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| =====The political consequences of the electoral system in the Republic of Ireland | | |
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| [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379486900144 by Michael Gallagher 12/86 ScienceDirect] | | |
| The single transferable vote electoral system, popular with many electoral reformers, has been used for parliamentary elections in the Republic of Ireland since 1922. Examination of its impact shows that it has delivered as high a degree of proportionality as most PR systems despite the unavoidable use of relatively small district magnitudes. It has not produced either a fragmented party system or unstable governments. Critics have blamed it for contributing to a weak parliament, but these criticisms remain unproven. Suggestions are made for the wider use of STV, especially in countries currently employing preferential list systems. | | |
| =====The best of both worlds? The Danish electoral system 1915–20 in a comparative perspective===== | | =====Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing===== |
| [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/026137949290014W by Jorgen Elklit 3/9/92 ScienceDirect] | | [https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding by Matt Krupnick 3/6/25 PROPUBLICA] |
| The Danish 1915–1920 Lower House electoral system combined a traditional plurality system and a PR system with multi-stage compensatory seats in two provincial regions, and closed party list PR in the third, metropolitan, region. This complex system is presented and its effects on the distribution of seats in the Folketing are analysed. It was an early—and now neglected—case of personalized PR which calls for comparisons with later cases of this kind of electoral system, notably the post-1949 German electoral system and the 1990 electoral systems in Hungary and Bulgaria. In order to assess if such comparisons are appropriate, the paper also asks if these four electoral systems are genuine ‘mixed’ systems or PR systems in disguise. | | The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%, a move that would likely shut down most or all of the institutions created to serve students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities. |
| =====Who controls the wealth? Electoral system design and ethnic war in resource-rich countries===== | | |
| [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379414000663 by Natasha S. Neudorfer 9/14 ScienceDirect] | | [[Education-Schools]] |
| Given that both natural resource wealth and electoral system design are frequently investigated factors in the civil wars literature (see e.g. Fearon and Laitin, 2003, Fjelde, 2009, Horowitz, 2002, Reilly, 2001), it is surprising that there is no well-known study which explicitly considers the interaction effect between these two factors on the risk of violent ethnic conflict. We seek to fill this gap in the academic debate by highlighting the impact of electoral systems for the legislature on the risk of ethnic civil war in resource-rich countries | | =====Scenic forest trails near Santa Cruz to open to the public for the first time===== |
| =====Democratic electoral systems around the world, 1946–2000===== | | [https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/scenic-forest-trails-santa-cruz/3884608/?amp=1 by Joe Rosalito 4/6/25 NBC] |
| [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379404000034 by Matt Golder 1/3/05 Science Direct] | | The one-time dairy-turned-national monument sits nine miles north of Santa Cruz at the edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking the ocean. Its opening this summer will cap years of fundraising and labor to convert the scenic landscape into a public recreational destination. |
| This article describes a new data set that covers the electoral institutions used in all of the democratic legislative and presidential elections in 199 countries between 1946 (or independence) and 2000. A clear and consistent classification of the electoral institutions used in these elections is followed by a concise geographical and temporal analysis. The worldwide focus of the data set reveals several striking patterns. For example, there have been almost as many elections under dictatorship as there have been under democracy. Other patterns include the fact that presidential regimes nearly always employ proportional electoral formulas, absolute majority rule has become the worldwide norm for electing presidents, and non-majoritarian systems have become more complex due to the increasing use of multiple tiers and mixed electoral formulas. | | [[Environment-Habitat Preservation]] |
| =====Public support for electoral reform: The role of electoral system experience===== | | |
| [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379421000676 by Abigail L. Heller 8/21 Science Direct] | | =====We Saw Medicaid Work Requirements Up Close. You Don’t Want This Chaos.===== |
| What affects citizen preferences about electoral rules and under what conditions will they support changes to those rules? These questions are critical because in established democracies, citizens increasingly directly influence electoral rules through initiatives or referenda. For example, in New Zealand in 1993, voters overrode the preferences of political elites in two referenda, leading to the introduction of a mixed member proportional (MMP) system for national legislative elections (Vowles 2005). | | [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/opinion/medicaid-work-requirements-arkansas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU8.wJE1._9ddBnCcgVCO&smid=url-share by Kevin De Liban 8/6/25 The New York Times] |
| =====Can We Fire the Electoral College? Probably Not, but We Can Put It Under New Management===== | | Many of the Republicans pushing for Medicaid work requirements — permanent program cuts that will strip up to 14 million people of their health care coverage — likely have no idea what it takes to comply with them. We do. As legal aid lawyers, we were on the front lines helping low-income people in Arkansas keep their health care coverage when the state rolled out work requirements in 2018. |
