Wednesday, June 05, 2019

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  • Mother Jones magazine has updated its database of U.S. mass shootings. I’ve downloaded it and made a few changes, before posting it here. The main change I’ve made has been to add...

  • Eminent American Scientist: Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack Was STAGED

    2 days ago
  • Theodore A. Postol is one of the nation’s top scientists.  He is a  professor emeritus of science, technology, and national security policy at MIT. Postol’s main expertise...

  • Charlottesville Divests from Weapons and Fossil Fuels

    2 days ago

    • World BEYOND War — June 3, 2019 On the evening of June 3, 2019, the City Council of Charlottesville, Va., voted to divest the funds in its operating budget from weapons dealers and...

      The Vintage News



  • A rare meeting of legends occurred when The Beatles met Elvis Presley. On August 27, 1965, a turning point in pop culture occurred at 525 Perugia Way in Bel Air, California, one that...

  • Mount Everest has Claimed over 300 Lives and is Way Overcrowded Today

    a day ago
  • The demise of 11 climbers on Mount Everest in the Himalayas in late May 2019 has raised serious questions about crowding at the top and the training and safety measures taken for those...

  • Clint Eastwood at 89 – How the Late Bloomer Became an Enduring Star

    2 days ago

    • On May 31st, 2019, Clint Eastwood turned 89 years old. The winner of four Academy Awards, his most recent film appearance was in The Mule in 2018, playing a horticulturist and Korean...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • D-Day

    an hour ago

  • #OTD President Reagan’s Address at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, June 6, 1984

    2 hours ago


    •   TARPLEY.net



  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Warren Proposes $2 Trillion Climate Plan to Phase Out Carbon; Viability of Approach...

  • New Trump Rampage Sabotages U.S. Position on Trade, Making United Front Against China Virtually Impossible!

    2 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, June 3, 2019 Indispensable Country India Is Stripped of $6 Billion of Duty-Free Import Allowance...

  • Labile Trump Sabotages Common Front Against China, Courts Catastrophic Trade War with Mexico to Impress His Backward Base; Whom the Gods Would Implode They First Drive Mad!

    4 days ago

    • To Normalize Border, U.S. Must Support Mexican President Lopez Obrador’s Central American Marshall Plan Using 0% Federal Reserve Credit; New Trade War Splits Cabinet, with Mnuchin...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • Sustainable Pulse Interview with the founder and Chief Hemp Officer of RE Botanicals, John Roulac. John is a long-time advocate for healthy people and ecosystems, with expertise...

  • Corporate-Funded NGO Leads Industry Fight against Public Health Protection

    7 hours ago
  • The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a corporate-funded nonprofit organization based in Washington DC, with 17 affiliated chapters around the world. ILSI describes...

  • USDA Clamps Down on Pesticide Use in Organic Hydroponics after Massive Pressure

    12 hours ago

    • Earlier this week, the National Organic Program (NOP) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a memo that will put a stop to the practice of allowing organic certification...

      sunshine hours



  • South / North

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 153 – 2019

    2 days ago
  • South / North

  • Finland: Less Coal , More Trees

    3 days ago

    • Burning whole forests for energy is Europe’s future. Finland faces having to import biomass because, despite being Europe’s most densely forested country, it will be unable...

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • The 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre is a reminder that the free ride China has enjoyed internationally in recent decades is ending. It should also serve as a warning...

  • Election triumph will boost Modi’s international clout

    2 days ago
  • Brahma Chellamey, Nikkei Asian Review Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit the ground running after shocking the country’s liberal chattering classes by returning to...

  • Action needed to save the world’s rivers, especially in China

    4 days ago

    • Brahma Chellaney writes that excessive damming and drastic overuse of water resources are causing the world’s major waterways to run dry. Brahma Chellaney, South China Morning...

      Socio-Economics History Blog



  • Gregory Mannarino: Gold & Silver Greatest Trades on Earth by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Market analyst and professional trader Gregory Mannarino doesn’t feel good...

