Category: Family & Teens
China uses ‘microwave’ weapons to topple Indian troops in border dispute: Professor
The electromagnetic weapons, which cook the human tissue of enemy troops, “turned the mountain tops into a microwave oven” and made the Indian soldiers vomit, international studies expert Jin Canrong told his students in Beijing, according to The Times…more:torontosun
Risk Assessment of Using Aluminum Foil in Food Preparation
…Studies that do exist reveal that wrapping cold or cooled foods in foil for storage did not lead to leeching of any aluminum. However, a study published in 2012 did find that cooking with aluminum at high temps and the use of acidic foods, salt, and spices did perpetuate a greater amount of leeching….MORE:foodnetwork
China Targets Muslims With Increasingly Harsh Restrictions
“Every household would burn their religious books in case they were searched. Shredders were sold out. People would flush the book ashes down the toilet, sometime clogging the pipes,” one Chinese Muslim publisher says of that era. “The persecution we are facing now is worse than that time.”…more: npr / trt
Researchers Tested 14 Types of Masks. Here’s What They Learned
The Prophetic Cure to Loneliness and Depression
US Senators urge Facebook to address anti-Muslim bigotry
15 US senators called for the platform to address violence and hate speech in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook is failing to sufficiently address violence and hate speech against Muslim minorities and enforce anti-bigotry policies across its platform, 15 US senators said in a letter addressed to company CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday…more:thenationalnews
Islam, Cartoons of the Prophet, and Murder
Brutal murder again by young Muslim fanatics in several European cities. Are these further cases of a “clash of civilisations?” Of western freedom of speech versus reactionary religious views? Or not? The spectacle of bloody “executions” over caricatures of the…
You’ll Never Throw Away Avocado Seed After Watching This
Is the new Covid vaccine our way back to normality? – video explainer
Free speech & the law: Public Order
Many of the public order crimes discussed in this guide are contained in the Public Order Act 1986, which sets out the offences of riot, affray, violent disorder, and the different types of criminal harassment, alarm or distress. However, there are also more specific offences, such as “indecent or racist chanting”…more: indexoncensorship. You may read: However, if you look at the arrests made under section 5, you will have to admit that it’s making us look a little sensitive. A student was arrested for telling a policeman his horse was gay…more:theguardian
