In New York City, some 65 percent of adult residents have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But among the city’s 340,000 or so employees, that rate is lower. Only about 50 percent of rank-and-file firefighters and EMTs are vaccinated, and among teachers the rate, as of late June, was just 60 percent. So Mayor...
Tag: jul 27 2021
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RECYCLING EV BATTERIES WITH BUGS
By 2035, 145 million electric vehicles will be plying the world’s roads, according to the International Energy Agency. That’s a lot of batteries eating up cobalt, lithium, manganese, and other metals—and a lot of irreplaceable minerals headed for the dump when those batteries are spent. But, speaking of eating, those minerals can be reclaimed: they...
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HOSPITALS’ JAB-WARY WORKERS: VAXX MANDATES
While the American Medical Association says that more than 96 percent of doctors are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, the vaccination rate among healthcare workers is lower, at 60 percent or less, about the same as for the general population and, like that of the general population, appears to be vax weary. The 22 July article in...
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CONCRETE THAT SEALS ITS OWN CRACKS DEVELOPED AT PNNL
Concrete is the world’s most common building material. We use three tons each year for every human on Earth, according to the journal Engineering Failure Analysis. But it doesn’t last; patching cracked and broken concrete costs businesses and public agencies $12 billion annually in the U.S. alone, the journal says. That yearly tab could drop...
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THE PRICE OF TEA IN CHINA
Poem by Mara Grace I’m finally interested in history To understand why this has happened to me Who were the people that made it to be That I’m numbered and now tagged with R.F.I.D.? Raised on food stamps and government cheese Made growing up in poverty flow with such ease Why can’t we ever seem...
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
$60 THOUSAND MORE LIKELY THAN $20 THOUSAND FOR BITCOIN. Senior commodities analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, Mike McGlone, believes Bitcoin (BTC) has a greater chance of rebounding to $60,000 than falling below its present support level of around $30,000, and dropping down to $20,000. McGlone compares Bitcoin’s current price movement to the “too-cold” period of the...
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CHINA REVEALS COMMERCIAL MAGLEV TRAIN
After 20 years of tinkering and testing, China has unveiled its first passenger-ready magnetically levitated, or “maglev,” locomotive. The engine is capable of a ground speed of 600 kpm, or more than 350 mph, according to CRRC, China’s national railroad company, making it the world’s fastest ground vehicle made to carry passengers. A train traveling...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
REUTERS “EXCLUSIVE” CROWS ABOUT BIG TECH MERGING WITH U.S. INTEL TO TARGET POLITICAL DISSIDENTS. The Corporate Surveillance State celebrated another milestone this past week. A Reuters “exclusive” announced that major tech companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter would be given access to a “Five Eyes” database compiled by U.S. Intelligence and select allies. The intelligence...
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“BIO-PHARMA” PROFITING OFF A TRANSHUMAN FUTURE
Many people who have taken the experimental mRNA and DNA COVID vaccines think it was a one-time necessity, or that at most, vaccine boosters might be required. The interests behind their creation have a different idea. Their vision isn’t just limited to proscribing and mandating vaccines. They are pushing for aggressive technocratic interventions into human...
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AMAZON LATEST WHALE MAKING CRYPTO NEWS SPLASH
Amazon’s announcement that it was on the hunt for crypto expertise, made headlines for obvious reasons last week. Any indication that the largest online retailing platform might be looking to facilitate crypto payments, had huge implications. The company issued a call for a blockchain expert in a job post, also citing desired expertise in “central...
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