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All Signal

• Mask wearing for dummies

  a post…just because I cannot shut up and that which most people refuse to consider when innocent

• Somatic living is life itself speaking to us

  Dissociation is more frequently an issue then recognized. Projection (something pretty much everyone does)

• Food as medicine – a world of options

  Salt cured black olives...the wrinkly kind soaked in olive oil. To Die For. Also good medicine. I eat them

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Sharyl Attkisson

• GALLUP: Quality of life satisfaction plummets to all time low (since Gallup

  Satisfaction with the way the U.S. functions is at its lowest level since Gallup began the assessment two

• When given choice of nuance, most do not identify as "Democrat"

  Most people do not identify as "Democrat" or "Republican" when given other choices

• Poland: Censoring of social media accounts will be illegal

  The following is an excerpt from The Guardian: Polish government officials have denounced the 

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BlackListed News

• IMF Sent $350 Million In Cash To Myanmar Just Days Before Military Coup

  The IMF (International Monetary Fund) sent $350 million in cash to the Myanmar government just days before

• AOC Emails Supporters, Asks Them to Mass-Report People Who Tweeted

  Democratic Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez emailed her supporters on Wednesday night to encourage them to mass

• High levels of toxic heavy metals found in some baby foods: report

  U.S. congressional investigators found “dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals” in certain baby foods that

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naked capitalism

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2021

  ~ Today's Water Cooler ~

• Citizen Scientists Are Filling Research Gaps Created by the Pandemic

  Citizen data gatherers and community science can be important elements of long term research programs

• Links 2/4/2021

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NEPC - Blog Post of the Day

• Black & Smart: Stop Using Black Children as an Excuse to Open Your Schools

  Black & Smart: Stop Using Black Children as an Excuse to Open Your Schools It’s been a while

• Janresseger: Washington Post Joins NY Times to Demand Reinstatement of

  Janresseger: Washington Post Joins NY Times to Demand Reinstatement of Standardized Tests in Schools this

• Alfie Kohn: The Tests Are Lousy, So How Could the Scores Be Meaningful?

  Alfie Kohn: The Tests Are Lousy, So How Could the Scores Be Meaningful? Way before Waze, I

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Energy

• BP: Not all its car charging stations turning profit yet

  The U.K. oil giant expects that to change as more electric vehicles come onto market.

• Buoyed by Keystone XL, pipeline opponents want Biden to act

  After President Joe Biden revoked Keystone XL’s presidential permit and shut down construction of the long-

• Oil drops on stockpiles rise, Fed warns of Covid risk

  Oil dropped after an unexpected increase in U.S. stockpiles and a Federal Reserve warning that a vaccine

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Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories

• Joe Biden’s Cabinet: Who’s in, and who voted against them

  If the confirmation battles the Trump and Obama administrations endured are any indication, there’s no

• In Biden’s White House, surprise visits with staff replace late-night

  Trump preferred seemingly aimless days at the White House. Biden has a carefully crafted schedule, but the

• GOP stokes ‘vote-a-rama’ drama on minimum wage, immigration

  Any senator can offer an amendment to the budget measure as part of the vote-a-rama, which has the

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Navajo Times

• Peace of mind: Diné embrace vaccines for safety of selves, those around

  Ruth Armstrong, 88, lifted the sleeve of her purple velveteen blouse so she could get the Pfizer vaccine

• Letters: True blessings to end our silent days

  Eleven months have gone by since the COVID-19 pandemic hit our states like a thief in the night. The post

• Family says they weren’t told about nursing home resident’s COVID-19 status

  The daughter and wife of a deceased resident of the Winslow Campus of Care said they were not notified that

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Ancient Code

• Mermaids and Mermen: Are Ancient Legends of Sea Goddesses in Alaska True?

  Are legends of mermaids and mermen based on something real? If so, stories dating back to the first

• Is There a Connection Between Petroglyphs in Georgia and Bronze Age Europe?

  Petroglyphs found in Georgia show a possible connection between some of the earliest archaeological sites

• What’s the Significance of the Worldwide Monoliths?