  • MSM Networks Go Nuts Over Venezuela Without Facts

    a month ago
  • RT America Published on Apr 30, 2019 RT America’s John Huddy joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the skewed mainstream coverage of Tuesday’s violent clashes and protests in Venezuela...

  • Top CIA Analyst: Israel Partisans Push US to War

    a month ago

    • If Americans Knew Published on Apr 30, 2019 Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. Ray’s duties included...

      Ramani's blog



  • Sometimes,despite following the procedure ordained, Mantras do not seem to deliver results. Seven remedial measures are provided to correct this and ensure that the Mantas deliver...

  • Distortion of Indian History, Education My Lecture at Leeds 18 May 2019

    21 days ago
  • I will be delivering a lecture on Distortion of Indian History and Education on 18 May,2019 at Leeds,UK. I had delivered a lecture on Our Forgotten Past in April at Bradford,UK. Subsequently...

  • Sonia Gandhi Illegal Registration As Voter Document

    a month ago

    • Sonia Gandhi,the driving force and the real President of the Congress Party voted illegally when she was not a citizen of India . Her name in the voter list document in the image here...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  •   German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke at Harvard’s commencement ceremonies. She was eloquent and spoke to our dearest values and ideals, exactly what we hope to hear from the...

  • Little Rock: Please Don’t Destroy Our Public Schools and Our Children

    5 hours ago
  • Dr. Anika Whitfield, an education activist in LittleRock, Arkansas, wrote an open letter to State Commissioner Johnny Key and the members of the Arkansas State Board of Education...

  • Mercedes Schneider: The Walton Foundation Funds a New “Grassroots” Initiative

    6 hours ago

    •   Mercedes Schneider discovers that a prominent reformer has a new career. Hanna Skandera was State Commissioner of Education in New Mexico, where she tried to impose the “Florida...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • With the Memorial Day holiday starting the week, repeats were the order of the day for most shows this past week.  Maggie Siff, who plays a psychiatrist on Billions, made two repeat...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of May 20

    11 days ago
  • The Late Show marked the week before Memorial Day with three shows containing science and technology related content.  On May 20th Juliana Margulies visited to discuss her role...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of May 13

    15 days ago

    • As I suspected, the last episodes of The Big Bang Theory were the focus last week’s science and technology activity on late night.  The main cast took over The Late Show on Thursday...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     Gummer’s latest plans to decarbonise urge the government to ban all sales of new petrol/diesel cars by 2030. But his simplistic approach is neither green...

  • Climate Apocalypse Hits Britain!

    10 hours ago
  • By Paul Homewood       As we all now know, our climate is rapidly disintegrating before our very eyes.   You only have to look at the climate data for this spring here in the UK to understand...

  • World Environment Day

    13 hours ago

    • By Paul Homewood     Today is the UN’s World Environment Day. This year’s event is focussed on air pollution, as the UN explain: Each World Environment Day is organized around...

      NoTricksZone



  • Scientists think they found what drives the solar cycles, which a huge body of scientific literature suggests greatly impacts the climate on earth. Sun follows planets’ rhythm...

  • Climate Scientists Astounded…No Arctic Ice Loss In 13 Years… Early June Arctic Ice Growing!

    a day ago
  • Modelled data by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) show that Arctic sea ice stopped shrinking 13 years ago, defying earlier predictions made by climate scientists and models...

  • New Study Finds 12 Of 15 Islands In Florida Bay Have GROWN In Size Since 1953, Continuing A Global Trend

    2 days ago

    • Instead of inundation from sea level rise, 80% of assessed Florida Bay (USA) islands grew in area during 1953-2014, prototyping a global-scale trend in island resistance to rising...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Jersey Jazzman: NJ's Student Growth Measures (SGPs): Still Biased, Still Used Inappropriately What follows is yet another year's worth of data analysis on New Jersey's student...

  • Sherman Dorn: Democratic Politics and Charter Schools, Brief Gloss

    a day ago
  • Sherman Dorn: Democratic Politics and Charter Schools, Brief Gloss Tl;dr version: don’t waste your energy on trying to suss out The Position on National Charter School Politics...

