Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-01-13

Voices, The Peoples News

January 13, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Archaeology
Have We Uncovered A New Species Of Ancient Humans? Homo juluensis would have roamed the woodlands of northeastern China, hunting horses and crafting tools from stone. According to the researchers, the species may also have processed animal hides in order to survive.
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# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk could become a ‘special government employee’ as a co-lead of DOGE. Here’s what that means. Musk, who Trump tapped to co-lead DOGE, may become a “special government employee.” SGEs have less stringent ethics rules, to a degree, compared to regular federal employees.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
A Big Social Security Change Just Signed by President Biden Comes With Bad News for Retirees
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No indication Trump will back down on tariffs, but retaliating not the answer: Smith
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Trump’s plans for the economy may ruin you. Stand back while regular-guy-billionaire Donald Trump installs a phalanx of other billionaires who will, in a totally non-elite way, lower their own taxes while taking away government services that many forgotten men and women rely on for little things like continuing to live.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global Trump’s ‘51st state’ comments a distraction from tariffs, Canada’s retaliation plans, Trudeau says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s ready to respond with tariffs on US products.
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# Education / Schools / Global
From Arrests to Invasions, Israel Targets West Bank Universities. Palestinian universities, powerful resistance sites, are forced to contend with settler violence and segregation walls.
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# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation. For more than a century, Californians have argued over how to allocate the state’s water among farmers, industry, cities, and homeowners, and how to reverse longstanding policies that simply take more and more water away from the environment.
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Los Angeles Will Remain at High Risk of Fire. The arrival of La Niña is starving California of rain, and more high Santa Ana winds could be on the way.
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Death toll rises to 24 in LA wildfires, more wind expected
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# Foods / Things that impact your health World’s ‘second healthiest vegetable’ is one most people throw out. A list of the world’s healthiest foods has named the top 10 fruits, vegetables and meats you should be eating more of, and the second healthiest vegetable is a real surprise
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# General News
Elon Musk teams up with Brexit mastermind Dominic Cummings to target Sir Keir Starmer online. Musk has blasted the UK Government for weeks on his platform X
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# Gov / Politics
Unelected ‘swamp’ takes control, imposes 19 rules for every law passed: The unelected “swamp” that President-elect Donald Trump promised to drain last year issued an average of 19 new rules and regulations for every single law passed, an “unconstitutional” effort that has been allowed to go on for years.
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Republicans: We Want ‘Strings Attached’ to California Fire Aid: GOP Senator Trashes California’s ‘Liberal Administration’ On CBS, Says Wildfire Relief Cash Will Likely Come With ‘Strings Attached’
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Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision
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Extreme House Republican Plan Would Cut Medicare and Social Security While Slashing Taxes for Big Corporations and the Wealthy
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The GOP Is Rewriting What It Means to Be a Person. The far right is weaponizing a doctrine that granted rights and liberties in order to snuff out the citizenship of anyone who isn’t a white man.
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What Trump Really Wants From Greenland and Panama. Yes, the president-elect really is serious about expanding the U.S. But what he mostly wants is to bully small countries that won’t fight back.
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Trump’s Sinister Loyalty Tests Have Already Begun: Trump officials are reportedly asking civil servants a series of alarming questions. “The folks that we’re bringing in are 100 percent aligned with the president’s agenda.”
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‘There is going to be shock and awe with executive orders’
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California governor accuses Musk of ‘encouraging looting’ with misleading claims. Factually incorrect posts shared by Elon Musk on his social media site claim California governor Gavin Newsom decriminalised looting
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Majority Whip Emmer says ‘We’re going to put the Trump agenda in place’
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For fear of finding something worse: Trump and the end of the global rules-based order
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# Gov / Politics / Global
‘This place instilled constant fear in us.’ The man who lived next door to the brutal Homs security unit for 50 years: Taha Tadmori had a window to the surveillance complex of the Assad regime. As Syria starts a new chapter, he recalls the horrors he witnessed and the family he lost
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China Imposes Its Most Stringent Critical Minerals Export Restrictions Yet Amidst Escalating U.S.-China Tech War. Critical mineral security is now intrinsically linked to the escalating tech trade war.
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Denmark frantically messages Trump about security concessions on Greenland after he threatened to take it over: The Danish government, which is responsible for Greenland’s defense, wants to avoid clashing with the US and hopes to assure Trump that Greenland will be safe from Russia and China without the need for American annexation, the sources added.
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# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump panics over imminent release of Jack Smith’s report: President-elect Donald Trump sounded the alarm to his followers Sunday after a federal appeals court cleared the way for Attorney General Merrick Garland to release special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion report as early as Monday.
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# LGBTQ / Gender
I’m a Trans Teen in Texasm, Politicians and Anti-Trans Bigots Cannot Erase Me. Anti-trans conspiracies driven by right-wing activists and lawmakers broke up my family, but they can’t destroy me.
