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Utopia – you are standing in it!

• American Made (2017) – Becoming a Drug Plane Scene (1/10)

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• Behind on my blasphemy

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• Phil Rejects Butch’s Suggestion Of Killing Tony Soprano

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TARPLEY.net

• Tuesday Roundtable

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|April 13, 2021 Is social friction around issues like race and gender simply a product of the struggle for progress, or are these divisive issues being manipulated...

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• World Tensions Escalate as Serious Cyber-Attack Hits Main Iranian Nuclear Center at Natanz

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|April 12, 2021 Tehran Accuses Israel of Aggression; Denials Are Unconvincing; Washington Insists It Had No Role, but US Proximity Talks with Iran on Reviving...

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• Marking the 156th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Union at Appomattox Court House!

  US Must Lead Free World in Comprehensive Boycott of Next February’s Beijing Winter Olympics; Both Pompeo and Blinken Have Condemned Chinese Communist Operations against Uighurs of East Turkestan as Outright Genocide Under International...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  Glyphosate Hacks Hormones of Baby Girls after Exposure in the Womb – New Groundbreaking Pilot Study

  A group of international scientists from the U.S. and EU have released a peer-reviewed pilot study that suggests the anogenital distance of baby girls is becoming more male-typical, due to their mothers being exposed to glyphosate when they...

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  UK Environment Agency and Local Councils Invest Heavily in Agrochemical Giants – Revealed

  i News in the United Kingdom has revealed that the UK Environment Agency and Local Councils have invested heavily in the main agrochemical giants, such as Syngenta, Dow, DuPont, Bayer, Corteva and BASF. Exclusive Reports from i News Environment...

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  Pesticide Toxicity to Invertebrates and Pollinators Increasing in GM Crops

  Some just published research in the journal Science completely demolishes claims that the impact of pesticides is declining and that GM crops are contributing to this positive trend, GMWatch reported. Source: GMWatch By Claire Robinson...

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sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 99 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 98 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 93 – 2021

  FYI: WordPress new editor sucks.                      South / North

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• U.S. sanctions often advance China’s interests

  The U.S. today risks accelerating its relative decline through strategic overreach. A first step to addressing that risk is to abandon its sanctions overreach and recalibrate its sanctions so that they stop advancing China’s commercial...

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• U.S. sanctions often advance China’s interests

  The U.S. today risks accelerating its relative decline through strategic overreach. A first step to addressing that risk is to abandon its sanctions overreach and recalibrate its sanctions so that they stop advancing China’s commercial...

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• Biden follows Trump’s footsteps in the Indo-Pacific

  Biden inherited a coherent and realistic Indo-Pacific strategy. This explains why, while overturning his predecessor’s other policies at a rapid pace, Biden has thus far stayed the course set by the Trump administration on China and the...

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Ramani's blog

• This Is Where I was Hit, Hurt Sri Krishna, Parthasarathi Temple Idol

  Utsavar.They will fall where I was hit and hurt. Only I know how I was Hit and Hurt'

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• Realize Brahman Reality Through Rama Kalyana Gunas Attributes

  Thus one Finds in Sri. Rama, a short cut to Realize Brahman, One Beyond Attributes.

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• Sita Lake, Village in Khabarovsk Russia

  The Sita River is a river in the Khabarovsk Territory . The sources of the river are swamps, located near the village of Sita,

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• Andrea Gabor: How Big Philanthropy Captured Media Coverage of Their Education Investments

  Andrea Gabor is the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Baruch College, which is part of the City University of New York. Gabor has written insightful articles about education in the New York Times and at Bloomberg.com. She is the...

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• Jeanne Kaplan: The Battle Against Deformers in Denver is Always Uphill

  Jeanne Kaplan is a veteran civil rights activist who was elected to serve two terms on the Denver school board. She has been active in multiple campaigns to stop privatization and over-testing and energize a genuine effort to improve the public...

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• The Politics Of School Choice

  Julian Vasquez Heilig, Jameson Brewer, and Frank Adamson have written a peer-reviewed analysis of the politics of school choice. As Heilig wrote in his description of the analysis, “Modern notions of “markets” and “choice” in...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• BBC Play Green Turtle Climate Card–But Ignore The Real Threats

  By Paul Homewood   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-56690950 This is just a rehash of an old story, which I covered here three years ago. It is based on the fact that warmer sand temperatures lead to faster incubation...

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• Copper demand from auto industry expected to double as EVs ramp up

  By Paul Homewood     There are major concerns about supplies of cobalt and lithium in our new electric car world. But another problem could arise with copper:     https://seekingalpha.com/amp/news/3677201-copper-demand-from-auto-industry-expected-to-double-as-evs-ramp-up...

