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Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Hungry kitten

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• 10 Reasons Colonizing Mars is a Bad Idea

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• The Platters – Only You

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TARPLEY.net

• Democrats must make next mid-terms into a new 1934, with gains in both Houses of Congress!

  Commons testimony of Boris Johnson‘s top consigliere Dominic Cummings gives shocking picture of how BoJo‘s UK government failed to defeat pandemic. Context for Tulsa massacre of 1921 was world-wide fascist upsurge marked by Horthy...

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• United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|June 3, 2021 June 3, 2021 [...]

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• Netanyahu about to fall from power after 12 years of failed rule.

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|June 2, 2021 New nine-party coalition includes Lapid of Yesh Atid, ultra-reactionary Bennett of Yamina, and – for the first time – the United Arab List; Bibi’s...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  EU Trade Unions Call for Immediate Ban on Glyphosate Herbicides to Protect Workers

  The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT)  has called for an immediate ban on glyphosate-based herbicides and other harmful pesticides. In a press release on Friday EFFAT stated “Protecting agri-workers’...

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  Bayer Set to Rethink Selling of Glyphosate to US Gardeners after Loss of $2 Billion Future Cancer Claims Deal

  Bayer’s share price crashed over 4% on Thursday after Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California threw out their attempted $ 2 Bilion deal to settle future cancer claims against their top selling...

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  Glyphosate Herbicides Significantly Associated with Preterm Births – University of Michigan Study

  Exposure to a chemical found in the weed killer Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides is significantly associated with preterm births, according to a new University of Michigan study published Wednesday. The study, published...

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sunshine hours

• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 156 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 153 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 150 – 2021

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• China rubs its hands amid international divide over Myanmar

  Punitive sanctions policies should be recalibrated Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia International calls for the restoration of democracy in strategically located Myanmar obscure an important divide between that country’s neighbors...

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• Did China get away with creating a pandemic?

  The genesis of a virus  Brahma Chellaney  | OPEN magazine THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, much like a world war, has become a defining moment for the world. Our lives have profoundly changed since 2020. The pandemic-triggered economic and social...

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• Why is China making a permanent enemy of India?

  Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia When India, currently fighting a devastating second COVID wave, was similarly distracted a year ago with enforcing the world’s strictest coronavirus lockdown, China took advantage to stealthily infiltrate...

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Ramani's blog

• Siva Parvathi Marriage Star CANOPUS Evidence

  Siva Parvathi Marriage date determined based on Star Canopus.

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• What Helps In Knowing

  Process of awareness/ Perception Explanation

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• To Be Known

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• Washington Post: What is Critical Race Theory and Why Do Republicans Want to Ban It in Schools?

  This article by Marisa Iati in the Washington Post is a good layperson’s guide to the furor over “critical race theory” and teaching about race and racism in the schools. As I read the article, I was gratified to see the reference to the...

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• Justin Parmenter: North Carolina Tries to Control What Teachers Teach

  NCBT Teacher Justin Parmenter writes here about the reaction of the Republican-controlled Legislature to their rampant fear that teachers might try to indoctrinate students into radical views of American history and society, like discussing...

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• My View of the 1619 Project

  When I grew up in Houston, Texas, I attended segregated public schools. Everything was segregated, including movie theaters, drinking foundations, churches, restaurants, public transit (the sign “colored” divided passengers...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

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  North Face exposed for their fossil fuel hypocrisy!

  WATCH: North Face refused to make jackets for an oil and gas company.So the fossil fuel industry is fighting back with a new campaign “thanking” North Face for using so much petroleum in their products.Watch the 1 minute explainer #ThankYouNorthFace...

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• Joe Shute’s Seasons Going Haywire

  By Paul Homewood   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/daffodils-december-swallows-february-climate-change-sending/ Joe Shute has been the Telegraph’s “Weather Watcher” for a number of years, contributing a...

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• Wind Turbines Decimating S Africa Eagles

  By Paul Homewood   h/t Trevor Shurmer     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57176807     TURN THEM OFF?

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NoTricksZone

• While “Experts” Like To Have Us Believe Germany Is Still In Drought – Real Observations Tell Us Another Story

  Continued claims of a German drought have become preposterous. During today’s Sunday walk, I observed how much rain we’ve been getting here in northwest Germany lately – see photos below. Many of the farmers’ fields have become flooded...

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• NoTricksZone Twitter Account Sent To The Gulag…Dissent, Criticism Of Authorities Unwelcome

  For the third time in about 2 weeks, our NoTrickZone Twitter account has been sent to the social media gulag – this time for seven days. An outright suspension appears to be closing in. The future for dissenters is looking like the dark days...

