The surprising reason Mussolini’s home town wants to build a fascism museum

Predappio’s mayor sees this as an opportunity to learn from a dark era, not to glorify it.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-surprising-reason-mussolinis-home-town-wants-to-build-a-fascism-museum/2018/01/31/c5f6f8ac-fbd6-11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_story.html?source=Snapzu

Of Course Trump’s Anti-Smoking Guru Made Money Trading Tobacco Stocks

Brenda Fitzgerald has announced her resignation.
Read more: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/brenda-fitzgerald-cdc?mbid=social_facebook?source=Snapzu

Seven Trump Claims Fact-Checked

What did President Trump get right - and wrong - in his first State of the Union address?
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42883608#?source=Snapzu

Miscalculations in Israel Could Pave Way to Wider War

Following a number of foreign-policy miscalculations, Israel and its allies in the Trump administration could be setting us up for more trouble in the Middle East, warns Alastair Crooke in this analysis.
Read more: https://consortiumnews.com/2018/01/29/miscalculations-in-israel-could-pave-way-to-wider-war/?source=Snapzu

Dubai to build world's largest waste-to-energy plant

What do you do when you have too much garbage but not enough energy? Convert one into the other. That’s the thinking behind the waste-to-energy plants that are beginning to pop up around the globe, and now the Government of Dubai has announced plans to build the world’s largest.
Read more: https://newatlas.com/waste-energy-plant-dubai/53201/?source=Snapzu

CNN blames Apple for mishap that saw users receive multiples of the same push notification

CNN is blaming Apple for a bug that seemingly caused Apple News users to receive multiples of the same push notification for a CNN story. The story in question is a CNN report about the firing of the worker who triggered the false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii earlier this month.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/30/cnn-apple-news-notification-bug/?pushup=1?source=Snapzu

Radio War Nerd Episode 76 — Robert Parry on Lost History and the Death of US Journalism

The War Nerd’s interview with guest, journalist and author Robert Parry, one of the original crusading investigative journalists who broke the Iran-Contra and Contra-cocaine stories in the 80s, the October Surprise— and experienced first-hand the crushing of independent investigative journalism from Reagan through today. Starts at 33:30. (Mar. 20, 2017)
Read more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/radio-war-nerd-8732460?source=Snapzu

'Pornographically' dancing foreigners should be deported, not jailed, lawyer says

Ten Westerners including two Canadian women arrested in Cambodia for allegedly posting photos on social media showing themselves engaged in sexually suggestive dancing may have offended local standards of morality, but should be expelled from the country rather than jailed, their lawyer said Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cambodia-dancing-canadians-1.4509922?source=Snapzu

Regulator Wants 80 Percent Clean Energy In Arizona By 2050

A state regulator wants the majority of Arizona’s electricity to come from clean energy sources by 2050.On Tuesday, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin released a plan that would give Arizona one of the most aggressive renewable energy goals in the country: 80 percent by 2050. The state’s current target is 15 percent by 2025.The proposal encourages more battery storage, biomas-related fuels, energy efficiency and new infrastructure for electric vehicles. It also aims to better align Arizona’s renewable energy mix with demand.
Read more: http://kjzz.org/content/600065/regulator-wants-80-percent-clean-energy-arizona-2050?source=Snapzu

The Key to Robert E. Lee's Puzzling Death Might Be Hidden in a Photo of His Earlobe

The Confederate Army general's death stumped his doctors—but now we might have a clue about what happened.
Read more: http://mentalfloss.com/article/526291/key-robert-e-lees-puzzling-death-might-be-hidden-photo-his-earlobe?source=Snapzu

BP becomes latest oil giant to invest in electric vehicle charging

BP, the British oil company, announced today an investment in a US-based electric vehicle charging station manufacturer in order to trial charging technology at its own retail sites by the end of the year. Oil companies have been increasingly interested in electric vehicle charging as they start to see electric vehicles slowly taking over the car industry.
Read more: https://electrek.co/2018/01/30/bp-oil-giant-invest-electric-vehicle-charging/?source=Snapzu

How Responsible are Killers with Brain Damage?

