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Submission + - China blames the US for the pandemic (foxnews.com)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: If you listened to Chinese state-run media, you'd think President Trump went to China and released vials of COVID-19 on groups of unsuspecting men, women and children.

They have a book published — in English — touting the "success" story of their fight with the virus, with translations being prepared for Russian, French, and Arabic. Meanwhile, China's Foreign Ministry tweeted: "It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan. US owe us an explanation!"

Submission + - Russian police installed a hidden camera in an opposition figure's bedroom (telegraph.co.uk) 1

Submitted by mi
mi writes: Russian police officers had been secretly filming an opposition activist inside her bedroom for months before she was detained and charged under a new law on “undesirable organisations” in a move that has been described as "outrageous."

Supposedly, it was approved by a court, which makes me wonder, what would prevent Western investigators from doing the same thing to their suspect(s).

Submission + - Facts are misremembered when contradict personal biases (dispatch.com)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: In a recent study, Ohio State researchers found that when given accurate statistics on a controversial issue, people tended to misremember numbers to match their own beliefs. Then, when researchers gave study participants accurate information and asked them to convey it to others, the information grew more and more different as it was passed from person to person.

Submission + - Russian "robot" revealed as a man in suit (inews.co.uk)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: The android – known as Boris – had been lauded on the state-owned broadcaster Russia-24 as a technological breakthrough with the ability to walk, talk and dance.

But photos later revealed there had been a person inside all along.

Submission + - NASA's "Mars simulation" mission aborted (theatlantic.com) 1

Submitted by mi
mi writes: The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS, was carried out in a small white dome nestled along the slope of a massive volcano called Mauna Loa. The habitat usually housed six people at a time, for as long as eight months. They prepared freeze-dried meals, took 30-second showers to conserve water, and wore spacesuits suits every time they left the dome. To replicate the communication gap between Earth and Mars, they waited 20 minutes for their emails to reach their family members, and another 20 to hear back. Sometimes, as they drifted off to sleep, with nothing but silence in their ears, they really believed they were on Mars.

In February of this year electrical failures in the habitat caused injury to one participant, and lead another to withdraw — triggering the program-cancellation.

Now, Henk Rogers — the Dutch entrepreneur who helped build the simulation dome — is reorienting the project to simulate the Moon environment instead.

Submission + - Gab.com has gone offline (mashable.com) 10

Submitted by mi
mi writes: The self-described free speech social media platform is turned away by its hosting provider and even domain-name registrar, after landing under the spotlight when the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect was revealed to be a poster and user on the site.

Gab posted a message on its homepage, announcing that the site will be "inaccessible for a period of time" as it works "around the clock" to transition to a new hosting provider.

Submission + - College professor shoots himself to protest Trump (reviewjournal.com)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: Mark J. Bird, 69 — an emeritus faculty member of College of Southern Nevada — was charged last month with discharging a gun within a prohibited structure, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and possessing a dangerous weapon on school property, court records show. He was found bleeding from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his arm about 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 28 in a campus building.

While waiting for authorities to arrive, Bird said he had shot himself in protest of President Donald Trump, police noted in their report.

Submission + - Cody Wilson - of 3D-printed gun fame - facing sex-assault accusations (statesman.com)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: Cody Wilson, an Austin man whose fight over 3D-printed guns thrust him into the national spotlight, faces a charge of sexual assault, according to an arrest affidavit filed in Travis County district court on Wednesday.

This submitter finds this strangely similar to the case of Julian Assange, who was similarly accused of rape, when his activities became very inconvenient to the US government.

Submission + - It is official: Conservative employees don't feel safe at Twitter (recode.net)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: While continuing to deny that the company is biased against Conservative users, Twitter's CEO admits in an interview, that Conservative employees do not feel safe expressing their views:

“We have a lot of conservative-leaning folks in the company as well, and to be honest, they don’t feel safe to express their opinions at the company”

How is it possible for such a situation to not cause a slant in moderating?

Submission + - Google's internal e-mails confirm the company's effort to help Clinton (foxnews.com)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: An email chain among senior Google executives from the day after the 2016 presidential election reveals the company tried to influence the 2016 United States presidential election on behalf of the Democratic candidate.

The ostensibly non-partisan plan was to help Latino voters (but not other minorities) find voting information. The partisanship, however, is betrayed by the e-mails, which reveal both the participants' real goals and their disappointment, that the unexpectedly large proportion of the Latino voters (29%) voted for Trump: "Ultimately, after all was said and done, the Latino community did come out to vote, and completely surprised us ... We never anticipated that 29% of Latinos would vote for Trump. No one did."

Submission + - The first successful use of biometric camera on the border (nextgov.com)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: After three days of operation, Washington Dulles International Airport’s biometric cameras identified a man allegedly attempting to use someone else’s passport to enter the U.S.

The system flagged the mismatch for the passport on record and he was removed for additional screening. At that time, officers said, he became “visibly nervous”. An authentic ID card showing he was a citizen of the Republic of Congo was later found in his shoe.

Submission + - Senator Feinstein's driver of 20 years was a Chinese spy (cbslocal.com)

Submitted by mi
mi writes: The Bay Area is a hotbed for Russian and Chinese espionage. Late last year, the feds shut down the Russian consulate in San Francisco.

Now, all eyes are on Chinese intelligence in the Bay Area after the website Politico reported last week that a staffer for Senator Feinstein (D, CA) turned out to be a Chinese spy who reported back to the government officials about local politics.

On Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle uncovered additional details: the Chinese spy was Feinstein’s driver who also served as a gofer in her Bay Area office and was a liaison to the Asian-American community. He even attended Chinese consulate functions for the senator.

Feinstein — who was Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee at the time — was reportedly mortified when the FBI told her she’d be infiltrated.

Investigators reportedly concluded the driver hadn’t leaked anything of substance and Feinstein forced him to retire.

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