Worms for dinner? Europe backs insect-based food in a bid to promote alternative protein — Damned Report
Worms for dinner? Europe backs insect-based food in a bid to promote alternative protein — Damned Report
May 7, 2021
Friday May 7, 2021
End of the World
Plant-based meat companies need to stop fighting each other and fight industrial agriculture instead
Infighting between meat-replacement companies is making them lose sight of the real goal.
By Brian Kateman, Fast Company
Worms for dinner? Europe backs insect-based food in a bid to promote alternative protein
By Sean Fleming, World Economic Forum
Stupid-19
Mass-Vaccination Sites — An Essential Innovation to Curb the Covid-19 Pandemic
By Eric Goralnick, M.D., M.H.C.M., Christoph Kaufmann, Ph.D., M.B.A., and Atul A. Gawande, M.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal
Space
Space Force wants to be the world’s first fully digital service
By Nathan Strout, C4ISRNET
Northrop Grumman to supply navigation payloads for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites
DARPA awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 million contract to provide positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) payloads for the Blackjack program.
By Sandra Erwin, Space News
DoD
Bill seeks to bolster National Guard’s role in cyber response
By Mark Pomerleau, C4ISRNET
The Marine Corps Just Said Goodbye To Its Last Legacy C-130 Hercules Transport Plane
The Marines have now completed the transition to the advanced KC-130J model.
By Thomas Newdick, The Drive
B-52 Simulated A Hypersonic Weapon Strike During Massive Alaskan War Games
The Air Force touted its first end-to-end simulated hypersonic weapon strike, but new networking concepts that made it possible may be the real star.
By Joseph Trevithick, The Drive
Olympics
Tokyo Olympics ban athletes from wearing BLM gear
By MSNBC
Weightlifter Hubbard poised to become first transgender Olympian - report
By Reuters
US-Ukraine
White House edits transcript to nix support for Ukraine joining NATO
By Steven Nelson, New York Post
Ukraine Confirms Boost in U.S. Military Aid, Invitation to Biden, Harris During Blinken Visit
By Rick Rozoff, Antiwar.com
US-Afghanistan
US considering training Afghan forces in other countries
By Rebecca Kheel, The Hill
Israel-Syria
Israel said to carry out airstrikes in Syria for second straight night
State media says IDF helicopters struck Quneitra in Syrian Golan Heights, but reports no damage or injuries; comes day after attack attributed to Israel killed 1, injured 6
By TOI STAFF
China
China Wants To Revive A Strategically Located Airfield Deep In The Pacific: Report
The airstrip in the country of Kiribati is positioned just 1,800 miles from Hawaii, which isn't that far in terms of the distances in the Pacific.
By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick, The Drive
China Condemns G7 Statement Censuring Beijing, Supporting Taiwan
By Reuters
EU
EU Mulls Military Training Mission to Steady Mozambique
By Reuters
Canada
Canadian Military to Acquire Armed Drones Worth Up to $5 Billion
The drone force will comprise roughly 300 service members, including technicians, pilots, and other members drawn from the air force and other parts of the military.
By Tong Ong, Defense Post
Lebanon
Lebanon faces electricity blackout as fuel, money run dry
By The New Arab
Australia-Israel
Australian Armed Forces to Cease Use of Israel Defense System
Beginning in June, the armed forces of Australia will stop using the Battle Management System manufactured by Israel's largest private arms firm.
By Joe Saballa, Defense Post
Politics
Jen Psaki admits she tells Biden ‘don’t take questions’
By Samuel Chamberlain, New York Post
Biden omits the word ‘God’ from national prayer declaration
By Samuel Chamberlain, New York Post
For Cheney, career in politics was pedigreed from an early age: 'It's in my blood'
By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN
Governor Gretchen Whitmer Reportedly Borrowed A Private Jet For Secret Florida Trip During Lockdown
By Gabe Kaminsky, The Federalist
Cicadas
When are the Brood X cicadas coming? This map and tracker app will tell you
Get ready for an amazing show, 17 years in the making.
By Christopher Zara, Fast Company
Orange
FEC drops investigation into Trump hush money payments
By Jordan Williams, The Hill