The pandemic has irrevocably changed the world. For example, the lockdowns have put a spotlight on the standard workday. Suddenly, some jobs are being recognized as valuable when they weren’t before the pandemic. Some companies are realizing how many positions can actually be done remotely. But many are eager for their employees to return to...
Italy has approved an amendment to a budget law that will close the ten mink farms in the country and ban any future fur farming. This decision came after discussions with the Humane Society International who have petitioned for closing fur farms and turning the land into human and sustainable businesses. Since this amendment has...
In 2019, Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 23, was sentenced to 110 years in prison after causing an accident that killed four people. Prosecutors argued that he had driven recklessly and made poor choices leading to the crash. At the time, Aguilera-Mederos, now 26, stated that the accident was a result of the brakes of his truck failing. ...
As tax season begins, the IRS published guidelines for 2022, which included how taxpayers can claim earnings from illegal activities. Meaning, if you stole or earned money from bribes or selling drugs, you must report it. According to the IRS, make sure you include that on “Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8z, or on Schedule...
How would you react if you heard a comet will collide with Earth? In the new film Don’t Look Up, the answer was denial and apathy. Quite a change of pace from the panicked and despairing tone of most disaster films. However, it captures the current climate where every issue is politicized and hard facts...
As the new year begins, no one really knows what to expect. Of course, we all hope for a better year, but we’ve learned that there’s no real way to know what’s coming. After all, no one expected all that had happened in 2020 and 2021. However, Nostradamus wrote a book called “Les Prophéties” in...
The company Facebook has recently rebranded itself as Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the reason for the change. “Right now, our brand is so tightly linked to one product that it can’t possibly represent everything that we’re doing today, let alone in the future. Over time, I hope that we are seen as a metaverse...
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) recently took a rare video of the strange and uncanny barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma). The deeper the ocean, the weirder the fish become and the barreleye fish is no exception. This odd creature has a transparent head surrounding its bulbous eyes. MBARI used two remotely operated vehicles (ROV)...
Baba Vanga lost her eyesight at age twelve during a storm. She was found days later, her eyes sealed shut. She said she had experienced her first vision during that time. Since then she believed she was given psychic as well as healing abilities. As her following increased, she became known as the “Nostradamus of...
The Amazon river dolphin is the largest freshwater dolphin in the world. They grow up to nine feet long and weigh up to 450 pounds. Also, these freshwater dolphins are bright pink. Just imagine sailing down the Amazon river surrounded by miles of rainforest canopies, spotting pink dolphins hunting beneath the surface. Amazon river dolphins,...
Rusty Kemp is one of the many ranchers who complained about the poor prices for their cattle. Even as prices of meat at grocery stores increase, the ranchers see no higher profits. Kemp and his Nebrakan neighbors blame the consolation in the beef industry where four companies have slaughtered over 80% of cattle in the...
Some farmers harvest energy in addition to their crops. Take Fabian Karthaus, for example. His father built a photovoltaic system (solar panels) on the roof of their barn when Karthaus was a child. At the age of 33, the farmer keeps two large solar power systems in his field. Berry crops grow underneath one of...