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• The Climate Blame Game

  By Paul Homewood    I have long challenged attribution studies which blame extreme weather on climate change. I have however been unable to question the statistics behind it, as it is not my expertise. Fortunately the eminent statistician...

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NoTricksZone

• 2021 German Coal Plant “Phaseout” Lasted Only 8 Days…Put Back Online To Stabilize Shaky Grid

  German coal phaseout – lasted only 8 days By Blackout News (Translated, edited by P. Gosselin) Due to the government mandated coal phase-out, 11 coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of 4.7 GW were shut down on January 1, 2021. But...

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• New Study Suggests Southwest Greenland Was 6-7°C Warmer Than Today 9,000-5,500 Years Ago

  Scientists have determined the “optimal thermal conditions” for southwestern Greenland were when summer sea surface temperatures averaged about 12°C from 9,000 to 5,500 years ago, which is substantially warmer than modern summer...

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• German Ministry Of Health Spokesman Can’t Cite One Single Scientific Study Showing Lockdowns Are Effective

  German Health Ministry spokesman gets agitated, testy, in response to a journalist’s inconvenient question Agitated German Ministry of Health spokesman Oliver Ewald trapped by journalist, with no way out, on question of the science...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

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  Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Classroom Teaching Then and Now

  Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Classroom Teaching Then and Now Most policymakers, researchers, and parents believe that good teachers and teaching are the keys to school improvement yet these very same folks know little...

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  Curmudgucation: FL: Let's Assess Four Year Olds

  Curmudgucation: FL: Let's Assess Four Year Olds We have been down this road before, but I will beat this drum till my knuckles bleed (and the older my children and my grandchildren get, the harder I'll drum).  Florida is once again reporting...

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• Jersey Jazzman: We Don't Need Standardized Testing In a Pandemic

  Jersey Jazzman: We Don't Need Standardized Testing In a Pandemic UPDATE: Just as I was finishing this post, I caught a glimpse of this news: The U.S. Department of Education extended flexibility to states today in how and when they administer...

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Victor Davis Hanson blasts Delta’s CEO on ‘wokeness’: ‘If you make $17M’ you’re ‘not committed to equity’

  Watch the latest video at foxnews.com

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• Eeyore’s Cabinet: Noble Lies?

  Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers Americans are being saturated by a whirlwind of events never quite seen in recent memory. When a person with a gun or car now kills someone, the media—in anti-humanistic fashion, and quite callously—...

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• Can the Great “Awakening” Succeed?

  Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness We all know that we are living in revolutionary times. The origins, ascendence, values, laws, and future of the United States are all under assault by self-described, though accurately described...

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The Moderate Voice

• Satire: Fillibuster, OK

  By Laurie Baron Fil-li-bus-ter, to prevent DEM laws from being passed. You can troll, any gun control, who minds flags flying at half-mast? Fil-li-bus-ter, must voting rights be guaranteed? Let the states excise the franchise and simply...

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• U.S. calls for pause to J&J COVID-19 vaccine over rare blood clots

  By Reuters staff (Reuters) – U.S. federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after six recipients developed a rare disorder involving blood clots, in a fresh setback to...

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• For Republicans, defending the Donald is a fool’s errand | Mulshine

  What do you call a person who insists that Donald Trump is the leader of the Republican Party? These days, that’s a position more likely to be pushed by Democratic leaders who’d like to keep Trump as the face of the party . As for the conservative...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• The Covid culture that is Australia

  Health Minister Greg Hunt has refused to guarantee Australia’s borders will open even if the whole country has been vaccinated against COVID-19. Australia’s borders have been shut since March 2020 and will remain closed until at least...

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• Hearing: “Vaccinations and the Economic Recovery”

  I will be testifying to the JEC of Congress today at 2:30 pm est. Witnesses:        Dr. Paul Romer Nobel Prize Winning economist and NYU Professor New York, NY Dr. Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine &...

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• “Free-floating credibility” is underrated

  The presence of a miniscule risk for some of the adenovirus platform Covid vaccines means that the FDA has put a hold on J&J and still won’t approve AstraZeneca. In response to critics, the FDA says that their credibility is on the line. ...

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• Election Reform: Now and Twenty Years Ago, A Personal Story

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Republican-controlled legislatures across the nation are planning to enact legislation that would have the effect of suppressing the vote. Georgia passed a law to restrict access to voting, known...

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• Why did America’s Founders include this Oath in the U.S. Constitution?

  U.S. Constitution: Article II, Section 1, Clause 8: “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President...