Cases of criminal behavior after brain injury raise profound questions about the neuroscience of free will. 
Read more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-responsible-are-killers-with-brain-damage/?source=Snapzu

PUTIN: 'There were instances of doping' among Russian Olympic athletes, but everybody does it

Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Tuesday that there were "instances of doping use" by Russian athletes, but claimed the issue was a common practice worldwide. He criticized what he views as the undue scrutiny placed solely on Russia. CNN reported that in a speech delivered to his supporters in Moscow on Tuesday, Putin said "there were instances of doping use, true — I want the audience to know this and the whole country to know this."
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/putin-admits-russian-olympic-doping-but-says-everyone-does-it-2018-1?source=Snapzu

US teens charged with knowingly exposing severely allergic classmate to pineapple

Three teenage girls are facing criminal charges in the United States after knowingly exposing a classmate with a severe pineapple allergy to the fruit, police say. A 14-year-old is accused of rubbing pineapple on her own hand and then high-fiving the girl with the allergy during a lunch period at Butler Intermediate High School in Butler, Pennsylvania, on December 13. The victim, also 14, was transported to Butler Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released, The Associated Press reported.
Read more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/100954916/US-teens-charged-with-knowingly-exposing-severely-allergic-classmate-to-pineapple?source=Snapzu

Jack the Ripper letter mystery solved by Manchester researcher

A forensic linguist from The University of Manchester who analysed letters supposedly signed by Jack the Ripper has concluded that two of the most famous examples were written by the same person. The Whitechapel murders that terrorised London in 1888 are still remembered thanks to the legend of Jack the Ripper, who was never caught.
Read more: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/jack-the-ripper-letter-mystery/?source=Snapzu

The case for full amnesty

Just give everyone permanent legal status immediately. By Ryan Cooper.
Read more: http://theweek.com/articles/751145/case-full-amnesty?source=Snapzu

Five Psychological Experiments That Prove Humanity is Doomed

A number of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions about the subjects. By Alexandra Gedrose. (May 06, 2008)
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_16239_5-psychological-experiments-that-prove-humanity-doomed.html?source=Snapzu

Japan scrapped proposed Fukushima tsunami simulation nine years before disaster

The government had proposed to Tepco that a simulation of tsunami striking Fukushima Prefecture be conducted nine years before the 2011 catastrophe but decided not to after the company objected, according to a court document.
Read more: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/29/national/japan-scrapped-proposed-fukushima-tsunami-simulation-nine-years-disaster/#.Wm-tS2nFLIU?source=Snapzu

Mark Salling, Actor Who Pleaded Guilty to Child Pornography, Dead at 35

Mark Salling, the 'Glee' actor who recently pleaded guilty to child pornography charges, has died at age 35.
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/mark-salling-glee-actor-dead-at-35-w516136?source=Snapzu

Who Killed the Nazi Botanist Trying to Wipe Out Cocaine?

A former SS scientist may have been set to destroy the Bolivian coca crop with his secret bioweapon - until he got whacked. By Mat Youkee.
Read more: http://www.ozy.com/flashback/who-killed-the-nazi-botanist-trying-to-wipe-out-cocaine/83066?source=Snapzu

U.S. Probes Apple Over Updates That Slow Older iPhones

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc. violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about a software update that slowed older iPhone models, according to people familiar with the matter.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/u-s-said-to-probe-apple-over-updates-that-slow-older-iphones-jd1yahj7?source=Snapzu

Second Trump-Russia dossier being assessed by FBI

Exclusive: memo written by former journalist Cody Shearer independently sets out some of the allegations made by ex-spy Christopher Steele
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/trump-russia-collusion-fbi-cody-shearer-memo?source=Snapzu

Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Create Healthcare Company to Cut Costs

Amazon.com Inc, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co will form a healthcare company aimed at cutting costs for their U.S. employees, they said on Tuesday, sending shares in the broad healthcare sector sharply lower.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-healthcare/amazon-berkshire-jpmorgan-create-healthcare-company-to-cut-costs-idUSKBN1FJ1NF?source=Snapzu

‘It Was the First Time I Cried in the Operating Room’

When pediatric surgeon Allan Goldstein entered the operating room to separate conjoined twins, he did so with the knowledge that one would have to die in order to save the other. He recalls the enormous surgical and ethical challenges.
Read more: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/surgeon-on-separating-siamese-twins-the-first-time-i-cried-in-the-operating-room-a-1189755.html?source=Snapzu

Scott Walker Is Literally Preventing Wisconsinites From Voting

The Republican governor is refusing to call special elections to fill vacant legislative seats, as his allies attack nonpartisan oversight of elections.
Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/scott-walker-is-literally-preventing-wisconsinites-from-voting/?source=Snapzu

A man walked around Disney World with a T-Shirt that said 'In need of kidney' and it worked

The idea for the T-shirt was a Hail Mary, a play US man Rob Leibowitz made out of deep desperation. Leibowitz, 60, had been enduring dialysis for years while his kidneys failed. He was grateful the treatments were keeping him alive, but they were four hours long, three days a week, a challenging commitment for a single father of five working full time. He needed someone to give him a kidney.
Read more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/inspire-me/100999345/a-man-walked-around-disney-world-with-a-tshirt-that-said-in-need-of-kidney-and-it-worked?source=Snapzu

