The Doomscroll News Report
This week, hosts Amanda and Hanna tackle the mass trial for MS-13 members in El Salvador, Palantir’s sicko manifesto, and why the salmon are on cocaine.
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Mass trials: 1. Mass trial for 486 alleged MS-13 gang members begins in El Salvador (Amy Walker, BBC), 2. Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison (Maanvi Singh, The Guardian), 3. Nearly 500 alleged MS-13 members are on a mass trial in El Salvador (Marcos Aleman and Anna-Catherine Brigida, AP)
Palantir's "manifesto": 1. Palantir: Why its political manifesto is causing a stir (David Ehl, DW), 2. Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears (Aisha Down and Robert Booth, The Guardian)
Cocaine salmon: 1. Here’s what happens when you give salmon cocaine (Tom Lum, Scientific American on Youtube), 2. Salmon exposed to cocaine swim almost twice as far as those without, study shows (CBS News)