  Today, many of us wondering, why do we see stories of monoliths almost daily? After an excruciating year of

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DutchNews.nl

• Positive coronavirus tests rise again, but hospital admissions are down

  In total, 4,246 new positive coronavirus tests were reported to public health institute RIVM by 10am on

• RWE and Dutch state in dispute over coal-fired power station plans

  German energy company RWE is demanding damages from the Dutch state because of plans to phase out the use

• Wind, frost and 20 centimetres of snow are on their way this weekend

  It is increasingly likely that the Netherlands will be hit by snow and freezing conditions this weekend

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BleepingComputer

• Google fixes Chrome zero-day actively exploited in the wild

  Google has addressed an actively exploited zero-day security vulnerability in the Chrome 88.0.4324.150

• Hackers steal StormShield firewall source code in data breach

  Leading French cybersecurity company StormShield disclosed that their systems were hacked, allowing a

• Windows 10 2004 now in broad deployment, available to everyone

  Microsoft has announced that Windows 10, version 2004 has now been added to the broad deployment channel

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Accuracy In Academia

• Chicago teachers’ union and schools fight over school reopening

  The coronavirus pandemic not only pitted the United States against China, which was the source of the virus

• Howard University stands by decision to boot student over tweet

  A student at Howard University, Jalen Brown, thought that his online discussion with another university

• California elementary school forces children to deconstruct racial

  Asian-American parents experienced woke and left-wing indoctrination in America’s schools in Cupertino

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AllThingsD » Walt Mossberg

• Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

  Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of

• Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

  New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.

• Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

  Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

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altahrir, news of Islam, Muslims, Arab Spring and special Palestine

• Israeli Soldiers Injure Several Palestinians In Sebastia

  Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, Sebastia Palestinian town, north of the northern West Bank

• Army Demolishes A Palestinian Home Near Hebron

  Israeli soldiers demolished, on Wednesday afternoon, a Palestinian home in Khallet al-Forn area, near Birin

• OCHA: Data on demolition and displacement in the West Bank

  The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs In the Occupied Palestinian

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BBC News - Home

• Yemen war: Joe Biden ends support for operations in foreign policy reset

  "The war in Yemen must end," says US president as part of his first big speech on foreign policy.

• Marjorie Taylor Greene: US House votes to punish Republican

  The Republican said earlier that she "regrets" previous comments supporting conspiracy theories.

• Vale dam disaster: $7bn compensation for disaster victims

  The money will go to communities affected by the Brumadinho disaster in 2019, which left 270 dead.

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Bartholomew's Notes

• Court Finds For Former MP in Counterclaim Against “VIP Sex Abuse” Accuser

  From the Daily Mail: A former Liberal Democrat MP is to receive libel damages from an alleged fantasist who

• Sandy Hook Conspiracism: A Note on Moon Rock Books

  From CBS News, in June: The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a

• BBC News Probes “Annie Tacker”

  This one is being widely reported – from Phil Kemp at BBC News: There are many unanswered questions

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Center on Budget: Comprehensive News Feed

• New USDA Guidance Clarifies States’ P-EBT Flexibility to Mitigate Child

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued new guidance late last week to help states

• Next Relief Package Must Be Large Enough to Fight Virus, Relieve Hardship

  As policymakers debate the scope of the next federal response to COVID-19 and the economic

• Budget Resolution Marks Important Step Toward Urgently Needed COVID Relief

  The House and Senate this week are considering the budget resolution for fiscal year 2021,

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Coyote Blog

• Point of Sale System Bleg

  I just bought a company with a few seasonal gift shops and camp stores but they have this expensive kludgy

• Today's Dispatches From Businesses Who Have Forgotten How to Serve

  COVID has not been easy, but our service business has managed to continue to serve customers in the same

• Every Service Organization Has Lost 20 Organizational IQ Points During

  Over the past year, I have spent a staggering amount of my time trying to get service providers who are

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Dandelion Salad

• Riots Don’t Change Systems, by Pete Dolack

  by Pete Dolack Writer, Dandelion Salad Systemic Disorder, Feb. 3, 2021 February 4, 2021 You say you want a

• Kenn Orphan: No Going Back to Normal

  by Kenn Orphan Writer, Dandelion Salad Halifax, Nova Scotia February 3, 2021 Radio Free Sunroot on Jan 31,

• The Anti-Social Socialist: What is Wage Slavery?

  “When a man is placed in a position where he is compelled to give the benefit of his labor to another

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Fabius Maximus website

• Read the Newsletter Now!

  Read the Weekly Roundup for the highlights from the week(ish) and a roll call of spicy posts that you might

• Embrace Your Neoliberal Robber Baron Masters, Sheep!

