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October 4, 2024

Fluoride in drinking water at twice safe limit linked to lower IQ in children | Health | The Guardian
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US government study finds association between high levels of fluoride exposure and potential neurological risk

Biblical scholar Dan McClellan fights misinformation about the Bible on social media | TPR
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The Bible is 100% pro-slavery from beginning to end. We renegotiated that away.

Data show productivity grew as public servants worked remotely | Ottawa Citizen
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Data on labour productivity, collected by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) from Statistics Canada, show a 4.5 per cent growth in productivity between 2019 and 2023 within the federal government.

A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Electronic Performance Monitoring on Work Outcomes

we found little evidence for the effects of monitoring and monitoring characteristics on performance behaviors. These null findings deviate from the conventional wisdom that EPM increases motivation to perform

Trump Resisted Disaster Aid for Democratic States as President, Officials Claim
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Former officials in Donald Trump's White House claim that on at least three occasions as president, he delayed disaster aid in states that were not Republican-leaning

In one shocking instance — during the deadly California wildfires in 2018 — Harvey claims that Trump initially refused to approve disaster aid because the state is historically Democratic. Harvey alleges that the then-president only changed his mind after staff made the case that Orange County, where fire was spreading, largely supported Trump.

“We went as far as looking up how many votes he got in those impacted areas … to show him these are people who voted for you,” Harvey said — a story corroborated by Troye.

Ontario launches new heat pump incentives to tackle rising electricity demand
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Ontario has a new incentive encouraging homeowners to install heat pumps to reduce their energy use and lower planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions associated with home heating.

Jack Gibbons, chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, who recently installed a $14,000 cold climate air-source heat pump, said a heat pump can reduce heating bills by around $2,000 annually.

Full transcript: Trump’s audio call with Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger | CNN Politics
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So what are we going to do here folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break.

“Your numbers are right.” But your numbers aren’t right. They’re really wrong and they’re really wrong, Brad. And I know this phone call is going nowhere other than, other than ultimately, you know — Look ultimately, I win, okay?

I’m just saying you know, and, you know, under new counts, and under uh, new views, of the election results, we won the election. You know? It’s very simple. We won the election.

No amount of evidence will convince Republicans of Trump’s 2020 guilt

In that survey, Americans were asked whether various statements were believable, including some that were simple statements of fact. Respondents were asked, for example, whether “Trump called Georgia state officials in an attempt to get them to change the 2020 election outcome in Georgia in an effort to stay president.” This is not a question of opinion; it happened. We know it happened because The Washington Post reported that it happened. And not only did The Post report that it happened, we obtained audio of the call in which Trump does exactly what’s articulated.

About 6 in 10 Americans said that the statement presented in the poll was believable. Only 3 in 10 Republicans did — even though it happened.

Genetic variations help explain the link between cognitive ability and liberalism
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Within families, a sibling with a higher IQ or more favorable polygenic scores for intelligence was more likely to lean towards liberal political beliefs compared to their sibling. This was consistent across both biological and adoptive families.

This outcome underscores the potential genetic underpinnings of political ideology, suggesting that the variation in genetic factors related to intelligence could partially explain why siblings raised in the same environment might develop diverging political views.

“We find both IQ and genetic indicators of intelligence, known as polygenic scores, can help predict which of two siblings tends to be more liberal,” Edwards told PsyPost. “These are siblings with the same upbringing, who are raised under the same roof. This implies that intelligence is associated with political beliefs, not solely because of environment or upbringing, but rather that the genetic variation for intelligence may play a part in influencing our political differences. Why is this the case? I do not know.”

Gore: Democracy at stake; Bush camp: Gore breaks the law. | Salon.com
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"While time is important, it is even more important that every vote is counted and counted accurately," Gore cautioned. "There's something very special about our process that depends totally on the American people having the chance to express their will without any interference."

"I would not want to win the presidency by a few votes cast in error or misinterpreted or not counted. I don't think Gov. Bush wants that either," he said.