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Utopia – you are standing in it!

• What Happened During the Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge

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• Why parrots can talk like humans

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TARPLEY.net

• Rep. Boebert declares GOP’s open war against all federal “benefits” and “welfare”!

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|July 12, 2021 Appearing on program with Trump at Dallas CPAC, Boebert delivers chilling pledge to dismantle US social safety net; Republicans eagerly embrace...

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• Biden acts to end scourge of neo-liberal economics!

  Detailing 72 regulatory measures to fight monopoly and exploitation, Biden declares that US has been following Robert Bork`s wrong path of monopoly, price fixing, and unfair competition for the last forty years; President orders federal...

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• Beijing regime eyes control of Afghanistan after NATO departure!

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|July 8, 2021 Goals include depriving oppressed Uighurs of East Turkestan of backup, while gaining springboard for Chinese moves into Central Asia, posing threat...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  EU Glyphosate Authorization in 2017 was Based on Flawed Science – New Expert Analysis

  A new scientific analysis concludes that the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) claim that glyphosate is not genotoxic cannot be justified on the basis of manufacturers’ studies. Of the fifty three industry-funded studies used...

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  Sri Lanka Wins Policy Oscar as Ban on Agrochemicals Leads to Massive Drop in Suicide Rates

  Regional advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific (Pesticide Action Network) congratulated Sri Lanka on Wednesday for winning the Future Policy Special Award 2021 in relation to two policies that have led to the banning of Highly Hazardous Pesticides...

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  Maine Votes to Ban Aerial Spraying of Harmful Herbicides in State’s Forests, Governor Vetoes Bill with Industry Ties in Spotlight

  The Maine Legislature last week approved a proposal to ban aerial spraying of some herbicides, including glyphosate, in the state’s forests, Associated Press reported. The proposal, introduced by Democratic Senate President Troy Jackson...

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 188 – 2021

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• China’s hostility ensures the rise of a more antagonistic India

  Military standoffs along the Himalayan border enter 15th month and continue to intensify Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia Chinese President Xi Jinping recently said that China should strive to “make friends” rather than enemies and be...

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• One Hundred Years of Devastation

  The Communist Party of China’s 1951 annexation of the water-rich Tibetan Plateau – the starting point of Asia’s ten major river systems – gave China tremendous power over Asia’s water map. In the ensuing decades, the country has...

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• Will China be let off the hook over its cover-up of COVID’s origins?

  Wuhan lab leak theory needs to be fully explored Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia For more than a year, the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis was treated as a pure conspiracy theory by major U.S. news organizations and social media companies. Facebook...

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Ramani's blog

• Muhammad In Vedas Non Sense Proof Vedic Text

  And this was picked up by Islamic sites and Secular Indians who try to to justify everything that insults Sanatan Dharma went overdrive and have posted information on the web, justifying Zakir Naik.

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• Kaaba Siva Temple Sri Sri Ravishankar Zakir Naik My Rebuttal Series

  But what it does is to subtly inform the readers that the whole issue of Kaaba,Shiva temple is a figment of imagination by 'Nationalists' and that it has no basis. But it does it in such a way it can always deny it did not mean it! Without going in to...

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• Nothing Besides Vedas Shun Logic Tamil Thirumandhiram

  There is nothing that is  beyond Vedas for Righteousness. All that can be classified and followed as Dharm, அறம்  is found in Vedas. The Discerning shunned Logic, followed/ practiced Vedas Realised Self/ Attained Moksha, வீடு...

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• Steve Hinnefeld: “The 1619 Project” Affirms American Ideals

  Now that so many Republican-controlled states are planning or hoping to ban the use of curriculum materials based on the New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize winning “The 1619 Project,” it is refreshing to hear a contrary view. Indiana blogger...

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• The Life of Sally Hemings: An Exhibit at Monticello

  Monticello was the home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia. It is now a museum, which tells the story of Jefferson and the enslaved Sally Hemings. This short video and the text that follows it recount the life of Sally Hemings, who gave birth to six...