  • Medium: Media Misreading the Reading Crisis Yet Again

    2 days ago

    • Medium: Media Misreading the Reading Crisis Yet Again Several news articles, videos, reports on new state legislation, and commentaries across mainstream media...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness One way of envisioning the Democratic obsessions with Donald Trump is as an addiction. We have seen the initial impeachment efforts; the...

  • Strategika Issue 58: Current U.S.-Israel Relations

    7 days ago
  • Trump And Israel Please read a new essay by my colleague, Barry Strauss in Strategika. The Trump Administration has changed course in various ways from its predecessor when it comes...

  • Trump’s High-Wire Act of Reestablishing Deterrence without War

    7 days ago

    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Donald Trump inherited a superficially stable world from Barack Obama that, in fact, was quite volatile. There had been no tense standoffs...

    The Moderate Voice



  • "...please, remember that I don’t lack courage, that I am not a coward or timid, but that I act based on principles..." -- Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in a letter...

  • Violence climbs in Colombia as president chips away at landmark peace deal with FARC guerrillas

    a day ago
  • Police protect a judicial complex where former FARC rebel leader Seuxis Hernandez was standing trial on May 20, 2019. The former peace negotiator has been arrested on drug charges...

  • Trump Versus Queen (Cartoon)

    a day ago

    • The post Trump Versus Queen (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • 1. “We find an association between local practice of untouchability and open defecation that is robust; is not explained by economic, educational, or other observable differences...

  • My Conversation with Russ Roberts

    6 hours ago
  • The podcast master himself, here is the audio and transcript, here is the opening summary: What are the virtues of forgiveness? Are we subject to being manipulated by data? Why do people...

  • Taiwan facts of the day

    14 hours ago

    • Taiwan may be small, but the island has emerged as a financial superpower thanks to the thriftiness of local savers and an eye-watering current account surplus of about 15 per cent...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • Never Trump Patriots are ahead of the Always Trump Loyalists by more than 21-million registered voters. Continue reading →

  • David Cole on the Mueller Report

    24 days ago
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? David Cole is National Legal Director of the ACLU. He wrote the best, most incisive analysis of the Mueller Report, describing precisely...

  • Hundreds of Federal Prosecutors Sign Petition Saying that Trump Performed Multiple Felonious Acts Obstructing Justice

    a month ago

    • Originally posted on GFBrandenburg's Blog: This is hot. Hundreds of federal prosecutors, both Republicans and Democrats, say that Trump’s behavior would merit multiple felony...

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  • While college students tend to be more favorable to the pro-abortion position, a closer look at a recent survey finds room for hope among pro-lifers.

  • Twitter Censors Live Action Again

    an hour ago
  • It’s at least the second time Twitter’s censors have blocked Live Action for “offensive” tweets, despite Twitter chieftain Jack Dorsey’s claims that he runs a neutral...

  • Biden Caught With Carbon Copies of Others’ Climate Claims

    2 hours ago

    • Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is accused of plagiarizing portions of Biden's climate plan, repeating a familiar pattern from Biden's checkered past...
    • (  ??  It's all repetition of IPCC-centric drivel. How could it be original and 'consensus' too ? )

      MintPress News



  • WOLA’s hawkish stance on Venezuela may seem surprising for a “human rights” organization, but it is less of a surprise for those familiar with WOLA’s history. The post Washington...

  • Media: Zombie Sightings, Like Unicorns, Are a Frequent Occurrence in North Korea

    2 days ago
  • The State Department may want to worry less about North Korea’s nuclear production and more about its apparent advanced necromancy program, because Kim Hyok-chol is far from the...

  • Bipartisan Support for Trump’s Aggressive Iran Policy Reveals the Hollowness of Russiagate

    2 days ago

    • While Russia often serves as a useful “boogeyman” for promoting militaristic policies, the odd moments when those same policies actually benefit Russia and avoid strong opposition...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • 1. “We find an association between local practice of untouchability and open defecation that is robust; is not explained by economic, educational, or other observable differences...