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• In The 1700s It Was Said Women Cause ‘Unnatural’ Weather. Now Mainstream Science Says Men Do Too.

  It used to be thought that women were “indeed responsible for the weather” (extreme temperatures, storms, “unnatural” precipitation, etc.). Those women thought guilty of “weather-making” were imprisoned and burned at the...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• Answer Sheet: Why Learning Isn’t the Most Important Thing Kids Lost During the Pandemic

  Answer Sheet: Why Learning Isn’t the Most Important Thing Kids Lost During the Pandemic There’s no question that most children have lost learning opportunities over the past year, and most did not get the same amount of schooling they...

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• Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Life in Classrooms and Philip Jackson

  Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Life in Classrooms and Philip Jackson In searching for my next project, I surrounded myself with books on teaching, teachers, and classroom life. Many of these books I had read more than...

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• Janresseger: Bill and Melinda Will Divorce, But the Gates Brand of Venture Philanthropy Will Continue On

  Janresseger: Bill and Melinda Will Divorce, But the Gates Brand of Venture Philanthropy Will Continue On A month ago, this blog suggested that hubris is at the heart of today’s billionaire philanthropy but noted that Bill and Melinda...

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Eeyore’s Cabinet: Living in Our Kingdom of Lies

  Victor Davis Hanson // Private Papers Part Two There were a few more lies we lived with in our Kingdom of Untruth. The Satanic Andrew Cuomo Deification Over last summer and early fall 2020, Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo reached mythic media...

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• The Classicist: Memories for Memorial Day

  Victor Davis Hanson // Art19 // Private Papers Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler discuss the firebombing of Japan, Battlefield Monuments Commission, and favorite war movies.

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• Scholars and Sense: Colonial Pipeline, Israel, etc….

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The Moderate Voice

• Fascism Reboot (Cartoon)

  The post Fascism Reboot (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

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• Happy Memorial Day: But REMEMBER

  The post Happy Memorial Day: But REMEMBER appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

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• California police arrest two suspected of fatally shooting 6-year old

  (Reuters) – Authorities in California said they had arrested two people expected to be charged with murder over the death of six-year-old Aiden Leos, whose shooting in a suspected road rage incident on the way to school had caused an outpouring...

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• Fractional Dosing Study in Brazil

  Fiocruz, the Brazilian public health institute, will test half doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Not much information available yet. From a Google Translate article. BANDNews: Fiocruz, in partnership with the government of Espírito...

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• Some points about corporate tax

  Written from the British context: Should the system be changed to one where companies are taxed on all the profits they make from their sales in the country? There are a few downsides to this. First of all it would be very hard for one country to...

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• Denver bleg

  Where should I eat in Denver?  Doesn’t have to be fancy, of course.  I thank you all in advance for the suggestions. The post Denver bleg appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• My View of the 1619 Project

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: When I grew up in Houston, Texas, I attended segregated public schools. Everything was segregated, including movie theaters, drinking foundations, churches, restaurants, public transit (the...

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• The Extremist Danger to Our Country

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Neil MacFarquar wrote this story in the New York Times. It is a chilling warning. Many Americans fought and died to protect our democracy and preserve our rights. Sadly, there extremists within the…...

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• Michael Gerson: The Only Republican in Good Standing Must Be a Liar or Resign

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Michael Gerson has been active in Republican politics for many years. He is appalled now that national and state leaders have created a loyalty test based on the Big Lie, the lie that…...

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MintPress News

• The Notorious London Spy School Churning Out Many of the World’s Top Journalists

  The fact that the very department that trains high state officials and agents of secretive three letter agencies is also the place that produces many of the journalists we rely on to stand up to those officials and keep them in check is seriously...

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• The Finders: CIA Ties to Child Sex Cult Obscured as Coverage Goes from Sensationalism to Silence

  The Finders trail would ultimately lead to allegations of a cult involved in ritual abuse, an international child-trafficking ring, evidence of child abuse confirmed and later denied, and ties with the CIA, which was alleged to have interfered...

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• Chronicling Barbarism with Political Cartoonist Carlos Latuff

  Carlos Latuff gained widespread fame during the Arab Spring when his cartoons helped fuel revolutions across the region. Reuters called him a “hero” of the movement while The Guardian described him as the “unlikely star” of the revolt...

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 07-06-2021

  Scientists develop cheap and easy method to extract lithium from seawater(tags:metal sea water GoodNews )Puppies are able to track human social cues at just eight weeks of age(tags:puppies dogs psychology humans viaPatrickHadfield )What...

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  Interesting Links for 06-06-2021

  Scotland's first waste-to-hydrogen facility to be built beside the Clyde(tags:Glasgow plastic waste hydrogen viaDanielDWilliam )G7: Rich nations back deal to tax multinationals, set global rate of corporation tax(tags:tax GoodNews...