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• Trump Praises January 6 Insurrectionists on FOX News

  Politico reports: TRUMP EMBRACES ‘GREAT PEOPLE’ OF JAN. 6 — In a Sunday interview on Fox News with MARIA BARTIROMO, former President DONALD TRUMP spun up a new interpretation of Jan. 6: It was an act of “love,” a word he used repeatedly...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• Green mania hits the wall of nothingness

  By Paul Homewood     Sooner or later all of the Alice in Wonderland Net Zero schemes will end up hitting the wall of reality. David Wojick offers the Stateside view:       It is now clear that none of Biden’s radical green promises are going...

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• Junk Science Week: Attenborough flogs COP26 ‘tipping point’

  By Paul Homewood   Susan Crockford has this article in Canada’s Financial Post:   With the United Nations COP26 climate change summit scheduled for November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, Sir David Attenborough was recently appointed “People’s...

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• Rowan Dean’s Inconvenient Climate Update!

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NoTricksZone

• New Study: A ‘Profound’ ~1°C Cooling Trend Across East Antarctica Since 1979 Is ‘Likely To Accelerate’

  Except for a few pockets of warming along the West Antarctic coast, surface air temperatures have cooled profoundly across East Antarctica – most of the continent, as well as the surrounding Southern Ocean – in the last 40 years (1979-2018)...

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• Secret Otto Engine Car For German Green Party Minister…”Range Anxiety”…”In The Interest Of The Country”

  Another example of Green hypocritical “do as I say, not as I do”. While Germany’s Green politicians demand regular tax-paying citizens make sacrifices and accept inconveniences on behalf of the climate, they think they get to follow...

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• New Study Defies Alarmists, Finds “No Notable Changes” Between Present And Future Cyclone Energy

  Good news: a warmer, likely tamer climate, is in the future recent science shows. A new study projects no  future increase in tropical storm energy. Lots of government-funded climate scientists like claiming tropical cyclones are getting...

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NEPC Blog Post of the Day

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  Gadfly on the Wall: Public Schools Are Not Indoctrinating Kids About Racism. Voucher Schools ARE

  Gadfly on the Wall: Public Schools Are Not Indoctrinating Kids About Racism. Voucher Schools ARE   Republican frenzy has reached a fever pitch with attacks in at least 16 states on schools that allegedly teach Critical Race Theory. Right-wingers...

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• School Finance 101: Time to Tax the Churches!

  School Finance 101: Time to Tax the Churches! On June 30th 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that if a state has a program of providing public financing for private entities to provide educational services, that program cannot exclude...

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• Radical Eyes for Equity: Unpacking Nonsense: Knowledge as Commodity

  Radical Eyes for Equity: Unpacking Nonsense: Knowledge as Commodity Make your money with a suit and tie Make your money with shrewd denial Make your money expert advice… You can lie As long as you mean it “KING OF COMEDY,” R.E.M. The...

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Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• VDH on Tucker Carlson

  You can find the interview on the Left’s pathology below. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Or click here: https://www.foxnews.com/media/victor-davis-hanson-lefts-vague-claims-america-racist

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• Trump Winds and Biden Whirlwinds

  Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Victimizers quickly becoming victims is a recurrent theme of Thucydides’ history. In his commentary on the so-called stasis at Corcyra, he offers his most explicit warning about the long-term...

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• Victor Davis Hanson: Left’s ‘vague’ claims that America is inherently racist ‘adjudicated’ by ‘metrics’

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The Moderate Voice

• Facts Don’t Matter

  Facts still don’t matter. Perception does. Half a year after Donald Trump unwillingly stepped down from the Presidency, his lies and falsehoods are still accepted as facts by the vast majority of his acolytes. The most damaging of his lies...

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• GAME THEORY FOR DUMMIES

  At first, I thought Donald Trump was Jesse Ventura in a wig. Then I suspected that he was The Fat Hitler. Then for a brief moment, I wondered if The Donald was playing some sort of Game of Chicken where he theorized that a 245-year-old democracy...

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• LIMIT THE VOTE! (Cartoon)

  The post LIMIT THE VOTE! (Cartoon) appeared first on The Moderate Voice.

