Wednesday, June 12, 2019

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  • Stephen Roblin is a scholar of U.S. public opinion towards U.S. war and conflict. He is committed to using his research to support activists, NGOs and policymakers working to mitigate...

  • Confronting Censorship in Ireland

    2 days ago
  • According to exit polls from late May, an impressive 82% of Irish voters say Ireland should remain a neutral country in all aspects. But Ireland is not remaining a neutral country in...

  • Google Tricks: How to Supercharge Your Searches and Become an Instant Power User

    2 days ago

    • We all use Google (or DuckDuckGo) countless times a month to search for information, shopping deals, movie times, dirt on someone, etc. But chances are you’re using – without...

      The Vintage News



  • A gate dating to the 10th century B.C. in the time of King David has been discovered by archaeologists after 32 years of excavation in the Golan Heights’ Jordan Park. The excavation...

  • Snarling Head of Giant 40,000-yr-old Wolf Found with Hair and Brain Intact

    17 hours ago
  • An amazingly well-preserved head of an ancient wolf has been identified. A Russian man named Pavel Efimov was out for a walk last summer when he came across a startling sight. Along...

  • Ancient Roman Air Pollution Cooled Europe’s Climate – New Study

    2 days ago

    • The people of the Ancient Roman Empire lit so many fires that it caused a level of air pollution that slightly cooled the climate in Europe, scientists say. This recent finding supports...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!




  • Was Appeasement Justified? (Short Animated Documentary)

    4 hours ago

  • 14 Kittens!!! 2 weeks old.

    5 hours ago


    •   TARPLEY.net



  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, June 11, 2019 GOP Hacks Demonize Steele Dossier, but What Exactly Is Their Factual Criticism?...

  • One Million March in Hong Kong’s Largest Demonstration Ever to Block City’s Subjection to Dictator Xi’s Police State and Its Lawless Disappearances; Hong Kong Puppet Ruler Ignores Protests, Insists on Ramming Through Measure to Abolish Remaining Freedoms This Wednesday; Thirty Years After Tien An Men, Beijing’s Totalitarianism Is Unmasked Again!

    2 days ago
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, June 10, 2019 Trump Recycles Old Concessions by Mexico to Avoid Tariff Clash That Would Doom...

  • Join the Tax Wall Street Party Campaign to Force Democratic Candidates to Address Issue of Mobilizing Long-Term Federal Reserve Credit at 0% for Jobs and Infrastructure, Student Loan Financing, and Marshall Plans as Proposed by AMLO for Central America! Make It Happen in June 26-27 Dem Debate!

    4 days ago

    • Under Private Equity Asset Stripper Powell, Fed Is Currently Being Degraded to Abject Tool of Trump Campaign to Keep Speculators Happy Before Vote; Dems Must Press for National Banking...

      Sustainable Pulse



  • A former Monsanto executive serving as a political appointee within the U.S. Department of the Interior used her position to further the agrochemical giant’s agenda promoting...

  • United States Uses 85 Pesticides Outlawed in Other Countries – New Study

    3 days ago
  • The United States of America allows the use of 85 pesticides that have been banned or are being phased out in the European Union, China or Brazil, according to a peer-reviewed study published...

  • RE Botanicals Founder John Roulac Leads Hemp Industry towards a Glyphosate Residue Free World

    8 days ago

    • 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...

      sunshine hours



  • Greens oppose mining but demand more electric vehicles. The numbers below are just for the UK. If everyone else follows … catastrophic fail. British climate targets alone will...

  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 160 – 2019

    2 days ago
  • South / North

  • Colorado Snowpack is 654% of normal

    3 days ago

    • Wow. Perpetual drought predictions are not coming true. As the days get warmer, the snowcaps in the High Country are about to shrink. An epic spring runoff is in the works after one of...

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • The Modi government should strengthen ties with the US without allowing itself to be bullied by Trump, who is trying to arm-twist India into a closer but prescriptive partnership...

  • China’s Tiananmen Reckoning

    9 days ago
  • 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

    9 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...

      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



  • Though it is a Brahmin Gotra,it might have been modified as a Kshatriya Gotra because of change in Profession. Viswamitra Gotra is a Brahmin Gotra . But when Viswamitra became a Rajarishi...

  • When Initiated Mantras Fail, Procedure To Make It Deliver Saptopaya Details

    9 days ago
  • 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

    a month 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...

      Diane Ravitch's blog



  • Lawrence A. Feinberg leads a valuable organization called the Keystone State Education Coalition, which reports on education issues in Pennsylvania. The big issue today is whether...