| [https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/can-we-fire-electoral-college-probably-not-we-can-put-it-under-new-management by Susan N. Herman 19/12/16 ACLU] | | [[Health Care-Insurance]] |
| The electors of the Electoral College met this afternoon in their respective states and anointed as president the candidate who won the popular vote in a larger number of states — Donald Trump — regardless of the fact that another candidate — Hillary Clinton — won the larger number of votes by several million. | | |
| =====The voting system we use can determine the winner. Here's how===== | | =====‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines===== |
| [https://www.npr.org/2024/11/04/1257825207/election-2024-vote-results-voting-system-winners by Hannah aaaaaaaaaaachinn 5/11/24 npr] | | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/12/mrna-vaccine-cancer-research-trump-administration by Melody Schreiber 12/7/25 The Guardian] |
| It's Election Day in the United States! Across the nation, millions of ballots are being cast. But what would happen if the rules of our electoral system were changed? | | Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall |
| =====1970s Backlash: Counter-Revenge in Plain Sight===== | | [[Health Care-Prevention]] |
| [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/11/2332815/-1970s-Backlash-Counter-Revenge-in-Plain-Sight?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by KirkLC 11/7/25 DAILY KOS] | | |
| The 1960s upended longstanding norms around race, gender, sexuality, war, and authority. Civil rights legislation, feminist demands, sexual freedom, environmental activism, youth rebellion, antiwar protests, and increased government programs for the marginalized challenged traditional hierarchies. While these movements energized progressives and the marginalized, they also unsettled millions of Americans who felt left behind or disoriented. For them, the 1960s were not an era of liberation, but one of moral collapse, lawlessness, and cultural decline. | | =====The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters===== |
| =====Enduring confusion is the only certainty amid Trump’s latest tariff threats===== | | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-disaster-weather-preparations-us by Ed PilKington 13/7/25 The Guardian] |
| [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/donald-trump-latest-tariff-threats-analysis-us-economy by Heather Stewart 11/7/25 The Guardian] | | It faces hurricanes, heat, drought, rising seas and – as last week showed – deadly floods. But despite the clear need for preventive action, that is not the political mood |
| “There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change,” Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform this week. “All money will be due and payable starting AUGUST 1, 2025 – no extensions will be granted.” | | [[Doing Nothing]] |
| =====How extreme rainfall in New Mexico is linked to wildfires=====
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| [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jul/11/how-extreme-rainfall-in-new-mexico-is-linked-to-wildfires by James Michelin 11/7/25 The Guardian] | | =====Colville Tribes confirms first salmon sighting in Kettle River eight years after reintroducing salmon near Coulee Dam===== |
| In the town of Ruidoso, 35 homes were swept away and three people died. The National Weather Service attributed the extreme event to the wildfires that devastated the same area in 2024. | | [https://www.yoursourceone.com/columbia_basin/colville-tribes-confirms-first-salmon-sighting-in-kettle-river-eight-years-after-reintroducing-salmon-near/article_5a29f663-bcba-4c83-b106-69dc3c9410aa.html by ONE News Staff 11/7/25 SOURCEONE] |
| =====Is Lebanon’s New Electoral System a Path Out of Sectarianism?=====
| | NESPELEM — A juvenile Chinook salmon was recently photographed in the Kettle River near Cascade Falls in British Columbia, marking the first confirmed sighting of a Chinook in the river since the Colville Tribes began reintroduction efforts upstream of Grand Coulee Dam in 2017. |
| [https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-lebanons-new-electoral-system-a-path-out-of-sectarianism by Elias Muhanna 29/6/17 THE NEW YORKER] | | [[Environment-Habitat Preservation]] |
| On Friday, June 16th, Lebanon quietly ended one of the longest stretches of government paralysis in post-Second World War history. The parliament met to ratify a new electoral law that will govern national elections next year, nearly a decade after the last parliamentary polls were held. The law’s proponents claim that it will improve representation for the many sects that compose the country’s religiously diverse population. | | |
| =====How does the UK's voting system affect smaller parties?===== | | =====Why the Southwest megadrought is here to stay===== |
| [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977m09v60go by Chas Geiger 1/7/24 BBC] | | [https://www.earth.com/news/why-the-southwest-megadrought-is-here-to-stay/ by Jordan Joseph 13/7/25 earth.com] |
| Winning a healthy share of votes in Thursday's election does not necessarily mean securing a similar proportion of seats in Parliament, smaller parties have complained. | | Snowpack once reliably fed water into the Colorado River, yet winter precipitation across the Four Corners has dropped by roughly 23 percent since 1980. Reservoirs and ranchers feel the strain each spring. |
| =====Russian Hacks on U.S. Voting System Wider Than Previously Known=====
| | [[Heat and Drought]] |
| [https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-13/russian-breach-of-39-states-threatens-future-u-s-elections by Michael Riley 13/6/17 Bloomberg]
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| Russia’s cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump’s election was far more widespread than has been publicly revealed, including incursions into voter databases and software systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported.
