Friday, November 15, 2019

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Egyptians Claimed Cats See Spirits And Are Empathic

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  • The Egyptians claimed that cats seem to see spirits of the deceased. Ever since the Egyptians have domesticated cats around 4,000 years ago, cats have played an essential part in human...

  • The Effects Of Crystals And Gemstones In Our Lives

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  • In ancient times gemstones and crystals were considered as rejuvenating stones that were used to get rid of mental, physical and spiritual ailments. Backed up by science, it is not...

  • How To Conquer Fear And Master It

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    • Fear is an emotion that comes between failure and success. It may drive us away from happiness and love. Often we don’t want to get out of our comfort zone to explore the world and what...

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  • Single-number survival estimates for people with late stage breast cancer are unhelpful, research shows. So what approach would be more beneficial?

  • Medical News Today: Gut bacteria: How bats 'shift the paradigm'

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  • A recent study investigates the microbiomes of bats. The authors conclude that, in some ways, bats' gut bacteria don't follow the rules.

  • Medical News Today: What to know about hallucinations

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    • Hallucinations are sensory experiences that exist only in the mind. There are many types of hallucinations and possible causes, including drugs and mental illnesses. Learn more...

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  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, we tackle a fraught and timely question.Why do progressive parents so often act to preserve their own privilege, and that of their children...

  • Party Pivot: Why Democrats Are Rethinking School Choice

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  • TweetFrom the Sanders plan to the Warren plan to Cory Booker’s reluctance to talk about education reform on the campaign trail, the Democratic Party seems to be backing away from...

  • Storefront School: Excavating A Radical Education Experiment in Harlem

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    • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard we climb into the time machine and head to central Harlem in the late 1960’s, home to a radical—and little known—education experiment...

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  • Being myself a person of decided pallor, and increasingly cynical about current social-justice principles being inflicted on captive campus audiences at every level from kindergarten...

  • “Name A Hotel Room So We Never Forget”

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  • Jeff Carter is raising money to benefit the National World War II Museum, a worthy cause. Here’s the link to Jeff’s GoFundMe page.

  • Chicagoboyz Waiting Room Series: 27

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  •   Awareness of Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development is racing across the nation as citizens in community after community are learning what their city planners are actually up to...

  • Agenda 2030 SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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  • Agenda 2030 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg11 Transforming...

  • SCHIFF THE HEARSAY DUMMY

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    •   “Don’tcha know that I heard it through the grapevine … Oh, I’m just about to lose my mind” Adam Schiff’s kangaroo court is a disgusting display of skewed justice and...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • With a brief break in the hot impeachment action, we're able to pick up on a couple of stories on today's BradCast that got buried yesterday, some breaking news from today, a continuing...

  • 'Green News Report' - November 14, 2019

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  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Catastrophic fires hit Australia; Arctic blast hits much of the U.S.; Teen climate activist Thunberg sets sail for Europe; PLUS: Trump EPA seeks to limit...

  • 'If This Isn't Impeachable Conduct, What Is?': Public Hearings Begin: 'BradCast' 11/13/2019

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    • On today's BradCast, our special coverage of the first day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry of Donald J. Trump. [Audio link to show is posted below.] We share extended...

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  • Sloth or raisin croissant?

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  • Without my glasses, it’s hard to tell.

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  • The Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands is effectively a radioactive "tomb." As the Los Angeles Times writes, it "holds more than 3.1 million cubic feet — or 35 Olympic-sized swimming...

  • As climate crisis worsens, nuclear plants get more dangerous

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  • A new report looks at the increasing risks faced by nuclear power plants around the world as the manifestations of the climate crisis worsen. Here is the abstract: Nuclear power—a...

  • New report decries unsolved and "incalculable" risks of radioactive waste

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    • A landmark new report on radioactive waste was released on November 11 in Berlin. The World Nuclear Waste Report, with multiple authors, was commissioned primarily by the Heinrich...

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  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday released its updated Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States (AR Threats Report) indicating that...

  • NOW: Digital rights activists are using facial recognition software to scan thousands of faces in Washington, DC, “searching” for members of Congress, lobbyists, and the press

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  • Digital rights group Fight for the Future is currently conducting live facial recognition surveillance in Washington, DC, using Amazon’s commercially available Rekognition...

  • Verizon Wants to Turn Fiber Networks into Citywide Sensors

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    • A partnership between the telecommunications company and technology company NEC is looking at whether the fiber-optic networks coursing through cities can be used to glean real-world...

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  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

  • Psychological Study Of “Moral Grandstanding” Helps Explain Why Social Media Is So Toxic

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  • By Emma Young. People who opine on issues in order to impress others are more likely to get into conflicts.

  • The Paradox Of Viral Outrage: Public Shaming Inspires Further Outrage — But Also Increases Sympathy For The Offender

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    • By Emily Reynolds. Outrage and sympathy cancel each other out, raising doubts about usefulness of viral outrage.

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  • As America’s highway system sprawled in the middle of the 20th century, families began to spend vacations on the road. Route 66, also known as the “Main Street of America” or...

  • Ring of Life in Fushun, China

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  • In 2009, plans were made to create a new town between the two industrial cities of Shenyang and Fushun in the northeast of China. Shenfu New Town, as it was called, would handle the overflow...

  • Tour Honolulu's Japanese Food Scene With This 1906 Map

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    • We don’t know much about Takei Nekketsu. The proprietor of a dry-goods store, he was one of the many small business owners who made up the thriving Japanese community of early 20th-century...

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  • Assorted content to end your week.- Rylan Higgins argues that it's long past time to move beyond a boom-and-bust oilpatch economy. And Ryan Meili writes that workers and residents...

  • Thursday Evening Links

    19 hours ago
  • This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Dayen highlights a rare moment of honesty from the payday loan sharks in their recognition that fair wages would reduce the consumer...

  • New column day

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    • Here, on how Scott Moe has been left alone and isolated by the supposed "resistance". (Though I'll admit I underestimated his willingness to declare his unthinking support for anything...
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