The documents do not come close to proving that “Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID"... The documents released by Gabbard contain nothing remotely resembling proof on the question of how the virus originated – and certainly not proof for the bolded claim on the director’s website that “Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID.”
It's good to research virus prevention -- and to fund research into virus prevention. But Tucker Carlson started the conspiracy theory that the U.S. funded a group that funded research that wasn't just into virus prevention, but actual "gain-of-function" research (which is false). Tulsi Gabbard is now resurrecting that theory on her last day in office.
The lab and its virus-prevention research did not in any way "spark Covid". (Fauci also believes the lab-leak theory is unsupported, but he testified to Congress that he did not officially share that opinion with other U.S agencies. Tulsi Gabbard says he did, so that's the extent of the "lie" she's accusing him of.) It's interesting that the sum total of the money that theory rests on is "millions" of dollars.
The submitted link (from the reputable magazine Science) does report "further evidence that China is withholding vital data on the contentious issue." But the social media post revealed new incriminating data which China has never shared -- that supports the market-origin theory. ("The maps identify specific stalls as having live animals infected with SARS-CoV-2 and vendors with antibodies to the virus...")
Tufts University asked an academic what the financial results were for the UK:
"The British GDP has been reduced by 6–8%, business investment has been reduced by 12%, and trade volume has been reduced by 15%, compared to what it could have been if the U.K. had remained in the EU."
I took a class in psychology (several decades ago). The professor made the point that babies also babble in a way that reflects their native language.
I think their point was that babbling is an instinctive first step toward trying to communicate. But it also shows how the native language -- what's being spoken around newborns -- is being absorbed.
UPDATED COMMENT: Wikipedia says the 1967 attack on the U.S.S. Liberty was "a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity," according to both U.S. and Israeli governments. (Though they also note people who question that conclusion...)
I got a 581. ("Sharpshooter!") I felt like I was "nerd sniped"... I felt like I really need to see if I could find more words!
https://xkcd.com/356/
It'd be nice if the results page told me which of my words was the rarest. [Or maybe it did and I just didn't notice?] Also, it took me a while to realize that I didn't have to use one letter from each column. :)
What is TheSciVerse.org? The domain was registered 8 weeks ago. Although The Guardian also covered the study...
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More recently, attention has shifted beyond the gym. Early research suggests creatine could have a role in cognitive function, with some studies pointing to protection from cognitive decline.
“A few bigger studies have brought it into focus,” says [Bethan Crouse, a sports nutritionist at Loughborough University].
"Russia's stagnating battlefield performance is placing the Kremlin in a worse position to extract major political concessions." -- Institute for the Study of War
"Crude oil export data suggests the rise in prices, plus the easing of American sanctions on countries buying Russian oil, boosted Russian revenues to 2.3 times their December-February levels in the third week of the Iran war. But in the fourth week, Ukrainian drone strikes on energy-producing infrastructure reduced Russia's earnings by $1bn, eradicating around two-thirds of the previous week's gains."
"...lower than anything seen in the post World War II era, including during the Great Recession, the pandemic downturn and the historic inflation surge afterward."
The proposal would implement a requirement passed by Congress to include automatic registration for "every male citizen of the United States" between the ages of 18 and 26.
- "For the first time in more than two years, Ukraine regained more territory than it lost in February 2026, the New York Times reports."
- "While the Russian military held the battlefield initiative throughout 2025, Vladimir Putin's invading army was unable to achieve any major breakthroughs and managed to secure less than one percent of additional Ukrainian territory."
- "By early 2026, many Western officials estimated that monthly Russian military losses in Ukraine were now exceeding Moscow's capacity to replenish its forces... With Putin deeply reluctant to risk another mobilization drive inside Russia, Moscow is turning increasingly to Africa and other regions for mercenary troops."
"The false narrative of inevitable Russian victory is designed to demoralize Kyiv’s allies and undermine support for the Ukrainian war effort."
That's only the source for the first sentence. The second sentence cites the Associated Press, but the science and astrophography info starts in this article
"Another of the dissidents spirited out [of China] by Operation Yellowbird was Arthur Liu. Some 35 years later, his daughter would glide across Olympic ice wearing the red, white and blue."
"Media coverage of Alysa Liu’s achievements sometimes notes her father's history as a Tiananmen Square protester who fled China and made a new life in the United States. But the part about Operation Yellowbird remains little-known."
I wondered how this would work as a two-player game.
Like, I try for the center square, but fail to identify the word in four guesses. [Then maybe that square automatically goes to my opponent?] If they get another square, they'll have two in a row, and I've got to go for the block... (But if they don't solve one of the squares, then I've got a chance at going for two-in-a-row...)
To keep this a single-player game, maybe you'd have to compete against an automated opponent? (Maybe they get X's and Os's on their turn like a normal Tic-Tac-Toe game, but you only get to block them by solving the Wordle-like puzzle in a square? Or maybe they have to guess too...)
This isn't a blog, but more than 20 years ago I saw a Flash web game which I've always remembered as the most beautiful piece of interactive online content I'd ever seen.
It took a while to find it again... (I searched Google images until I found a screenshot that looked right.) Somebody archived it and resurrected it with Ruffle. (It looks better if you go to "Full Screen" mode.) But the aesthetic was just incredible...
Original headline: "Job seekers giving up: Labor force participation rate falls to lowest in 50 years, outside of the Covid era"