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   Tesla has announced it will accept bitcoin payments for   
   its products.   
   It also has put some of its loose change into the currency.   
   After the announcement Bitcoint jumped 15% to a new record.   
      
   Tesla buys $1.5 bn in bitcoin, sending its price soaring   
   Ars Technica, 08 Feb 2021 18:00Z   
   The price of bitcoin rose to a new record above $43,000 on Mon   
   after Tesla reported that it had purchased $1.5 bn of the world's   
   most valuable ...   
      
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   No soap, no detergent, no technology -- how did one Indonesian tribal   
   group stay COVID-free?   
   ABC News, 07 Feb 2021 22:34Z   
   Indonesia's national coronavirus caseload continues to rise past 1   
   mn, but one mountain tribe which protects their reclusive   
   neighbours from the outside world have so far helped keep COVID out of   
   their communities.   
   [One of the biggest correlates with covid death rates is the so-called   
   ecological footprint. The lower the number of ha/cap each citizens   
   of a country needs to maintain their standard of living, the lower the   
   national death toll/cap].   
      
   Victorian quarantine hotel workers to also be tested on days off after new   
   positive COVID case   
   ABC News, 07 Feb 2021 21:36Z   
   Workers at quarantine hotels in Victoria will now need to get tested   
   for coronavirus on their days off after a Holiday Inn worker returned   
   to work COVID-positive.   
   [Another case in NSW announced overnight involved someone out of hotel   
   quarantine in Vic that tested -ve a couple days before being released   
   but then in a follow-up was found to be +ve a couple days after   
   arriving home].   
      
   Some neighbours want Donald Trump out of Mar-a-Lago, but he has a powerful ally   
   ABC News, 07 Feb 2021 22:35Z   
   Donald Trump has been living at his Mar-a-Lago club since leaving office.   
   But a 1993 agreement with the town of Palm Beach could see him evicted.   
      
   WHO warns of potential for more Ebola cases after woman dies in DRC   
   CNBC, 08 Feb 2021 18:27Z   
   "It's possible there will be further cases because the woman had contact   
   with many people after she became symptomatic," WHO Director-General Tedros ...   
      
   New variants raise worry about COVID-19 virus reinfections: `Previous   
   infection does not give you a free pass'   
   Chicago Tribune, 08 Feb 2021 18:04Z   
   Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting   
   infected again with some of the new variants.   
      
   Despite dip in COVID-19 cases, expert says US is in the 'eye of the hurricane'   
   as variants spread   
   WCVB Boston, 08 Feb 2021 17:03Z   
   While a recent dip in COVID-19 infections may seem encouraging, experts warn   
   now is not the time for Americans to let their guard down.   
      
   'Under A White Sky' Examines What It Might Take For Humans To Continue To Exist   
   NPR, 08 Feb 2021 16:02Z   
   Elizabeth Kolbert makes clear how far we already are from a world of   
   undisturbed, balanced nature - and how far we must go to find a new balance   
   for the ...   
      
   Coal-Fired Power Took a Beating During the Pandemic, Study Finds   
   The New York Times, 08 Feb 2021 17:58Z   
   The share of energy generated from coal has dropped more sharply during the   
   coronavirus pandemic than that of any other power source, according to a new   
   ...   
      
   [Leadership!]   
   Rep. Ron Wright of Arlington dies after 18-day battle with COVID-19   
   The Dallas Morning News, 08 Feb 2021 18:32Z   
   This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Rep. Ron   
   Wright of Arlington died Sun night less than 3 weeks after contracting...   
      
   [It will be gone by April!]   
   Businesses add COVID-19 fees to bills   
   ABC News, 08 Feb 2021 03:59Z   
      
   Starlink satellites light up Cape Town skies   
   CapeTown ETC, 06 Feb 2021   
   Several Capetonians across the city and further afield spotted a string of   
   mysterious lights streaking across the night sky before disappearing into   
   the darkness ...   
      
   Liz Cheney raises possibility of criminal investigation of Trump for   
   provoking violence   
   The Guardian, 08 Feb 2021 05:56Z   
   Republican pointed to former president's tweet attacking vice-president Mike   
   Pence after Capitol insurrection began.   
      
   'Superspreader' Sun? LA County officials warn against Super Bowl gatherings   
   ABC7, 07 Feb 2021 20:56Z   
   [Only marginally worse than my area of Vic].   
      
   [Nuttin to do wid meltin ice!]   
   Rescuers in India digging for 37 trapped in glacier flood   
   The Associated Press, 08 Feb 2021 08:55Z   
   Rudraprayag, India. Rescuers in northern India were working Mon to rescue   
   more than 3 dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after ...   
      
     Scores Feared Dead In India Dam Break Near Himalayan Glacier   
     NPR, 07 Feb 2021 17:33Z   
     At least 140 people are missing after a hydroelectric dam near the glacier   
     was swept away in a deluge of water, rock and debris. "It came very fast.   
     There was no ...   
      
     Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Fourteen dead after India glacier bursts dam   
     BBC News, 08 Feb 2021 04:50Z   
     A piece of a Himalayan glacier had fallen into a river, bursting open a dam   
     in northern India.   
      
   Why some scientists believe life may have started on Mars   
   Salon, 08 Feb 2021 0:50Z   
   Prominent scientists in different fields say that there are clues that life   
   could have started on the red planet.   
      
   Get ready for Perseverance's landing on Mars Feb 18   
   EarthSky, 07 Feb 2021 13:55Z   
   Some call attempts to land on Mars "7 minutes of terror." The Perseverance   
   mission will provide the most detailed video and photos of a landing yet. We'   
   ll watch ...   
      
   Krakatoa Is Still Active, and We Are Not Ready for the Tsunamis Another   
   Eruption Would Generate   
   Discover Magazine, 07 Feb 2021 18:53Z   
   At some point in the future, Anak Krakatoa will erupt again, generating more   
   tsunamis.   
      
   Has Israel just found the cure for Covid?   
   ISRAEL21c, 07 Feb 2021 12:53Z   
   Experimental Covid drug cures 30 out of 30 moderate to severe cases in Phase   
   I clinical trial at Israeli hospital. Second new drug also shows promise. By   
   Abigail ...   
      
   NSW Deputy Premier to face grilling over alleged pork-barrelling of bushfire   
   grants   
   ABC News, 07 Feb 2021 21:38Z   
   The Blue Mountains, Ballina and parts of the Central Coast suffered mns   
   in damage from the Black Summer bushfires but didn't receive any funding   
   through the State Government's bushfire grant program.   
      
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