  Remember “Net Neutrality” and how important it was? Neither do I. The ever-so-righteous freedom fighters

• Student Loans: Time For Reform

  Showing compassion to those who have made bad decisions does not require that we allow them to profit at

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Inter Press Service

• El Aromo Solar Project Sets Precedent for Renewable Energy in Ecuador

  In December 2020, the “El Aromo” solar energy project was approved in coastal Manabí province, Ecuador

• Why it’s Crucial Not to Limit the Youth’s Access and Use of Family Planning

  With the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affecting access to Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive

• Revoke Patents, Defeat the Pandemic & Deliver Global Justice

  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote on Twitter: “We must get to work to make sure the vaccine is

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INTERNATIONALIST 360°

• An Indigenous Voice Against Neoliberalism, Imperialism & Fascism: A Review

  Martín Delgado At the end of 2020, the new book by the historic leftist Indigenous leader and former

• Canada Declares Pro-Trump White Supremacist Group Proud Boys a Terrorist

  Peoples Dispatch Claiming that right-wing extremist ideology poses a “significant threat” to domestic

• Viral Topography of Neoliberalism: Transnational Laboratories and the

  Jorge Elbaum Image: “Whoever Finds the Vaccine Must Share It”: Strengthening Human Rights and

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New Content on CO2 Science

• Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

  It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

• Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

  Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

• Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

  Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

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MercoPress

• Lacalle Pou agreed with Bolsonaro in Brasilia to make Mercosur more

  The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, traveled overseas for the first time to

• Argentine president asks Putin to guarantee supply of the Sputnik V vaccine

  Supply of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine and the possible elaboration of the shots

• Falklands announces Covid-19 vaccination program beginning 8 February and

  As the first batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines have arrived in the

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National Wind Watch: Wind Energy News

• Lawsuit seeks to stop proposed wind farm in Botetourt County #VA

  Rocky Forge Wind is approaching another bump in the long road to becoming the first onshore wind farm in

• Council President testifies against HB 1381; Travels to Indianapolis to

  Motivated by what she called a “dangerous” move by the state to overreach into county affairs, County

• Sidney Township Board approves wind permit moratorium amid chaotic meeting

  SIDNEY TOWNSHIP – In their first-ever Zoom meeting, which was plagued with audio and internet issues,

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www.thenewfederalist.eu

• The Bulletin, Vol.1 Issue 10

  - Newsletter

• A Scottish immigration system: Is it feasible?

  Cameron Boyle looks at whether a Scottish immigration system is possible, and asks if it would help the

• Europe@School Social Inclusion Series

  Social inclusion is an ideal which people across Europe work to achieve every day, from policy makers to

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Big Picture News, Informed Analysis

• What the Swedish Doctor Said 6 Months Ago

  Be careful of your words, lest the future make a fool of you.

• What Canada’s Top Health Official Said A Year Ago

  Theresa Tam repeatedly said the risk was low & COVID cases would be rare. She naively trusted China &#

• The Fake Nobel Laureate & the Climate CEO

  Patrick Verkooijen was awarded a PhD despite writing only half a thesis. William Moomaw was one of his

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lborkowski

• Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists

  Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists A few of the recent

• It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare?

  It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? We made it to October without

• More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare

  More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare Many of us were cheered by

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Signs of the Times

• U.S. coast to coast record-setting storm

  Destructive mudslides, feet of snow, wind and waves collapsing houses along the shoreline — all part of a

• Extremist rabbi who justified killing of non-Jews convicted

  An extremist Israeli rabbi was convicted on Monday for inciting violence and hate crime against

• Up to 750 killed in massacre at Ethiopian church

  A recent surge in violence in the Tigray region has left 1,000 dead. Up to 1,000 people — including priests

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Stuff.co.nz - Stuff

• Defence Force under fire over planned 21-gun salute to honour the Queen on

  A Wellington City Councillor says it is inappropriate to have a gun salute for the Queen on Waitangi Day.

• Ngāti Kahungunu joins Ngāi Tahu in court action seeking rangatiratanga over

  The country’s third largest iwi is now working with Ngāi Tahu to have its rangatiratanga on freshwater

• Nero the commuter cat makes a train trip from Featherston to Wellington

  Commuters have been asked to keep a look out for an unusual passenger on their train after Nero's owner

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Freethought Blogs

• The sorry state of the Republican party and conservative media

  The fact that the Republican party leadership put QAnon Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on

• The lab look

  I’ve been in lab all afternoon, this section finished up ten minutes early. So in case you’ve

• Why I do not invest in art or the stock market

  While the GameStop controversy has faded from the news headlines, the issue is still roiling the markets. I

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