{"id":33531,"date":"2024-09-26T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/thursday-headlines-new-kid-on-the-walk#id33250"},"modified":"2024-09-26T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:58:00","slug":"thursday-headlines-new-kid-on-the-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/thursday-headlines-new-kid-on-the-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday headlines: New kid on the walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than four million people have been affected by floods across six countries in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/floods-africa-1.7331503\">western and central Africa.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ CBC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heavy rainfall caused parts of the Saraha Desert <a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/153320\/a-deluge-for-the-sahara\">to turn green.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ nasa earth observatory<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A global economy of spammers and entrepreneurs is using AI to fill <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/ai-generated-content-internet-online-slop-spam.html\">the web with &#8220;slop.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Intelligencer<\/span><\/p>\n<p>New analysis suggests that one in seven scientific papers is <a href=\"https:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2024\/09\/24\/1-in-7-scientific-papers-is-fake-suggests-study-that-author-calls-wildly-nonsystematic\/\">at least partly fake.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Retraction Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some findings from recent traffic analysis of right wing and mainstream conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/therighting.com\/traffic-reports\/truth-social-records-near-record-breaking-traffic-in-august\/\">news websites.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ TheRighting<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related: Men explain why they leave comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/why-do-men-comment-porn-sites.html\">on pornography websites.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Cut<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unrelated: A brief history of online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssense.com\/en-us\/editorial\/culture\/fashion-internet-history\">fashion fandom.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Ssense<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today&#39;s political polling is said to be no more reliable than what we had <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/politics\/2024-09-25-polling-imperilment\/\">a century ago.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The American Prospect<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photos from inside a high-status female leader&#39;s throne room <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2024\/09\/panamarca-painted-throne-room\/\">in ancient Peru.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Colossal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A photographer makes composite images to depict the pressures of trying to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itsnicethat.com\/articles\/olga-steinepreis-ive-had-a-dream-photography-project-250924\">a &#8220;perfect&#8221; mother.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ It&#39;s Nice That<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Video of the first performance of an unknown Mozart piece recently discovered in the holdings of Germany&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2024\/09\/watch-the-performance-of-a-mozart-composition-that-had-been-lost-for-centuries.html\">Leipzig Municipal Libraries.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Open Culture<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Can you copyright a rhythm? A court is <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/can-you-copyright-a-rhythm\/\">soon to decide.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Pitchfork<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Billie Eilish is partnering with Google Maps to help fans find sustainable transport to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/billie-eilish-partners-with-google-maps-to-offer-fans-sustainable-transport-to-upcoming-north-american-tour-3796831\">her upcoming concerts.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ NME<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cycling safety increases when bikes roll through stop signs and drivers are informed that <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2024\/09\/10\/it-turns-out-cyclists-actually-should-roll-through-stop-signs-heres-why\/\">this is okay.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ electrek<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For your weekly wanderlust: a north-to-south bike trip <a href=\"https:\/\/theradavist.com\/iceland-north-to-south-bikepacking-expedition-with-chris-burkard-and-thomas-jabba-gathman\/\">through Iceland<\/a>. 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