3 August - iG Tab - 9

 

Utopia – you are standing in it!

• Atlantic Meeting, by H.V. Morton

  Originally posted on ANZ LitLovers LitBlog: 80 years ago on this day, August 4th 1941, Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill set sail across the Atlantic to make history. Upon Sunday, August 3rd, 1941, Mr Winston Churchill and the...

  3 hours ago

• August 1, 1714: The Elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain and Ireland. Conclusion.

  Originally posted on European Royal History : Elector Ernst-August died on January 23, 1698, leaving all of his territories to George with the exception of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück, an office he had held since 1661. George thus...

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• George Stigler 50 Years Later: Part 1 – George Stigler’s Contribution and Lasting Impact

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TARPLEY.net

• To head off eviction crisis, states must speed disbursing of $50 billion in aid for tenants and landlords sponsored by Biden!

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|August 2, 2021 Rep. Raskin sets watchword for House select committee on January 6, branding pro-Trump putschist mob in historical context; Senate starts debate...

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• Poverty declines in US by 20% !

  Failure of trickle-down economics exposed; GDP now back above the pre-pandemic level: Two big wins for Biden Putin Papers leaked from Kremlin confirm official January 2016 decision by Russian NSC to install “unstable” and “impulsive”...

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• “Fascist traitors” attacked US democracy at Capitol on January 6!

  United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|July 27, 2021 Rep. Raskin sets watchword for House select committee on January 6, branding pro-Trump putschist mob in historical context; Moving and revealing...

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Sustainable Pulse

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  Farmers and Consumers Slam Approval of GMO Golden Rice in Philippines

  Farmer-scientist organization MASIPAG has vehemently condemned the railroaded decision by the Philippine Department of Agriculture to allow the commercial propagation of GMO Golden Rice and has called on small farmers and consumers...

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  US EPA Buried Internal Report Linking Glyphosate to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

  A newly uncovered confidential U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report found “suggestive evidence” linking glyphosate to Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a determination that goes against the agency’s long-held public...

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  Bayer Confirms End of Sale of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides for US Lawn & Garden Market

  Bayer have announced that they will no longer sell glyphosate-based herbicides to U.S. gardeners as of 2023, following the costly litigation battle over their cancer causing weedkiller Roundup. Bayer Monsanto stated Thursday that “the...

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sunshine hours

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

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 181 – 2021

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• Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 171 – 2021

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Stagecraft and Statecraft

• China moves swiftly to exploit the void in Afghanistan

  US military exit is likely to become Beijing’s strategic gain Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asia China has long shielded Pakistan from international pressure over its harboring of terrorist groups, including blocking United Nations Security...

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• Biden’s Afghan Blunder

  Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in 2014 that Joe Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign-policy and national-security issue over the past four decades.” The hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan is set to...

  21 days ago

• 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...

  a month ago

Ramani's blog

• History of Tamil Chozha Kings List From 5100 CE Karikal Valavan

  Udhiyan Cheralaathan date based on Mahabharata reference about his presence in the War, is around 5600 BC. Karikalan defeated him  at Battle of Venni. Therefore, Karikal Chozhan was a contemporary of Perunchotru Udhiyan Neduncheralaathan...

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• History of South Indian Kings ,List Verified Dates From 5100 CE

  This Tamil Kings list,apart from sourcing from the Traditional folk songs ,also includes the Tamil Kings mentioned and detailed in Tamil Sangam Literature. Pathittruppathu anthology is the main source among the Sangam literature...

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• Eighty Varities Of Dravidian Tamil Among Indian Tribes

  attempts to show a connection with the Indo-European tongues, Mitanni, Basque, Sumerian, or Korean. The most promising and plausible hypothesis is that of a linguistic relationship with the Uralic (Hungarian, Finnish) and Altaic (Turkish...

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Diane Ravitch's blog

• Rachel Cohen: How Advocacy Groups Are Refuting the Critics of CRT

  Rachel Cohen wrote an interesting post about how progressive advocacy groups, teachers, and activists are responding to broad-brush attacks on schools teaching Critical Race Theory. There’s been dozens of articles written about Chris...

  14 hours ago

• Maurice Cunningham: Why is the Press Uninterested in the Corporate Invasion of Public Education?