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  Net and bucket fun at the pond Original is here on instagram. Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• Re: UFOs

  You are infinitely more likely to get the truth about extraterrestrials from the extraterrestrials themselves than from the U.S. military – Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin Johnstone has a way of hitting the nail right on the head, striking right...

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• Where to Draw the PC Line

  I just saw a meme which said “If somebody declines an alcoholic beverage, do not ask them why. Just get them a non-alcoholic beverage,” and I thought ‘well, that’s a load of rubbish.’Not drinking alcohol is not like some social …...

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• Bringing Back the Blimps

  I quite enjoyed reading this article. I don’t expect to see HAV’s (Hybrid Air Vehicles) taking over the skies any time soon, because the article appears at an environmentalist site, and it seems like the only people they interviewed were...

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6 June - iG Tab - 8

 

• Winning Friends – 5 Easy Ways To Make People Like You.

  Every single person faces the difficulty of making new friends at some point in their life. To build good friendships and develop interpersonal skills, you firstly need to be able to make friends. This applies to our personal as well as our professional...

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• Reasons Why Trust In Any Relationship Is More Important Than Love

  Trust is a vital component in successful relationships. Lack of trust in a relationship can lead to you getting hurt, anxious, and worried.  Here are a few reasons why trust is more important when compared to the love component in a relationship...

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• 6 Signs That You’re A Lightworker And What It Means 

  A Lightworker is a person who has come to Earth to help transform the darkness into light. Lightworkers are meant to shine without letting others dim their inner light and greatness.  Here are a few traits you can use to discover whether you...

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Have You Heard

• Where Communities Go To College

  TweetCommunity colleges get a bad rap. But recent graduates of Maryland’s Frederick Community College say that stigma is undeserved. These new and soon-to-be-teachers make a powerful case for learning – and teaching – close to home...

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• The K-12 Culture Wars

  TweetThe public school culture wars are raging more intensely than at any time since the Reagan era. Fueled by intense political polarization and the continued fallout from pandemic school closures, the culture wars now threaten public...

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• Inefficient, Ineffective, and Absolutely Necessary: The Case for Elected School Boards

  TweetInefficient. Ineffective. Outdated. Outmoded. Unrepresentative. Sure, local school boards are deserving of all of these criticisms (and more), but they are also seedbeds of local democracy at a time when democracy is under attack...

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Chicago Boyz

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• Xi and Me

  It turns out that Xi Jinping and I have something in common: we are both fans of Goethe’s Faust. Indeed, Xi is said to even know the work by heart. I wonder what aspects of Faust have been particularly meaningful to Xi, both personally and as relates...

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• 6 June 1944

  (An archive post, for today.) So this is one of those historic dates that seems to be slipping faster and faster out of sight, receding into a past at such a rate that we who were born afterwards, or long afterwards, can just barely see. But it was...

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Centinel2012

• Reminder, The Chinese Communist Party List of U.S. Governors They Can Influence

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 6, 2021 | Sundance | 117 Comments With increased attention on what organizations are under the influence of China (Hollywood, Big Tech etc.); and with a growing realization...

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• Moonbat Parseltongue, Secretary Janet Yellen Blames COVID for Inflation Today Because Everything Was Cheaper Last Year

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 6, 2021 | Sundance | 109 Comments Boy I’m glad she decided to take one last question at the end of her G7 Finance Minister press conference, because that one question was the...

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• Sharri Markson Questions Why Biden Administration is Protecting Dr. Anthony Fauci

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 6, 2021 | Sundance | 306 Comments Now that we know the Obama administration was directly involved in the creation of SARS-CoV-2 as a biological weapon that was released from...

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The BRAD BLOG

• Sunday 'Has Dem In It' Toons

  Federal judge overturns California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons Support the work of political cartoonists here. * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics...

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• 'Black Wednesday' Sending 'Shockwaves Through the Oil and Gas Industry': 'BradCast' 6/4/2021

  While the nation claws its way out of a pandemic and the Republican party continues to crack up --- or carry out its slow-motion attempted coup, take your pick --- a landmark moment occurred for the planet a week or so ago, which has left the fossil...

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• The Texas Republican 'Voter Fraud' Fraud: 'BradCast' 6/3/2021

  We're old enough on The BradCast to remember the days when the news got really slow during the summer months after Memorial Day. These are no longer those days. [Audio link to full show follows summary below.] Among the many and various stories...

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bluebird of bitterness

• Monday chuckles

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  Sunday funnies

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• Sunday musical offering

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BlackListed News

• Cyber Polygon: Will The Next Globalist War Game Lead To Another Convenient Catastrophe?

