Mountains of garbage were piling up in Gaza City, creating what Palestinian news agency Wafa described as a “health hazard” for residents. Footage filmed by the Hamas-affiliated Quds News Network shows a vast accumulation of garbage in Gaza City on Tuesday, February 4. According to a report from the Associated PressPalestinians were resorting to disposing […]
North Pacific Garbage Patch is growing quicker than predicted. Credit: IOP Publishing A study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimeter-sized plastic fragments are increasing much faster than larger floating plastics in the North Pacific Garbage Patch [NPGP]threatening the local ecosystem and potentially the global carbon cycle. The research, which draws from not-for-profit The […]
After seeing Elon Musk send thousands upon thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit, it’s only natural to wonder, why can’t we launch all our junk into space, too? Or even straight into the sun? (You asked. We answered.) Aside from the moral quandaries raised by such poor stewardship of our already disheveled solar system, Earthlings […]
Alpha Male has won. What happens now? Comedian Brent Terhune has for years satirized the angry, working-class white man who rails against libtards and expresses unyielding devotion to Donald Trump. His monologues resound with right-wing rants and epitomize toxic masculinity in a character he calls Alpha Male. But the aggrieved American man now rides on […]
WASHINGTON — White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trumpdrawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. […]
Donald Trump’s photo-op with a garbage truck on Wednesday almost got off to a disastrous start as the former president appeared to miss the door handle and almost slipped on the wet ground. Trump also briefly grabbed his right thigh, then ultimately made it into the truck with some visible effort. The moment takes place […]
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris for president Wednesday, delivering the Democratic candidate another prominent Republican endorsement in the final days of the 2024 race. Schwarzenegger characterized his choice more as a vote against Trump than for Harris — against Trump’s denial of the 2020 election results, his […]
Aubrey Plaza is the latest star with Puerto Rican heritage to fire back at comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s controversial joke about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump‘s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. Speaking at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards on Tuesday night, the Agatha All Along actress said she wanted to “very quickly respond to the […]
Watch: Joe Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment after Puerto Rico row President Joe Biden has tried to clarify comments that triggered a fresh row, after he was accused of calling supporters of Donald Trump “garbage”. He was responding to comic Tony Hinchcliffe who sparked controversy by calling Puerto Rico, a US territory, an “island of garbage” during […]
Watch: Trump rally speaker calls Puerto Rico ‘a floating island of garbage’ A comedian at a Donald Trump rally called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage”, sparking fury from Republicans and Democrats and accusations of racism. The comic, Tony Hinchcliffe, was among the speakers at the Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. […]
