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Lifehacker

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  7 Ways to Work Out With Limited Equipment

  Home workouts are still a great, safe option in this ongoing pandemic, but not everybody has been able to put together a full featured home gym. Even if you only have a few dumbbells or a set of resistance bands—or nothing at all—there’s...

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  Figure Out the Size of Your Next Stimulus Check With These Calculators

  On Saturday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives—or, more accurately, House Democrats—passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. (Zero Republicans crossed party lines to for the bill; two Democrats voted against it.) The...

  4 hours ago

• The 10 Best Deals of March 2, 2021

  Tuesday’s Best Deals | Kinja DealsRead more...

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Pesticide Action Network

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  We need to consider the real value of our food

  'Tis the season that small farms in the Midwest, such as ours, begin to feel the pressure that is building for the coming year.  Seeds really do need to be started and supplies need to be acquired if we are actually going to grow good food once again.  ...

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  Year-round pesticides on Italy’s playgrounds

  A recent study done in a region of Italy where pesticides are widely used indicates (yet again) that some communities contend with an unfair burden of pesticide exposure where their children live, learn, and play. This study is a follow-up...

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  Listen: Farmer Rob Faux on dicamba drift

  Rob Faux, Iowa farmer and PAN Communications Associate, was invited by Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn to join in a conversation about diversified farms and the role chemical-intensive agriculture plays...

  6 days ago

BBC News - Home

• Coronavirus: Texas moves to lift mask mandate and ease Covid rules

  Texas's mask mandate will be lifted and businesses allowed to reopen fully, Governor Abbott says.

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• 'If the others go I'll go': Inside China's scheme to transfer Uighurs into work

  A high-level Chinese study says a massive work scheme is reducing Uighur population density in Xinjiang.

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• Alexei Navalny: US imposes sanctions on Russians

  The Biden administration targets Russian officials and entities, in a move co-ordinated with the EU.

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The Register

• Microsoft fixes four zero-day flaws in Exchange Server exploited by China's ‘Hafnium’ spies to steal victims' data

  Patch ASAP: Holes used to raid top-tier targets and stash info in Kim Dotcom's old cloud file locker Microsoft says Beijing-backed hackers are exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server to steal data from defense contractors...

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• Microsoft touts Azure Percept development kits to those toying with AI on the edge

  Full stack means fully locked in – oh shoot, did we say that out loud? Ignite Microsoft on Tuesday launched Azure Percept – a full stack of technologies to run AI code at the network edge – during its annual Ignite conference.…...

  2 hours ago

• It’s back: America's net neutrality advocates begin push to return to pre-Trump internet protections

  Lawmakers look to FCC to become a 'cop on the beat' The decade-long battle over net neutrality in America has returned. Again.…

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BBC News - Technology

• Love Island's Molly-Mae Hague broke rules with Instagram giveaway

  The advertising watchdog reprimands the social media influencer over an Instagram prize draw.

  an hour ago

• City scraps influencer plan for George Floyd murder trial

  Minneapolis was planning to pay social media influencers to post "city-approved" messages.

  9 hours ago

• Twitch backtracks after outcry for using 'gender neutral' term 'womxn'

  The streaming platform said it had changed its spelling of "women" to be more gender neutral.

  10 hours ago

Further

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  Lock 'Em Up

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

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  And Behold, the MAGA-ites Sinned Bigly, and They Were Cast Out, and the Lord Your God Saith Unto Them, Jesus, Really?

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

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  Cruel and Inhumane: Siri, Show Me Staggering Hypocrisy

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

  5 days ago

ForceChange

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  Man Accused of Brutally Kicking Dog on Camera Must be Arrested

  A video taken from a gun store's security camera appears to show a man kicking his dog with full force. However, he was only given a mere citation for the alleged act. Demand he be justly punished and not allowed to have animals in his possession...

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  Old Dog Reportedly Wandering Around With Serious Infections in Rain Deserves Justice

  A senior dog named Cayden was allegedly found starving with multiple infections and fleas crawling all over him. Demand his former owner be punished to the fullest extent of the law if she is found guilty of neglecting this helpless animal...

  17 hours ago
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  Stop Forcing Animals to Live in Plastic Prisons

  Beloved pets find a gruesome death through the use of plastic in their cages. Guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, gerbils, and other rodents suffocate within constrictive tunnels and suffer internal damage due to ingestion of sharp objects. Sign...

  17 hours ago

Unexplained Mysteries

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  Space hotel could open its doors in 2027

  One forward-thinking company is planning to build and launch a rotating space hotel with artificial gravity. The ambitious orbital outpost, which will...

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  Ornate Roman chariot unearthed at Pompeii

  Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved 2,000-year-old chariot in the ruins of a wealthy Roman villa. Made from iron, bronze and wood, the cha...