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Marginal REVOLUTION

• Tuesday assorted links

  1. ‘We Don’t Need Another Michelangelo’: In Italy, It’s Robots’ Turn to Sculpt — link here (NYT). 2. The ecosystem that is Minnesota: “Goldfish dumped in lakes grow to monstrous size, threatening ecosystems.” 3. Ransomware...

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• Median vs. average inflation

  Via Matt Yglesias.  Here is where the biggest price hikes are coming, interpret them as you may and stay tuned… The post Median vs. average inflation appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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• Welfare Costs of Idiosyncratic and Aggregate Consumption Shocks

  Big numbers: I estimate welfare benefits of eliminating idiosyncratic consumption shocks unrelated to the business cycle as 47.3% of household utility and benefits of eliminating idiosyncratic shocks related to the business cycle as...

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Lloyd Lofthouse

• Twitter Reflections from Reporter Who Broke Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Story

  Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: Joe Killian is the reporter with NC Policy Watch who broke the story (byline shared with Kyle Ingram) of Nikole Hannah-Jones’ UNC-Chapel Hill tenure slight. He was also the first...

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• If We Want Better, We Must Do Better

  Originally posted on Restore Reason: Hello. Let me reintroduce myself. Linda Lyon. Retired Air Force Colonel, school board member, very happily married to my best friend, who is also a woman. Previously married to a great guy. Enthusiastic...

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• My Choice for Mayor of New York City

  Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: I endorse Maya Wiley for the Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City. There are many candidates in the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City. Whoever is chosen will be…...

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MintPress News

• Chris Hedges: Bless the Traitors

  Daniel Hale exposed the widespread and indiscriminate murder of noncombatants in the global US drone war. For his heroism, he faces ten years in prison while those who oversee these war crimes continue their killing spree. The post Chris Hedges...

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• American Tax Dollars Financing Israeli Tourist Park Atop Historic Palestanin Neighborhood

  At least 1,500 Palestinian residents in Silwan, Jerusalem are at risk of ethnic cleansing in favor of a Jewish tourist park to be established on the site of their historic neighborhood. The post American Tax Dollars Financing Israeli Tourist...

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• Did Business Insider Censor My Lab Leak Article?

  The company offered me a contract, killed my first article, then completely cut ties with me. The post Did Business Insider Censor My Lab Leak Article? appeared first on MintPress News.

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 13-07-2021

  Here are some of the ways that Tesla's automated driving is going to kill people(tags:driving automation Doom )Glass octopus with transparent skin captured on camera in rare footage(tags:octopus transparency ocean ) Original post on Dreamwidth...

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  Covid in Scotland: Over the hump?

  Cases in Scotland are moving in the right direction again.There are probably three factors to this.1) Scotland got knocked out of the football.2) Schools closed on the 23rd of June.3) Vaccinations are cutting into the biggest spreading groups.I'm...

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  Life with two kids: Adventures in the hearing trade

  When Gideon was born they did a hearing test, which showed that one side was just fine, and the othe side was a bit clogged. So they made a note to set us up for a hearing test at 3 months.And then, when the appointment letter arrived we were away, so...

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• Two Topics

  There are two topics I would like to address tonight. First, football. I know, of course, that not all football fans are racist, and that not all racists are football fans, but there’s enough of a Venn overlap that they … Continue reading...

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• Banned

  I’m on Day 2 of a 3 day ban from commenting on Facebook, for ‘hate speech.’ I saw it as a rather innocuous comment. What I said was ‘you are like a fledgling bird with a bad case of diarrhea, … Continue reading →...

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• Relaxation

  This blog comes to you tonight from the beautiful Hotel (and Wellness Center) Harmony, near Spindleruv Mlyn, in the tippy top north of the Czech Republic, where Helena are taking a relaxing weekend away from the kids, and the kids … Continue...

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13 July - iG Tab - 8

 

• Most Inspirational Things About You, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

  Every one of us has a zodiac sign assigned to us when we are born. But most of us don’t pay much attention to it, thinking that it is meaningless. The truth is that zodiac signs do play a significant role because they influence your life.  Zodiac...

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• Getting Mixed Signals

  They say that girls are complicated, but as a girl, you might have come to realize that guys are complicated too. Guys flirt with you one day and ignore you the next day.  As a girl facing this kind of situation, you could hold on to the shred of hope...

