Caught between a rock and a hard place, Nigerians in northeast live perpetual in fear of Boko Haram insurgents, military
In more than 30 interviews in the northeastern town of Bama in late 2022, men and women described the depopulation of the countryside by military “clearance” operations that they said had torched their villages, destroyed food supplies and killed those unable to flee.
How Wagner Group boss Prigozhin-led mutiny against Putin precipitated death of Russian troll farm
Initially, the troll farm sought a new owner, but Reuters reported ahead of the July 4 holiday that the infamous influence machine will instead be disbanded. Prighozin, meanwhile, was said to have been exiled to Belarus – but has now returned to Russia, according to the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
New report unearths how researchers feared to reveal how Covid vaccines weaken immunity
Substacker Igor Chudov: The deep-pocketed funders of Covid vaccines had no problem pouring billions into them without any preliminary data – but helping their victims is not one of their financial priorities.
After long silence medical Science Magazine admits Covid vaccines weakens patients’ immunity
A total of 1,569,668 reports of adverse events following Covid-19 vaccines were submitted between Dec. 14, 2020, and June 23, 2023, to VAERS. The latest available data from VAERS show 770 reports of POTS with 578 cases attributed to Pfizer’s vaccine, 160 reports attributed to Moderna’s and 31 reports to Johnson & Johnson’s.
Forget how your personal data is harvested by your phone, your car ‘knows’ your sleazy secrets
The Vehicle Privacy Tool says Toyota’s documents are “silent” on whether the company collects data from people’s phones that are synced with its vehicles. Proffitt says it doesn’t collect this data, except for “using an identifier for the sole purpose of connecting a user’s profile on the Toyota/Lexus app with a vehicle” if a profile has been set up. “Any synchronization of contact info and call history for Bluetooth purposes remains on the vehicle and is not sent to Toyota,” Proffitt says.
Dogfight: Facebook parent company launches Threads app that might just cannibalise Twitter
The platform also arrives at a particularly weak moment for Twitter. Musk’s recent announcement that free Twitter accounts would, temporarily, only be able to view 600 tweets per day was met with derision. Such moves will likely further hurt advertising on the platform – worsening a crisis that’s been ongoing throughout Musk’s tenure.
Medical doctors raise red flag over how US courts permit drugmaker Merck to sell killer asthma drug
Pre-emption defences became a centrepiece of the George W. Bush administration – and FDA policy under his presidency, Reuters reports. This was part of the Bush campaign’s promise to address what it described as “frivolous” lawsuits.
Big Pharma Merck under scrutiny for knowingly making killer asthma drug that leads children to suicide
Singulair, also known as montelukast, is available to adults and children as a medication for severe allergies and asthma. The drug “blocks chemicals, called leukotrienes, in the body,” according to Dr Michelle Perro, a paediatrician. Leukotrienes “can be involved in the precipitation of asthma and can cause respiratory symptoms, as well as inflammation of the airways,” Perro says.
Fears US Supreme Court decision to quash Affirmative Action will stall Black students’ education
What exactly does this mean for the future generations of Black students applying to institutions of higher education? It’s too early to tell, but we can guess from what’s happened in the nine states that have already eliminated affirmative action.
Wagner Group: Ukraine war was started by Russian oligarchy to benefit themselves, gain power
The war was started by the Russian oligarchy to benefit themselves and gain power. In his rant, Prigozhin did not criticise Russian President Vladimir Putin by name, focusing instead on the broader Russian elite, and specifically on his personal enemy Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
