The Daily Populous

Saturday May 4th, 2019 morning edition

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday and both agreed "there was no collusion" between Moscow and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said.

Sanders said that the two briefly discussed special counsel Robert Mueller's report "essentially in the context of that it's over and there was no collusion."

However, Mueller said in the report that he did not find a provable criminal conspiracy.

Sanders also answered a question about whether White House counsel Don McGahn would testify before Congress as Democrats ramp up their oversight investigations into the administration.

McGahn was a key witness in one of the 10 episodes of potential obstruction of justice by Trump that Mueller outlined in the report.

ET): An earlier version of this article incorrectly included one topic that White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Presidents Trump and Putin discussed on Friday.

They did not discuss the possibility of former White House counsel Don McGahn appearing before Congress. »

Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware

Authored by motherboard.vice.com

"What you've got is technicians running around here with cracked Ukrainian John Deere software that they bought off the black market".

"What you've got is technicians running around here with cracked Ukrainian John Deere software that they bought off the black market," he added.

John Deere Service Advisor: A diagnostic program used by John Deere technicians that recalibrate tractors and can diagnose broken parts. »

‘Sonic’ Director Says Design Changes ‘Going to Happen’ After Backlash – Variety

Authored by variety.com

Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be…#sonicmovie #gottafixfast.”.

Everyone at Paramount & Sega are fully committed to making this character the BEST he can be… #sonicmovie #gottafixfast 🔧✌️ — Jeff Fowler (@fowltown) May 2, 2019.

Ben Schwartz voices Sonic, and the film also stars Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, James Marsden as Tom Wachowski, and Tika Sumpter. »

'It makes me enjoy playing with the kids': is microdosing mushrooms going mainstream?

Authored by theguardian.com

Not clean-eating or mindfulness but microdosing – taking doses of psychedelic drugs so tiny they are considered to be “subperceptual”.

While both drugs are illegal in the US and the UK, increasing numbers claimed that tiny amounts were making them more focused, creative and productive.

Back in her flat, her microdose taking effect, Jordan says that the drugs shouldn’t be mistaken for a magic cure. »

Evidence of ripples in the fabric of space and time found 5 times this month

Authored by axios.com

“The entire astrophysics community is very excited that we’ve already seen 5 candidate events in four weeks.”.

Details: Three of the gravitational wave signals are thought to be from two merging black holes, with the fourth believed to have been emitted by colliding neutron stars.

The fifth, and perhaps most exciting, seems to be from the merger of a black hole and a neutron star. »