  • My Conversation with Russ Roberts

    6 hours ago
  • The podcast master himself, here is the audio and transcript, here is the opening summary: What are the virtues of forgiveness? Are we subject to being manipulated by data? Why do people...

  • Taiwan facts of the day

    14 hours ago

    • Taiwan may be small, but the island has emerged as a financial superpower thanks to the thriftiness of local savers and an eye-watering current account surplus of about 15 per cent...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken(tags:food usa chicken standards )Trump UK visit: Sajid Javid is only senior cabinet member not invited to lavish state banquet for president...

  • Interesting Links for 04-06-2019

    a day ago
  • Autism: "What If Trains, But Too Much?"(tags:children autism parenting behaviour )Military rules, by service (funny)(tags:military funny )"10,000 Steps Every Day" is a health...

  • Interesting Links for 03-06-2019

    2 days ago

    • The Lib Dem Leadership Race: An Update(tags:libdem )The European Banking Authority Leaves London(tags:Banking Europe UK doom )India heatwave temperatures pass 50 Celsius(tags:temperature...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Kidney cleanse programs typically involve restricted diets or consuming only water and juice for several days. Supporters claim that these programs can cleanse the kidneys and...

  • Medical News Today: What foods are good for kidneys?

    4 hours ago
  • Foods that are beneficial for kidney health include dark leafy greens, berries, and apples. Foods to avoid include high-phosphorous foods. Learn more about foods that are good for...

  • Medical News Today: Regular sleep schedule likely benefits metabolic health

    5 hours ago

    • Studies have linked sleep insufficiency to metabolic conditions. Now, new research reveals that varying time and length of sleep could also be a factor...

      InvestmentWatch



  • Jim hoft from The Gateway Pundit reports, Author and Super Lawyer Sidney Powell joined Jan Jekielek from the Epoch Times on American Thought Leaders this week after Robert Mueller’s...

  • Clinton Says President Trump is Not Above the Law Despite Comey Overlooking Private Servers

    4 minutes ago
  •   Comey: request gave me queasy feeling www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCY0p… James Clapper Knew There Was No Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion In 2016 thefederalist.com/2019/04/24/…...

  • Layoffs up 35 percent in 2019; worst quarter since 2015

    6 minutes ago

    • via UPI: More than 60,000 workers were laid off in March, topping off the worst quarter for job cuts since 2015, outplacement firm Challenger, Gary & Christmas reported. The 190,410...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • I had a fairly productive morning this morning.  Brought the fan up from the basement because it is now hot enough to need it, took out the garbage and recycling, went to the store, and...

  • Boo

    2 days ago
  • John Delaney didn’t like it that he was booed at the California Democratic Convention.  “If you can’t listen respectfully to other Democrats, how do you expect to beat the...

  • The Way Forward

    3 days ago

    • I saw an article today where Elon Musk was saying that we should avoid creating artificial intelligence because we might create an evil (there is no evil like indifference), immortal...

      Fragments from Floyd



  • Back in December, I was offered the opportunity to contribute a “500-700 word article on Southwest Virginia’s outdoors or nature” by the Crooked Road folks. It now appears...

  • Global Syn-WHAT?

    2 days ago


    • The phrase “global syndemic” immediately drew my sustained attention when it first appeared as a result of an initiative and study produced by the science journal Lancet in January...
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  • Have you dealt with a Narcissist before? Narcissists are the Kings of communication. A narcissist uses the spoken word as their weapon. They turn words around, same as putting words...

  • School Sends Kids To Meditation Instead Of Detention, With Amazing Results

    6 days ago
  • Traditionally when children act up in school, they would get detention or they get suspended. An Elementary School in Baltimore has a far healthier approach to discipline. Robert...

  • The Day 1 Million Children Meditated For World Peace In Thailand

    9 days ago

    • A remarkable gathering when more than 5,000 schools came together boasting approximately 1 million children meditating for world peace at the Phra Shammakaya Temple in Thailand...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Kidney cleanse programs typically involve restricted diets or consuming only water and juice for several days. Supporters claim that these programs can cleanse the kidneys and...