  • Southold, New York: Making Chess More Enjoyable than Video Games!

    13 hours ago
  • David Gamberg is superintendent of two adjacent small school districts on Long Island in New York: Southold and Greenport. Gamberg is devoted to a philosophy of whole-child learning...

  • Puerto Rico: Which Hedge Funds Are Profiting from the Island’s Misery?

    14 hours ago

    •   The Public Accountability Initiative is the place to go to follow the money. The team that produces these reports is called “Little Sis,” the opposite of Big Brother. Little...

      Pasco Phronesis



  • Some shows remained off last week in connection with the Memorial Day holiday in the United States.  Of last week’s repeats, I want to call out the June 4th Late Late Show repeat. ...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of May 27

    10 days ago
  • 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

    18 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...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT



  • By Paul Homewood     Roger Harrabin has been having a nice all expenses paid jaunt to Madeira, in order to pimp for EVs. Why he actually had to fly out there, instead of simply using film...

  • May To Commit To Net Zero Plan

    18 hours ago
  • By Paul Homewood   As expected, the utterly discredited Theresa May has decided to take the rest of the country down with her when she goes:   Greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will...

  • Oreskes Discovers It’s Hot In India

    a day ago

    • By Paul Homewood   h/t Dave Ward/Joe Public Nomeo’s getting her knickers in a twist because it’s hot in India:   NEW DELHI — When the temperature topped 120 degrees (49 Celsius)...

      NoTricksZone



  • Online German business daily Handelsblatt here reported last month that leading German energy expert Jens Koeppen of Angela Merkel’s CDU party is calling for “drastic”...

  • Wind Energy Woes: German Expansion “Collapses To Near Zero” …”2019 Threatens To Be A Disaster”

    2 days ago
  • Despite all the talk about the need to transition over to green energies, Germany’s progress — in especially wind energy — has ground to a complete halt. German news site iwr.de...

  • Multiple Recent Papers Dispel Gulf Stream Collapse, Alarming The Climate Alarmism Industry

    2 days ago

    • No Reason For Panic: The Oscillating Gulf Stream By Die kalte Sonne (German text translated/edited by P Gosselin) Image: NASA JPL (public domain) The Gulf Stream provides heating...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day



  • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: The Problem with Too Much Screen Time and Too Little Privacy is Parents (Anya Kamenetz) (Guest Post by Anya Kamenetz) Anya Kamenetz is...

  • Radical Eyes for Equity: Checklist: Media Coverage of the “Science of Reading”

    2 days ago
  • Radical Eyes for Equity: Checklist: Media Coverage of the “Science of Reading” Several years ago while preparing the first edition (2013) of De-testing and De-grading Schools...

  • Janresseger: State School Rankings and School Report Cards Drive Racial and Economic Segregation

    2 days ago

    • Janresseger: State School Rankings and School Report Cards Drive Racial and Economic Segregation The federal Every Student Succeeds Act, passed in 2015 to replace No Child Left...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review We are told, however, that the FBI’s culture and institutions are exempt from the widespread wrongdoing at the top. Such caution is a fine...

  • Greece Finds New Footing as a Player on the World Stage

    4 days ago
  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness ATHENS—After Greece temporarily hosted a pair of U.S. military drones, Greek Defense Minister Panagiotis Kammenos said last fall that...

  • Is Germany Becoming Germany — Again?

    6 days ago

    • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review The more things change, well, the more they . . . So it is with the perpetual German resentments of the U.S. Recently German chancellor Angela...

    The Moderate Voice



  • WASHINGTON — Pull up your bell bottoms, slip on your clogs, and turn up the Roberta Flack: Today, we’re gonna testify like it’s the 1970s. “Did you ever convey an order to break...

  • Four Days After D-Day: Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

    2 days ago
  • "The same intolerance, racism and hatred that drove much of the Nazi movement is still driving terrorism and wars across the world. And here in Western Europe, we see that same racism...

  • The Liars We Trust – Why We Choose Transparency Over Truth

    2 days ago

    • Even many of those who profoundly dislike his politics, his manner, or both, grudgingly admit to the appeal of his “what you see is what you get” quality. Yet and at the same time...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • I will be doing a Conversations with Tyler with her, no associated public event.  What should I ask her?  As always, I thank you all for your wisdom and counsel. The post What should...

  • Wednesday assorted links

    11 hours ago
  • 1. China fact of the day: “Prefectures that experienced a more severe export slowdown witnessed a significant increase in incidents of labor strikes.” 2. Raising children with...

  • SlateStarCodex and Caplan on ‘Why Are the Prices So D*mn High?’

