Why Scientists Predicted the End of Humanity on Friday November 13th, 2026
In 1960 a paper in Science put doomsday on Friday, 13 November 2026, the day human numbers would hit infinity.

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In 1960 a paper in Science put doomsday on Friday, 13 November 2026, the day human numbers would hit infinity.
Egypt has permanently listed the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, then named 35 European entities for five years. The United States has designated four chapters, and still not the organization itself.
After an OpenAI agent walked into a Medicare portal, Canberra's answer is a new AI safety regulator, significant penalties with no figure attached, and a review that mostly asks the government to consider changing the…
Southport and Nottingham victims demand an end to NHS snooping after 15 staff were sacked at Nottingham University Hospitals. Sally Joe on privacy, dignity and the open letter ministers cannot ignore.
Russell Brand got ten and a half years. Rochdale and Rotherham child abusers, a peer, two MPs and a BBC newsreader got less. Sally Joe lays out 20 real cases and asks: is British justice broken? You be the judge.
Attorney General Todd Blanche leaves the door open to probing Democrats over oversight rhetoric while naming no statute and confirming no case. Jesse Saunders asks what crime, exactly.
Britain promises new facial recognition rules for police. Immigration Enforcement is quietly drafting its own watchlists for overstayers, hubs and events.
On the eve of the midterms, Hatch Act complaints name Cabinet secretaries and FCC Chair Brendan Carr while ABC tells a court its coverage is already bending.
A parent's worry will now trigger urgent checks in England's A&Es. Sally Joe asks why it took a toddler's death in a corridor to get here.
Danny Mullane rants on Australia's political parties, Labor, Albanese, and the battlers left behind.
Well, here we are again, folks. Another day, another scandal, and another reason to lose faith in the institutions that are supposed to protect us.
IRGC mine claims, a UKMTO-confirmed limpet attack, WTI around $104 — and a Texan's calm, funny fuel-and-budget prep guide for winter.
iKarl on the Marrickville Golf Club grant and the parliamentary record.
Israel's election left no one with 61 seats. Trump says his endorsement turned the tide and he'll take a look at Netanyahu's coalition. Alex Knight says: hands off their vote.
The Justice Department is using the Sherman Act against ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox over a pool coverage pause. Jesse Saunders says that's a line.
Sally Rooney's books are gone from British shops after she pledged her royalties to banned group Palestine Action. Lee Robbins on suicidal empathy and free speech.
Sally Joe on the Prevent watchdog unit that logged 77 critical social media posts, and why the country of Magna Carta should never treat criticism as a threat.
Alright folks, gather ’round! Jesse here, and boy, do I have a story for you.From about December 2019 — smack in the first Trump impeachment calendar — an FBI Foreign Influence Task Force shop ran Round River.
Australia has had past prime ministers from the Liberal and Labor parties. These former prime ministers have been incompetent liars, weak, lazy, duplicitous, backstabbing, contemptuous, arse lickers, arrogant arseholes.
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