| | =====The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico===== |
| =====Voting Restrictions Are Further Politicizing U.S. Electoral System, Journalist Says===== | | [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0epzp21z47o by Will Grant 13/7/25 BBC] |
| [https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/1000869614/voting-restrictions-are-further-politicizing-u-s-electoral-system-journalist-say by Terry Gross 27/5/21 npr] | | After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de Conchos in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua gather to plead for divine intervention. |
| This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Nick Corasaniti, has been reporting on what he describes as how the Republican Party is attempting to lock in political control for years to come by pushing through new laws to restrict voting access, limit ballot initiatives that could undermine Republican goals and stiffen penalties for poll workers and election officials who make even minor mistakes. | | [[Heat and Drought]] |
| =====Commentary: Why the Electoral College System Makes Little Sense Today=====
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| [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/commentary-why-the-electoral-college-system-makes-little-sense-today by Politics 1/11/12 PBS NEWS]
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| Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, center, carries a ballot box containing the 12 Massachusetts electoral votes for Vice President Al Gore during the Electoral College voting at the Statehouse Dec. 18, 2000, in Boston. Is the Electoral College system outdated?
| | =====There is no safe amount of processed meat to eat, according to new research===== |
| =====AN ISRAELI ELECTORAL SYSTEM THAT FRUSTRATED EVEN BEN-GURION===== | | [https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/02/health/processed-meats-sweet-drinks-disease-wellness by Madeline Holcombe 2/7/25 CNN] |
| [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/05/opinion/l-an-israeli-electoral-system-that-frustrated-even-ben-gurion-109080.html by The New York Times Archives THE NEW YORK TIMES] | | There is strong evidence that there is “no safe amount” of processed meat to eat, nutrition experts say in response to a new study on the connection between diet and the risk of major diseases, including cancer, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The researchers also found elevated risks from the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and trans fatty acids. |
| This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them.
| | [[Diet]] |
| Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions.
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| =====Here’s how US presidents get elected (it’s not by winning the most votes)===== | | |
| [https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/10/here-s-how-a-us-president-gets-elected-it-s-not-by-winning-the-most-votes/ by John Letzing 1/10/20 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | | =====Six-hour ‘undo’ button: GAI-17 rewinds stroke damage and may beat Alzheimer’s===== |
| The Electoral College is a mostly winner-take-all system that delivers a set number of electoral votes per state to the winner of the popular vote there. That set number is based on a state’s headcount in Congress – the minimum is three (as in Alaska and Wyoming, for example), and the maximum is 55 (California). There are 538 in total, and 270 are needed to win. | | [https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250715043357.htm by Osaka Metropolitan University 15/7/25 Science Daily] |
| =====How to Fix America’s Confusing Voting System===== | | Protein aggregation inhibitor shows lower levels of cell death and paralysis in mice with acute strokes. |
| [https://www.propublica.org/article/improve-voter-turnout-solutions-accessibility by Aliyya Swaby 12/9/22 PROPUBLICA] | | [[Health Care-Illness]] |
| Faye Combs used to enter the voting booth with trepidation. Unable to read until she was in her 40s, she would struggle to decipher the words on the ballot, intimidated by how quickly the people around her finished and departed.
