Links

I Dropped My Phone In Water! Now What?
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-business/ci_31639335/i-dropped-my-phone-water-now-what


2 women accused of burning 5-year-old girl in voodoo ceremony, police say
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/2-women-accused-of-burning-5yearold-girl-in-voodoo-ceremony-police-say/693855190


Paul Ryan deletes tweet about $1.50 tax cut after backlash
http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/paul-ryan-tweet-tax-cut-backlash/index.htmler


Medicaid work requirements will reduce care for mentally ill
http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/372181-medicaid-work-requirements-will-reduce-care-for-mentally-ill


50 dead in flash floods in Argentina
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-22022965/argentina-floods-claim-50-lives-amid-torrential-rain?SThisFB
http://floodlist.com/america/argentina-flooding-chaco-january-2018


Spotify has addressed a long-standing complaint about its service by adding songwriter, producer and musician credits for tracks on its desktop platform, effective today. Users can right-click on a track and select “Show Credits” from the menu of options to view information on performers, songwriters and producers.
http://send.ascap.com/link.cfm?r=xfeR1wKCwFw4gyUQ3fcpug~~&pe=yVpupQBMLKBVYdcL-Hq9kfd-LfkVBwtcMuJ7w4yjrb6B2L-CeWXf5HbTt8ujpTRC8dqPZ-bn_err57zBAUdMsg~~


Some states are requiring people on Medicaid to work, which will lead to children left at home by themselves, which will lead to children being injured and dying, which will lead to criticism about why they left their children at home by themselves.


Hundreds of tonnes of an “antibiotic of last resort” – only used in the most extreme cases of sickness - are shipped to India each year to be used, without medical supervision, on animals that may not require the drugs but are being dosed with them nevertheless to promote the growth of healthy animals.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/01/indias-farmed-chickens-dosed-with-worlds-strongest-antibiotics-study-finds


Researchers using a high-tech aerial mapping technique have found tens of thousands of previously undetected Mayan houses, buildings, defence works and pyramids in the dense jungle of Guatemala’s Peten region, suggesting that millions more people lived there than previously thought.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/03/scientists-discover-ancient-mayan-city-hidden-under-guatemalan-jungle


How (not) to refute a lie
https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/how-to-refute-a-lie-bb315d3b93fc


Something I have seen rarely if at all is the fact that lower wages for women than men means that women are less able to save for retirement, and have less Social Security income.


Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Friday said that a memo compiled by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee appeared to be released without regard for bipartisanship or proper vetting, despite concerns from Justice Department and FBI officials about the document's accuracy.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/372079-collins-gop-intel-disregards-law-enforcement-concerns-bipartisanship


Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) is slamming House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) as a “partisan hack” and accusing him of acting like “the chairman of the president’s reelection campaign” by pushing release a classified intelligence memo.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/371991-ex-gop-lawmaker-slams-nunes-in-op-ed-hes-a-partisan-hack


Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Friday criticized Republicans pushing to release a classified memo created by House Republicans, calling it a “blatant political act.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/371986-ex-intel-chief-release-of-gop-memo-a-blatant-political-act

It's a relief to see that there are still some republicans who are loyal to our country, and are not working for the Russians to damage our country.


Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Friday delivered a subtle but stinging rebuke to House Republicans over their move to release a classified memo alleging misconduct at the FBI, urging President Donald Trump and other Republicans to stop "manufacturing partisan sideshows" that benefit Russia.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/02/mccain-nunes-memo-putin-385547?cid=apn


President Trump said Friday he is withdrawing former top adviser K.T. McFarland’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to Singapore, which ran aground over her involvement in the Russia investigation.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372068-kt-mcfarland-asks-trump-to-withdraw-her-nomination-for-ambassador


Republican Gov. John Kasich (Ohio) on Friday condemned the release of a republican House Intelligence Committee memo which alleges the Justice Department abused its powers to hurt President Trump's campaign.
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/372056-kasich-memo-release-does-a-disservice-to-our-country


I see a lot of sources pointing out the fact that the Nunes memo is a dud. Trump knows it doesn't matter what the Nunes memo actually says. By his repeated comments ahead of time, he placed an opinion in his followers minds, and once someone has an opinion, it is very hard to change. I don't think most of them will read the actual memo. They will continue to rely on what Trump is saying about it.


'Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/02/how-youtubes-algorithm-distorts-truth


US job numbers and wage growth are up – but inequality is also on the rise
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/02/us-job-numbers-and-wage-growth-are-up-but-inequality-is-also-on-the-rise


Innocent on death row: The day I got the call that set me free
https://www.salon.com/2018/01/27/innocent-on-death-row-the-day-i-got-the-call-that-set-me-free/


Tackling the Internet’s Central Villain: The Advertising Business
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/technology/internet-advertising-business.html

Spring Coming Earlier
http://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/groundhog-day-spring-coming-earlier


In the city of Cape Town, there is only one topic of conversation: water
[Normal human behaviour, which is leading to grave results. Eg., overuse of antibiotics, global warming, die-off of insects including honeybees, declining sperm counts.]
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/opinions/cape-town-water-crisis-opinion-joseph/index.html


More than 12,000 stores are expected to close in 2018 — up from roughly 9,000 in 2017, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
http://www.businessinsider.com/store-closures-in-2018-will-eclipse-2017-2018-1


Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/04/oceans-suffocating-dead-zones-oxygen-starved