PLATT - CURATED news

GENERAL INTEREST
Adopting a senior dog is the BEST
https://twitter.com/dodo/status/1172193151462887427

HEALTH
The desert soil that could save lives
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190912-the-desert-soil-that-could-fight-superbug-bacteria

HEALTH CARE
Sally Pipes: Sorry, Bernie Sanders, American health care is not 'barbaric' (and Canada's system isn't perfect)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sally-pipes-bernie-sanders-american-health-care-barbaric

HISTORY
The Communist Plot to Assassinate George Orwell
https://lithub.com/the-communist-plot-to-assassinate-george-orwell/

ARCHAEOLOGY
2,100-year-old 'iPhone case' discovered in ???Russian Atlantis???
https://www.foxnews.com/science/2100-year-old-iphone-case-discovered-in-russian-atlantis

BIOLOGY
Strange life forms found deep in a mine point to vast 'underground Galapagos'
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/strange-life-forms-found-deep-mine-point-vast-underground-galapagos-ncna1050906

ENTOMOLOGY
Wasps: If you can't love them, at least admire them
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49692974

ORNITHOLOGY
How to ID Six Warblers in Their Fall Feathers
https://www.audubon.org/news/how-recognize-six-warblers-their-fall-feathers?emci=b3c05892-a0d5-e911-bcd0-2818784d4349&emdi=00d6f27b-bed7-e911-b5e9-2818784d6d68&ceid=195312&ms=digital-eng-email-ea-x-engagement_20190915_eng-burst-warblers_medium&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=engagement_20190915_eng-burst-warblers&utm_content=medium

TECHNOLOGY
Virtual assistant spies, saving texts, burner phones, and more: Tech Q&A
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/virtual-assistant-spies-saving-texts-burner-phones-and-more-tech-qa

CYBER SECURITY
U.S. Targets North Korean Hacking as Rising National-Security Threat
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-targets-north-korean-hacking-as-rising-national-security-threat-11568545202?emailToken=08a08b96db181e5a16f278d9c4e7a197WkYVhhdkMPDrP+XT1tVi0itRtNVNVkN8GgpRXZx3wkMA5sSdl9clJkWY+I8CsEByqhouZ+10qjvNrM5xFu69RksjoY9ZlHRUCPwygcsxUIhrYBDLrMrjmpis7/gVdLDr&reflink=article_email_share

NATIONAL SECURITY
Data has paralleled oil in becoming an intensely political national security issue
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/461420-data-has-paralleled-oil-in-becoming-an-intensely-political-national

Iran says U.S. bases and aircraft carriers within range of its missiles: Tasnim
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-missiles/iran-says-u-s-bases-and-aircraft-carriers-within-range-of-its-missiles-tasnim-idUSKBN1W004A

MILITARY
No, US service members aren't hauling beer as part of their Hurricane Dorian relief mission
https://taskandpurpose.com/hurricane-dorian-coast-guard-cbp-beer-coors-water

The US sent bomb-sniffing dogs to Jordan. Now they're dying from improper care
https://taskandpurpose.com/bomb-sniffing-dogs-jordan-dying-improper-care

SCOTUS
New York Times updates Kavanaugh report to note alleged sexual misconduct victim is said to not recall the incident
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/new-york-times-updates-kavanaugh-report-to-note-alleged-sexual-misconduct-victim-is-said-to-not-recall-the-incident

POLITICS
Trump tariffs put 2020 Democrats in a bind
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/trade/461384-trump-tariffs-put-2020-democrats-in-a-bind

"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end ??? 
which you can never afford to lose ??? with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
        - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)