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Newark, New Jersey's 30 public schools shut off all water fountains after elevated levels of lead were found in nearly half of the schools during the state Department of Environmental Protection testing. The agency confirmed lead has not been found in the 280,000 residents' city water supply.

China, the world’s largest economy, suffered a stock market drop worse than any day in the last 13 years. The World Bank warns that Russia may be close to a national debt default and nobody has a clear idea on what this would look like. But I can tell you that Ukraine used to export half the world’s neon and that, without it, manufacturing computer chips is gonna get even more difficult expensive.

Bleaching Is Killing Coral in Great Barrier Reef U.S. News & World Report Scientists say about 35 percent of the coral in the northern and central parts of the Great Barrier Reef are dead or dying. David Bellwood/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies/AP. SYDNEY (AP) – Mass bleaching has killed more than a third of ... Bleaching kills third of coral in Great Barrier Reef's northFox News Tuesday's Mini-Report, 5.31.16MSNBC Scientists find 35 percent coral death in parts of Great Barrier ReefNevada County Picayune Upworthy -The Sunshine Coast Daily -The Straits Times -Verge Campus (blog) all 9 news articles »

President Trump sent shockwaves through geopolitical circles after he announced he would not recertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. This isn’t bringing the accord to a full stop—it’s just putting the ball in Congress’ court for a potential sanctions redux. Quick refresher: the agreement sought to curb Iran’s nuclear program (by limiting its uranium stockpile and establishing U.N. monitoring protocols) in exchange for lifting certain economic sanctions on the country of 80 million people…a country the U.S. considers the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. The business world is keeping a watchful eye. When the deal went through two years ago, some multinati…

Azerbaijan and Armenia, which fought a brief war in late 2020, may be drifting back to open conflict. Violations of the ceasefire have been reported; Azerbaijan allegedly attacked a few villages in Armenia on Wednesday. Sandwiched between Russia, Turkey, and Iran, these small countries have a lot to be worried about…

The terrible floods in Australia were called a “once in a 500-year event.” Get used to it, fellas. The 2022 IPCC report suggests that this is only the beginning. Life may seem stressful now, but remember: these are the good times, so try to enjoy them.

What will conventional aircraft do against modern cruise missile capabilities? Can aircraft even deploy before the missiles are are past anymore

South Korea elected a controversial new President this week, while also experiencing wildfires that threatened a nuclear power plant and forced 6,000+ people to evacuate. North Korea tested its largest ICBM yet, and continues to develop its nuclear test site. Google searches for nuclear war are spiking, and one big bank thinks that nuclear war has a 10% likelihood—probably started by Russia.

Social media are destroying us, which you already know. Were zombie movies just priming us for the mass madness that is to come? Russia is planning to label Facebook/Instagram Meta an “extremist organization.” Well, if it’s any consolation, Facebook Meta’s stock price dropped about 50% in the last 6 months, dragging Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune down with it.

The War in Ukraine could be responsible for a 20%+ increase in food prices this year. You can probably still buy all your foodstuffs at the store at a premium—but the shortages will affect countless peopleacross the third world. Egypt was once the breadbasket of civilization; now it can’t grow enough food for its 100M+ citizens. Lebanon is rationing wheat, while some countries in Africa are simply going without any food at all. Ukraine and Russia account for 30% of global wheat exports and I think it’s safe to say Ukraine won’t be planting much wheat this year.

It has begun, according to some market analysts. Could it have begun long, long ago without any of us noticing? What if it began and ended without us realizing it? It’s been generations since the last (openly) global conflict—how has the grammar of War changed since? While some American investors fear the reality of a World War, others believe the world’s #1 superpower is edging dangerously close to Civil War itself.

Russia may be severing itself from the global internet—or being severed. Read more about this here if you dare. Many people are also pushing for a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine, while others are concerned it will escalate tensions too much and bring NATO into a hot War against Russia.

