Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Houthis in Yemen have claimed to have directly hit a US ship, per AP.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Penn Jillette has renounced libertarianism, having apparently been pushed over the edge by anti-maskers

https://www.cracked.com/article_40871_penn-jillette-wants-to-talk-it-all-out.html

> Many times when I identified as Libertarian, people said to me, “It’s just rich white guys that don’t want to be told what to do,” and I had a zillion answers to that — and now that seems 100 percent accurate.
> [...]
> I’m going to vote Democrat, maybe that’s all you need to know. I will not vote for a third-party candidate.

Delhi smog: India's cities must look beyond their limits to clean up air pollution https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240123122150.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #science #sustainability

South Africa will win order in #ICJ case with ‘very significant consequences for Israel’: Veteran lawyer

“South Africa has strong evidence and ‘will win a cease-and-desist order against Israel for genocide against the Palestinians,’ says ICJ international human rights lawyer Francis Boyle”

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/south-africa-will-win-order-in-icj-case-with-very-significant-consequences-for-israel-veteran-lawyer/3104029

Trump Gets Good News With Delay Of DC Trial https://politizoom.com/trump-gets-good-news-with-delay-of-dc-trial/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

VW says ‘most’ 2023, 2024 ID.4s will get full $7,500 EV tax credit https://electrek.co/2024/01/24/vw-says-most-2023-2024-id-4s-will-get-full-7500-ev-tax-credit/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

And Taj Ali becomes the latest on the extremely short list of Labour Party MPs on the right side of history. So of course he got a public slapdown from the rest of them 🙄
GPLB: "Labour says it was 'clearly inappropriate' for Tahir Ali to say Sunak has blood on his hands due to support for Israel"

#UKPolitics #Gaza

"I am returning herewith without my approval S.J.Res. 38, a resolution that would disapprove under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, an action by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) relating to "Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers." -- President Biden in a formal veto message to the US Senate https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/01/24/message-to-the-senate-on-the-presidents-veto-of-s-j-res-38/

James W Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill OTD in 1848, beginning the #California Gold Rush https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/san-francisco/?s=mb #travel #history

Squee!!

#DailyShow #JonStewart

Today in 1952, 72 years ago: in Canada, Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian elected Governor General.

#OnThisDay

Stuck in a car park at Abraham Moss metro station because of police incident on exit ramp. Also all drivers are being asked to turn off engines.

N.B. backs away from plan to centralize lab testing at Dumont hospital

New Brunswick has backed away from a controversial plan to merge all hospital testing laboratories into a single system with a main provincial lab at Moncton's Dr. Georges-L. Dumont University Health Centre.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/hospital-lab-plan-centralize-dumont-moncton-vitalite-doctors-department-health-1.7093287?cmp=rss
#News #Canada #NewBrunswick

Joe B. Marshall, respected Mi'kmaw elder, dead at 83

Joe B. Marshall, a respected elder, veteran, educator and lawyer who championed for the rights of Mi’kmaq, has died. Marshall was a strong advocate for Mi’kmaw culture, language and treaty rights
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/joe-b-marshall-mi-kmaw-elder-dead-1.7093537?cmp=rss
#News #Canada #NovaScotia

Again.

AFP—#NorthKorea test-fires new strategic cruise missile: state media

#GSA used “egregiously flawed” #marketresearch in its decision to purchase 150 Chinese-made #videoconferencing #cameras that did not comply w U.S. trade standards, agency’s oversight office said in report released Tues. USbased firm, which was unnamed and designated only as “Company A” in the report, provided agency w cameras manufactured in China that did not comply with 1979 Trade Agreements Act, includes known security flaws that still need to be addressed - per IG https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2024/01/gsa-used-egregiously-flawed-data-clear-purchase-chinese-made-cameras-watchdog-says/393563/?oref=ng-home-top-story

A refinery in Tuapse, Russia, was likely hit by drones.

There is no official information from the authorities.

#Ukraine️ #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia

Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure. -- The Buddha

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson gets rights to one of the most famous nicknames in entertainment, his own https://thegrio.com/2024/01/24/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-gets-rights-to-one-of-the-most-famous-nicknames-in-entertainment-his-own/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BLM