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‘Utterly Obscene’: Just 8 Pfizer and Moderna Investors Became $10 Billion Richer After Omicron Emerged

In the first week that the Omicron variant sparked global fears of a new wave of infections, a small handful of investors and executives with Pfizer and Moderna—currently the world's preeminent makers of Covid-19 vaccines—saw over $10 billion in new wealth, with the Moderna's CEO alone adding over $800 million to his personal fortune.

‘Utterly Obscene’: Just 8 Pfizer and Moderna Investors Became $10 Billion Richer After Omicron Emerged2022-10-27T18:06:15+00:00

Minnesota’s Poisoned Fish

Invasive carp cause serious damage to native fish populations in the Mississippi River and the lakes and rivers throughout the Midwest because they out-compete native species for food and space. The fish are wild and thrash about as they sail through the air, sometimes smacking fishers in the face. The carp pose another more serious threat, however.

Minnesota’s Poisoned Fish2021-12-07T19:08:00+00:00

Soil Remediation: Restore Your Soil With Woodchip

One of woodchip’s secret superpowers is its ability to restore the soil. If your soil is suffering, give woodchip a try! From bioremediation to erosion to soil compaction and more, woodchip is here to save the day. (And your soil!)

Soil Remediation: Restore Your Soil With Woodchip2021-12-07T19:01:20+00:00

Roadmap for Prosecuting COVID Crimes

Francis Boyle is a repeat guest; I’ve interviewed him twice in 2020 about the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 having been engineered in a lab. Boyle’s background includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, a juris doctor (lawyer) degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. in political science. He’s a professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, and wrote the book, “Biowarfare and Terrorism.”

Roadmap for Prosecuting COVID Crimes2021-11-30T17:20:00+00:00

Creating Dangerous Viruses in the Lab Is a Bad Way To Guard Against Future Pandemics

In 2011, three top US government scientists penned an opinion piece in The Washington Post arguing why research modifying highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) was a worthy undertaking. At the time, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was facing blowback over having funded experiments that modified the virus to be transmissible among ferrets.

Creating Dangerous Viruses in the Lab Is a Bad Way To Guard Against Future Pandemics2021-11-29T19:42:27+00:00

Elements of Refusal

Psychiatrist Norman Doidge, MD, has recently published a long, four-part article entitled Needle Points, in which he examines vaccine skepticism in America. The author, who got vaccinated “early and voluntarily,” is solidly pro-vaccine, yet he displays what is in these divisive times an unusual willingness to see the issue from the perspective of those with whom he disagrees.

Elements of Refusal2021-11-29T18:43:00+00:00

Wall Street’s New Asset Class Will Put Natural World ‘Up for Sale’

The Rockefeller Foundation and the New York Stock Exchange recently created a new asset class that will put not just the natural world but the processes underpinning all life, up for sale under the guise of promoting “sustainability.”

Wall Street’s New Asset Class Will Put Natural World ‘Up for Sale’2021-11-29T18:20:28+00:00

Who Reopens Applications for COVID-19 Origins Team After Conflict of Interest Claims

The World Health Organization isn’t done picking members for its new COVID-19 origins panel after some scientists it initially picked drew scrutiny over claims of conflicts of interest, including six who were part of the original failed effort earlier this year and others with connections to EcoHealth Alliance’s Peter Daszak.

Who Reopens Applications for COVID-19 Origins Team After Conflict of Interest Claims2021-11-29T17:45:50+00:00

Over 700 Groups Demand ‘Real Climate Solutions, Not Net-zero Promises’

As world leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday for a United Nations climate summit, more than 700 organizations from nearly 100 countries took aim at net-zero pledges "premised on the notion of canceling out emissions in the atmosphere rather than eliminating their causes."

Over 700 Groups Demand ‘Real Climate Solutions, Not Net-zero Promises’2021-11-29T17:40:50+00:00

Letter to a Tyrant

I won’t bother to reason with you or appeal to your compassion—because you have none. You are a foul, fetid, festering, fiendish, fear-fomenting fecker devoid of soul, purpose, and meaning. No matter how many lives you masticate, hearts you shred, minds you menticide, and puppet strings you try to throttle us with, you will forever remain a hollow husk of a simulated human.

Letter to a Tyrant2021-11-24T18:01:31+00:00