Why so many Singaporeans voted for the opposition
IN THE wee hours after Singapore’s general election on July 10th hundreds of supporters of the Workers’ Party (WP), the main opposition outfit, streamed onto the streets to celebrate their party’s showing, in defiance of the city-state’s strict social-distancing rules. One would have been forgiven for thinking that the WP had won the election. In…
Reasons Your Social Selling Strategy Isn’t Working
Since the start of companies using social media platforms to reach their target audiences, businesses have come to understand how instrumental personal connections are in increasing sales. When brands can connect and interact with their target audiences in an authentic way, it automatically generates leads and increases sales. Essentially, social selling was born. What is…
Siberia’s heatwave would not have happened without climate change
Few extreme weather events can be wholly pinned on greenhouse-gas emissions. This one canJul 15th 2020THIS HAS been a sweltering year in the Siberian Arctic. Between January and June, temperatures across the region were more than 5°C warmer than the recent average (calculated between 1981 and 2010). In some spots they were more than 10°C…
Seagulls ‘Tripping On Acid’ May Pose A Danger To Humans
Folks have been warned to remain alert due to an uncommonly high number of seagulls “tripping on acid” after consuming flying ants. Specialists say the hot weather this week has caused a widespread egress of the ants, which seagulls love to eat in spite of it affecting their cognitive behavior. The Society of Biology’s own…
The Girl that Captured Brooklyn Beckham’s Heart: Who is Nicola Peltz?
In this dire and drearily dull year, nothing else can bring happiness than young romance. This week, the entertainment world was wonderfully surprised that the eldest son of the It couple David and Victoria Beckham announced his engagement to actress Nicola Peltz. The 21-year-old has taken to Instagram, posting a super sweet photo of the…
Squirrel tests positive for infectious disease in Colorado
A squirrel has become the first case in the Town of Morrison, Jefferson County after testing positive for the bubonic plague. Humans can get infected via bites from animals or infected fleas. Public health officials noted: “Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, and can be contracted by humans and household…
Paying for Privacy: Would You Pay a Premium for Social Media?
The COVID-19 pandemic has given way to an explosion of social media use. Especially with platforms like TikTok, which is perhaps the most popular – though controversial – platform in the world right now, people have been leaning more heavily than ever on social media sites. Of course, companies have been taking advantage of this…
Baker employs female urine from public toilets to produce ‘Goldilocks bread’
An industrious baker is mixing up her bread ‘reci-pee,’ by utilizing wheat fertilized with female urine cultivated from public restrooms. “Urine is a great fertilizer,” spoke the self-declared “ecofeminist” and engineer Louise Raguet, who frequently gathers liquid excretory from women urinals in Paris’ 14th Arrondissement, according to reports. She’s the brainchild behind Goldilocks bread —…
15 Shocking Business Casualties of the Pandemic
The current health pandemic (also known as COVID-19) came by so fast. It crippled the largest and most powerful economies in all four corners of the globe. There was no time to waste, but not much time to shield the economy from suffering a horrifying meltdown. For many world leaders, the lives and health of…
Lawyer reproved for smelling of alcohol while representing DUI defendant
A lawyer was reprimanded after officials alleged he came to court reeking of alcohol and was charged with public intoxication. The Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee said this occurred while Kent Thomas Jones was representing a client in a DUI case. In a phone interview, he claimed he was never…