All posts tagged: identifying

CIA Security Officer Files Lawsuit Against Steve Baker And The Blaze For Identifying Her As J6 Bomber

CIA Security Officer Files Lawsuit Against Steve Baker And The Blaze For Identifying Her As J6 Bomber

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by ‘sundance’ via The Last Refuge, Steve Baker and The Blaze are being sued by former Capitol Hill police officer Shauni Kerkoff, who Baker accused of being the J6 pipe bomber based on “gait” analysis and other dubious claims. Mr Baker, a former FBI employee named Kyle Seraphin and Kentucky representative Thomas Massie also pushed the accusation, saying FBI Director Kash and other FBI officials were lying and an innocent guy was arrested. The arrested suspect, Brian J. Cole, Jr., confessed to the crimes. Yesterday, Shauni Kerkoff, who now works for the CIA security office, filed a lawsuit against Steve Baker and The Blaze, claiming Steve Baker was motivated by anger over his arrest for activity in the J6 event where Ms. Kerkoff was present providing security. According to the lawsuit, Steve Baker and The Blaze created a conspiracy theory using Shauni Kerkoff as the target of their claims. This is going to be an interesting lawsuit to watch unfold as there are various types of conspiracy claims similar to Mr Baker that are circulating.  If their claim …

Viral Phenomenon in Argentina Has Young People Identifying Themselves as Animals

Viral Phenomenon in Argentina Has Young People Identifying Themselves as Animals

Published by Sam Flores

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — On a recent Sunday, a Buenos Aires plaza transformed into a makeshift wilderness for an unusual group of teenagers. Sofía, wearing a lifelike beagle mask, ran across the grass on all fours. Nearby, 15-year-old Aguara leapt through the air, clearing an obstacle course while imitating the precise movements of a Belgian breed dog. Others dressed as cats and foxes perched in the branches of trees, keeping their distance from curious onlookers. It was the latest gathering of “therians,” individuals who say they identify mentally, spiritually or psychologically with non-human animals. The trend has taken over Argentine social media over the past few months, gaining traction on platforms like TikTok, where the hashtag #therian has surpassed 2 million posts, with Argentina leading all other Latin American countries in engagement. The surge has drawn the attention of influencers and media outlets alike, sparking reactions that range from laughter and bewilderment to outright anger. And as the movement gains traction, psychologists are stepping in to analyze the phenomenon and its place in public discourse. …

Scorpions can pose a deadly threat to children – we’re identifying the global hotspots

Scorpions can pose a deadly threat to children – we’re identifying the global hotspots

Published by skeptic

For people living in temperate regions of Europe, the Americas and much of Asia, scorpion stings are rarely a concern. But for millions of children growing up across the subtropical belt, a scorpion sting can have devastating consequences. While snakebites are receiving increasing international attention and funding under the leadership of the World Health Organization, scorpionism (the medical term for illness caused by scorpion venom) remains under-reported, under-funded and under-researched. Worse still, this silent epidemic appears to be growing, fuelled by a combination of climate change, urbanisation, global trade and human encroachment into natural habitats. In Brazil, scorpion stings have tripled over the past decade, as scorpions settle in major cities around the country. In Sudan, the construction of the Merowe Dam in 2009 and the rapid development of gold mining complexes displaced scorpion populations into nearby settlements, triggering localised epidemics. In November 2021, torrential rains in Aswan, southern Egypt, drove thousands of deathstalker scorpions into homes and in the streets, injuring more than 450 residents and overwhelming local hospitals. Globally, at least 1.2 million …

We need to get better at identifying postpartum depression in dads

We need to get better at identifying postpartum depression in dads

Published by skeptic

International Women’s Day, held annually on 8 March, is a stalwart of what we might call the “awareness calendar” – the loose collection of days, weeks and months dedicated to informing the public about different issues. It’s unfortunate that some men’s response to IWD is to ask “when is International Men’s Day then?”, especially when the answer is that it already exists, on 19 November, and is designed to highlight issues facing men, such as abuse, homelessness, suicide and violence. Putting the bad-faith questioning of IWD aside, the relative lack of awareness of the men’s day versus the women’s illustrates how men’s mental health remains a particularly hard nut to crack. It is true that recent decades have seen a vast improvement in our attitudes towards mental health in general. But men still struggle to talk about their problems – while statistics vary, women are far more likely to be open about their mental health. Part of the reason for this is that we are less good at acknowledging male mental health conditions. As we …