  One very disturbing element of the covid response has been the coordinated suppression campaign by Big Tech platforms from YouTube to Facebook and Twitter. This campaign has sought to undermine or destroy any facts, data and opinions which...

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• Scientist Who Told Fauci COVID ‘Potentially Engineered’ Deletes Twitter Account

  A leading virologist who emailed Dr Fauci in January 2020 to tell him that the COVID-19 virus looked like it had been engineered in a lab has gone dark on Twitter, after deleting thousands of posts, then terminating his entire account completely...

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• Is A New Superfuel About To Take Over Energy Markets?

  Sponsored: The U.S. Department of Energy is now backing continued research of an incredible fuel that has up to three times the energy content of gasoline. More importantly, it could be the only fuel on earth that produces zero emissions when...

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Research Digest

• It’s Surprisingly Common To Misremember Where You Were On A Specific Time And Date

  By Emma Young. Recall failures could produce criminal alibis that appear to be false, potentially contributing to miscarriages of justice.

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• Magic Tricks And Media Literacy: The Week’s Best Psychology Links

  Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

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• Even Some Meat-Eaters Are Disgusted By Meat — And Encouraging Those Feelings Could Help Reduce Consumption

  By Emily Reynolds. Meat disgust linked to lower meat consumption — but direction of cause-and-effect not clear.

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Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  La Balena della Val di Zena in Pianoro, Italy

  What would you say if going up the ridge of a hill, 80 kilometers from the sea, you encountered a giant whale? It's less unlikely than you think, and a nine-meter sculpture of a whale is exactly what hikers can encounter in the vicinity of Gorgognano...

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  Batad Rice Paddies in Banaue, Philippines

  Landscape shaped by rice paddy farming is often associated or even equated with idyllic rural beauty. There are times when the rice paddies are truly a mesmerizing sight, and those found in Batad belong to this category. These paddies form...

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  Capitoline Wolf Statue in Tønsberg, Norway

  This unassuming statue depicts a she-wolf nursing two babies—a sight that may be familiar to anyone who has been to Rome. That's because the statue depicts the famous story of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome who were cared...

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Accidental Deliberations

• Sunday Morning Links

  This and that for your Sunday reading.- David Olive rightly questions why big pharma has been gifted intellectual property monopolies and multi-billion-dollar profit streams over COVID vaccines developed through publicly-funded research...

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• Saturday Morning Links

  Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Aaron Derfel writes about the threat posed by the Delta COVID-19 variant. The Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix editorial boards point out the Moe government's rush to "normal" (which includes abandoning...

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  Dirty Vegas - Lost Not Found

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6 June - iG Tab - 7 - MSM

 

WIRED

• The Incredible, Absurd World of Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

  The update has been a long time coming, and if you haven't played, now's the time. We asked Robert Kurvitz, the game's designer, if he’s finally satisfied with it.

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• A New Way to Shape Metal Nanoparticles—With a Magnetic Field

  Making the tiny nanoparticles used in everything from electronics to paint isn't easy. But a new experiment creates order out of chaos.

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• China's Quiet Ecommerce Giant Thrives on Fresh Produce

  Pinduoduo, which recently passed Alibaba as the shopping site with the most customers, connects 12 million farmers to more than 800 million users.

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NYT > Home Page

• F.D.A. Approves Alzheimer’s Drug Despite Fierce Debate Over Whether It Works

  Aducanumab is the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in 18 years and the first to attack the disease process. But some prominent experts say there’s not enough evidence it can address cognitive symptoms...

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• Senate Poised to Pass Huge Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China

  The broad support for the bill highlights how competition with Beijing is one of the few issues that can still unite both political parties.

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• C.I.A. Scrambles for New Approach in Afghanistan

  The rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops has left the agency seeking ways to maintain its intelligence-gathering, war-fighting and counterterrorism operations in the country.

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

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  Delhi govt thanks Supreme Court for free vaccines as states welcome Centre's new policy

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  Debris worry: 50 impact tests at 5km/sec to test Gaganyaan crew module

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  Flying abroad for job, education? Centre announces SOPs

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BBC News - UK

• Foreign aid: Rebel Tories blocked in attempt to reverse cuts

  The Commons Speaker did not allow the attempt - but said MPs should be able to vote on the issue in future.

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• Covid vaccine: 25 to 29-year-olds in England invited

  Rollout continues, with all over 25s able to book a Covid vaccine in England from tomorrow.

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• Covid: Euro 2020 fan zone in Glasgow an 'absolute slap' for hospitality

  A trade body fears mass gatherings of up to 6,000 fans a day could see Glasgow return to level three.

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