turns out well, which I think it will, @Tesla will establish these in major cities around the world, as well as at Supercharger sites on long-distance routes,” Musk said.

LiveScience.

Twenty-two years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, scientists have unveiled the most expansive catalog of human genetic variation ever compiled.

Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people around the world. They leveraged recent technological advancements to analyze long stretches of genetic material from each person, stitched those fragments together and compared the resulting genomes in fine detail.

The results deepen our understanding of “structural variants” within the human genome. Rather than affecting a single “letter” in DNA’s code, such variations affect large chunks of the code — they may be deleted from or added to the genome, or encompass places where the DNA has been flipped around or moved to a different location.

ScienceAlert.

In a bid to better understand fear and how it works, a team led by neurobiologist Hui-Quan Li of the University of California San Diego has mapped the changes in brain chemistry and neural signaling in mice receiving hefty frights – and, even better, figured out how to stop it.

“Our results provide important insights into the mechanisms involved in fear generalization,” says neurobiologist Nicholas Spitzer of UC San Diego.

“The benefit of understanding these processes at this level of molecular detail – what is going on and where it’s going on – allows an intervention that is specific to the mechanism that drives related disorders.”

The study was conducted in mice genetically modified to express a specific transporter of the important neurotransmitter glutamate in the brain, as well as a fluorescent protein in the nuclei of their brain cells, to allow the team to track the changes in the brain.

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Dillard’s Inc., one of the largest department store chains in the United States, has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking shareholder approval to relocate its corporate domicile from Delaware to Texas.

The board’s decision, disclosed in a recent regulatory filing, marks a significant step in a growing trend of companies abandoning Delaware as their state of incorporation due to increasing concerns over shareholder litigation and court rulings unfavorable to corporate leadership.

Dillard’s, which operates about 270 stores in 30 states, employs around 40,000 workers and generates over $7 billion in annual revenue. The company has long been a staple in American retail, offering fashion apparel, cosmetics, and home furnishings.

According to the SEC filing, the company cited “certain high-profile litigation outcomes in Delaware that involved companies with controlling stockholders” as a primary reason for the proposed move.

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The Department of Defense (DOD) is looking to restructure current promotion systems to ensure that personnel directly engaged in military and combat operations get top positions, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in an announcement posted to X on July 20.

“America’s sons and daughters who serve in our military deserve the best leaders commanding them, which is why we need to reform the promotion system at DOD, how we get those leaders,” Hegseth said.

Stuart Scheller, senior adviser to the DOD undersecretary in personnel and readiness, who joined Hegseth in the announcement, has been tasked with “looking at the entirety of the selection and retention process for our military’s officer corps,” Hegseth said.

Well, we used to do that….

SciTechDaily.

New research indicates that erythritol, a sugar substitute commonly recommended for individuals with obesity or diabetes, may carry unexpected health risks.

From low-carb ice creams and keto-friendly protein snacks to “sugar-free” sodas, erythritol is a widely used sweetener found in countless diet and specialty food items.

However, new findings from the University of Colorado Boulder suggest that this commonly used sugar substitute may carry unexpected health risks. According to the research, erythritol can affect brain cells in ways that may increase the likelihood of stroke.

The study was published in the Journal of Applied Physiology

Just use sugar … or, better yet, don’t.

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What if you could inject a drug into a “problem area” – like abdominal fat – that could kill off fat cells and reduce fat stores in that localized spot? That’s what a novel drug from Taiwan’s Caliway Pharmaceuticals offers, the world’s very first injection that triggers programmed fat-cell death in a targeted area, like the belly or the thighs.

Known as CBL-514, this small-molecule drug induces adipocyte apoptosis, which kills fat cells rather than starves them, meaning different regions of subcutaneous fat stores can be rapidly reduced in just a few weeks after a single dose. It’s currently being tested for three uses: Non-surgical fat reduction, Dercum’s disease – which causes painful fatty tumors to build up around the body, and cellulite.

“Administered via subcutaneous injection, CBL-514 has demonstrated a favorable safety and tolerability profile, enabling significant localized fat reduction without surgery and delivering results comparable to liposuction,” Caliway has stated.

While it’s being investigated for various applications, the leading one – and the one expected to be on the market first – is for the non-surgical reduction of problematic abdominal fat.

And, in about twenty years, we’ll discover that it has some appalling side effects.

New Atlas.

Following on from their breakthrough human trial that successfully reprogrammed the immune system to overpower glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, the same scientists have now further developed the mRNA vaccine to fight not one but any cancer. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy, surgery and radiation treatment.

University of Florida (UF) scientists have developed an experimental vaccine that dramatically boosts the immune system’s ability to fight tumors – even without targeting a specific cancer type. This “general purpose” mRNA jab works in a similar way to a Covid-19 vaccine but with a different target; it instructs the body’s immune cells to rally and hit any kind of tumor in the same way they would attack a viral spike protein.