    16 hours ago

    • SlateStarCodex, whose 2017 post on the cost disease was one of the motivations for our investigation, says Why Are the Prices so D*mn High (now available in print, ePub, and PDF) is...

      Lloyd Lofthouse



  • Since Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote in 2016, the Republican Party lost six percent of its registered voters, and the Democratic Party grew by eight percent. Continue...

  • Senator Sanders: This Is Where I Came From

    7 days ago
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? This article by Senator Bernie Sanders appeared in the New York Times. ? My father came to this country from Poland at the age of 17 with barely...

  • Donald Trump’s Basket of Deplorable Loyalists verses the Never Trump Patriots

    19 days ago

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

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  • Long leftist bugaboos owing to their financing of conservative and libertarian causes and candidates, brothers Charles and David Koch are now showing their liberal side: They’re...

  • Vatican Takes Stand Against Notion of Gender Spectrum in Newly Released Statement

    7 hours ago
  • It does not take a degree in biology to understand that there exists just two sexes/genders, but that has not stopped the social-justice warriors from their tirade against the irrefutable...

  • Christophobia: Colorado Baker Sued for THIRD Time for Acting Christian

    7 hours ago

    • They just can’t stop bullying the baker. First the Colorado Civil Rights Commission took legal action against Jack Phillips in 2012 for refusing to create a faux (same sex) “wedding”...

      MintPress News



  • It is inconceivable that the organizers of the protests are unaware of the NED ties to some of its members. The post American Gov’t, NGOs Fuel and Fund Hong Kong Anti-Extradition...

  • This Is Not Journalism: Univision Warps Reality to Push US War Agenda

    6 hours ago
  • The blatant lie told by Jorge Ramos in the New York Times is part of a larger trend in Univision’s coverage, which reaches 60 percent of American households and makes Univision the...

  • Yemeni Party Leader Dies as Saudi Airport Blockade Prevents His Travel Abroad for Treatment

    9 hours ago

    • The reopening of Sana`a Airport was part of the negotiations that took place in Sweden last year, but Saudi Arabia has refused to implement an agreement that would ease human suffering...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • I will be doing a Conversations with Tyler with her, no associated public event.  What should I ask her?  As always, I thank you all for your wisdom and counsel. The post What should...

  • Wednesday assorted links

    11 hours ago
  • 1. China fact of the day: “Prefectures that experienced a more severe export slowdown witnessed a significant increase in incidents of labor strikes.” 2. Raising children with...

  • SlateStarCodex and Caplan on ‘Why Are the Prices So D*mn High?’

    16 hours ago

    • SlateStarCodex, whose 2017 post on the cost disease was one of the motivations for our investigation, says Why Are the Prices so D*mn High (now available in print, ePub, and PDF) is...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • A thread of gay lions in religious children's books(tags:lions lgbt children religion books )Testing An Evo Psych Theory Outside Of The Lab: Prestige And Dominance-Based Social...

  • Interesting Links for 11-06-2019

    2 days ago
  • What came first: my refusal to perform femininity, or the knowledge that I'll never be able to?(tags:gender society women )Scottish Power to build vast battery to improve wind energy...

  • Interesting Links for 10-06-2019

    2 days ago

    • A different kind of string theory: Antoni Gaudi(tags:architecture spain design )Interactive Time-Lapse Map Shows How the U.S. Took More Than 1.5 Billion Acres From Native Americans(tags:USA...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Low doses of naltrexone are a recent, popular treatment for MS symptoms. In this article, we look at the research, action, and side effects of naltrexone for MS...

  • Medical News Today: How does MS affect the eyes?

    10 hours ago
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS) can affect a person's vision due to its effects on the nerve cells. In this article, we look at why MS affects the eyes and discuss eye-related symptoms and treatment...

  • Medical News Today: High-protein vegan foods

    11 hours ago

    • Vegans often find it difficult to eat a lot of protein, but there are many plant based sources of this nutrient, including beans, tofu, quinoa, and chickpeas. Learn more about high...

      InvestmentWatch



  • by Michael Snyder According to a shocking new report from the Commonwealth Fund, the suicide rate in the United States is the highest that it has ever been before.  Sadly, the...

  • William Barr is Held in Contempt by Democrats in Congress for Following the Rule of Law

    33 minutes ago

  • Vince Vaughn Worried Jimmy Dore Will Get Deplatformed

    33 minutes ago


    •   www.gurukalehuru.com



  • I remember a time, not long ago when a careless comment could ruin a politician’s career.  Remember how Al Gore was mocked for saying that he was influential in the development of...

