https://nyti.ms/3I07pM1

National Enquirer, Scandal-Plagued Tabloid, to Be Sold

The publication has come under scrutiny in recent years over its suppression of stories about Donald Trump in the 2016 campaign.

https://nyti.ms/3RyOb34

Mapping the Damage From Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

See where the earthquakes caused major damage across dozens of cities.

https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-shakes-turkey-b927808f6a5c54bdb669120faa40b7bc

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 3,400

ADANA, Turkey (AP) - A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,400 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble.

JulieAzel626: https://apnews.com/article/earthquake-shakes-turkey-b927808f6a5c54bdb669120faa40b7bc

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 3,400

ADANA, Turkey (AP) - A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,400 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble.

The death toll is expected to rise, unfortunately.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/sport/head-injury-suicide-female-athletes-intl-spt-cmd/index.html

These young female athletes died by suicide. They all had head injuries.

Women may be more susceptible to concussion, but remain significantly underrepresented within sport and exercise science research. This, leading experts warn, means they often do not get the treatment or aftercare they need following a head injury.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/health/fresh-ideation-food-group-recall-listeria-contamination/index.html

More than 400 food products sold under dozens of brand names were recalled due to possible Listeria contamination, the US Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-arrests-2-suspects-accused-planning-attack-baltimore-power-grid-rcna69324

Neo-Nazi leader among 2 arrested in plot to attack Baltimore's power grid

The suspects, Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel, took steps to shoot multiple electrical substations in the Baltimore area in an attempt to "completely destroy this whole city," prosecutors said.

https://twitter.com/kathleen_belew/status/1622660076409430017

In which Atomwaffen founder and girlfriend are arrested for plotting an attach on Maryland power substations with weapons.

Atomwaffen is a white power terrorist group modeled on The Order, which carried out a string of infrastructure attacks (along with other violence) in the 1980s.

As article notes, these charges follow "similar attacks on the power grid in North Carolina and Oregon that remain unsolved" (3) but featured attacks on substations with gunfire and the swift response of FBI and BATF.

Article also notes "the Department of Homeland Security recently warned that the United States is in a "heightened threat environment" and that critical infrastructure is among the "targets of potential violence.""

Infrastructure attacks, in white power ideology, are meant to undermine public faith in "the System" and thereby recruit people to their cause.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/us/alex-murdaugh-trial-monday/index.html

The judge in Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial on Monday ruled to allow the state to present evidence of the now-disbarred South Carolina attorney's alleged financial crimes, which the prosecution contends were about to be revealed and provided him a motive to kill his wife and son.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-02-05/grammys-2023-review-beyonce-loses-aoty

Review: Hip-hop and Beyoncé almost saved the Grammys

The redemptive moment of Beyoncé finally winning album of the year never came, and as beloved as Harry Styles might be, the show ended on a low note.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/google-announces-bard-ai-in-response-to-chatgpt.html

Google announces Bard A.I. in response to ChatGPT

Google Bard comes as the company tries to compete with the popularity of ChatGPT.

JulieAzel626: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-02-05/grammys-2023-review-beyonce-loses-aoty

Review: Hip-hop and Beyoncé almost saved the Grammys

The redemptive moment of Beyoncé finally winning album of the year never came, and as beloved as Harry Styles might be, the show ended on a low note.

Caught part of the show last night, and it was on cringe side.

https://nyti.ms/3HXgjdi

Muscle Cars, Balaclavas and Fists: How the Scorpions Rolled Through Memphis

Residents say the street crime unit was an intimidating and sometimes violent presence in the city. Five Scorpion officers are charged with murdering Tyre Nichols during an arrest.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/pinterest-pins-earnings-q4-2022.html

Pinterest shares plunge on weak fourth-quarter revenue

Pinterest reported results for the fourth quarter that missed analysts' estimates

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/05/stock-futures-slide-to-start-week-with-more-earnings-and-a-powell-speech-ahead.html

Stocks close lower Monday as higher rates rattle investors

U.S. stocks were lower Monday as investors awaited more earnings and an important speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

https://twitter.com/BadFoxGraphics/status/1622564056379846657

6:06aET Fox & Friends is fearmongering over the Chinese surveillance balloon and blaming U.S. military for failing to inform Trump about spy balloons during his presidency

A LOT of gaslighting is required to convince viewers the balloon floated over MT, ND, WY, and NV. 🎈

📺

https://twitter.com/dansenor/status/1622592029304795136

-Are we really headed for a replay of Trump vs Biden?
-Will Biden be the Dem nominee or could he be persuaded not to run?
-Do Biden and Trump need each other?
-What role will Trump play if he's NOT the nominee?
⁦@maggieNYT⁩ returns to the podcast:
https://t.co/LVtUtV1Njm

https://twitter.com/MondeBoeuf/status/1622607459427749888

@dansenor @maggieNYT The important questions will be: What role will the NYT play to boost Trump, push Bothsidism to mitigate the antidemocratic extremism of the Right, and allow Haberman to suppress damaging information for a later book? You know, same as in '16 and '20.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/amc-theaters-movie-ticket-price-seat-location-1235514262/

AMC Theatres to Change Movie Ticket Prices Based on Seat Location

At your next visit to AMC Theatres, getting a prime seat may cost you a little extra. The country's largest exhibition chain is rolling out Sightline at AMC, a ticket pricing initiative based...