“This paper describes a very unexpected and exciting observation: that even a vaccine not specific to any particular tumor or virus – so long as it is an mRNA vaccine – could lead to tumor-specific effects,” said Elias Sayour, a pediatric oncologist and principal investigator at the RNA Engineering Laboratory at UF. “This finding is a proof of concept that these vaccines potentially could be commercialized as universal cancer vaccines to sensitize the immune system against a patient’s individual tumor.”

Don’t hold your breath expecting it to show up at your local doctor any time soon.

Government is the reason we can’t ever have nice things.

Victor Davis Hanson.

In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo.

The unthinkable has become the banal.

Take illegal immigration—remember the 10,000 daily illegal entries under former President Joe Biden?

Recall the only solution was supposedly “comprehensive immigration reform”—a euphemism for mass amnesties.

Now, there is no such thing as daily new illegal immigration. It simply disappeared with commonsense enforcement of existing immigration laws—and a new president.

How about the 40,000-50,000 shortfall in military recruitment?

Remember all the causes that the generals cited for their inability to enlist soldiers: generational gangs, obesity, drugs, and stiff competition with private industry?

And now?

In just six months, recruitment targets are already met; the issue is mostly moot.

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RMIT University researchers created the new metamaterial – a term used to describe an artificial material with unique properties not observed in nature – from common titanium alloy.

But it’s the material’s unique lattice structure design, recently revealed in the Advanced Materials journal, that makes it anything but common: tests show it’s 50% stronger than the next strongest alloy of similar density used in aerospace applications.

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Don’t hold your breath expecting to see it at your local doctor any time soon.

Government is the reason why we can never have nice things.

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A paradigm shift is sweeping across Europe. From Finland to Portugal, from Greece to Ireland, countries across the continent are steadily tightening their immigration policies. What progressive elites used to denounce as ‘xenophobic rhetoric’ barely a decade ago is now being implemented as laws, decrees, and police operations in response to mounting public pressure led by the social and political Right. Reality, pushed forward by popular discontent, has crashed into the immigration debate with full force.

The facts speak for themselves. Austria has become the first EU country to deport a Syrian national back to his country of origin, and Germany has already announced its intention to follow suit—whether it follows through remains to be seen. Greece, meanwhile, has temporarily suspended asylum applications from North African nationals, a decision prompted by a surge in illegal arrivals on the island of Crete. In an unprecedented move, Italy has established migrant centers in Albania, where rejected asylum seekers are detained until deportation.

This tightening also extends to the regularization of migrants. Portugal has overturned a 2018 regulation that allowed tourists to legalize their status after a year of employment and social security contributions. Greece has gone even further, abolishing the possibility for illegal immigrants to apply for residency altogether, even after seven years in the country.

The Proglodyte Plan of Invade the World, Invite the World appears to be losing steam.

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The in-depth study of Santander employees using advanced medical imaging equipment soon revealed another shocking finding: atherosclerosis was ubiquitous. The volunteers were apparently healthy, aged between 40 and 55, but 63% of the participants showed signs of the disease. The new results show that some gut bacteria, in certain states, produce imidazole propionate, a simple molecule with six carbon atoms, eight hydrogen atoms, two nitrogen atoms, and two oxygen atoms (C?H?N?O?). This compound enters the blood, interacts with immature white blood cells, and triggers an inflammatory reaction in the arteries, which promotes the buildup of fatty plaques.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for it to reach your local doctor.

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All three members of the United Nations’ anti-Israel inquiry have resigned, citing personal—or, in one case, no—reasons.

The commission’s most recent report was released in May and made what Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration described as “abhorrent and immoral accusations” against Israel, including that it was carrying out acts of “extermination” in Gaza.

Monitoring group UN Watch has celebrated the resignations, expressing hope that “the dominoes are falling.” Hillel Neuer, the group’s executive director, said the emptying of these positions was “long overdue.”

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Monday said he would reissue his criminal referral to the Department of Justice for Dr. Anthony Fauci after his pardon was confirmed to be issued by a late-night autopen.

The New York Times, a Voice of the Crust.

Of course, were Biden (or Harris) President instead of Trump, this wouldn’t be anything to worry about.

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Vance Boelter, the man accused in the political assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and the shootings of another lawmaker and his wife, refused to discuss a potential motive but insisted his case “didn’t involve” either President Donald Trump or abortion.

“You are fishing and I can’t talk about my case,” he wrote to The New York Post in an exchange of messages, using the jail’s internal messaging system from his cell at the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minnesota.

“I am pro-life personaly [sic] but it wasn’t those,” Boelter added. “I will just say there is a lot of information that will come out in future that people will look at and judge for themselves that goes back 24 months before the 14th. If the gov ever let’s [sic] it get out.”

So much for the Narrative.

