Reading archive 2021-08-03

"Broke" and abandoned: Rudy Giuliani is reportedly now getting the cold shoulder from Trump

Accused Bucks Capitol rioter once assaulted an ex with pizza and tried to drown her, feds say in bid to keep him locked up: The 2011 incident was just one of a history of violent attacks against women prosecutors detailed against Ryan Samsel, of Bristol, who now says he was brutally beaten in a D.C.-area jail.

Focus is important to productivity. But it’s daydreaming that makes us happy. - "Still, daydreaming doesn’t always make us happy or creative. If we rehash past mistakes or replay social flubs during a mind-wandering session, or if mind-wandering keeps us from fulfilling our goals, we could become depressed."

Scientists expected thawing wetlands in Siberia’s permafrost. What they found is ‘much more dangerous.’: A 2020 heat wave unleashed methane emissions from prehistoric limestone in two regions stretching 375 miles, study says

New restrictions sweep China as officials race to contain delta outbreak

Prominent Belarusian activist Vitaly Shishov, who helped others flee Lukashenko regime, found dead in Ukraine

Belarusian Olympic sprinter says she was pressured to leave Tokyo after criticizing her country’s Olympic officials

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed seeks to cut influential clerics down to size

The Secret Source Who Helped Fuel Trump’s Big Lie: A Dallas information-technology consultant, code-named Spider, believes that the New World Order stole the 2020 election. - "During our conversations, he outlined a form of grievance politics that reached new prominence in the Trump era, telling me that the most marginalized people in America are 'white Christians,' and that the New World Order was stoking fears about racism and white supremacy in order to 'balkanize' U.S. society."