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Jihadist Plots Used to be U.S. and Europe’s Biggest Terrorist Threat. Now It’s the Far Right. (Willem Marx, NBC News)
An increasing percentage of plans and attacks in the U.S. are linked to far-right activity, said Seth Jones of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

First Came the Virus. Next Come the Storms. (Jacqueline Landry, The Atlantic)
We will soon enter the most dangerous time of year for natural disasters. But the pandemic has turned disaster planning on its head.

New “Homeowner’s Guide to Earthquakes” designed to Tell Washington State Residents How to Prepare (Seattle Times)Earthquakes strike without warning. Surviving the Big One might depend on how well prepared you are. Washington state just released “A Homeowner’s Guide to Earthquakes in Washington State” to teach citizens how to prepare for quakes and protect their property.

Fungi from Chernobyl Reactor Could Save Astronauts from Space Radiation (Interesting Engineering)
Could Chernobyl really be the key to colonization of Mars?

Report Linking 5G to COVID-19 Swiftly Debunked (Peter Grad , Medical Xpress)
The reception given to a recently published report claiming 5G transmissions could trigger human cells to create coronavirus has been less than stellar. Despite the impressive-sounding credentials of the group of researchers behind the paper, it drew swift condemnation for its wild conclusions and failure to support any of its research.

Justice Official Explains Why Law Enforcement is Worried about 5G (Mariam Baksh, Defense One)
As the government works to deploy next generation networking technology, policy discussions highlight rifts between agency stakeholders.

The Cold War Bunker That Became Home to a Dark-Web Empire (Ed Caesar, New Yorker)
An eccentric Dutchman began living in a giant underground facility built by the German military—and ran a server farm beloved by cybercriminals.

The Secret History of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco (Zach Dorfman, Foreign Policy)
Overflights, mapping fiber-optic networks, “strange activities.” Moscow’s West Coast spies were busy.

Republican Senator Deletes Ad that Made Jewish Opponent’s Nose Bigger (Aiden Pink, Forward)

Europe Warned of ISIS Radicalization Threat in Prisons (Nicky Harley, The National)
European fighters returning to the continent from conflict zones could cause surge in popularity for the terrorist group among prisoners, researchers say

Democrats Push for More Transparency about Russian Election Interference (Joseph Marks, Washington Post)
Top Democrats are slamming the Trump administration for not sharing enough information with the public about Russian efforts to interfere in November’s election. 
While intelligence officials have warned that U.S. adversaries are trying to hack into political campaigns and election systems – and cited Russia, China and Iran as the biggest threats — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) say that’s not enough to help voters gird themselves against social media disinformation or the sort of hacking and leaking campaign that upended Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016. 
The top-line announcement that interference exists doesn’t “go nearly far enough in arming the American people with the knowledge they need about how foreign powers are seeking to influence our political process,” Schumer and Pelosi warned in a statement.