Today's Must-Reads - 22 April 2024

A selection of the latest news, studies, reports and articles

I spend a lot of time each day gathering together new information and interesting articles. I then pick one or two of the most fascinating topics and write about them. However, that leaves a lot of missed out information that I’m not sharing.

Below is a summary of all the latest articles and information that I’ve found. Today, this is for paid subscribers only and will be a lot of the time in the future.

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Topics covered today include:

• Climate Change Narrative Stifles Africa's Modernization and Prosperity;

• Jonathan Van-Tam Dressed in Nun’s Outfit at Football Match;

• Deadly Falls Surge, Lockdown Blamed for 'Concerning' Trend;

• $300K Robotic Micro-Factories Revolutionize Custom Home Building;

• Medical Device Companies Pay Millions to NHS to Influence Decisions;

• US House Passes New Iran Oil Sanctions in Aid Package;

• Kremlin: US Military Aid to Israel 'Road to Escalation';

• NYT Reassures Us That Government Surveillance Keeps Us Safe;

• Centrists' Trans Tune Change: Truth Sacrificed for Status;

• Ex-CIA Whistleblower: Assange Won't Get Fair US Trial;

• MPs Oppose Funding Disinformation Index After Blacklisting Row;

• Scientists: 'Irresponsible' to Ignore Widespread Animal Consciousness;

• ChatGPT-4 Outperforms Human Psychologists in Social Intelligence Test;

• Mercedes Launches First Autonomous Cars Without Driver Supervision;

• Ukraine Aid Package Defeat for US Populists in House;

and much more.

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