I had no idea that gravity on earth fluctuated that much.

The Indian Ocean has low density matter beneath it that causes it to be 100m lower than if it were average gravity at sea level.

Giant ‘Gravity Hole’ in the Ocean May Be the Ghost of an Ancient Sea:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/giant-gravity-hole-in-the-ocean-may-be-the-ghost-of-an-ancient-sea1/

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"If my thoughts and dreams could be seen, they'd probably put my head in a guillotine" Bob Dylan.

Kind of scary to think where mind reading technology will progress to in a dystopian future. Not sure how we put up robust barriers to stop us getting there, whilst allowing useful technological advances

Neuroscientists use brain scans to decode people’s thoughts:
https://www.snexplores.org/article/brain-scans-decode-thoughts-read-minds

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How can Democrats regain the working class?

By fighting corporate America's ability to:

—raise prices higher than their increasing costs.

—suppress wages and bust unions.

—bribe lawmakers to cut their taxes and dole out corporate welfare.

"The Arizona Department of Corrections is inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will, according to three women currently incarcerated at the Perryville prison in Buckeye, Arizona."

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/01/02/arizona-inducing-labor-of-pregnant-prisoners-against-their-will/69768038007/

Medicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing. Fraud and Overspending Are Partly Why.
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Medicare’s COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022. The growing costs concern some experts, who say financial incentives and a lack of regulation early in the pandemic led to fraud and overspending.

#medicare #covid #fraud
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-fraud-increases-medicare-spending-covid-19-testing