The Washington Post

https://archive.ph/y1dRw

The top U.S. general responsible for protecting North American skies said Monday that past incursions by Chinese balloons went undetected by the Pentagon, exposing what he characterized as a worrisome deficiency that must be addressed.

The Defense Department has acknowledged that the craft shot down Saturday off the South Carolina coast after a days-long journey across the U.S. mainland marked at least the fifth time in recent years that Beijing has breached the nation's airspace using such technology. Officials informed lawmakers over the weekend that, dating back to Donald Trump's presidency, there had been similar breaches near Texas, Florida, Hawaii and Guam.

"As NORAD commander, it's my responsibility to detect threats to North America," Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, who oversees the North American Aerospace Defense Command, told reporters during a news briefing. "I will tell you that we did not detect those threats. And that's a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out."

VanHerck declined to elaborate, saying only that it was the U.S. intelligence community that "made us aware of those balloons" after the fact.

https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1622721977231282177

Some of the lines in President Biden's State of the Union address that reference China are undergoing edits following the recent controversy over the suspected spy balloon, three people familiar with the speech say.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-05/colorado-river-reservoirs-unlikely-to-refill-experts-say

Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetime

One California water manager says Colorado River reservoirs aren't likely to refill. Scientists agree that the region needs to plan for a drier future.

https://academic.oup.com/gji/article-abstract/230/1/50/6522179

Active seismotectonics of the East Anatolian Fault

SUMMARY. The East Anatolian Fault (EAF) is a 700-km-long left-lateral transform fault located between the Anatolian and Arabian plates. The proximity of the Eul

https://twitter.com/CPPGeophysics/status/1622554742684524545

Updated seismicity map of today's earthquakes in Turkey. Events after the original mainshock (M7.8) are in dark purple, lighter purple for the events since the second larger earthquake (M7.6), which appears to have occurred on a different fault system.

JulieAzel626: https://twitter.com/CPPGeophysics/status/1622554742684524545

Updated seismicity map of today's earthquakes in Turkey. Events after the original mainshock (M7.8) are in dark purple, lighter purple for the events since the second larger earthquake (M7.6), which appears to have occurred on a different fault system.

https://twitter.com/CPPGeophysics/status/1622555289177161728

To add a more specific observation, the preliminary moment tensor for the 2nd large Turkey earthquake appears to have a smaller double couple component, which could indicate a more complex rupture.

JulieAzel626: JulieAzel626: https://twitter.com/CPPGeophysics/status/1622554742684524545

Updated seismicity map of today's earthquakes in Turkey. Events after the original mainshock (M7.8) are in dark purple, lighter purple for the events since the second larger earthquake (M7.6), which appears to have occurred on a different fault system.

https://twitter.com/CPPGeophysics/status/1622555289177161728

To add a more specific observation, the preliminary moment tensor for the 2nd large Turkey earthquake appears to have a smaller double couple component, which could indicate a more complex rupture.

https://twitter.com/CPPGeophysics/status/1622555657831317505

Also, this map from Duman and Emre (2013) shows some useful background on the local tectonics and fault systems involved, as well as when the last large ruptures occurred in the area of today's Turkey earthquakes.

https://twitter.com/LACoFDPIO/status/1622729669677309952

#LACoFD USA-2 has been activated by @usaid and is deploying to the Turkey earthquake. The deployment team will consist of 81 personnel, 6 K9 teams, and 3 structural engineers. A press conference is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at 12605 Osborne St. Pacoima CA 91331.

https://nyti.ms/3jupLLR

Musk Pledged to Cleanse Twitter of Child Abuse Content.

Child sexual abuse imagery spreads on Twitter even after the company is notified: One video drew 120,000 views. "Sewer rats," as one regulator described bad actors, remain.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/remote-workers-left-housing-havoc-created-remains-rcna68874

The remote workers have left, but the housing havoc they created remains

Small and midsize rural communities had some of the biggest increases in home prices in the first two years of the pandemic, driven by out-of-town buyers.

https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1622675096040087559

Biden Job Approval:

Approve 46%
Disapprove 44%

IBD/TIPP, 1,358 Adults, 2/1-3

JulieAzel626: https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1622675096040087559

Biden Job Approval:

Approve 46%
Disapprove 44%

IBD/TIPP, 1,358 Adults, 2/1-3

That's... not a bad approval rating for Biden.

https://twitter.com/mrbrianolson/status/1622728371431145472

Yesterday's M7.8 earthquake in southern Turkey ruptured along segments of the East Anatolian Fault zone that had caused 3 previous strong quakes in the 18th & 19th centuries (orange). But this time they all ruptured together!

The M7.5 aftershock (or triggered earthquake?) 9 hours later was on the Surgu Fault (yellow), which splays off the East Anatolian Fault.

You can see the general alignment of the main shock and aftershocks trace out the fault alignments. East Anatolian Fault Zone (red) and Surgu Fault (blue).

JulieAzel626: https://twitter.com/mrbrianolson/status/1622728371431145472

Yesterday's M7.8 earthquake in southern Turkey ruptured along segments of the East Anatolian Fault zone that had caused 3 previous strong quakes in the 18th & 19th centuries (orange). But this time they all ruptured together!

The M7.5 aftershock (or triggered earthquake?) 9 hours later was on the Surgu Fault (yellow), which splays off the East Anatolian Fault.

You can see the general alignment of the main shock and aftershocks trace out the fault alignments. East Anatolian Fault Zone (red) and Surgu Fault (blue).

There is some debate whether or not a major earthquake occurred in 1795.