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| =====voting system failures:
| | =====Agroecological farming promotes yield and biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable===== |
| a d ata b a s e s o l u t i o n =====
| | [https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70079 by B.A Woodcock 1/7/25 BTITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY] |
| [https://motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/norden_report.pdf by Lawrence Norden BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE] | | The intensification of global agriculture has devolved reliance on natural ecosystem services to agrochemicals and crop breeding, while simultaneously losing semi-natural habitats (Priyadarshana et al., 2024; Pywell et al., 2015; Stoate et al., 2009). In the short term this has increased yields at a level inconceivable in previous centuries but has come with negative externalities like biodiversity loss, nutrient losses and pollution burdens (Defra, 2023; Stoate et al., 2009; |
| The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law
| | [[Environment-Agriculture]] |
| institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to
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| campaign finance reform, from racial justice in criminal law to presidential power in the fight against terrorism.
| | =====#290 ReWilding our Water: From Rain to River to Sewer and back with Tim Smedley, author of The Last Drop===== |
| A singular institution – part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group – the Brennan Center
| | [https://accidentalgods.life/rewilding-our-water-from-rain-to-river-to-sewer-and-back-with-tim-smedley-author-of-the-last-drop/ by Tim Smedley The Last Drop] |
| combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communication to win meaningful, measurable change
| | If you listen to this podcast for any length of time, you’ll know that I believe the way forward is predicated on our finding shared values—I’d go for integrity, compassion, courage and generosity of spirit as the baselines—and then a suite of clear asks in the outer world and needs in the inner world. |
| in the public sector.
| | [[Environment-Habitat Preservation]] |
| =====Could the Electoral College system ever change?===== | | |
| [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/electoral-college-system-ever-change by PBS News Hour 13/11/16 PBS NEWS] | | =====First-of-its-kind wildlife overcrossing in Northern California officially in progress===== |
| President-Elect Donald Trump captured the White House by winning the Electoral College, even as Hillary Clinton won about half a million votes more than Trump. In response, some are calling for a national popular vote to decide the election. Josh Tucker, a politics professor at New York University, joins Alison Stewart to discuss. | | [https://krcrtv.com/news/local/first-of-its-kind-wildlife-overcrossing-in-northern-california-in-progress by Timea Horvath 18/7/25 KRCR] |
| =====In Georgia, primary election chaos highlights a voting system deeply flawed | | Wildfire Crossing Structure Project includes construction of a single-span, approximately 100-foot long by 140-foot wide wildlife overcrossing bridge at Post Mile 19.77. Caltrans crew will also install approximately two miles of 8-foot-high wildlife exclusion fencing on both sides of the highway, jump-outs every half mile to allow wildlife to escape the roadway corridor, cattle guards at private road access points and a reinforced concrete box culvert to enhance wildlife undercrossing opportunities. |
| Jun 22, 2020 6:35 PM EDT
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| [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-georgia-primary-election-chaos-highlights-a-voting-system-deeply-flawed by Miles O'Brien 22/6/20 PBS NEWS] | | =====Named after a historic dairy ranch that still stands today, Wilder Ranch covers a staggering 7,000 acres, from the treelined ridges of Ben Lomond Mountain to rugged cliffs overlooking a particularly untamed expanse of the Pacific Ocean. A testament to the area's rich agricultural history, farmers still grow artichokes, Brussels sprouts, and other fog-loving crops on the land between the ocean and Highway 1. |
| Georgia experienced major problems with its voting processes during a primary election earlier in June. People waited in line up to eight hours to cast ballots, and poll workers struggled with new machines on which they hadn’t been trained due to the pandemic. What do Georgia’s election issues mean for other state primaries -- and for American democracy more broadly? | | |
| =====The real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave states===== | | Read More: https://www.islands.com/1911800/california-coastal-wilder-ranch-state-park-near-downtown-santa-cruz-uncrowded-beach-trails/===== |
| [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/12/13598316/donald-trump-electoral-college-slavery-akhil-reed-amar by Sean Illing 12/11/16 Vox] | | [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/trump-energy-environment-agenda by Peter Stone 20/7/25 The Guardian] |
