Boycotting Human 'Rights'; Nikki Schools UN; Not Just Evolution; Google's Heel; Smile, You're in Carlsbad; Gorsuch in the Machine; and Robo Cop

UN

Furious, US Boycotts UN Cabal Bashing Israel Over 'Human Rights' breakingisraelnews

Mark Toner, the department’s spokesman, posted a statement state.gov on the department’s website, saying that not only will the US boycott the meeting, but it intends to vote against all five the council intends to pass this week.

Also see Trump Admin To Boycott U.N. Council Over Anti-Israel Agenda freebeacon

Bathroom Challenge; 'Science' Delayed; Planned Parenthood Keeps the Cash; Zika's 25%; Slimy Slabs; Fukushima Deniers; The Israeli Hostility Games; Direct Gene Editing; Dragon(no)fly; Unexplainable Spaaaace (bum, bum, BUUUM); Robot Hotel; Brain Eye Chip; Bombing for Clarity; and Big Flight Data

Society

Barack Obama's transgender bathroom guidelines challenged by more than a dozen states independent.co.uk

The states will appear before a federal judge in Fort Worth on Friday to argue that the Obama administration’s directive presents “unlawful changes” in US law.

Also see 13 states to ask court to stop White House transgender bathroom policy washingtonexaminer

That lawsuit, filed in federal court in Nebraska, includes Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming.

Fastest Eyes in the West; The Piltdown Hoaxer; Russia and Turkey Sittin' in a Tree...; Out Gunned Britain; and Vietnam's Firing Range

Creatures

Computation of motion by T4 cells in the fly brain more complex than previously believed medicalxpress

Flies are usually very difficult to catch. No wonder – they invest around ten percent of their brain in the detection and processing of image motion. For the fly, a hand approaches in slow motion and the fly's evasive manoeuvre has long been triggered before any real danger arises. Scientists have been researching for decades how the fly brain can perceive and process movements so quickly and accurately. "Our goal is slowly coming into view, and we are close to completely decoding the neuronal circuit of motion perception in the fly," says Alexander Borst, who has been working on this problem with his Department at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology neuro.mpg.de for quite some time. The scientists have now come one step closer to the answer: They have provided experimental data that combine two theories previously considered as alternatives.

NATO's Rotation; NK's Latest Missile Failure; Lenski Rebutted; 1/3 For Boycotting Israel; Anti-BDS Summit; Atomic Submarine; Inflated NASA; Chatty Friends; Zenbo; Social Hate Purge; Pope 'n the Kids; Carter for Social Justice; Religious Symbol Ban Allowed; Summer Terror in Europe; Tourism Plummet; UnitedHealth's CA Exit; and Gunshot Wound Plug

War

Stoltenberg says NATO ready to respond to ‘assertive Russia’ politico.eu

The Polish minister confirmed that Poland and the Baltic states would host four rotating battalions and that he talked with Stoltenberg about permanently stationing weapons stores in Poland, “which is crucially important for us and strengthens our sense of security.”