Paul Manafort, American Hustler

Decades before he ran the Trump campaign, one lobbyist’s pursuit of foreign cash and shady deals laid the groundwork for the corruption of Washington.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/paul-manafort-american-hustler/550925/?source=Snapzu

U.S. FBI Deputy Director McCabe has stepped down

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has drawn criticism from President Donald Trump, has stepped down from his current role, several weeks earlier than his expected retirement date, NBC News reported on Monday, citing several sources familiar with matter.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mccabe/u-s-fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-has-stepped-down-nbc-news-idUSKBN1FI29S?source=Snapzu

Donald Trump interview: 'I'm very popular in Britain. I get a lot of fan mail'

Donald Trump has given a wide-ranging interview to Piers Morgan for ITV. In it the US president claimed he was popular in the UK despite calls for protests if he takes up Theresa May’s invite for a state visit; said he did not know if he had been invited to Prince Harry’s wedding; said women voters liked his strong support for the military and defended his fondness for junk food.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/29/donald-trump-interview-piers-morgan-im-very-popular-in-britain-get-a-lot-of-fan-mail?source=Snapzu

We’ve Never Seen Congressional Resignations Like This Before

On Jan. 15, Pat Tiberi became the 12th member of the 115th Congress to resign from office. If that feels like a lot, that’s because it is; it’s the most people …
Read more: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/more-people-are-resigning-from-congress-than-at-any-time-in-recent-history/?ex_cid=538twitter?source=Snapzu

Russian opposition leader freed after arrest during protests

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released after he was arrested Sunday during anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow, according to his official Twitter account. Navalny wrote that he was released until a court hearing, but did not provide details on when the hearing would be held. He also thanked demonstrators who had gathered near the detention center where he was being held.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/28/europe/russian-protests-navalny-office-intl/index.html?source=Snapzu

This 40 Year Old Antibiotic Could Fight Back Against The Worst Superbugs

As scientists look for new ways to tackle the growing problem of drug-resistant bacteria that evolve to resist our strongest medicines, they've hit upon a new strategy: using modern-day drug analysis to re-evaluate antibiotics overlooked in the past.
Read more: http://www.sciencealert.com/long-forgotten-octapeptin-antibiotic-could-fight-worst-superbugs?source=Snapzu

China Plans to Build the World's Largest Steerable Radio Telescope

The Xinjiang Qitai 110-meter Radio Telescope — QTT, for short — could help advance research on dark matter, gravitational waves, and extraterrestrial intelligence.
Read more: https://www.space.com/39508-china-worlds-largest-steerable-radio-telescope.html?source=Snapzu

Ukraine On Fire

Oliver Stone
Read more: https://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/ukraine-on-fire?source=Snapzu

The Mystery Manuscript Found in a Used Copy of 'Alice in Wonderland'

When a strange document appeared in her shop, an Australian bookseller turned detective.
Read more: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lost-mystery-manuscript-australia-secondhand-bookshop-alice-wonderland?source=Snapzu

Strava has published details about secret military bases, and an Australian was the first to know

A fitness tracking app is revealing potentially sensitive military information thanks to its global heatmap.
Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-01-29/strava-heat-map-shows-military-bases-and-supply-routes/9369490?source=Snapzu

Elon Musk sold $2M in The Boring Company Flamethrowers in 24 hours

Elon Musk’s tunneling startup, The Boring Company, has officially unveiled its flamethrower. Costing $500, the fiery, undoubtedly cool device is now available for pre-order. The Boring Co. flamethrower seemingly started off as a joke back in December, when Elon Musk announced on Twitter that if he sells 50,000 Boring Company hats, he would start selling a flamethrower. The idea seemed so silly then that many members of the online community dismissed Musk’s statement as a joke. In true Elon Musk fashion, however, the fiery device actually turned out to be real.
Read more: https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-boring-company-flamethrower-20k-units-500-preorder/?source=Snapzu

Canadian billionaire couple 'murdered'

The Canadian billionaire couple found dead at their home in Toronto last month were murdered in a targeted killing, police say. The bodies of Barry, 75, and Honey Sherman, 70, were found on 15 December. Police said on Friday no-one had been charged, and declined to comment on any suspects. Barry Sherman, one of Canada's richest men, and his wife were well-known for their philanthropy, and their sudden deaths stunned many in the country.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42840505?source=Snapzu