| There’s too much news and too little context. At Vox, we’ll help you understand what really matters. We report urgently on the most important stories shaping our world, but we also spend time on issues the rest of the media neglects. | | Ever since Donald Trump began his second presidency, he has used an “invented” national energy emergency to help justify expanding oil, gas and coal while slashing green energy – despite years of scientific evidence that burning fossil fuels has contributed significantly to climate change, say scholars and watchdogs. |
| =====Republican bid to alter Nebraska's electoral system to boost Trump stymied===== | | =====California's Hidden Coastal State Park Near Downtown Santa Cruz Offers Uncrowded Beach Access And Ethereal Trails |
| [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-bid-alter-nebraskas-electoral-system-boost-trump-fails-2024-09-23/ by Joseph Ax 23/9/24 Reuters] | | |
| Sept 23 (Reuters) - A last-minute Republican effort to award Nebraska's five Electoral College votes on a winner-take-all basis - a change that would help Donald Trump's odds of winning the White House - appeared doomed on Monday, after a key Republican lawmaker said he opposed the proposal despite lobbying from Trump's allies. | | Read More: https://www.islands.com/1911800/california-coastal-wilder-ranch-state-park-near-downtown-santa-cruz-uncrowded-beach-trails/===== |
| =====Lebanese candidates push for change in a corrupt electoral system===== | | [https://www.islands.com/1911800/california-coastal-wilder-ranch-state-park-near-downtown-santa-cruz-uncrowded-beach-trails/ by Eva Johnstone 19/6/25 Islands] |
| [https://www.npr.org/2022/05/14/1098942947/lebanese-candidates-push-for-change-in-a-corrupt-electoral-system by Arezou Rezvani 14/5/22 npr] | | Named after a historic dairy ranch that still stands today, Wilder Ranch covers a staggering 7,000 acres, from the treelined ridges of Ben Lomond Mountain to rugged cliffs overlooking a particularly untamed expanse of the Pacific Ocean. A testament to the area's rich agricultural history, farmers still grow artichokes, Brussels sprouts, and other fog-loving crops on the land between the ocean and Highway 1. |
| Lebanon is going through one of the worst economic crises in recent history. Food and fuel prices are way up. Certain medicines are hard to find. Power outages sometimes drag on for days. Tomorrow, voters have a chance to hold the ruling establishment to account in parliamentary elections. But NPR's Arezou Rezvani in Beirut explains, it won't be easy for new candidates to break through a system that's built to keep the same usual parties in charge. | | |
| =====US election: how does the electoral college voting system work?=====
| | Read More: https://www.islands.com/1911800/california-coastal-wilder-ranch-state-park-near-downtown-santa-cruz-uncrowded-beach-trails/ |
| [https://theconversation.com/us-election-how-does-the-electoral-college-voting-system-work-242283 by Richard Hargy 4/11/24 THE CONVERSATION]
| | =====Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change===== |
| On November 5, millions of Americans will cast their votes for president, with the vast majority deciding between Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump. This historic election, however, is not determined by a singular national poll, but rather a state-by-state contest. Many people outside the US, and some inside, do not understand how this complicated system works.
| | [https://theconversation.com/only-3-years-left-new-study-warns-the-world-is-running-out-of-time-to-avoid-the-worst-impacts-of-climate-change-261229 by Piers Forster 20/7/25 THE CONVERSATION] |
| =====How has the Electoral College survived, despite being perennially unpopular?=====
| | Bad climate news is everywhere. Africa is being hit particularly hard by climate change and extreme weather, impacting lives and livelihoods. |
| [https://www.npr.org/2024/11/04/nx-s1-5173568/electoral-college-explained by Bill Chappell 4/11/24 npr]
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| A majority of Americans — more than 60% — support abolishing the Electoral College, according to a September report by the Pew Research Center. But the system has survived an unprecedented number of attempts to change it.
| | We are living in a world that is warming at the fastest rate since records began. Yet, governments have been slow to act. |
| =====Making elephants dance - a guide to Germany's electoral system=====
| | =====“Remarkable” Results – Scientists Say This Supplement Reversed Heart Damage===== |
| [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-election-electoral-system-exp/explainer-making-elephants-dance-a-guide-to-germanys-electoral-system-idUKKBN2GJ0KC/ by Thomas Escritt 23/9/21 Reuters]
| | [https://scitechdaily.com/remarkable-results-scientists-say-this-supplement-reversed-heart-damage/ by THE UNIVERSITY OF OSAKA 19/7/25 SciTechDaily] |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - Sixty million voters, casting twice as many votes for 47 parties, leading to a parliament that could have anywhere from 700 to as much as 1,000 legislators - the German electoral system is baffling even to Germans.
