Internal documents show that Facebook employees knew the platform was being used to incite violence in Ethiopia, but the company failed to do much to stop it. Internal documents also reveal that Facebook was unprepared to handle the “Stop the Steal” movement, despite CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s downplaying. Facebook is planning to reduce the amount of …

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest marine mammals, and it lost nearly 10% of its population last year. There are only 336 of these creatures left, the lowest level in nearly 20 years. In an interview, Greta Thunberg said the public needs to “uproot the system” because “change is going to …

China is cutting of mosque domes in order to make them look more Chinese. Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs and the Uyghur Human Rights Project has released a report detailing the vast extent to which the Islamic world has collaborated with China’s campaign against the Uighur people. In Dubai, for example, a former detainee …

According to a joint report by all of the United States intelligence agencies, climate change is going to lead to increased international tensions. A major document leak has revealed that wealthy nations like Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Australia (among others) are pressuring the UN to slow their shift away from climate change. Wealthy nations are …

Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, has been convicted of violating multiple federal campaign finance laws. Earlier this year, Federal agents executed a search warrant against Rudy Giuliani, in his capacity as Trump’s personal lawyer. They may be particularly interested in how he literally went to the Ukraine to try to help Trump win …

The House of Representatives has voted to hold Steve Bannon, one of Trump’s early confidants and advisors, in contempt. The Congressional panel investigating the January 6 riots voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt earlier this week for refusing to attend a hearing. The contempt vote serves as a warning to other witnesses who may …

A metastudy of of nearly 90,000 climate studies reveal that 99.9% of studies agree that humans caused climate change, effectively quashing the argument that there’s any kind of debate. A Sudden Stratospheric Warming event may be on the way this winter, a phenomenon in which the Polar Vortex is disrupted and extreme weather strikes in …

The Congressional panel investigating the January 6 riots has voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for refusing to attend a hearing. The contempt vote serves as a warning to other witnesses who may be unwilling to testify. Federal prosecutors have indicted a Capitol police officer for advising a January 6th rioter to hide evidence. …

Protestors unfurled a Tibetan flag at the Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Greece. They also had a banner that said “No Genocide.” Earlier this week, three pro-Tibet protestors have been arrested in Greece for advocating a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. Increasing calls for boycotting the Beijing Olympics are increasing tensions with China all over the …

Data reveals that cases of children getting sick and dying of COVID are on the rise. More children are getting sick from COVID, largely due to the Delta surge. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, some 15% of COVID cases are children, and some doctors say they’re getting sicker. An infant in Houston, for …

The head of the Chicago police union is urging Windy Cindy cops to defy COVID vaccine mandates. There is growing frustration with vaccine mandates. Texas Governor Gregg Abbott has outlawed all vaccine mandates with an executive order, including enacted by private corporations. The move is an open attack on Biden’s own executive order. For their …

A federal judge is consistently giving people who stormed the Capitol on January 6 more time than prosecutors ask for, saying “There have to be consequences for participating in an attempted violent overthrow of the government, beyond sitting at home.” A hairdresser who was connected with QAnon and stormed the Capitol has been sentenced to …