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/
July 2025
A single investment fund now pays 5% of all corporate income tax https://www.barchart.com/story/news/33003534/warren-buffetts-berkshire-hathaway-now-pays-5-of-all-corporate-income-taxes-in-america DoJ sues WA on breaking seal of confession https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/264953/justice-department-sues-washington-state-over-law-forcing-priests-to-break-confession-seal Authors hit by bad reviews--before their book is available https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-hit-by-bad-reviews-on-goodreads-before-review-copies-are-even-circulated Turning an old 727 plane into an exhibit https://www.popsci.com/diy/texas-brothers-buy-abandoned-boeing-727/ A mysterious Russian signal, broadcasting since the 1970's https://www.rt.com/russia/620782-doomsday-radio-russian-signal/ Sales growing? Or is it just prices going up due to inflation? https://headlineusa.com/price-inflation-accounts-for-virtually-the-entire-increase-in-retail-sales-since-the-pandemic/ Federal Reserve Bank museum has a million dollars in a cube... or do they? https://calvin.sh/blog/fed-lie/ Scientists determine cause of largest bee colony collapse disorder https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-identify-culprit-behind-biggest-ever-u-s-honeybee-die CA rolls back Reagan-era environmental regulations https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/01/california-gavin-newsom-housing-environment-law/84431750007/ Maybe you won't have to do your taxes next year? https://phys.org/news/2025-05-universe-decay-years-sooner-previously.html An internet service with 1 billion users and 30 employees https://www.softpagecms.com/2025/05/18/telegrams-extraordinary-business-model/ A modern billion dollar ghost town https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/billion-dollar-ghost-town-surrounds-under-armor-headquarters Amazon cost cutting: shedding billions of product listings https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-bend-curve-project-purges-billions-product-listings-everything-store-2025-5 "Wind Theft" phenomenon impacting wind farm efficiency https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250506-renewable-energys-trouble-with-wind-theft 500 year old clock https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz70p0qevlro Luxury train travel--LA to SF https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-freight-rail-fueled-a-new-luxury-overnight-train-startup Town hit by 35 earthquakes in one day https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14781125/US-town-battered-dozens-earthquakes-idaho.html Ship abandoned after its EV cargo catches fire https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/ship-carrying-800-evs-abandoned-pacific-after-fire-breaks-out Gulp... new CA gas tax could move prices above $8/gallon https://www.climatedepot.com/2025/06/04/california-assembly-approves-50-65-cent-gas-tax-increase-under-low-carbon-fuel-standard-gas-prices-could-hit-8-44-gallon-in-2026/
May 2025
India's culture of salvage and reuse meets aging technology https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops Fake job seekers using AI https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/fake-job-seekers-use-ai-to-interview-for-remote-jobs-tech-ceos-say.html Not news, but interesting: tapping cheese https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/cheese-wheel-tapping Most complicated wristwatch in the world https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/introducing-vacheron-constantin-les-cabinotiers-solaria Swarms of "bot" students seeking financial aid payments https://voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/14/as-bot-students-continue-to-flood-in-community-colleges-struggle-to-respond/ WA named best state for older workers https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/analysis-washington-best-state-nation-older-workers Just like before the internet, call and get answers https://oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-alabama-landline-that-keeps-ringing Brought forward from last month: Sourdough Hotel https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/28/472147407/love-your-sourdough-starter-in-stockholm-you-can-hire-a-sitter-for-it How a truly deadly chicken disease got started https://www.twc.health/blogs/news/avian-flu-update-talking-points-and-insights-from-dr-mccullough 1 in 4 programming jobs has disappeared https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/14/programming-jobs-lost-artificial-intelligence/ Money out of thin air https://www.zerohedge.com/political/musk-feds-have-magic-money-computers-issue-payments-out-thin-air Hitler retired to Argentina?!? https://freepressers.com/articles/milei-to-release-files-on-wwii-nazis-who-fled-to-argentina Bust of 2M user streaming service for pedophile content https://modernity.news/2025/04/03/massive-international-pedophile-streaming-network-discovered-two-million-users-shared-child-porn-across-35-countries/ Saudis add to downward pressure on energy prices https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/oil-prices-crumbles-saudi-arabia-throws-towel-restricting-supply https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-04-05-oil-prices-plunge-us-crude-inventories-surge.html Yet another promising battery chemistry https://sodiumbatteryhub.com/2025/04/01/sodium-ion-batteries-the-future-alternative-to-lithium-ion-technology/ That red fire retardant? https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/how-much-toxic-heavy-metal-is-in-that-bright-red-fire-retardant-we-had-it-tested-to-find-out
April 2025
April's NYM was devoted to... April Fools!
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/