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• The 10 Times That You Need To Be Quiet In Life

  As challenging as it is, there are so many lessons that can be learned from keeping quiet, and there is an opportunity for all of us to improve ourselves by keeping quiet at times. As humans, we all love to talk. But there are times when it is much...

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Have You Heard

• Not Your Parents’ School Desegregation

  TweetFive decades after Boston’s bitter battles over busing helped stall the push for school desegregation, the issue is once again a policy priority in Massachusetts. What happened? Chalk it up to a generational shift, a racial reckoning...

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• Long, Hot Education Summer

  TweetSuddenly education is THE hot topic. But where there’s heat, light doesn’t necessarily follow. Jennifer and Jack discuss what’s missing from the coverage of the backlash against Critical Race Theory, as well as some stories...

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• 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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Chicago Boyz

• Social Media and Section 230

  A couple of useful links for those following these issues: From Eugene Volokh, a detailed legal analysis of the proper interpretation of Section 230.  Haven’t read it yet, but I plan to soon. Vivek Ramaswamy, in the WSJ, offers a favorable...

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• Seth Barrett Tillman: Banned by the Communist Party of China: A Review of Liu Lianzi’s “Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace”

  This is an 87-episode fictional historical drama based on the lives of 18th century Emperor Quinlong, and his consort, and subsequently his Empress, Ruyi, of the Ula-Nara clan. Quinlong was the Qing emperor—the Manchu dynasty which succeeded...

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• Koonin Offers a Check on “The Science”

  I ordered Steven Koonin’s Unsettled? more out of perversity than honest curiosity. It was a vote for a skeptic, for a man labelled a “denier” and thus worthy of canceling. I was wrong on several counts: it is holding on Amazon with a fairly...

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Centinel2012

• France Moves to Totalitarian State – End of Tourism

  Armstrong Economics Blog/France Re-Posted Jul 13, 2021 by Martin Armstrong Macron delivered a 27-minute speech to the nation on television. Macron announced a full-blown authoritarian measure that takes France off the tourist list. He...

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• Wow, It was McSwain – President Trump Releases US Attorney Letter Notifying Him of Bill Barr Efforts to Block Investigation of Election Fraud

  Posted originally on the Conservative tree house on July 12, 2021 | Sundance | 354 Comments Yesterday we were uncertain if it was US Attorney William M McSwain who notified President Trump of Bill Barr’s corruption and blocking...

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• Milk Carton Democrats Strike Again – Texas Democrats Leave State to Block Legislation, Fly Private Jets to Washington DC for Support

  Posted originally on the conservative tree house on July 12, 2021 | Sundance | 392 Comments We saw this exact same strategy play out in Wisconsin circa 2011 when the Democrats in state legislature fled the state to avoid showing...

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The BRAD BLOG

• As CA Faces Multiple Emergencies, State GOP Tries to Oust Popular Dem Governor in Recall: 'BradCast' 7/12/2021

  Well, today's BradCast, turned out to be a bit more exciting than planned. [Audio link to full show is posted below summary.] Just an hour or so before air time, Democratic Texas state lawmakers fled the state en masse to deprive state Republican...

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• Sunday 'Delta is Ready' Toons

  Via Mike Peterson at Daily Cartoonist on the above... Which brings us to this piece of gaping idiocy, and I’m not in the habit of expressing my disapproval in quite such stark terms, but we are, after all, talking about Ben Garrison, who delights...

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• Rightwing SCOTUS' Disregard of Constitution's Plain Text Signals Even Darker Days Ahead: 'BradCast' 7/9/2021

  On today's BradCast: A very lively conversation with one of our favorite guests...about a very dark moment in our nation's history. [Audio link to full show is posted at bottom of this summary.] Last week, on the final day of its term this year...

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bluebird of bitterness

• Every dog has its day

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• Puppy love

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• Advertisements from long, long ago — Better Living through Pharmacology™ edition

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BlackListed News

• Cuba arrests activists as government blames unrest on U.S. interference

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• Shocking New Court Document Shows FBI Used At Least 12 Informants To Entrap Men In Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Plot

  Defense lawyers yesterday filed a brief detailing the FBI's extensive role in a Michigan militia's plot to supposedly kidnap Gretchen Whitmer. The document, obtained by National Justice, severely undermines the narrative...