| | Japanese researchers have uncovered that tricaprin, a dietary supplement, triggered a dramatic reversal of heart disease symptoms in two patients with a rare, treatment-resistant condition. After years of chest pain and failed therapies, the patients experienced relief and even regression of artery-clogging fat deposits. The key wasn’t lowering cholesterol, but breaking down triglycerides inside heart cells—a novel and potentially groundbreaking approach to cardiac care. |
| =====Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems=====
| | =====Can cannabis impact aging? Study shows marijuana could alter 'genetic code'===== |
| [https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170339114/fox-news-settles-blockbuster-defamation-lawsuit-with-dominion-voting-systems by David Folkenflik 18/4/23 npr]
| | [https://komonews.com/news/offbeat/can-cannabis-impact-aging-study-shows-marijuana-could-alter-genetic-code-pot-weed-smoke-smoking-smokers-epigenetic-research-effect-impact-body-health-healthy-lungs-brain-drugs-substance-abuse-addiction-tobacco-disorders-infections-cincinnati by WKRC 20/7/25 KOMONEWS] |
| Judge Eric Davis of the Delaware Superior Court announced the settlement from the bench on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the trial's scheduled start.
| | The study highlighted the importance of understanding marijuana's effects on the body, as it remains one of the most widely used drugs globally. While some effects are well-known, the research indicated a broader impact than previously anticipated. |
| =====All politicians “game” the system. The question is how?=====
| | =====Stop telling us it’s not about that===== |
| [https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2018/5/14/17352208/ranked-choice-voting-san-francisco by Lee Drutman 14/5/18 Vox]
| | [https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/23/2334876/-Stop-telling-us-it-s-not-about-that?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by MurielVieux 23/7/25 DAILY KOS] |
| There’s too much news and too little context. At Vox, we’ll help you understand what really matters. We report urgently on the most important stories shaping our world, but we also spend time on issues the rest of the media neglects.
| | Deny the truth to yourselves all you want people, but stop telling us Black folks that what’s going on today, what won the 2024 election is not white supremacy. |
| =====Election system needs an overhaul, but it's not that easy=====
| | =====The 5 Best Drinks for Kidney Stones (Plus 3 to Avoid)===== |
| [https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-politics/election-system-needs-an-overhaul-but-its-not-that-easy-idUSBRE8A71F9/ by Deborah Charles 8/11/12 Reuters]
| | [https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/kidney-stones/best-drink-for-kidney-stones?srsltid=AfmBOor1LT8uh3L5QL8wWUjNkhhr98fzsrGgsTkJ98A-9iN8PcID1ern by Tracy Norfleet 13/3/24 GoodRx] |
| Election Day problems have become commonplace in the United States in recent general elections. But a comment by President Barack Obama offered a glimmer of hope that problems that have dogged voting for years might finally be addressed.
| | If you’ve ever had a kidney stone, you know that they can be incredibly painful. And about half of people with kidney stones end up having more in the future. But there are things you can do to lower your risk of kidney stones, like drinking the right things. |
| | =====What to do about gallstones===== |
| | [https://www.health.harvard.edu/womens-health/what-to-do-about-gallstones by Harvard Health Publishing 20/7/23] |
| | Gallstones begin with bile, a substance that helps with the digestion of fats and the absorption of certain vitamins. Bile is made in the liver and carried to the gallbladder, a small, pear-shaped organ that concentrates and stores it. The fat in food triggers the release of a hormone that causes the gallbladder to contract and release bile into the intestine. |
| | =====Where the next deadly flood wave could strike===== |
| | [https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/24/climate/flash-flood-risk-hot-spots by Andrew Freedman 24/7/25 CNN] |
| | The ingredients that led to the Hill Country disaster — steep terrain, swollen rivers and unsuspecting people in harm’s way — are not unique to Texas. Across the United States, there are pockets of vulnerability where geography, weather and human nature converge in ways that heighten the risk of flash flooding. |
| | =====Why the U.S. is leading the world in extreme weather catastrophes===== |
| | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/why-the-u-s-is-leading-the-world-in-extreme-weather-catastrophes by Seth Borenstein 2/4/23 PBS NEWS] |
| | The United States is Earth’s punching bag for nasty weather. |
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| | Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, jutting peninsulas like Florida, clashing storm fronts and the jet stream combine to naturally brew the nastiest of weather. |
| | =====It is one of the deadliest chemicals on Earth – but even Mexico’s cartels can’t resist the lure of mercury===== |
| | [https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/24/mexico-toxic-mercury-smugglers-gold-rush-poisoning-amazon by Luke Taylor 24/7/25 The Guardian] |
| | An undercover investigation reveals 200 tonnes of the deadly substance is being smuggled across South America, where it is poisoning rivers, soil and air |
