Notices by Matt Willemsen (mattotcha@mastodon.social)

Authoritarian narratives can shape Japanese public opinion, researchers find
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-authoritarian-narratives-japanese-opinion.html

Alzheimer’s Puzzle Piece Found: The Inflammatory Trigger That May Accelerate Dementia
Researchers have identified the precise mechanism by which the inflammatory signaling molecule IL-12 contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
https://scitechdaily.com/alzheimers-puzzle-piece-found-the

Trump supporters' verdict on who should resign over Signal 'war plans' leak revealed in shock poll
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14545141/trump-supporters-resign-signal-group-chat-yemen-leak-poll.html

Breaking | Beijing launches military drills around Taiwan
PLA conducts joint exercises near Taiwan to demonstrate military readiness amid rising tensions
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3304652/pla-launches-military-drills-around-taiwan?utm_source=rss_feed

U.S. Foreign Aid Freeze & Dissolution of USAID: Timeline of Events
https://www.kff.org/u-s-foreign-aid-freeze-dissolution-of-usaid-timeline-of-events/

A sensible Secretary of Defense would have put Bob Woodward on the group chat.
We wouldn't have heard a thing about it for two years.

Fast Radio Burst Traced Back to The Last Place We Expected
The mystery of fast radio bursts (FRBs) just got a little bit weirder.
https://www.sciencealert.com/fast-radio-burst-traced-back-to-the-last-place-we-expected

- if they snuggle really close together -
Research suggests lovers fit into four categories
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-lovers-categories.html

‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer
https://theconversation.com/he-knows-how-to-make-sure-that-there-is-no-evidence-when-your-domestic-violence-abuser-is-a-police-officer-250754

Machine learning approach simulates geochemical element concentrations in rocks and stream sediments
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-machine-approach-simulates-geochemical-element.html

Married men are doing more cleaning and laundry than in the past
The shift in gender roles around the house took decades, but the pandemic helped
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/married-men-doing-more-cleaning-laundry

New Record: Reactor Crosses 'Crucial Milestone' in Achieving Nuclear Fusion
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-record-reactor-crosses-crucial-milestone-in-achieving-nuclear-fusion

Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-countries-world-golf-courses-solar.html

Catalytic Computing Taps the Full Power of a Full Hard Drive
https://www.quantamagazine.org/catalytic-computing-taps-the-full-power-of-a-full-hard-drive-20250218/

- This. Precisely this. -
'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary'
https://www.rawstory.com/european-union-trump-2671169459/

The Man Madison Warned Us Against
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-17-trump-man-madison-warned-us-against/

Father of woman abducted by N. Korea dies at 96 without reunion
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/02/38e3640f980f-father-of-woman-abducted-by-n-korea-dies-at-96-without-reunion.html

Tree rings and fire scars show fewer forest fires burn in North America today than in the past
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-tree-scars-forest-north-america.html

Gonna need a translate button on here!

Arizona woman pleads guilty to running laptop farm for N. Korean IT workers, faces 9-year sentence
https://therecord.media/arizona-woman-pleads-guilty-north-korean-laptop-farm