DEEP STATE

EVERYONE’S DOING FEWER MCDONALD’S RUNS
BY: MOLLY LIEBERGALL ... The value meal isn’t what it used to be. The average Big Mac Meal costs $9.29 in the US—27% more than it did in 2019, according to McDonald’s … continue reading

SHARKS IN BRAZIL TEST POSITIVE FOR A SURPRISING CONTAMINANT: COCAINE
BY: STEPHANIE PAPPAS ... The drug had never previously been found in wild sharks . But that doesn’t mean these fish are unique; scientists just hadn’t previously tested any shark for coke … continue reading

US, TAIWAN TO BUILD 3D-PRINTED ‘DRONE ARMY’ TO COUNTER CHINA
BY: KAPIL KAJAL ... 3D-printed drone manufacturing can help reduce drones’ storage footprint by a factor of 10 at a lower cost of manufacture … continue reading

SMARTPHONES REWIRED CHILDHOOD - HERE’S HOW TO FIX IT
BY: JONATHAN HAIDT ... This time, Haidt explains what has confounded so many parents: Why are kids today more anxious than ever, more depressed than ever, more risk-averse than ever, lonelier than ever, and less social than ever? … continue reading

SMARTPHONES REWIRED CHILDHOOD - HERE’S HOW TO FIX IT
BY: JONATHAN HAIDT... For the past decade, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has been explaining the human condition to us better than just about anyone else … continue reading

THE CHURCH AGE IS WINDING DOWN—AND THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME
BY: JAN MARKELL ... Time flies. Years race by. But, 2024 has been a stunner in many ways. And many events remind me that the world is running out of time before the last act of a major drama plays out … continue reading

99.9% CHANCE: TOP SCIENTIST PREDICTS AI WIPEOUT OF HUMANITY
BY: RICHARD BROWN ... In a landmark survey conducted earlier this year, more than half of the 2,778 researchers polled expressed concerns about the existential threat … continue reading

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
BY: TODD HAYEN ... It seems to be a common consensus among shrew types that most likely we will end up in a world similar to the world of Mad Max … continue reading

COACHES SPEAK OUT AFTER MALE ATHLETE DOMINATES GIRLS' TRACK MEET: 'INJUSTICE'
BY: SAMANTHA KAMMAN ... Brad Anderson is the head track coach for the boys' team at Liberty High School in King County, Washington, while Jason Keniston is the head track coach for the girls' team … continue reading

WILL AI REPLACE PROGRAMMERS? THE FUTURE OF PROGRAMMING
BY: JERRY WALLIS ... Unless you’ve been living in an alternate universe, you’ve no doubt heard about ChatGPT, OpenAI, Gemini and the AI hype that’s taken over the tech world … continue reading

US RESEARCHERS DEVELOP 'UNHACKABLE' COMPUTER CHIP THAT WORKS ON LIGHT
BY: AMEYA PALEJA ... Computations can be performed at light speed in this chip which is ready for deployment for building AI models immediatel … continue reading

NEURALINK IMPLANTED THE FIRST BRAIN CHIP INTO A HUMAN IN JANUARY
BY: ZEROHEDGE ... In an X Spaces event, Elon Musk revealed the first human patient implanted with a brain chip from Neuralink has made a “full recovery … continue reading

THE GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF GENERATIVE AI
BY: DAVID BERREBY ... Two months after its release in November 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT had 100 million active users, and suddenly tech corporations were racing to offer … continue reading

EXAMINING COP28'S POTENTIAL IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
BY: MATT MCGRATH ... The agreement reached in this glitzy metropolis for the first time nails the role of fossil fuel emissions in driving up temperatures and outlines a future decline for coal, oil and gas … continue reading

US BEGINS REVIEW THAT COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO PVC BAN
BY: PHYS STAFF ... The US EPA has started a review that could eventually ban PVC production, impacting rubber ducks, like these that float down the Chicago River in an annual fundraiser … continue reading

OPEN BORDERS SETTING UP AMERICA'S OWN SURPRISE ATTACK?
BY: MICHAEL SNYDER ... The U.S. Border Patrol has encountered 72,823 "special interest aliens" on America's borders over the past two years--many from the Middle East--according to an exclusive … continue reading

ARE WE HAVING A MORAL PANIC OVER MISINFORMATION?
BY: JOANNA THOMPSON ... False and inaccurate information runs rampant online. But how much is it actually changing our behavior? … continue reading

MAJOR SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
BY: MICHAEL SNYDER ... Supply chain problems were supposed to be a thing of the past, but instead our supply chains just keep getting hit by issue after issue … continue reading

MARINES ARREST 67 MAUI PERPETRATORS
BY: MICHAEL BAXTER ... As the August 8 inferno scorched the tropical landscape and residents and tourists sought guidance from island officials … continue reading