  • The Private Position of Tom Perez

    a day ago
  • Hillary Clinton once famously said that she had “public and private” positions.  She got a lot of flak for that but it was probably one of the most honest things she ever said. ...

  • Bieber v. Cruise

    2 days ago

    • This could well be the stupidest story of the last 10 years that hasn’t had “Florida Man” in the headline.  Justin Bieber has challenged Tom Cruise to a cage fight. Why, I don’t...

      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?

    10 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...

  • Diaspora: The Next Place

    a month ago

    •  In the spring of 2019, we acknowledged that the time had come to relocate us from the wild to the tame. Or at least tamer—closer to town, less mowing and weed whacking and firewood...
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    Enlightened Consciousness  



  • 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

    14 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

    16 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



  • Low doses of naltrexone are a recent, popular treatment for MS symptoms. In this article, we look at the research, action, and side effects of naltrexone for MS...

  • Medical News Today: How does MS affect the eyes?

    10 hours ago
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS) can affect a person's vision due to its effects on the nerve cells. In this article, we look at why MS affects the eyes and discuss eye-related symptoms and treatment...

  • Medical News Today: High-protein vegan foods

    11 hours ago

    • Vegans often find it difficult to eat a lot of protein, but there are many plant based sources of this nutrient, including beans, tofu, quinoa, and chickpeas. Learn more about high...

      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

    23 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?

    24 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



  • After the News Journal reported yesterday that Design Thinking Academy was closing a week earlier than expected, new documents showcase the amount of cover-up that was going on at...

  • New Legislation Would Remove Foreign Language As Requirement For Delaware Diploma

    6 days ago
  • State Rep. Kim Williams is on a roll today!  House Bill #182 would get rid of foreign languages as a requirement for a high school diploma in Delaware. This Act eliminates a barrier...

  • New Charter School Audit Bill Would Make Kathy McGuiness Do Her Fricking Job

    6 days ago

    • When the Odyssey Charter School debacle that made Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness look like she was in cahoots with her Greek friends on the Odyssey board became public, it...

      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

    a month 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

    a month 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

    a month 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



  • The Daughter Unit and I spent most of Saturday morning in the lovely little town of Wimberley, Texas. Wimberley is situated on a particularly scenic stretch of the Blanco River, in...

  • Manufacturing in the USA

    3 days ago
  • A website devoted to that topic:  Reshoring Manufacturing

  • D-Day plus 75 Years

    7 days ago

    • Neptunus Lex:  The liberation of France started when each, individual man on those landing craft as the ramp came down – each paratroop in his transport when the light turned green...

      Centinel2012



  • Bill Whittle Published on Jun 10, 2019 Leftist virtue often comes from victimhood, so Progressive “truth” requires a story of oppression or abuse to give it credibility. Thus...

  • Gold & The Hedge Against Government

    11 hours ago
  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Gold Re-Posted Jun 12, 2019 by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hi Martin, You have mentioned repeatedly that gold is a hedge against political uncertainty...

  • Climate Change – the Elections Issue

    12 hours ago

    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate Re-Posted Jun 12, 2019 by Martin Armstrong In Australia, the polls said this would be  a climate change election because the voters were confronted...

      The BRAD BLOG



  • We've got some interesting follow-up on today's BradCast, following the disturbing story we broke on air earlier this week regarding the "master passwords" for North Carolina electronic...

  • The GOP is Now an Entirely Corrupt Enterprise: 'BradCast' 6/11/2019

    a day ago
  • We are far beyond politics and partisanship at this point. Our nation, and indeed our planet, is under threat from an entirely corrupt enterprise from top to bottom: the Republican...

  • 'Green News Report' - June 11, 2019

    a day ago

    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: White House censors intelligence official's Congressional testimony on climate change; India's deadly heat wave triggers water conflicts; Defense Department...

      bluebird of bitterness





  • Happiness is a warm pun

    a day ago

  • Today’s cultural moment

    2 days ago


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  • The Associated Press is reporting that "New Mexico's governor said Friday she's opposed to plans by a New Jersey-based company to build a multibillion-dollar facility in her state...

  • An in-depth look at nuclear waste

    5 days ago
  • A special double-edition of the Nuclear Monitor, published April 24, 2019, took a look at nuclear waste in depth. It features six articles written by Prof.Andrew Blowers OBE, Emeritus...

  • Updates on Radioactive Leaks and Waste from Beyond Nuclear

    6 days ago

    • Margaret Harrington, host of "Nuclear Free Future," with a Nuclear Disarmanent Day banner, August 6, Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Commemoration DayAs aired on "Nuclear Free Future"...

