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• Psychologically Damaging Things Some Parents Say To Their Children And Don’t Realize The Damage It Causes

  All children need to grow up in a nurturing environment because their minds are very delicate. A child’s perceptual foundation is influenced by the adults the child is surrounded by. A child needs to develop psychologically and cognitively...

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• Inspirational Ways To Be More Romantic In Your Relationships

  Romance is essential for a relationship to be successful. Being a romantic is all about expressing love and dedication in an intentional, deeply affectionate, and unmistakable way. Making an effort to add more romance will help not just your...

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• 5 Simple Self-Protection Strategies for Empaths

  Empaths tend to absorb other people’s stress because they are emotional sponges. It can be rather exhausting. Therefore we created a list of a few strategies that will help you fight this low energy issue. 1. Question yourself, “Does this...

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Have You Heard

• Failure to Disrupt. Again

  TweetThe pandemic gave the education technology industry the opportunity to FINALLY deliver on the bold promises it has been making for decades. What happened instead was just another failure to disrupt, says MIT’s Justin Reich. Transcript...

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• What They’ve Lost

  TweetStudents from Boston tell Have You Heard what they’ve lost during this year of pandemic learning. Spoiler: what you’ll hear bears little resemblance to the discussion of “learning loss” that’s atop the agenda of policy makers...

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• Kids as Customers

  TweetAmazon founder Jeff Bezos is creating a network of tuition-free Montessori-inspired preschools for low-income students. But his vision of schools that nurture the autonomy and creativity of kids is on a collision course with the Amazon...

  a month ago

Chicago Boyz

• The Age of Duty

  The age of duty passes, I suppose, with the death of Prince Philip, the chosen spouse of Her Highness, Queen Elizabeth II of England and whatever remains of the Commonwealth and domains. (And in the theology of a remote South Pacific island tribe...

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• “Yom HaShoah and the importance of recognizing when the rules of the game have changed.”

  Worth reading. Sarah Hoyt summarizes: Not just the conviction that “it can’t happen here.” There is also the deep in-built certainty that tomorrow will be more or less like today, and the worst that can happen within relatively safe...

  2 days ago

• The Logic of Insatiable Centralization

  People and businesses have been leaving New York City, and the state of California, at a considerable rate. Some of these people/businesses are *resources* from the standpoint of government and its leaders: they are tax money on the hoof...

  6 days ago

Centinel2012

• CNN Director Admits Network Airs Political Propaganda, Outlines Network Efforts to Remove President Trump and Boost Joe Biden

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house April 13, 2021 | Sundance | 150 Comments Project Veritas and James O’Keefe strike again with undercover video of CNN executives admitting their goal was to boost Joe Biden and eliminate...

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• Trouble Ahead, Inflation Jumps More than Expected – Gasoline Prices Increase 9.1% in One Month, Year Over Year Inflation 2.6%

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house April 13, 2021 | Sundance | 333 Comments The Bureau of Labor Statistics highlights some alarming inflation numbers today [Link Here] that are unfortunately, not unexpected…...

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• FDA Pauses Johnson and Johnson COVID Vaccine After Six Women Developed Blood Clotting Issues

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house April 13, 2021 | Sundance | 524 Comments On April 8th the CDC said there were no issues with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine after several people reported reactions in North Carolina...

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The BRAD BLOG

• 'Both Sides'? Really, Liz?: 'BradCast' 4/13/2021

  Hopefully today's BradCast, if nothing else, serves as a friendly reminder that Liz Cheney --- whether or not she met the incredibly low Republican bar by voting to impeach Donald Trump after the January 6th MAGA Mob insurrection at the U.S...

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• 'Green News Report' - April 13, 2021

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: U.S. West sinks deeper into drought, setting up dangerous fire season and water cutbacks on the Colorado River; California unveils sweeping wildfire prevention plan; Major battery company settlement allows Georgia...

  21 hours ago

• The SCOTUS-Approved, FCC Ownership Rule Catch-22: 'BradCast' 4/12/2021

  On today's BradCast, our lonely fight to save what is left of our public airwaves continues, as mainstream media outlets continue to benefit from --- and therefore do not bother to report on --- the march toward full corporate ownership of what...

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bluebird of bitterness

• Wednesday weirdness

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• How people had fun in the pre-digital era

   

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• Hunting and gathering, circa 1957

  YouTube claims this was made in 1962, but according to the fine print in the film itself, it was made in 1957. Either way, if you’re a baby boomer who went grocery shopping with Mom back when you were a young whippersnapper, this will bring back...

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BlackListed News

• Protests erupt for second night after fatal police shooting in Minneapolis suburb

  Protests erupted for the second night in a Minneapolis suburb after a police officer fatally shot a black man in a traffic stop.

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• U.S. COVID Contract Details Are a “Trade Secret” – According to the Contractors

  As the US government pumps billions of dollars into projects aimed at curbing the pandemic, from vaccine development to genomic sequencing, officials claim they are being transparent about how money is being spent. But government contractors...

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• OLIGARCHY: Over 100 Wall Street Titans Conspire Anonymously to Undermine Electoral Reform Laws

  Over 100 Wall Street corporate chieftains met in a private meeting recently to discuss collusion possibilities after the passage of electoral reform in several states, including Georgia.

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Research Digest

• People Who Identify With Humanity As A Whole Are More Likely To Say They’d Follow Pandemic Guidelines And Help Others

  By Emily Reynolds. Identifying with "all of humanity" was related to a greater willingness to engage in prosocial and health-related behaviours.

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• Episode 24: How Children Learn Through Play

  In the latest podcast, we talk to top play researchers to find out how children learn new skills and concepts through play

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• We’re Worse At Remembering Exactly What We’ve Given To Friends Than What We’ve Given To Strangers

  By Emma Young. The distinction between a close friend and yourself is blurrier, leading to memory impairment, study suggests.

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Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Fernweh Park in Oberkotzau, Germany

  Located in an unassuming suburb of Hof, Fernweh Park is an eclectic collection of thousands of city and street signs from all corners of the world. The park takes its name from the German word Fernweh (literally: "far away-pain"), which is the...

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  Botanical Museum of the National Garden in Athens, Greece

  When the first royal palace of modern Greece was being designed, Queen Amalia assumed oversight of the design of the Royal Gardens. Upon seeing Amalia’s proposed design King Otto, a hunting enthusiast, noticed that the far end of the gardens...

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• Podcast: How I Learned to Love Las Vegas

  Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a spectacular art installation hidden inside an all-luxury shopping mall. Our podcast is an audio...

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Accidental Deliberations

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  Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

  Kitchen help cats. 

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• Tuesday Morning Links

  This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Sam Cowie writes about the devastating effect of COVID-19 in Brazil, where a particularly dangerous viral variant is combining with the anti-social Bolsonaro government to cause widespread illness...

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• On giveaways

  It seems that our former Lib MP is chuffed about the corporatized FCL's takeover of the assets of True North Renewable Fuels. But Regina's citizens may have some questions.After all, it was just a month ago that City Council approved a million...

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