(2022-08-17). Fossil reveals earliest evidence of birds eating fruit and dispersing seeds. ecns.cn Research reveals that the earliest-known fruit-eater was an early bird called Jeholornis that lived 120 million years ago, and it may have helped contribute to the spread of the plants that dominate the world today.
(2022-08-17). Two recent papers further confirm natural origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus. wsws.org There is further scientific evidence that the claims that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab are completely baseless.
(2022-08-17). Iranian intelligence forces arrest an international terrorist. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) — The Ministry of Information said Wednesday that one of the most experienced and dangerous terrorists who carried out criminal acts in Syria was arrested and is now in custody.
(2022-08-17). The Very Strong People Can Defeat the Corporate Jerks. commondreams.org It gets little national media attention, but regular grassroots communities and coalitions are mounting—and winning—such gutsy fights against corporate exploiters all across America…
(2022-08-17). UC Using CIA Methods at People's Park. indybay.org In 1975 The Church Committee discovered Operation Mockingbird a CIA program which attempted to manipulate domestic American news media for propaganda purposes. Almost years later U.C. is using the same technique to destroy Peoples Park.
(2022-08-17). Who Fact Checks The Fact Checkers? (We Do). levernews.com This week, The Lever broke a story that brought critical attention to failings of the Washington Post's fact checking. Senior editor and reporter Andrew Perez fact checked…
(2022-08-16). China imposes sanctions on seven Taiwanese officials: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — China has said it is blacklisting seven Taiwan officials over their alleged support for the self-ruled island's independence.
(2022-08-16). New Polls Show Almost No One Trusts Our Media Anymore. popularresistance.org Gone are the days when the CIA secretly infiltrated American newsrooms, craftily tricking people into believing U.S. government propaganda was the real news. When they started the Vietnam War based on storm clouds in the Gulf of Tonkin, the CIA officer was in the corner of the copy room whispering, "Say the storm clouds were heavily armed. Say the lightning looked like Charlie! Do it!" | Putting the CIA in every newsroom was a clandestine project called Operation Mockingbird, and it paid mighty dividends. | The Helsinki Times reported that when Carl Bernstein unveiled the scandal in 1977, "The CIA admitted that a…
(2022-08-16). A Review of Barrett Esophagus. jamanetwork.com This review summarizes the current evidence regarding diagnosis and management of Barrett esophagus, including how to evaluate patients for Barrett esophagus, the association with gastroesophageal reflux disease, and progression to esophageal adenocarcinoma.
(2022-08-15). Is the Ukrainian War on its Own People Now Over? journal-neo.org 
My former neighbour in the US wrote to me, tongue in cheek, a few days ago. "I was told the Ukrainian civil war is over and Russia won because the Azov Battalion was wiped out. There is a total media blackout in the US, and worse than that — so much disinformation before and how …
(2022-08-15). Fighting the Sleep of Reason: Reporting, Class, Independence. libya360.wordpress.com *Tortilla Con Sal An increasingly large number of people now agree that information of all kinds in the countries of North America, Europe and their Pacific allies is deployed overwhelmingly to serve the interests of Western corporate oligarchs and the politicians who front for them. Outlets including news media and NGOs, academic and scientific journals…