Photo: Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo Earlier today, I received a notification from Apple Watch whistling loudly. A quick look at the warned, that was from The official Canada of covid-19 exposure-tracking app, stop me in my tracks. I immediately accepted the worst, but instead, the app let me know instead …
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Lawmaker in Georgia creates COVID-19 whistleblower email for students and faculty
Georgia State House member Beth Moore invites students, faculty, and administrators to report anonymously unsafe conditions at schools that have reopened during COVID-19 cases continue to rise. One Georgia principal threatened “consequences” for those who shared images of the school, prompting Moore to create an email account for clock blockers. …
Read More »Doctors in Texas warn of police use of ‘less fatal’ ammunition
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A group of doctors in Austin, Texas, warned Friday against police use of so-called ‘less fatal’ ammunition to control the crowd after treating people who were seriously injured in protests in May. In a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 12 doctors from …
Read More »The investigation into why a cable mysteriously broke at the Arecibo Observatory has begun
A satellite image taken by one of Planet’s SkySat satellites shows the damaged radio dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The image was taken at 10.50 am EDT (1450 GMT) on August 10, 2020, about eight hours after a support cable broke and stuck in the dish. (Image …
Read More »Kings News: Vlade Divac has been fired as the Kings GM
One day after the Sacramento Kings ended their season for the 14th consecutive year without advancing to the playoffs, Vlade Divac decided to retire, according to a report by Sam Amick of The Athletic. Kings GM Vlade Divac has been fired, a source said @TheAthleticNBA. Joe Dumars (former advisor) will …
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