I see a storm coming. Read it at Iran International.

People like me, who naturally stay up late, may be putting their hearts under added strain as they age. Read the study at the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Of course, Putin’s hands in this sordid mess as well. Read it at Daily Mail.

The Washington National Opera has announced that it’s leaving the Kennedy Center, where it has performed for decades, because, honestly, who wants to be associated with something called “Trump Center”? Read it at NBC News.

Why honesty isn’t always the best policy. Read the study at the British Journal of Social Psychology.

…except for viewers in America. Read it at the Guardian.

In the video, former president Barack Obama was portrayed as a monkey. Trump refuses to apologise. Read it at ABC News.

We now know how to predict the movement of irregularly shaped nanoparticles as they drift through the air we breathe. Read the study at the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

Francesca Albanese is the most immoral anti-Semite the world knows. She might think hating Jews is cool and progressive, but there’s nothing new about her medieval mindset. Putting Jews against “humanity” is old. Read it at the Jerusalem Post.

The last days of the Assad dictatorship. Read it at Ynetnews.

Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating the earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock it away in the deep ocean. New research shows these microscopic engineers are largely missing from the climate models used to forecast our planet’s future, meaning scientists may be underestimating how the ocean responds to climate change. Read it at Science.

New study suggests unfit people face 775% higher risk of blowing their top from stressful moments. Read the study at Acta Psychologica.

Autism may affect girls just as often as boys—it just takes longer to be recognised. Read it at the British Medical Journal.

The biggest ADHD evidence review yet shows what truly works, what’s still uncertain, and why a new public tool could change how treatment decisions are made. Read it at the British Medical Journal.

It’s Friday. About three hours of work left before my weekend begins.

I don’t what has happened to me, but I feel less interested in world events. Everything feels too nuts.

The world would be better off without him. Read it at the Jerusalem Post.

Does any sane person still think that anti-Zionism is nothing more than an excuse for harassing Jews? Read it at the College Fix.

Bitey stuff. Read the study at PeerJ.

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this loss would not affect health. Evidence has mounted over the past few years that when people who have a Y chromosome lose it, the loss is associated with serious diseases throughout the body, contributing to a shorter lifespan. Read the study at Reproductive Medicine and Biology.

Viktor Orbán knows no shame. Read it at Politico.

Fresh anti-government protests have broken out in Tehran amid escalating US-Iran tensions. Read it at Deutsche Welle.

A drug lord was killed and now that country is burning—literally. Follow developments at Mexico News Daily.

Hm, well… yes, probably. Read it at PJ Media.

This story is weird on so many levels. Read it at the Jerusalem Post.

A Swedish actress I loved as a small child has left us.

Jetten becomes the youngest-ever and first openly gay prime minister in the Netherlands. Read it at Deutsche Welle.

If true, this is truly disturbing. Read it at NPR.

I’m not surprised. Putin and empathy don’t mix well. Read it at the Daily Mail.

Death is an evil.
That’s what the gods think.
Or they would die.

It’s Friday afternoon!!!