The mirror self-recognition test has been around for decades. Only a few species have what it takes to recognize themselves, while others learn to use mirrors as tools. NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce talks us through mirror self-recognition and why Maddie's dog is staring at her.
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The NewsWorthy - 2nd Vaccine’s Final Step, Russia Olympics Ban & Boseman’s Last Bow- Friday, December 18th, 2020
The news to know for Friday, December 18th, 2020!
What to know about:
- the second vaccine likely going out to the public soon: what an FDA advisory panel said about it and what's expected to happen today
- new information on that government cyberattack
- Google facing yet another lawsuit
- why you won't see Russia's flag at the next two Olympic Games
- two highly-anticipated releases in the entertainment world today
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.
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Sources:
FDA Panel Recommends Moderna Vaccine: WaPo, AP, WSJ
VP Pence Getting Vaccine Today: NBC News, Axios, ABC News
U.S. Sets New COVID-19 Records: NY Times, Johns Hopkins, COVID Tracking
Southern California has 0% ICU Capacity: LA Times, AP, NPR
France’s Macron Gets COVID-19: WaPo, CNN, Axios, Reuters
Biden Picks Interior Secretary: WaPo, NPR, FOX News, Biden Transition, Haaland Tweet
See the Rest of Biden’s Climate Team: Biden Transition
Russia’s Olympics Ban Upheld: USA Today, NY Times, WaPo, AP
'Grave Risks' From Cyberattacks: NY Times, AP, USA Today, Politico, Bloomberg, CISA
Google’s 3rd Antitrust Lawsuit: AP, NY Times, The Verge
'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Comes Out: NPR, USA Today, Netflix
'McCartney III' Released: AP, Rolling Stone, Billboard
Feel Good Friday: Friendship Bracelets for Charity: NY Times, NPR, Buy a Bracelet Here
What A Day - WAD A Year
Congressional leaders are putting together the final pieces of an emerging deal on COVID relief, but the negotiations could continue into the weekend. We spoke to Congressman Ro Khanna about the relief bill, the Biden transition and what gives him hope for next year.
This year saw the largest-ever racial justice uprisings since the 1960s, following the racist killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and many other Black Americans. We looked back at some of the conversations we’ve had with activists, journalists, and elected officials about the movement and what it means to them.
For our final round of headlines, we focused on the issue of policing: the botched raid of Anjanette Young’s apartment in Chicago and the city’s attempt to keep it quiet, new studies that show giving police military gear doesn’t lower crime rates, and Tamika Palmer’s open letter to Joe Biden about her daughter, Breonna Taylor.
Show Announcement:
What A Day will be off for the rest of the year & back on Monday January 4th. Thank you for listening and we'll see you next year!
The Daily Signal - Why Child Porn on Pornhub Is Making Visa and MasterCard Block Payments
Visa and Mastercard are reportedly blocking payments on Pornhub due to allegations of child pornography on Pornhub. What is going on here?
Nicholas Kristof, an opinion columnist for the New York Times recently wrote a heartbreaking column on the children of PornHub, telling some of the stories of the children of PornHub. What are some of those stories?
How can people stand up to PornHub and their aiding and abetting of child porn?
Haley McNamara, the director of the International Centre on Sexual Exploitation in the UK, and a Vice President at the U.S. based National Center on Sexual Exploitation, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss.
We also cover these stories:
- Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to receive the Coronavirus vaccine on TV on Friday morning.
- Google is under fire from more than a third of America’s states for operation as a monopoly.
- Jobless claims have reached 885,000 due to a coronavirus spike.
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Talk Python To Me - #295: GIS + Python
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at talkpython.fm/295
Opening Arguments - OA448: Secret Expert Witness “Spyder” is Dude Named Josh
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In what will surprise no one who listens to this show, Sidney Powell's double secret expert military intelligence witness on election theft is.... a dude named Josh who is actually none of those things. Andrew takes us through the latest from the top notch legal team trying to overturn the election, and how it differs from actual lawsuits filed in Georgia for good reasons.
Links: Spyder affidavits, FRE rule 702, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), WaPo: Sidney Powell’s secret ‘military intelligence expert,’ key to fraud claims in election lawsuits, never worked in military intelligence, real law suits: Plaintiff, v. MIKE KAPLAN, SU20CV0594, 20-CV-003112, 2020V123366K, Calendar law: Georgia Code Title 21. Elections § 21-2-385, § 21-2-14
The Stack Overflow Podcast - Adventures in Javascriptlandia
You can read more about Javascriptlandia here. It is part of larger conversation happening on Google's Open Source Blog and through initiatives like Github allowing corporations into their Sponsors program.
For a delightfully old school and interactive website about Myles, click here. For his Twitter, go here.
You can find Jory's website here and her Twitter presence here.
This week's lifeboat badge goes to Marijn van Vliet for answering the question: How do I return a char array from a function?
The Gist - Democrat Delusions
On the Gist, gale-force winds from winter storm Gail. And, today in Remembrances of Things Trump: Jim Acosta was scolded and his credentials revoked.
In the interview, Mike talks with Scottish sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter how his dogs Olive and Mabel became online celebrities. Earlier this year, Cotter began publishing short videos of his dogs featuring funny commentaries from his perspective. One is a sports-style chew toy play-by-play, and another is a work call with his pups over Zoom. These videos went majorly viral, and now he’s out with a memoir recounting the real stories of his life with his dogs. Cotter’s book is Olive, Mabel, & Me: Life and Adventures With Two Very Good Dogs.
In the spiel, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stresses that there is no plan in place for new leadership.
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Pod Save America - “Stimulus checks and balances.”
Mitch McConnell agrees to stimulus checks because he’s worried about losing Georgia, Covid relief nears the finish line, and Democrats ponder why they lost the Senate race in Maine. Then, in an excerpt of his interview on this week’s Pod Save the World, Barack Obama talks to Tommy and Ben about his tensions with the Pentagon over Afghanistan and his thoughts about the rise of right-wing nationalism.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Why Many Black Americans Won’t Get A COVID-19 Vaccine
A new Kaiser study showed that 35% of Black people were either ambivalent toward or disinterested in getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Reset unpacks what’s behind the distrust of the vaccine with a Chicago community health professional and a historian who specializes in Black medical history.
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