  Readers of this blog have followed the advance of privatization of public school funding for nearly a decade. We know the big foundations and individuals that support privatization. We have followed their activities and watched as all of...

  15 hours ago

• Garrison Keillor: What’s in a Name?

  In this delightful column, Garrison Keillor muses about the Cleveland Indians’ decision to change their name to Cleveland Guardians. As a boy, he wanted to be an Indian when the kids played cowboys and Indians. He begins: It’s okay by me...

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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

• That Was The Heatwave That Was!

  By Paul Homewood   There’s been  much ado about the UK heatwave last month. Much ado about nothing as it turns out. The month ended up as only the 21st hottest since 1878. It was not even as hot as years like 1911 and 1921:    https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/download.html...

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• Sky News Australia Suspended By YouTube

  By Paul Homewood     Astonishing news from Sky Australia:     Tech giant YouTube has suspended Sky News Australia’s popular channel from the platform for a week following a review of old uploaded videos. Sky News Australia has been temporarily...

  2 days ago

• Problems Mount Up For EDF Nuclear Power

  By Paul Homewood h/t It does Not Reposted from Watt-Logic     I don’t claim to be  a nuclear engineer, but this story highlights the idiocy of relying on just one technology: Regular readers will know that I am no fan of EDF’s third generation...

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NoTricksZone

• Power Grid Expert Warns: “Signs Being Ignored” As Europe’s Grid Teeters On The Brink

  Power grid expert Herbert Saurugg warns at RiskNet that European authorities continue to ignore danger signals even after another grid disruption occurred in the afternoon of July 24th and left around 2 million people in France, Spain and...

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• In The 1970s Climate Modification Proposals Included Purposely Melting Arctic Sea Ice With Black Soot

  In his 1975 book The Genesis Strategy, the late climate scientist Dr. Stephen Schneider reviewed contemporary climate modification proposals to reduce the severe 1960s and 1970s droughts, floods, and extreme weather…which were at that...

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• Tokyo Sees No July Warming In 3 Decades…Hachijojima No July Warming In Almost 100 Years!

  By Kirye and Pierre The mean July, 2021, temperature data for Tokyo and Hachijojima island are now available from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Plotting Tokyo’s July mean temperature going back to 1993 shows there’s been...

  2 days ago

NEPC Blog Post of the Day

• Shanker Blog: A More Actionable Take on the Science of Reading (Guest Post by Susan B. Neuman)

  Shanker Blog: A More Actionable Take on the Science of Reading (Guest Post by Susan B. Neuman) Over the past few years, “the science of reading” has become the latest obsession in the field of education. From professors and textbook publishers...

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  Curmudgucation: Using Critical Race Theory To Target... Everything

  Curmudgucation: Using Critical Race Theory To Target... Everything The strategy was explicit way back in March. Christopher Rufo, who's been out in front of the charge, told us what they intended to do. The goal is to have the public read something...

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• Answer Sheet: No Systemic Racism? Look at Student Achievement Gaps in Reading.

  Answer Sheet: No Systemic Racism? Look at Student Achievement Gaps in Reading. Juneteenth, the new federal holiday commemorating the date, June 19, 1865, that has come to symbolize the end of slavery in the United States, is an appropriate...

  19 days ago

Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

• Victor Davis Hanson: Critical race theory capitalists, rich CEOs and more — what is US wokeness really about?

  Watch the latest video at foxnews.com

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• Traditionalist: The Left Talks the Talk

  Victor Davis Hanson // Art19 and Just the News

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• The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, @HooverInst

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The Moderate Voice

• UT OH, CUOMO: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN CALLS FOR HIS RESIGNATION (includes roundup)

  As many analysts predict that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s days in office are numbered, and his political career over, the beleaguered Cuomo got some more bad news: President Joe Biden called on him to resign.The reason: a New York Attorney...

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• ‘He is wholly unfit to serve’: Calls for Cuomo’s removal amass after harassment findings

  Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Demands for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign or be promptly removed from office poured in Tuesday after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her investigators have corroborated allegations...