What happened when a student sued over prayer

Kaylee Cole walks into school each morning and has breakfast with friends. Every day starts the same: Announcements, birthdays and school events are broadcast over the public address system. What comes next is what she dreads. "They say, 'Please stand for the Prayer and the Pledge.' And then we move right into it. And it's the Lord's Prayer," Cole says. Cole sits down. Raised as a Christian but now agnostic, she doesn't want to hear it.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/us/louisiana-school-prayer-lawsuit/index.html?source=Snapzu

Russia's Youth Takes the Lead in Countrywide Protests Against Putin

By the time the protests reached Moscow on Sunday afternoon, thousands of Russians across the country had already marched in support of boycotting presidential elections in March. They marched in Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East, and they marched in Siberia's Irkutsk, braving subzero temperatures. They marched for fair and free elections, they said, and for an end to President Vladimir Putin’s nearly two-decade-long rule. Should he win the vote on March 18 — as is widely expected — it would extend his presidency for another six years.
Read more: https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/russias-youth-takes-the-lead-in-countrywide-protests-against-putin-60309?source=Snapzu

Robert Parry’s Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews

Robert Parry, editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, died peacefully Saturday evening. In this tribute, his son Nat Parry describes Robert's unwavering commitment to independent journalism.
Read more: https://consortiumnews.com/2018/01/28/robert-parrys-legacy-and-the-future-of-consortiumnews/?source=Snapzu

VW, BMW and Daimler denounce toxic diesel fume tests on monkeys

German carmakers have condemned experiments they paid for that exposed monkeys to toxic diesel fumes. VW also apologized for a lack of judgment in a further case connected to the Dieselgate emissions scandal. German carmakers used the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT) to commission a study with the aim of defending the use of diesel, according to a report in The New York Times on Friday.
Read more: http://www.dw.com/en/vw-bmw-and-daimler-denounce-toxic-diesel-fume-tests-on-monkeys/a-42339027?source=Snapzu

U.S. Farmers have much to lose if NAFTA Deal Collapses

A collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap, could create the most profound disruption for U.S. farmers who produce grains, meats and dairy products sold to Canada and Mexico.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-nafta-farmers/u-s-farmers-have-much-to-lose-if-nafta-deal-collapses-idUSKBN1FH0O0?source=Snapzu

State of the climate: how the world warmed in 2017 | Carbon Brief

The climate data for 2017 is now in. In this article, Carbon Brief explains why last year proved to be so remarkable across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of the planet.
Read more: https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-how-the-world-warmed-in-2017?source=Snapzu

Darwin on Endless Trial

Morten Høi Jensen weighs two takes on Darwin’s legacy.
Read more: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/darwin-endless-trial/?source=Snapzu

'The Wonder Years' star says sexual harassment lawsuit derailed show

Nearly three decades after The Wonder Years debuted on ABC, actress Alley Mills now claims that the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against her cast mates Fred Savage and Jason Hervey in the early ’90s led to the show’s cancellation. “When we shot the series finale, which was in Whittier [California], nobody knew whether or not The Wonder Years was going to be renewed, and that’s because of a completely ridiculous sexual harassment suit that was going on against Fred Savage — who is, like, the least offensive...
Read more: http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/27/the-wonder-years-canceled-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-fred-savage/?source=Snapzu

Hero neighbor pulls attacking pit bulls off 9-year-old boy

A woman is being credited with saving a boy’s life after three dogs attacked him in metro Atlanta. The boy was attacked Wednesday night in a Loganville neighborhood. Police said three pit bulls somehow got loose and first jumped on the 9-year-old boy. The neighbor saw what was going on, jumped in and was able get the pit bulls off of him.
Read more: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/hero-neighbor-pulls-attacking-pit-bulls-off-9-year-old-boy/689753982?source=Snapzu

Why is pop culture obsessed with battles between good and evil?

Pop culture today is obsessed with the battle between good and evil. Traditional folktales never were. What changed? By Catherine Nichols.
Read more: https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-pop-culture-obsessed-with-battles-between-good-and-evil?source=Snapzu

Controlling the Chief

Charlie Savage reviews “The Pentagon’s Wars: The Military’s Undeclared War Against America’s Presidents” by Mark Perry.
Read more: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/02/08/pentagon-president-controlling-the-chief/?source=Snapzu

Highway of riches, road to ruin: Inside the Amazon's deforestation crisis

Highway BR-163 cuts a brutal path through Brazil’s conflicting ambitions: to transform itself into an economic powerhouse and to preserve the Amazon as a bulwark against climate change. Stephanie Nolen travelled 2,000 kilometres along the dusty, dangerous corridor, and found a range of realistic — and often counterintuitive — ways that the forest could work for everyone.
Read more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-crisis/article37722932/?source=Snapzu