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Alex Jones spent over $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families who sued him have yet to see a dime (apnews.com)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As Alex Jones continues telling his Infowars audience about his money problems and pleads for them to buy his products, his own documents show life is not all that bad — his net worth is around $14 million and his personal spending topped $93,000 in July alone, including thousands of dollars on meals...

The U.S. Antarctic research program is in trouble, as canceled field seasons imperil data sets and demoralize researchers (www.science.org)

This summer NSF decided to cancel or curtail 67—more than half—of the 131 projects and activities funded for the 2023–24 austral summer after concluding it couldn’t provide them with the necessary logistical support.

"We can’t afford to have children:" low pay and a high-pressure environment drive exodus of US wildfire fighters (www.theguardian.com)

A temporary but vital firefighter pay bump, implemented as part of US president Joe Biden’s 2021 infrastructure bill, will expire at the end of September. Without it, firefighters say the US risks exacerbating a crisis of burnout and retention at a time when fires are becoming bigger, more dangerous and harder to control.

The “Unknome”: A Database of Human Genes We Know Almost Nothing About (scitechdaily.com)

Accelerating research by sharpening the focus on unknown proteins. UK researchers have developed a new publicly accessible database, and they hope to see it shrink over time. That’s because it is a compendium of the thousands of understudied proteins encoded by genes in the human genome, whose exis

Iran steps up internet crackdown one year after Mahsa Amini death, blocks sites, apps, imposes “digital curfews” (www.reuters.com)

Ahead of the Sept. 16 anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death, days before her 22nd birthday, government opponents say Iran is conducting a wide-ranging crackdown to stifle possible dissent, including seekingfull control of internet in Iran....

What's the consensus here regarding Babylon Five?

I have the series on DVD but I’ve never seriously cracked it, only seen a few episodes. Was wondering what people here think, is it as good as the internet often says it is? I know it was an inspiration for one of my favorite franchises (Mass Effect) and The Orville had a cute reference to it by making its main actor the...

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