  • Medical News Today: What foods are good for kidneys?

    4 hours ago
  • Foods that are beneficial for kidney health include dark leafy greens, berries, and apples. Foods to avoid include high-phosphorous foods. Learn more about foods that are good for...

  • Medical News Today: Regular sleep schedule likely benefits metabolic health

    5 hours ago

    • Studies have linked sleep insufficiency to metabolic conditions. Now, new research reveals that varying time and length of sleep could also be a factor...

      The Daily Sheeple



  • Former FBI general counsel James Baker said Friday he viewed the Steele dossier “skeptically” and was “concerned” about the veracity of the document when the bureau received...

  • Is Beto broke? El Paso threatens Beto campaign with fines over unpaid police bills

    16 days ago
  • Robert O’Rourke’s presidential campaign is being threatened with fines over unpaid bills related to police services for his El Paso announcement at the end of March. KTSM reports...

  • Memorial Day Heatwave – Are You Prepared?

    16 days ago

    • A heat wave will intensify in the Southeast in the week ahead, likely lasting at least through Memorial Day weekend, potentially threatening all-time May record highs in parts of...

      Exceptional Delaware 2017



  • Shocking documents, never seen before by the public, give a shocking look at what led to the closure of Design Thinking Academy.  As usual, it is not based on academics but adult decisions...

  • Exclusive: Public Integrity Commission Slams Odyssey’s Board; Potential McGuiness Ties To AHEPA Creates Huge Conflicts of Interest

    14 days ago
  • On April 2nd, the Delaware Public Integrity Commission wrote a letter to the Odyssey Charter School Board of Directors which showcased a plethora of financial improprieties, conflicts...

  • Odyssey Charter School Responds To Their Formal Review With Letters To Parents, Students and Teachers

    19 days ago

    • After the State Board of Education put Odyssey Charter School under formal review last night, school leaders wrote a letter to the Odyssey community with a response.  In addition...

      Have You Heard



  • TweetFrom Bernie Sanders on charter schools and segregation to Cory Booker stating, once again, that he is a believer in public education, to higher pay for teachers and free-er college...

  • Avenue to the Stars: What an Elite Private School Teaches about the Future of For-Profit Education

    20 days ago
  • TweetHigh-end for-profit private schools are a growing segment of the education ‘marketplace.’ In this episode, we’re joined by Mike Levy, former curriculum director at...

  • Different Strokes for Different Folks?

    a month ago

    • TweetNo excuses-style charter schools, known for rigid discipline and a college prep focus have seen explosive growth in urban areas over the past decade. And supporters of the model...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • Trump’s ‘America First’ philosophy has created a less stable world by Dr.Fareed Zakaria https://fareedzakaria.com/columns/2019/5/16/trumps-america-first-philosophy-has-created-a-less-stable-world...

  • Malaysia’s Greatest Crisis: Loss of National Pride and Unity

    20 days ago
  • Malaysia’s Greatest Crisis: Loss of National Pride and Unity   May 13, 2019 by Murray Hunter Malaysia’s Greatest Crisis: Loss of National Pride and Unity Love him or hate him...

  • National service can mend the country

    21 days ago

    • National service can mend the country The following column is adapted from Fareed Zakaria’s commencement address at Ohio State University on May 5, 2019. It’s graduation season...

      Chicago Boyz



  • June 6 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion.  Most Americans surely have at least some knowledge of this event…but relatively few are aware that there was...

  • Dissolving the Audience

    5 days ago
  • So, I’ve been following, in a desultory fashion, the kerfuffle over various movie projects suddenly discovering that filming in a state where the local voters and their legislature...

  • Trump and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

    7 days ago

    • I think I see some similarities between the Democrats’ apparent efforts to try to impeach President Trump and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868. Andrew Johnson was a “war...