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  Argentinian titanosaur may be oldest ever found

  Palaeontologists have unearthed what is thought to be the oldest member of one of the largest dinosaur species. These gargantuan plant-eaters, which r...

  2 days ago

All Things Considered : NPR

• Stacey Abrams On Why Securing Voting Rights Is As Necessary Now As In The Past

  In the wake of the historic 2020 election turnout, state legislatures across the U.S. are considering bills to make it harder to vote. Activist Stacey Abrams warns of a return to Jim Crow-era laws.

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• Supreme Court Seems Ready To Uphold Restrictive Voting Laws

  The court heard arguments in a case that could allow state legislatures to make it more difficult for some to vote. The arguments centered on a key portion of the Voting Rights Act.

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• Looking Again At A Doctor's Old Rhymes, Seuss Works Haven't Kept Up With The Times

  Dr. Seuss Enterprises has announced it will end publication of six titles deemed to contain racist imagery. The books include And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo.

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Science@NASA Headline News

• NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Final Functional Tests to Prepare for Launch

  Portal origin URL: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Final Functional Tests to Prepare for LaunchPortal origin nid: 468743Published: Monday, March 1, 2021 - 11:45Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Testing...

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• Langley Scientist Participates in Arizona SciTech Panel Discussion

  Marilé Colón Robles, a project scientist for NASA's GLOBE Clouds citizen science program, participated in a recent virtual panel discussion on Hispanic leaders in science and space as part of the 2021 Arizona SciTech Festival. News Article...

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  Become one of NASA’s Next Generation of Scientists

  Ask any scientist or researcher when they first became interested in their profession, and many will say it was while they were in high school. NASA is capitalizing on this by growing the nation’s next generation of scientists while they...

  4 days ago

How to of the Day

• How to Prevent Programs from Waking Your Computer

  This wikiHow teaches you how to disable the apps and services on your PC or Mac that may wake it up from sleep mode. If you're using Windows, the culprit is usually a setting called "wake timers," which allows apps to wake the PC to run certain tasks...

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• How to Do Fun Things with Alexa

  This wikiHow teaches you many of the fun things you can ask Alexa. These "Easter eggs" don't really accomplish anything, but they are a lot of fun to try out—especially for kids or those who haven't played with Alexa before. There are hundreds...

  9 hours ago

• How to Answer Where Do Babies Come From

  Children are notorious for asking funny and sometimes inappropriate questions. However, if your kid is asking about where babies come from or how they're made, you should try to give them an honest answer that they can understand. This will...

  17 hours ago

Democracy Now!

• Anti-Choice Forces Use Pandemic to Slash Abortion Access in Preview of Post-Roe v. Wade World

  We look at how people across the U.S. have struggled to access abortions during the pandemic with reporter Amy Littlefield, who says that even before the COVID-19 outbreak, many states had restrictions, including three-day waiting periods...

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• Black People Face Higher COVID Infections & Deaths. Should They Have Lower Age Cutoffs for Vaccines?

  As the U.S. vaccine rollout continues to expand, health justice advocates worry about a racial gap in vaccinations. Black communities have been hard hit by the pandemic, but rates of vaccination in communities of color lag behind largely...

  12 hours ago

• A New Form of Jim Crow: Ari Berman on the GOP's Anti-Democratic Assault on Voting Rights

  The Republican-led House in Georgia has passed a sweeping bill to make it harder to vote, in a move aimed to prevent Democrats from winning future elections. The bill limits access to absentee ballots, limits weekend early voting hours and...

  12 hours ago

News : NPR

• Stacey Abrams On Why Securing Voting Rights Is As Necessary Now As In The Past

  In the wake of the historic 2020 election turnout, state legislatures across the U.S. are considering bills to make it harder to vote. Activist Stacey Abrams warns of a return to Jim Crow-era laws.

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• Neera Tanden Withdraws As Nominee For Office Of Management And Budget

  The former head of the Center for American Progress was criticized for tweets disparaging some lawmakers. President Biden said in a statement he accepted Tanden's request.

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• Journalists Detained For Covering Democracy Demonstrations In Myanmar Face Prison

  At least six journalists were arrested Saturday while covering protests against a military coup. They are charged with violating a public order law and could be sentenced up to three years in prison.

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WebMD Health

• Biden Vows Enough COVID-19 Vaccine for Every Adult in May

  The president also said teachers, school employees and child care workers will be able to get at least their first dose in March.

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• Skipping Mammograms Raises Odds for Breast Cancer

  New findings are concerning given the widespread delays and cancellations of preventative cancer screenings that took place during early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• WebMD Survey: Many Parents Back Kid, Teacher COVID Shots

  A majority of parents of teens and preteens say they plan to vaccinate their kids against COVID-19 within a year of the shots being authorized for use in children. But parents of younger age groups were less certain about their vaccination plans...

  5 hours ago