Identifying dinosaurs from their footprints is difficult – but AI can help

Identifying dinosaurs from their footprints is difficult – but AI can help

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When you hear the word “dinosaur”, the first thing that might spring to mind is a hulking skeleton like Sue the T rex in Chicago’s Field Museum or Sophie the Stegosaurus at the Natural History Museum in London. Dinosaur skeletons give us striking evidence of what these ancient animals looked like, from the plates and spikes on stegosaurs like Sophie to the long-necked, airplane-sized bodies of titanosaurs. However, despite their iconic status as museum centerpieces, skeletons are not the most common type of dinosaur fossil known. That prize goes to dinosaur footprints. The abundance of dinosaur footprints is intuitive. Each dinosaur could only leave one skeleton – but on any single day of its life, it could make thousands of footprints. So, even if only a tiny fraction were fossilised, we could expect to see many more of them in the fossil record. Dinosaur footprints form in environments where the ground is soft enough to leave an impression, but still cohesive enough so that the shape of the track does not collapse. We find dinosaur …

Stephen Miller: Feds Have Begun Work Of ‘Identifying, Disrupting And Dismantling The Insurgent Networks’ In Minnesota

Stephen Miller: Feds Have Begun Work Of ‘Identifying, Disrupting And Dismantling The Insurgent Networks’ In Minnesota

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Stephen Miller, a top White House official, said Tuesday evening that federal law enforcement now has the resources to protect its officers and begin the work of “identifying, disrupting and dismantling the insurgent networks” hampering Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minnesota. Miller’s message came after President Trump released a statement on Truth Social earlier Tuesday, saying: “FEAR NOT, GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA, THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a large-scale deployment of federal agents to Minneapolis and St. Paul in early January 2026, deploying approximately 2,000 federal agents from ICE, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) under an operation dubbed “Operation Metro Surge.” President Trump ordered an additional 1,000 CBP agents to deploy to the Twin cities, potentially bringing the total to approximately 3,000 federal personnel there to conduct immigration enforcement operations amidst the violent left-wing insurgency. Miller delivered an encouraging message to these federal officers during an appearance on Fox News’ Will …

Swiss begin identifying dead as fire inquiry turns to safety standards

Swiss begin identifying dead as fire inquiry turns to safety standards

Published by Sam Flores

As authorities on Saturday began confirming identities of the dead to anguished relatives, Swiss investigators were examining safety protocols and building conditions inside the bar near the Crans-Montana resort where about 40 people were killed and 119 injured early New Year’s Day in an intense, fast-moving fire, which apparently started when sparklers placed on top of champagne bottles were held up close to the venue’s ceiling. Source link

Swiss face arduous task of identifying victims of deadly bar fire

Swiss face arduous task of identifying victims of deadly bar fire

Published by Sam Flores

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland: Investigators on Friday (Jan 2) set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar and killed around 40 people at a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana. So severe were the burns suffered by the mostly young crowd of revellers in the Le Constellation bar that Swiss officials said it could take days before they name all the victims of the fire that also injured 115, many of them seriously. Parents of missing youths anxiously issued pleas for news of their loved ones as foreign embassies scrambled to work out if their nationals were among those caught up in one of the worst tragedies to befall modern Switzerland. “The first objective is to assign names to all the bodies,” Crans-Montana’s mayor Nicolas Feraud told a press conference on Thursday evening. This, he said, could take days. Mathias Reynard, head of government of the canton of Valais, said experts were using dental and DNA samples for the task. “All …

The trick to identifying JWST images in an instant

The trick to identifying JWST images in an instant

Published by Jenni Sidey

Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. From Earth and across space, our telescopes continually image the Universe. This multiwavelength view of the two largest, brightest galaxies in the M81 group shows stars, plasmas, and neutral hydrogen gas. The gas bridge connecting these two galaxies infalls onto both members, triggering the formation of new stars. If each star were shrunk down to be a grain of sand, this group would be 36 million km away, but the two galaxies would be separated only by a little over 400,000 km: the Earth-Moon distance. The galaxies comprising the M81 group will likely be the very last ones to recede from our reach in our dark energy-dominated Universe. Credit: R. Gendler, R. Croman, R. Colombari; Acknowledgement: R. Jay GaBany; VLA Data: E. de Block (ASTRON) Beyond their scientific value, these images are visually alluring. Galaxies, when we examine their stars inside, range from ultra-diffuse to ultra-compact, depending on where their stars …