      Centinel2012



  • Khan Academy Published on Sep 28, 2013 What it means to buy a bond. Created by Sal Khan.

  • Economic Freedom of the World | Learn Liberty

    5 hours ago
  • Learn Liberty Published on Sep 7, 2011 Do you prefer the world of Adam Smith or the world of Karl Marx? Prof. Robert Lawson tells the story of his numerous discussions about this very...

  • Do Sanctions Ever Work?

    5 hours ago

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics Re-Posted Jun 5, 2019 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hello, with all the talk of sanctions in the news against North Korea and Iran, have sanctions...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • As usual, on today's BradCast, everything you need to know --- whether you want to know it or not --- in 57 minutes or less...or your money back! [Audio link to full show follows below.]...

  • 'Green News Report' - June 4, 2019

    a day ago
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Long-awaited disaster relief package finally passes out of Congress despite Republican obstruction; No end in sight for Midwest flooding; Trump Administration...

  • 97-Year Old TX Political Icon Blocked From Voting, Other Impeachable Matters: 'BradCast' 6/3/2019

    2 days ago

    • Today's BradCast is as lively as it is maddening in equal measures. [Audio link to show follows below.] Among the stories covered on today's program (during which we also opened up...

      bluebird of bitterness





  • Sheep thrills

    a day ago

  • Monday chuckles

    2 days ago


    •   Home



  • Beyond Nuclear's legal counsel, Diane Curran and Harmon Curran in Washington DC, and Mindy Goldstein of Turner Environmental Law Clinic at Emory U. in Atlanta GA, have appealed to...

  • FPL pushback on their harm to sea turtles called out by TC Palm

    3 days ago
  • A good, indepth article in TC Palm, coming off our notice of intent to sue over failure to protect sea turtles at the St. Lucie nuclear plant (see next story below), challenged plant...

  • Beyond Nuclear and Turtle Island Restoration Network launch lawsuit to stop sea turtle killings at nuclear power plant

    6 days ago

    • Turtle Island Restoration Network and Beyond Nuclear filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

    BlackListed News



  • Yesterday, Oakland became the second U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin despite federal prohibition. Passage of the resolution takes a first step toward nullifying federal...

  • 52 Shot, 10 Killed as “Summer Violence Season” in Chicago Heats Up

    17 hours ago
  • At least 52 people were shot and 10 were murdered in the most violent weekend in Chicago thus far in 2019. Eight of the murder victims were shot, and two were stabbed. The violence eclipsed...

  • Harvard just gene-hacked stem cells inside a living organism

    17 hours ago

    • For the first time, scientists gene-hacked an animal’s stem cells — without removing them. Normally, altering a stem cell with CRISPR requires extracting it, keeping it alive...

      Research Digest



  • By Christian Jarrett. The researchers interpreted their findings in terms of the "broaden and build theory" of positive emotions.

  • Largest Observational Study Of Its Kind Finds Talkative Parents Have Kids With Better Cognitive Skills – But It’s Not Clear Why

    2 days ago
  • By Matthew Warren. The correlational design of the study means it’s impossible to tease apart cause and effect.

  • Researchers Have Investigated “Derailment” (Feeling Disconnected From Your Past Self) As A Cause And Consequence Of Depression

    2 days ago

    • By Christian Jarrett. To the researchers' surprise, greater derailment preceded reductions in depression.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Spain is blessed with a good number of Roman aqueducts, but less well known are the medieval aqueducts that were generally built for irrigation. In the upper Vinalopó valley, some...

  • Panteón Inglés in Mineral del Monte, Mexico

    2 hours ago
  • In the decades that followed Mexico's independence from Spain, the country struggled with a crippled economy. The mining operations that had been a locus of activity during the colonial...

  • Found: The First Film of a Total Solar Eclipse

    2 hours ago

    • In the first year of the 20th century in North Carolina, a British magician captured the first-ever footage of a solar eclipse. The film, which lasts one minute and eight seconds, soon...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Statuesque cats.