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• Investigators say New York Governor Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women

  Published by Reuters By Jonathan Allen and Nathan Layne NEW YORK (Reuters) -An investigation into accusations of sexual harassment by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo found that he groped, kissed or made suggestive comments to 11 women and...

  8 hours agoMarginal REVOLUTION

• Tuesday assorted links

  1. Are tunnels our transportation future? 2. American Bankers Association suggests partnership with crypto firms. 3. Which stocks are being traded on Capitol Hill? 4. The four hour rule. 5. Nature covers Fast Grants. The post Tuesday assorted...

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• Inequality sentence fragments to ponder

  …wealth inequality varies greatly across countries, and there is no clear correlation with countries’ levels of income inequality. Sweden for instance has reasonable income equality but very high wealth inequality.  Many of the...

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• Achieve!

  It’s very easy to include MRU videos in a class using our textbook, Modern Principles of Economics, and the course management system, Achieve. Just a few clicks to assign videos along with auto-graded questions. Awesome! Check out the integration...

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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…...

  2 months ago

MintPress News

• “People Come Out Completely Crazy”: A Palestinian Survivor Talks Israeli Torture

  One has to wonder how the Israelis who frequent the restaurants and bars around the Moskubiya would feel if they could see the sights and hear the screams of those being held there. The post “People Come Out Completely Crazy”: A Palestinian...

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• CoJiT: The “Anti-Extremism” Think Tank Started by Sons of Israeli Superspy Robert Maxwell

  CoJiT’s profound and manifold connections to the Israeli security state call into question the Maxwell brothers’ motives for founding the think tank, considering how an anti-Muslim extremism agenda could dovetail so easily with a...

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• The Politics of Spectacle: On Eviction Moratorium, The Squad Talks the Walk

  The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that not even the most “progressive” elected officials in the U.S. are willing to do what is necessary to meet the needs of the people. The post The Politics of Spectacle: On Eviction Moratorium...

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Made from Truth and Lies

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  Interesting Links for 03-08-2021

  I think these people have opened a door into the void. Or the elemental plane of storms. Either way: don't!(tags:weather video )Government passed over 171 candidates to pick Bullingdon Club 'chum' of Boris Johnson for sleaze watchdog role(tags:corruption...

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  Interesting Links for 02-08-2021

  Salem Almuzaini's account of brutal torture in Saudi captivity reveals extent of MBS regime's brutal conduct(tags:saudiarabia torture )"Sometimes Behaves So Strangely" - how looping words can turn them into music(tags:music language...

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  Interesting Links for 01-08-2021

  FactCheck: What's behind the UK vaccination slowdown?(tags:UK vaccination )China is building nuclear weapons. Here's why. (tags:nuclearweapons China )Electric cars have much lower life cycle emissions(tags:co2 cars manufacturing...

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www.gurukalehuru.com

• Trumpers Fuck Up Again

  This story here is both sad, scary, a horrible statement on the difficulties of having the intelligent conversation we need to have if we want to save our species from extinction, and absolutely gut busting comical, all at the same … Continue...

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• Ramblings on Einstein

  My Facebook feed has become a swamp of framed platitudes, cute animal photos, bad puns, and old people acting superior because they know how to tell time and write in cursive and once knew how to dial a phone. Of … Continue reading →...

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• Determining L

  When the Drake Equation, or ‘the Drake Checklist’ as I prefer to think of it (perhaps because there are so many variables, the numbers are literally astronomical, and I suck at math) was formulated back in 1961, no human beings … Continue...

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3 August - iG Tab - 8

 

• 9 Types of Toxic Moms Who Leave Invisible scars On Their Children

  We all deal with toxic people in our day-to-day life. Toxic partners are easier to deal with, but toxic family members? Now that’s not easy, especially if it is your mother who is toxic.  Some people in your life will lift you up and give you...

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• It Wasn’t Love: 8 Signs Your Relationship Was a Trauma Bond

  As a human being, at some point in your life, you get into a relationship. Not all relationships succeed, and when a relationship fails, you might ask yourself if it was really love. Is it love that makes you hold on to someone who isn’t good for...

  8 days ago

• Ways to Help Build & Preserve Better Boundaries 

  Personal boundaries are compulsory to build and maintain healthy relationships. And by boundaries, we don’t mean the physical ones used to keep people out. We mean the ones that aren’t visible to the eye, the boundaries that help us take...

