Day: May 23, 2016

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100% of Portugal’s citizens have glyphosate in their urine… alarms sounding over the mass chemical poisoning of humanity with cancer-causing weed killer

Fernando Kaskais

by: Isabelle Z. (NaturalNews) Recent tests by the Portuguese No GMO Coalition showed that volunteers in the country had extremely high levels of glyphosate in their urine, placing their contamination rate well above that of many places in Europe. Every single one of the 26 volunteers had cancer-causing glyphosate in their urine; similar tests in Switzerland last year found glyphosate in only 38 percent of people. Meanwhile, testing by Friends of the Earth across 18 different European countries found glyphosate in just 44 percent of the urine samples tested. It is not just the mere presence of glyphosate that is … Continue reading 100% of Portugal’s citizens have glyphosate in their urine… alarms sounding over the mass chemical poisoning of humanity with cancer-causing weed killer

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Elijah Wood: ‘Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile’

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CREDIT: REX by Henry Bodkin Hollywood is in the grip a child sexual abuse scandal similar to that of Jimmy Savile in Britain, Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has claimed. The 35-year-old former child actor said paedophiles had been protected by powerful figures in the movie business and that abuse was probably still taking place. In an interview with the Sunday Times, Wood said he had been protected from abuse as he was growing up, but that other child actors had been regularly “preyed upon” at parties by industry figures. “You all grew up with Savile – Jesus, it must … Continue reading Elijah Wood: ‘Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile’

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How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist

Fernando Kaskais

Hijack #1: If You Control the Menu, You Control the Choices by Tristan Harris I’m an expert on how technology hijacks our psychological vulnerabilities. That’s why I spent the last three years as Google’s Design Ethicist caring about how to design things in a way that defends a billion people’s minds from getting hijacked. When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it might do the opposite. Where does technology exploit our minds’ weaknesses? I learned to think this way when I was a magician. Magicians … Continue reading How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist

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Do Those Calorie Counts That Restaurants Must Display Work?

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image edited by Web Investigator At least for now, the answer seems not really. By Robin Scher / AlterNet How often do you count your daily calorie intake? For some in society, this consideration factors heavily into their daily diet decision making. For other Americans, however, these numbers likely hold about as much significance as receiving weather updates in Celsius. Despite these varying perceptions, calorie counts remain one of the prevailing methods adopted by policymakers for addressing obesity and other diet-related illnesses in the United States. As of May next year for instance, chain restaurants with over 20 branches will be … Continue reading Do Those Calorie Counts That Restaurants Must Display Work?

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Why do we bother with car alarms?

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Kara Gordon / The Atlantic The Alarming Truth Car alarms don’t deter criminals, and they’re a public nuisance. Why are they still so common? by ILANA E. STRAUSS In the animated TV show Rick and Morty, there is a car-security system that keeps passengers safe by inflicting psychological warfare on, and then destroying, anyone who so much as approaches the vehicle. That fictional system, as anyone who’s ever woken up to a car alarm blasting at 3 a.m. knows, is only slightly more irritating than the real ones. Car alarms, it turns out, do very little of what they’re intended to … Continue reading Why do we bother with car alarms?