    BlackListed News



  • A new analysis reveals Wednesday that over 20 popular children's cereals and snacks are contaminated with glyphosate—the main ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup...

  • UK government is using child spies

    a day ago
  • The United Kingdom's security minister, Ben Wallace, really gets Lord Varys from Game of Thrones, you know? The Spider had it going on, man. He was hip and, also, with it. That imaginary...

  • When you take a commercial genetic test, you opt your whole family into warrantless state genetic surveillance

    a day ago

    • Cops are increasingly turning to commercial gene-testing services to solve crimes, using a process called "genetic genealogy" that uses the records of people who are near-matches...

      Research Digest



  • By Christian Jarrett. The results suggest cyborgs of the future could benefit from an artificial extra finger.

  • Testing An Evo Psych Theory Outside Of The Lab: Prestige And Dominance-Based Social Hierarchies Emerge Even Amongst Cornish Choirs And Chess Clubs

    2 days ago
  • By Matthew Warren. A reputation based on prestige seemed to have less influence in the real world than in lab research.

  • People Agree It’s Harder To Conjure A Frog With Magic Than Change Its Colour – Suggesting We Use Our Intuitive Physics To Make Sense Of Imaginary Worlds

    3 days ago

    • By Christian Jarrett. Studying how people make sense of fictional worlds can reveal their understanding of the real world.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Walt Whitman's family tomb is built into a hillside, fronted by two vertical granite stones and a horizontal granite crossbeam inside the historic Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, New...

  • Omajowa

    5 hours ago
  • Sandcastles of mud and termite saliva dot the African savannah, providing locals with an assortment of culinary delights. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, abandoned works of...

  • Lake Michigan Crucifix in Petoskey, Michigan

    5 hours ago

    • Submerged under some 20 feet of water and ice at the bottom of Lake Michigan’s Little Traverse Bay, an 11-foot white marble cross with a lifesize statue of a crucified Jesus Christ...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Nick Hanauer discusses the futility of "educationism" which treats schools as the only factor in social outcomes without recognizing...

  • Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

    a day ago
  • Cats at rest.

  • Tuesday Morning Links

    2 days ago

    • This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Heather Mallick discusses the pattern of right-wing governments obsessing over undoing the good done by their predecessors, rather than...
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    12 June - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM


  • Aurora hooked up with Chrysler on Monday, ditched VW on Tuesday, and doubled down with Hyundai on Wednesday.

  • Why Google Leaked the Pixel 4 Itself

    6 hours ago
  • The next Pixel phone was just unveiled months early. By Google. In a tweet.

  • Ancient Potheads, a Russian Troll Controversy, and More News

    7 hours ago

    • Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.

      NYT & Home Page



  • The interview plans suggest a focus in part on the intelligence agencies’ conclusion that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia intervened in 2016 on behalf of the Trump campaign...

  • Donald Trump Jr. Tells Senate Panel He Hasn’t Lied

    6 hours ago
  • Mr. Trump told the Senate Intelligence Committee he had been truthful in past testimony, as the House Intelligence Committee started its own Russia investigation...

  • Census Fight Grows as House Panel Backs Contempt and Trump Asserts Privilege

    2 hours ago

    • A committee recommended that the House hold Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt as the president invoked his secrecy powers...

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



  • NEW DELHI: Nripendra Misra and P K Mishra were on Tuesday re-appointed as principal secretary and additional principal secretary respectively to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with...

  • Cyclone latest updates: Vayu changes course, not likely to make landfall on Gujarat coast

    31 minutes ago
  • As per the MeT department, the cyclone has changed course and will not have a major impact on the Saurashtra coast, as of now. Over 2.81 lakh people have been evacuated, 2,000 shelter...

  • PM Modi embarks on 2-day visit for SCO summit

    36 minutes ago

    • Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a two-day visit to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.

      BBC News - UK



  • The 10 contenders to succeed Theresa May will need 17 votes to stay in the race in the opening round.

  • Police 'sorry' over Higgins football sex abuse case

    an hour ago
  • Six victims of coach Bob Higgins could not have their cases tried because of double jeopardy laws.

  • West Midlands Police advertises unpaid forensics jobs

    5 hours ago

    • Experts fear that volunteers asked to sift through upsetting material may not get adequate support.



      National Geographic News




  • Whatever you choose to call them, these monster storms are powerful natural events with the capacity to wreak incredible havoc.

  • Shark attacks: After recent bites, your questions answered

    8 days ago
  • 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

    23 days ago

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