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• Republican Leader: The Election Is Over

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Trevor Potter is a Republican who was former chairman of the Federal Election Commission and president of the Campaign Legal Center. He writes here about efforts by Trump and his surrogates to promote…...

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MintPress News

• How Bellingcat Launders National Security State Talking Points into the Press

  For a self-proclaimed citizen journalism outfit, an alarming number of Bellingcat’s staff and contributors come from highly suspect backgrounds, including high-level positions in military and intelligence agencies. The post How...

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• Biden’s Empty Gesture: Houthis No Longer “Terrorists” but Yemen’s Suffering Only Grows

  Human rights groups have warned that levels of famine in Yemen are now among the highest recorded since 2015, suggesting that suffering in the country has actually grown worse under the Biden administration. The post Biden’s Empty Gesture...

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• Lee Camp: How Corporate America Supports Racism, Hatred & Exploitation (in New & Fun Ways!)

  Corporations like General Mills and ExxonMobil aren’t going to save us from white supremacist violence or climate annihilation with their piddly tweets. The post Lee Camp: How Corporate America Supports Racism, Hatred & Exploitation...

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 14-04-2021

  Of 210 UDA members in West Belfast 207 were paid police informants(tags:police terrorism NorthernIreland )Why the G.O.P. Can't Quit Trump(tags:politics usa republicans viaDanielDWilliam )EU parliament again refuses to set date for...

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  Gideon! Versus! Orange Slice! Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.

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  Interesting Links for 13-04-2021

  800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices(tags:Jews diet history food UK )The 100 Best, Worst, and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All-Time(tags:TV movies lists SherlockHolmes )Holyrood bills...

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• The Likelihood of Statehood

  Everybody’s still talking about Daunte Wright, as well they should be, but my opinion hasn’t changed since yesterday’s blog (Taser! Taser! Taser! my butt, she knew she was holding a gun), so I’ll write about something else. I’m...

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• Daunte Wright

  There is so much that is wrong and weird about this case. That might be partly because it’s fresh news and we haven’t got the whole story yet (and why haven’t we, that’s question number one), but there is definitely … Continue reading...

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• Restraint

  I just saw this comment on Facebook: Imagine every talking head, gathered like the surface of the tongue, sounding together as the meditative Om of Being..…and I was about to reply to it with a zinger, something about sheep in … Continue...

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14 April - iG Tab 8

 

• 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...

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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...

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• 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...

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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...

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• 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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14 April - iG Tab 7 - MSM Narrative

 

WIRED

• Tonal's Home Gym Is Made for Folks Who Want to Get Ripped

  In a market dominated by home cardio workout machines, Tonal concentrates on strength-building and muscle toning.

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• Choices Was the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Escape I Needed

  In the mobile game, I could be anyone I wanted—and my decisions reflected the bolder, braver person I aspired to be.

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• Coinbase Makes Its Debut—and Bitcoin Arrives on Wall Street

  The largest cryptocurrency exchange goes public through a direct listing, and it could make a bigger debut than Facebook.

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NYT > Home Page

• Swiss Billionaire Is a Top Bidder for the Tribune Newspapers

  The Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss helped build a sophisticated behind-the-scenes operation that attacked Republicans and promoted Democratic causes.

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• Police Told to Hold Back on Capitol Riot Response, Report Finds

  Despite being tipped that “Congress itself is the target” on Jan. 6, Capitol Police were ordered not to use their most powerful crowd-control weapons, according to a scathing new watchdog report.

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• Lawmakers Are Divided Over Pulling Troops Out of Afghanistan

  Republicans and some Democrats say it could embolden the Taliban*, while others say it is time to end the “Forever War.” Here’s the latest in politics.

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• *  The people who were in charge could stage a comeback. What a surprise ! sarc

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

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  Cong always striving towards achieving Ambedkar's path of building strong India without discrimination: Sonia

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  Indian Army, BSF foil Pak-sponsored narco-smuggling operation in J&K's Kupwara, recovers narcotics worth Rs 50 crore

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  Indo-Pacific construct reflects overcoming of Cold War: EAM Jaishankar

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BBC News - UK

• Greensill: Labour attacks 'Tory sleaze' amid lobbying row

  Boris Johnson says his party has been "consistently tough on lobbying," and rejects a probe by MPs.

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• Prince Philip: Rehearsals take place for Duke of Edinburgh's funeral

  The Duke of Edinburgh's ceremonial funeral will be held on Saturday in line with Covid regulations.

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• Boris Johnson asked by MP: 'Why is there no sign language interpreter in briefing room?'

  Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft asks Boris Johnson about the lack of a sign language interpreter in his briefing room.

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