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- Method and Apparatus for Tunneling by Melting (U.S. Patent 3,693,731)
Government Record · 1972
Dale E. Armstrong et al.; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
A 1972 Atomic Energy Commission patent for a machine that drills bore holes and tunnels by melting rock. The patent says the heat source can be…
- Miami Herald: NIH Halts Havana Syndrome Study Over Coercion (2024)
News Report · 2024
Miami Herald reporting on NIH review and research challenges
Miami Herald, 2024: NIH halted its Havana Syndrome study after finding patients were coerced; Penn researchers disputed that NIH's study was comparable to theirs.
- Michael Shellenberger: Written Testimony on the Twitter Files (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Michael Shellenberger
Journalist Michael Shellenberger, March 2023: written testimony alleging repeated government pressure on platforms, while saying he does not know how much censorship was coordinated beyond what…
- Microsoft: Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data (WO2020060606)
Government Record · 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Microsoft's 2020 patent application describes using human body activity, captured by sensors while a user performs a task, in the mining process of a cryptocurrency system.
- Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Age 21
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2007
Chapin Hall
Chapin Hall's long-running study of former foster youth in three Midwest states, at age 21 (590 young adults interviewed).
- Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Age 23 and 24
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2010
Chapin Hall
Chapin Hall's long-running study of former foster youth in three Midwest states, at ages 23 and 24: 37% had been homeless or couch surfed since leaving…
- Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Age 26
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2011
Chapin Hall
Chapin Hall's study at age 26: 31% of former foster youth reported homelessness or couch surfing since the previous interview, and about 5% were incarcerated at…
- Mike Pyle, Leadership Biography
Document · 2026
BlackRock
BlackRock's biography of Mike Pyle: at BlackRock from 2014 to 2021, then senior White House roles including Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics (2022 to…
- Miller Defendants’ Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections and in Opposition to Any Injunction (Lancaster County No. 24-00528)
Court Filing · 2024
Bradford L. Geyer and Robert E. Barnes, counsel for Amos and Rebecca Miller et al.
Defense filing alleges misleading and perjured warrant affidavits, says the Florida decedent had advanced cancer and never drank Miller’s milk, and alleges negative test results were…
- Miller Defendants’ Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (E.D. Pa. No. 19-cv-1435, Doc. 106)
Court Filing · 2021
Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm
Miller asked the court to eliminate the $250,000 fine, reduce it to no more than $25,000, or allow 90 days to pay. The motion alleges changed…
- Miller v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Agriculture, 501 C.D. 2024
Court Filing · 2025
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
The state court recounts the January 4, 2024 administrative search and sampling and addresses raw-milk permitting. Its preliminary ruling did not finally establish a general interstate-sales…
- Mirabelli v. Bonta, No. 25A810 (2026)
Court Filing · 2026
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court granted interim relief to parent classes but otherwise denied the application, concluding that the challenged policies likely violated parental rights. The assessment was…
- Misleading post claims that doctors get bonuses for meeting vaccination quotas (2024)
Document · 2024
Public Health Communications Collaborative
PHCC traces the viral '$40,000 bonus for 63% vaccination' claim to a 2016 blog post misreading a BCBSM incentive document, and explains that the program rewards…
- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Confirms Launch of Multi-Agency Investigation into St. Louis Transgender Center for Harming Hundreds of Children (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey
The Attorney General confirmed an investigation begun two weeks earlier with assistance from the Department of Social Services and Division of Professional Registration. The release treats…
- Missouri Governor Pardons The St. Louis Lawyers Who Waved Guns At BLM Protesters
News Report · 2021
Associated Press / NPR
Missouri Governor Mike Parson pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey on August 3, 2021, about seven weeks after their misdemeanor pleas. The couple said throughout that they…
- Missouri v. Biden: Consent Decree (2026)
Court Filing · 2026
Parties to Missouri v. Biden
Parties to Missouri v. Biden, March 2026: a ten-year consent decree limiting certain coercion of platforms by the Surgeon General, CDC and CISA. It says no…
- Missouri v. Biden: Deposition of FBI Agent Elvis Chan (2022)
Court Filing · 2022
Elvis Chan, Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI agent Elvis Chan, November 2022 deposition in Missouri v. Biden: said the FBI shared threat information with platforms with no strings attached and that he…
- Missouri v. Biden: District Court Preliminary Injunction (2023)
Court Filing · 2023
Judge Terry A. Doughty, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Judge Terry Doughty, federal court in Louisiana, July 2023: granted a preliminary injunction, finding the plaintiffs likely to win parts of their claim that officials pressured…
- Missouri v. Biden: Fifth Circuit Opinion, September (2023)
Court Filing · 2023
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, September 8, 2023: agreed that some federal officials likely coerced platforms to censor posts, and narrowed the injunction. This opinion was…
- Missouri v. Biden: Fifth Circuit Order Vacating Injunction (2024)
Court Filing · 2024
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, August 2024: following the Supreme Court, it vacated the district court judgment and the preliminary injunction in full and sent the…
- Missouri v. Biden: Fifth Circuit Revised Opinion, October (2023)
Court Filing · 2023
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, October 3, 2023: the revised opinion replaced the September one and extended the analysis to CISA. It describes contacts by the…
- Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser, 2004 SCC 34
Court Filing · 2004
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada's Supreme Court ruled that saving, planting, harvesting and selling crops containing Monsanto's patented genes infringed the patent, though it set aside the profits award against…
- Monsanto Co. v. Durnell (2026)
Court Filing · 2026
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Supreme Court, June 2026, 7 to 2: federal pesticide law blocks state lawsuits claiming Monsanto should have put a cancer warning on Roundup. The ruling…
- Moore v. Regents of the University of California (1990)
Court Filing · 1990
Supreme Court of California
California's Supreme Court ruled that John Moore, whose cells were used to develop a commercial cell line, could sue over the doctor's failure to disclose, but…