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• UK Library Forced To Apologize After Hiring Man In Monkey Dildo Costume To Perform For Kids

  A library in London was forced to apologize after a man dressed in a rainbow-colored bare-bottomed monkey costume with a fake penis was hired to perform in front of children.

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Research Digest

• Why Do Some People Without Mental Health Problems Experience Hallucinations? Replication Study Casts Doubt On Previous Theories

  By Emma Young. But study also supports idea that hallucinations are linked to the brain over-relying on expectations of what will be perceived.

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• Children Who Enjoy School Aged Six Tend To Get Better Grades Ten Years Later

  By Emily Reynolds. On average, those who had enjoyed school aged six obtained 14.4 more points at GCSE than those who had not.

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• Kids As Young As Five Underestimate How Much Their Peers Like Them

  By Emma Young. The "liking gap" first emerges at 5, study finds, and becomes bigger as children get older.

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Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  The Baker House in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

  Once known as Redwood Cottage, the Baker House is located on the shores of Geneva Lake. It is one of the oldest homes on the lake and the last one of its kind in the city limits of Lake Geneva.   Built as a summer home for the family of Robert H. Baker...

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  Einstein's Summer House in Schwielowsee, Germany

  Albert Einstein's summer house originated as a gift from the city of Berlin for the scientist's 50th birthday. The simple, wooden house located in the village of Caputh on Lake Templin is a little over nine miles (15 kilometers) southwest of...

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  The Tragic Life and Global Legacy of the Last Hawaiian Princess

  This story is excerpted and adapted from Women on Waves: A Cultural History of Surfing From Ancient Goddesses and Hawaiian Queens to Malibu Movie Stars and Millennial Champions by Jim Kempton, published in July 2021 by Pegasus Books. With...

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Accidental Deliberations

• Tuesday Morning Links

  This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Kit Yates offers a reminder of ignoring the exponential growth of COVID-19 as the Delta variant puts many jurisdictions back on that same path. And the BBC reports on the belated recognition by Dutch...

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• On mood disorders

  Summer is the time for reruns. And when your local political columnist keeps repeating the same patently false assertions about public opinion in the face of actual evidence, well...How actual people (PDF) see the need for continued...

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• Monday Morning Links

  Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Crawford Kilian draws from Alex de Waal's New Pandemics, Old Politics to make the case that plagues and the associated responses are invariably political. Adam Miller writes that there's an...

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13 July - iG Tab - 7 - MSM Narrative

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• I'm Not a Reporter. But I'm Verified As One On Twitter

  A new program makes getting a blue checkmark too easy for 'journalists'—and far too difficult for activists.

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• These Are the 8 Android Phones Worth Buying

  Shopping for a new phone can be an ordeal. Let us take some of the pain out of it with these picks and tips.

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• A New Helper in the Kitchen

  Grime is a new hand soap that was born as a pandemic activity.

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• $2.6 Million Homes in California

  A midcentury-modern house in Sierra Madre, a Tudor Revival in Burlingame and a Victorian cottage in Coronado.

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

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  Despite declining trajectory, 5 states' share of cases increasing: Govt

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  Criminal, anti-terror laws should not be misused to quell dissent: Justice Chandrachud

  The criminal law including the anti-terror legislation should not be misused for quelling dissent or harassment of citizens, Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud has said while underlining the role of the apex court in protecting...

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  Jaishankar meets Afghan counterpart Atmar; discusses recent developments in Afghanistan amidst Taliban resurgence

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BBC News - UK

• Overseas aid: MPs fail in bid to reverse spending cut

  The government quells an attempt to make it raise development spending back to 0.7% of national income.

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• Colin Pitchfork: Double child killer's release confirmed

  A judge-led review upholds a decision by the Parole Board to deem Colin Pitchfork safe for release.

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• Uefa opens Wembley crowd disciplinary proceedings

  Uefa opens disciplinary proceedings into events surrounding the Euro 2020 final, including the actions of England fans inside and around Wembley.

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