News You May Have Missed

Many of the Loop’s editors are news junkies–and we can’t cover it all for ourselves! We collect here interesting articles which received light coverage in mainstream USA media.

Previous entries in this feature can be found at this archive: https://vashonloop.com/wordpress/index.php/news-you-may-have-missed-archives/


March 2025

Biden economy keeps getting revised downward
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464

Astronomer's discover perfect "Einstein Ring"
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-amazed-by-perfect-einstein-ring-gleaming-in-space

Creating vinyl records at home
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/25/vinyl-carver-lathe-cutters-home-cutting-records-craze

A hotel for your sourdough
https://www.vice.com/en/article/there-is-now-a-hotel-for-bread-dough-in-sweden/

China restricts AI researcher travel to USA
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/china-dissuades-top-ai-robotics-researchers-us-travel-over-security-concerns

Spying on the Pope
https://rmx.news/israel/pope-francis-most-likely-spied-on-using-israeli-spyware-including-during-vatican-synod/

Major power outage in Chile
https://survival.news/2025-03-02-chile-declares-emergency-during-massive-power-outage.html

Federal "Corporate Transparency Act" is headache for small business
https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-03-05-corporate-transparency-act-small-businesses-regulatory-limbo.html

Yay!  IRS planning layoffs.
https://justthenews.com/government/irs-reportedly-plans-cut-half-its-90000-workforce

Tariff costs: Walmart asks China suppliers to cover them
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/walmart-asks-chinese-suppliers-absorb-tariff-costs

January 2025

WA could import almost 50% of its energy by 2050
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/washington-could-rely-other-states-almost-half-its-energy-2050

A US military base on the Galapagos Islands?
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/12/from-global-nature-reserve-to-us-military-base-the-quiet-plans-for-the-galapogos-islands.html

The war against headlight brightness
https://www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/tech/headlight-brightness-cars-accidents

Record Canadian assisted deaths--5% of all mortality
https://aleteia.org/2024/12/19/canada-saw-more-assisted-deaths-than-ever-in-2023/

Russian government launches cultural outreach
https://www.rt.com/about-us/press-releases/multimedia-project-gateway-russia/

Some cooking oils are safer than others
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/cooking-oils-used-millions-linked-cancer-second-study-week

Climate change and greening trends
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/01/01/scientists-report-a-striking-global-greening-trend-over-the-last-42-years/

The cost of a single bureaucrat
https://brownstone.org/articles/every-bureaucrat-destroys-138-jobs/

Yemen hypersonic missile defeats Israel's Iron Dome
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/226092/Yemen-confirms-its-hypersonic-missiles-hit-Israeli-targets

Immigrant crossing to Canary Islands has almost 20% fatality rate
https://rmx.news/article/immigration-wave-record-number-of-illegal-migrants-land-on-spanish-canary-islands/