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# Media
House Speaker Mike Johnson in Favor of Defunding PBS. It certainly looks like dark times up ahead: During Trump’s first administration, he repeatedly proposed federal budgets calling for the elimination of government-funded arts programs, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The latter provides funding for PBS, NPR, and other public TV and radio outlets.
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# Medical / General News
Catholic doctors sue Biden administration over emergency abortions. ADF attorneys file suit on behalf of medical association, doctor after HHS attempts to override state pro-life laws
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Havana Syndrome bombshell as US intelligence report hints at culprit after ‘intercepted communications’: Although the majority of the US intelligence community has said it is ‘very unlikely’ an adversary is linked to the mystery ailment, a new report published on Friday revealed that two out of seven agencies diverged from this consensus for the first time.
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# Medical Technology / Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science Glowing RNA lanterns could help see viruses and the brain Researchers have made bioluminescent “RNA lanterns” which make RNA glow.
Their lanterns, described in Nature Communications, could help to better understand how cells work – in everything from virus research to the human brain.
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Scientists have found a way to make antibacterial silver nanoparticles, with goji berries. They say their method, published in AIP Advances, is a simple and more sustainable way to make the useful materials. Silver-based particles on the scale of nanometres – or silver nanoparticles – are used in medicines, cosmetics and the food industry
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# Medical / Health News / Global
‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts call for law change from medical leaders. Statement from groups including BMA and royal colleges says current law is causing ‘trauma and cruelty’
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# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News US Army wants spy drones to launch from high-altitude motherships
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# Military General News / Global
North Korean troops in Ukraine gain battlefield experience, cementing alliance with Russia. While initially inexperienced on the battlefield, North Korean troops have adapted quickly, a development that could have far-reaching consequences as they gain combat knowledge in the war against Ukraine.
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# NASA / Space Force
Is Trump considering an overhaul of NASA?
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# NATO
NATO allies worry the US can’t defend Europe and counter China, but there’s a way
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# Science
The Simple Math Problem That Revolutionized Physics.  Quantum mechanics research 100 years ago showed that all particles can be categorised into 1 of 2 groups: bosons and fermions. Which group they fall into depends on how the particles behave when near other particles
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The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve. The accelerating effort to understand the mathematics of quantum field theory will have profound consequences for both math and physics.
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Unusual superconductor’s quantum phase transition defies norms. Physicists investigating films of indium oxide found an odd quantum effect which they say is rare and could open up new avenues of research into quantum materials and superconductors.
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New approach to monitor trace gases in real-time. The approach, called coherently controlled quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy, can capture a complete methane spectrum in just 3 seconds where existing methods typically take about 30 minutes.
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# Social
Advocates Demand Tenant Protections as LA Landlords Use Fires to Price Gouge. Tenant groups are calling for an eviction moratorium and rent freeze as landlords seek to profit from the crisis.
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We Have the Tools to Solve Homelessness, Lawmakers Refuse to Use Them. The research shows clear housing solutions but Project 2025’s prescriptions will only exacerbate the crisis.
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# Space
Interdisciplinary approach to develop collision-avoidance algorithms for satellites.
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European Space Agency [ESA] is preparing to use machine learning to protect satellites from the very real and growing danger of space debris. The Agency is developing a collision avoidance system that will automatically assess the risk and likelihood of in-space collisions.
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Live coverage as SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service.
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SpaceX launches, lands first stage booster for record-setting 25th time during Starlink flight
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Jeff Bezos’ space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown
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ScienceAlert.com reports that while the “dent” in the planet’s magnetic field doesn’t imperil life on the surface, it could result in damage to the space agency’s satellites and spacecraft, which may be exposed to a high level of charged particles from the sun while passing through the area.
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# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
New US Rule Aims to Block China’s Access to AI Chips and Models by Restricting the World. The US government has announced a radical plan to control exports of cutting-edge AI technology to most nations.
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Continuing Rightward Shift, Zuckerberg Cancels All Diversity Programs at Meta. Meta will no longer have a team focused on diversity and inclusion and the company said it will instead “focus on how to apply fair and consistent practices that mitigate bias for all, no matter your background.”
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Robots set to move beyond factory as AI advances. Today’s robots perform safety checks at industrial plants, conduct quality control in manufacturing, and are even starting to keep hospital patients company.
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What Is Robotics Simulation? Robotics simulation enables developers to virtually train, test and validate robots in physics-based digital representations of the real world. Robots are moving goods in warehouses, packaging foods and helping assemble vehicles, bringing enhanced automation to use cases across industries.
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Facebook axes fact-checking: does it matter? Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk’s X. Zuckerberg cited the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election as underlying the decision, calling it a “cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritizing speech.”
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