PLATT - CURATED News

GENERAL INTEREST
Danish Rubjerg lighthouse moved inland on skates
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50139900

HEALTH
Parents Should Limit Sports Participation for Children, Trainers Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/health/children-sports-injuries.html?auth=login-email&emc=edit_sc_20191022%3Fcampaign_id%3D34&instance_id=13275&login=email&nl=science-times&regi_id=58935408&segment_id=18118&te=1&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab

HEALTHCARE
Medicaid Covers a Million Fewer Children. Baby Elijah Was One of Them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/upshot/medicaid-uninsured-children.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20191022?campaign_id=57&instance_id=13295&segment_id=18141&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408

XXXXXX DERANGED
Connecticut College Students Charged With Violating State Law Prohibiting ???Ridicule??? after Using Racial Slur
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/connecticut-college-students-charged-with-violating-state-law-prohibiting-ridicule-after-using-racial-slur/

Seattle Public Schools Want to Teach Social Justice in Math Class. That Hurts Minorities.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/seattle-public-schools-proposal-teach-social-justice-in-math-class/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-22&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Gutfeld on Seattle???s attempt to infuse social justice into math
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gutfeld-seattle-social-justice-math

SANITY !!!!!!
Canadian Court Rules against Transgender Activist Jessica Yaniv in Fight with Beauticians over Waxing
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jessica-yaniv-canadian-court-rules-against-transgender-activist-in-waxing-case/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-22&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

SPORTS
The integrity of 2019 World Series
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2019/20191022/The-integrity-of-2019-World-Series?src=shared%20You%20can%20try%20the%20Monitor%20Daily%20free%20for%20a%20month:%20https://www.csmonitor.com/dailyfreetrial

EDUCATION
Developing engineering identity may be key to student success
https://www.newswise.com/articles/developing-engineering-identity-may-be-key-to-student-success

Seattle Public Schools Want to Teach Social Justice in Math Class. That Hurts Minorities.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/seattle-public-schools-proposal-teach-social-justice-in-math-class/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-10-22&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

HISTORY
Spain's wealth and its fall from power -- 10/22/19
https://delanceyplace.com/

BUSINESS
We salute the 93-year-old WWII veteran who refuses to retire, and opened up a 'boozy bakery' instead
https://taskandpurpose.com/world-war-ii-veteran-boozy-bakery

Banning access to work emails after hours can harm your mental health (seriously)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/banning-access-to-work-emails-can-harm-employees-mental-health-seriously-2019-10-22

Pablo Escobar???s brother plans to ???take down??? Elon Musk over flamethrower
https://nypost.com/2019/10/21/pablo-escobars-brother-plans-to-take-down-elon-musk-over-flamethrower/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

SCIENCE
Evolution: Bacteria to Beethoven
https://www.prageru.com/video/evolution-bacteria-to-beethoven/

Prime editing: DNA tool could correct 89% of genetic defects
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50125843

ASTRONOMY
Asteroid Half The Size Of Mount Everest May Be On Collision Course With Earth Next Year
https://apple.news/Ak5LCi7h1SaCj9oQm_lPNPg

ICHTHYOLOGY
Latest weapon against lionfish? Meet the Roomba of the sea.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Daily/2019/20191022/Latest-weapon-against-lionfish-Meet-the-Roomba-of-the-sea?cmpid=shared-email

TECHNOLOGY
Activating Dark Mode on your iPhone could increase battery life up to 30%, a new experiment has found
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7597897/Activating-Dark-Mode-iPhone-increase-battery-life-30-new-experiment-found.html

Tech start-up creates self-driving SCOOTERS that can drive themselves directly to commuters and then back to charging points when the journey is over
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7595805/Self-driving-SCOOTERS-drive-charging-points-busy-areas.html

Hawley Introduces Bipartisan Bill Empowering Users to Withdraw Their Data from Social Media Giants
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hawley-introduces-bipartisan-bill-empowering-users-to-withdraw-their-data-from-social-media-giants/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=breaking&utm_campaign=newstrack&utm_term=18402014

CYBER SECURITY
4 things you should immediately stop doing online
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/4-things-you-should-immediately-stop-doing-online-2019-10-21

Zuckerberg unveils Facebook???s new security measures to combat 2020 election interference
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/zuckerberg-unveils-facebooks-new-security-measures-to-combat-2020-election-interference-2019-10-21

DEFENSE
Army, industry intensify war on enemy drones with new lasers, missiles
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/army-industry-intensify-war-on-enemy-drones-with-new-lasers-missiles

MILITARY
Retired Coast Guard Admiral accused of shoplifting from Philly sex shop
https://taskandpurpose.com/cg-admiral-pelkowski-accused-shoplift

???Nice girls don't join the military': New commander of Air Force refueling squadron proves her critics wrong
https://taskandpurpose.com/female-air--force-refueler-commander

The Marine Corps says its boot camp reforms have cut down on drill instructor misconduct
https://taskandpurpose.com/marine-drill-instructors-less-hazing

Tom DeLonge???s alien-hunting group partners with US Army
https://nypost.com/2019/10/21/tom-delonges-alien-hunting-group-partners-with-us-army/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

LAW AND ORDER
Hesitant hitmen jailed over botched assassination in China
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450
MIDDLE EAST
Trump denies he betrayed the Kurds: 'We never gave a commitment' (This may have been the right thing to do strategically but, the way it has been handled stinks to high Heaven.?? As far as this particular statement goes, well ... Trump needs to just own up, shut the f*** up and, move on.)
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-denies-he-betrayed-the-kurds-we-never-gave-a-commitment-185547362.html

NKOR
North Korea's Kim orders demolition of South-built resort
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-koreas-kim-orders-demolition-of-south-built-resort/ar-AAJcaB9?ocid=spartandhp

SCOTUS
Americans support term limits for high court justices
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=5dc6c75d5b5c8e2b894c826fbd1fa408_5daf1f43_5cd1fdb&selDate=20191022&goTo=A01&artid=3&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

IMPEACHMENT
Trump urged to hire chief strategist for impeachment fight
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466990-trump-urged-to-hire-chief-strategist-for-impeachment-fight

POLITICS
In Defense of Tulsi
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/tulsi-gabbard-military-service-independent-streak-give-her-edge-over-hillary-clinton/

Cash surge puts more Senate races in play
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/466801-cash-surge-puts-more-senate-races-in-play

"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)