As if fears of a Russian Nuclear World War weren’t enough, India accidentally launched a missile into Pakistan on Wednesday, the result of a “technical glitch.” If tensions were higher between these historic rivals, how might this accident have impacted relations between the two?

In lighter COVID/economic news, if our bullshit economy couldn’t get any weirder, an American man used $57,000 of COVID relief money to buy a holographic Charizard (that’s a Pokémon card, for you old folks). Because he wasn’t actually entitled to the relief money, the government confiscated the ultra-rare card. In more serious COVID news, on Friday, China locked down Changchun, a city of 9M people. China is facing the highest number of new cases since February 2020. Their zero-COVID strategy may be coming to an end. Denmark is experiencing record COVID deaths not long after restrictions ended. South Korea is grappling with all-time case/deaths, and Japan is coming of…

Drought is getting worse in America: communities in Arizona will soon lose access to water. The once mighty Colorado River is drying up, and truckers will soon stop hauling water to some towns—yet new housing is still being developed. When will the people realize there’s no savior coming to bring them water? What will they do? https://grist.org/housing/rio-verde-foothills-arizona-water-megadrought/

In 2021, the nearly-extinct disease was thought to have been eradicated in every country except Afghanistan and Pakistan—but in the past month, it was discovered in Malawi, and then in Israel... Some old classics might be getting a reboot soon—while the World War series is starting development of a hugely unpopular installation to finish the trilogy. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-700510

Do the math - Start by Dividing the amount of Bitcoin by World Population need a visual? Each dot represents one million. On the left you have the human population. On the right you have the number of BTC. Now imagine everyone wants to own 1 Bitcoin Hint: Don't share this post on Social Media before you buy the amount of Bitcoin you feel you need.

First of all, the fundamentals of Bitcoin are excellent and the revolution it is leading continues to advance month after month, block after block. The number of Bitcoins that can be put into circulation is known to all. Thus, in 2030, the maximum supply for Bitcoin will always be 21 million. The demand for Bitcoin will increase in the coming years and with 8.6 billion people on Earth, the scarcity of Bitcoin will cause a sharp increase in its price. 8,600,000,000 population on Earth 21,000,000 bitcoin

The creators of the perhaps the world’s most famous NFT collection, The Bored Ape Yacht Club, Yuga Labs, have just completed the purchase of IP for perhaps the second most famous NFT collection, The CryptoPunks! Yuga Labs’ first move as the CryptoPunk’s IP holder, is to grant full commercial rights to individual NFT holders: “With this acquisition Yuga Labs will own the CryptoPunks and Meebit brands and logos, and as they’ve done with their own BAYC collection, Yuga Labs will transfer IP, commercial and exclusive licensing rights to individual NFT holders”. Yuga’s decision to give BAYC IP to holders has prompted a number of exciting moves including the ince…

The Fantom Foundation, the organisation behind the famous FTM token has now commented fully on the departure of advisor and ‘DeFi Godfather’, Andre Cronje, from the decentralised finance space. Recent days saw Cronje delete his social media and announce, via a friend, Anton Nell, that he would be permanently leaving the industry. Cronje and Nell were two of FTM’s most well-known developers and their departure has caused a disturbance in both price and community action. In the wake of a damning piece by Rekt, the Fantom Foundation responded with the following: “Andre and Anton did not ‘terminate’ 25 projects. Instead, any involvement (such as user inter…

The US, EU and various other countries including Canada and Japan have bandied together to carry out additional actions in an attempt to stymy Russian attempts to evade previously imposed sanctions. According to a statement published by the White House yesterday: “Treasury’s expansive actions against Russia require all US persons to comply with sanctions regulations regardless of whether a transaction is denominated in traditional fiat currency or virtual currency… Treasury is closely monitoring any efforts to circumvent or violate Russia-related sanctions, including through the use of virtual currency, and is committed to using its broad enforcement authorities…

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Shell also managed to get the oil for extremely cheap, 28$ less than marlet value per barrel of crude. The first clue was the title said they would LIMIT purchases from Russia. Never said they would stop altogether.