  • Tuesday Morning Links

    a day ago
  • This and that for your Tuesday reading.- In his Arnold Amber Memorial Lecture, Alex Himelfarb offers his take on the dangers of austerity and the loss of collective action:1. Austerity...

  • Monday Evening Links

    2 days ago



    • Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- John Paul Tasker reports on the final report of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. And Kenyon Wallace...
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    5 June - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM News



      WIRED




  • YouTube’s hate speech policy now targets videos promoting the superiority of one group over another, or discrimination based on gender, race, or sexual orientation...
  • Not 'Promoting  Group Superiority'  : not an easy task in the Exceptionalist Nation

  • How to Make a 'Roomerang': A Boomerang You Can Throw Indoors

    an hour ago
  • Make and throw your own cardboard “roomerang” with a little help from champion boomerang thrower Logan Broadbent.

  • Apple's 'Find My' Feature Uses Some Clever Cryptography

    2 hours ago

    • Apple says an elaborate rotating key scheme will soon let you track down your stolen laptop, but not let anyone track you. Not even Apple.


      NYT & Home Page




  • Marcelo Ebrard, the Mexican foreign minister, has been meeting with Washington officials all week as Mexico tries to head off President Trump’s threatened tariffs...

  • Trump Administration Sharply Curtails Fetal Tissue Medical Research

    an hour ago
  • The Trump administration will be ending a major university contract involving fetal tissue research and will soon stop such work at the National Institutes of Health...

  • Trump, in Interview, Says He Prefers Talk to Military Action on Iran

    5 hours ago

    • In a wide-ranging discussion with the British journalist Piers Morgan, the president also defended his lack of military service in the Vietnam War.


      India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti




  • PM Modi on Wednesday set up two cabinet committees — one dealing with investment and growth and another on employment and skill development. The committee on investment and growth...

  • Study suggests government to allow minimum 51% FDI in defence without riders

    3 hours ago


  • Indian woman celebrates first Eid in Pakistan

    3 hours ago



    •   BBC News - UK




  • World leaders, including the US president, mark the 75th anniversary of history's largest combined land, air and naval operation.

  • London Bridge inquest: Officer denies chances to prevent attack were missed

    7 hours ago
  • Witness M tells an inquest into the deaths of the eight victims there was no "missed opportunity".

  • Brexit: Rory Stewart says new deal claims 'misleading'

    6 hours ago

    • Tory leadership candidate Rory Stewart says there is "not a hope" of a new plan by the deadline.



      National Geographic News





  • Encounters with the big fish are rare, but can be deadly. Here's how to reduce your risk, and what you should keep in mind.

  • What we know—and what we don't—about the science of tornadoes

    15 days ago



    • Scientists probe the mysteries of violent twisters.




      Reuters: World News






  • Hope grew on Wednesday for a deal to avoid the United States imposing tariffs on Mexican goods in return for Mexico doing more to halt illegal immigration but President Donald Trump...

  • Republican, Democratic senators seek to block Trump Saudi arms sales

    37 minutes ago
  • Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Wednesday they would introduce legislation that would block President Donald Trump's plan for $8 billion in military sales to Saudi...

  • With confidence vote, Peru revives debate over anti-graft reforms

    40 minutes ago

    • Peru's government won a confidence vote in the country's Congress on Wednesday, reviving debate over President Martin Vizcarra's flagging effort to pass anti-corruption measures...




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  • The handlers of NASA's InSight Mars lander plan will lift the support structure of the burrowing 'mole' out of the way so they can get a better look at the stuck instrument...

  • NASA's Parker Solar Probe May Solve 500-Year-Old Sun Mystery

    an hour ago
  • NASA's Parker Solar Probe is on its way to another close encounter with the sun, where investigators hope the spacecraft will solve a long-standing solar mystery...

  • 1st 'Ad Astra' Trailer Hints at Interplanetary Action with Brad Pitt

    an hour ago

    • A stunning first trailer for Brad Pitt's otherworldly adventure "Ad Astra" has finally been released, teasing a frantic race through the depths of space...
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