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Psilocybin, the active compound derived from psychedelic mushrooms, significantly delayed cellular aging and extended lifespan in a preclinical study. Researchers observed a 50% increase in the lifespan of human skin and lung cells and a 30% increase in survival in aged mice treated with psilocybin.

The compound appeared to reduce oxidative stress, preserve telomeres, and improve DNA repair, all key to slowing aging. These findings suggest psilocybin may one day enhance not just lifespan but also quality of life in aging populations.

Which is why its use is now illegal except with government permission.

Government is the primary reason why we can’t have nice things.

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They look like an ordinary pair of glasses – but these are tech-packed specs.
On a Zoom call, Niko Eiden, chief executive and co-founder of Finnish eyewear firm IXI, holds up the frames with lenses containing liquid crystals, meaning their vision-correcting properties can change on the fly.
This one pair could correct the vision of someone who normally uses totally different pairs of glasses for seeing near or far.
“These liquid crystals… we can rotate them with an electrical field,” explains Mr Eiden.
“It’s totally, freely tuneable.” The position of those crystals affects the passage of light through the lenses. A built-in eye-tracker allows the glasses to respond to whatever correction the wearer needs at a given moment.
However, tech-laden eyewear has a troubled history – take Google’s ill-fated “Glass” smart glasses.
Consumer acceptability is key, acknowledges Mr Eiden. Most people don’t want to look like cyborgs: “We need to make our products actually look like existing eyewear.”

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rescinding a 1998 interpretation of a law that allowed illegal immigrants to access certain government-funded programs, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on July 10.

The health secretary is rescinding the interpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), a law that said illegal immigrants cannot obtain “federal public benefits.”

The 1998 interpretation by the HHS said the law’s definition of benefits “does not provide sufficient guidance for benefit providers” and that HHS was stepping in “to facilitate compliance” with a requirement in the law for providers to verify a person’s qualifications for benefits.

It said that certain programs, including Head Start, which provides child care for lower-income families, were accessible to illegal immigrants.

That interpretation improperly narrowed the scope of the law, letting illegal immigrants access programs that lawmakers intended only for Americans and qualified immigrants, such as immigrants granted asylum, HHS said on Thursday.

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) posted on X Wednesday, exposing how Communist billionaire Neville Roy Singham—who operates a dark-money NGO network allegedly tied to funding anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles and resides in China with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—has suddenly vanished.

“Neville Singham— the billionaire communist with ties to the CCP, who funded the LA riots and used immigration & Mexicans as a Trojan horse for communism— is hiding from our letter requesting testimony,” Rep. Luna wrote on X.

I love the smell of conspiracy in the morning….

Instead of calling them ‘conspiracy theories’ we ought to call them ‘spoiler alerts’.

The Hill, a Voice of the Crust.

It sounds as if Justice Jackson is embracing her inner AOC.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a judge’s order preventing the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs across the federal bureaucracy, for now.

The court in its unsigned ruling said Trump’s February executive order directing federal agencies to prepare for reductions in force (RIFs) is likely lawful.

It enables federal agencies to resume implementing Trump’s directive, though the high court left the door open for plaintiffs to challenge any agency’s specific plan down the road.

UPDATE: Now it’s Sotomayor who schools Ketanji Brown Jackson on the law

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that the Department of Agriculture will curb farmland purchases by ‘foreign adversaries’ including China.

Rollins also said she will be a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, “as of this afternoon.”

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As a mother of nine in Tennessee, Sarah Fagerburg tried a variety of different schooling types, from public schools to homeschooling, but she always felt there had to be something better. In the spring of 2023, she discovered Acton Academy from listening to a podcast, and knew that this was the educational model she had been seeking.

“My mind was blown,” said Fagerburg. “I had no idea education could be this good.”

She applied to open her own Acton Academy, and was accepted into the fast-growing network of approximately 300 independently operated schools, emphasizing learner-driven education. Fagerburg launched Acton Academy Johnson City last fall with 13 students, including four of her own children. Today, she has 26 K-6 students enrolled in her secular microschool, with plans to add a middle school and high school program in the coming years. “Parents want this. They love it,” said Fagerburg, adding that some families drive up to 45 minutes each way for their children to attend her program.

She says she sees enormous demand for the Acton Academy model, and hopes to open more locations in Tennessee, but access is a key concern. “I grew up poor,” said Fagerburg. “I never would have been able to attend a school like this.”

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It turns out that the appendix appears to have two related functions. The first function is supporting the immune system. The appendix has a high concentration of immune tissue, so it’s acting to help the immune system fight any bad things in the gut.

The second function that it serves is what we refer to as the safe house. So this was a hypothesis that was put forward by a team from Duke University in 2007. And they argued that the appendix may serve as a safe reservoir for the beneficial gut bacteria that we have.

Naval News.

U.S. Navy budget documentation released last week is adding a series of new capabilities to the current AN/SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasures suite, including a new hard-kill capability via deck launchers, set to be deployed to over 168 different front-line ships in coming years.