  14 days ago

Have You Heard

• College Behind Bars: the Case for Higher Education in Prison

  TweetIt’s the episode we’ve been looking forward to all year! Meet the winner of the 2021 Have You Heard Graduate Student Research Contest: Patrick Conway. When you listen to this episode, you’ll understand exactly why Patrick claimed...

  20 days ago

• 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...

  a month ago

• 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...

  2 months ago

Chicago Boyz

• The Othering

  So I heard today that Bill DeBlasio (since he’s so smart and has done such a great job) is only letting people who can produce some sort of proof of vaccination into certain places like a gym or a bar. Other cities are probably doing the same or...

  11 hours ago

• Biden’s Bogus Chinese Bogeyman: America Should Kowtow Now

  The focus has shifted from the typical initial totally perverse justifications for the current unprecedented (historic) spending plans, e.g., to “stimulate GDP” (a measure of spending) and “create jobs” (work is what we...

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• Some Random Unscientific Observations About Covid

  The press is in full ramp up mode to sell ads and clicks with the new and improved delta variant of the commie crud (copyright Sgt. Mom on that term). Many localities are making people bring out the masks again. Here in beautiful Dane County, Wisconsin...

  7 days ago

Centinel2012

• Don Lemon Goes Full Communist

  Posted originally on GrrrGraphics.com on AUG 2, 2021 AT 9:59 AM Don Lemon Goes Full Stalin A few months ago I had an email conversation with a friend who said we should not call the Democrats ‘socialists.’ No, the Socialist Democrat...

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• End Private Donations to FDA & CDC – NOW!

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Gov’t Incompetence Re-Posted Aug 3, 2021 by Martin Armstrong Our greatest problem has been that Bill Gates has his tentacles deeply involved in the CDC and FDA while he has a major shareholding in the vaccine companies...

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• The CO2 Propaganda Agenda

  Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate Re-Posted Aug 3, 2021 by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: You are misleading everyone. Climate Change is real, and the danger is CO2 must be eliminated. Everyone knows that. HV REPLY: Obviously, you just read the...

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The BRAD BLOG

• New York is Going Through Some Things...and Other Dark News of the Day: 'BradCast' 8/3/2021

  It's one of those dark days on The BradCast. But we don't make the news, we just cover it. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Among the stories covered on today's program... NY Attorney General Letitia James releases a report finding...

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• 'Green News Report' - August 3, 2021

  IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Looks like Infrastructure Week is finally happening; Major U.S. interstate in Colorado shut down indefinitely by wildfire-related mudslide; County in Washington State passes America's first-ever ban on new fossil...

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• The 4th Surge and Callers on Why They Finally Got Vax'd (Or Still Haven't): 'BradCast' 8/2/2021

  On today's BradCast, we open the phones to talk vaccination again, though for a different reason than we've done so in the past. [Audio link to full show follows the summary below.] Among the stories discuss today... The third highest Republican...

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bluebird of bitterness

• Saving face

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• Today’s cultural moment

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• Local mom drops bored kids off at school three weeks early

  From The Babylon Bee. CHARLOTTE, NC—Local mom Denise James was seen Monday morning dropping her kids off at Hathaway Middle School, which raised a few eyebrows in her community since school doesn’t start for another three weeks. James’s...

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BlackListed News

• NYC Orders Restaurants And Gyms To Demand Proof Of Vaccination From All Customers

  NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has officially announced plans to implement his first-in-the-US policy requiring proof of COVID vaccination in order to participate in indoor activities like dining indoors, and going to the gym. As the NYT reported...

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• Biden: “There’s No Wall High Enough or Ocean Wide Enough to Keep Us Safe from the Vaccine” *TILT* *Malfunction* *Contact Administrator*

  His malfunctions are spectacular. Keep ’em coming, Joe.

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• The Cryptocurrency Surveillance Provision Buried in the Infrastructure Bill is a Disaster for Digital Privacy

  The forthcoming Senate draft of Biden’s infrastructure bill—a 2,000+ page bill designed to update the United States’ roads, highways, and digital infrastructure—contains a poorly crafted provision that could create new...

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Research Digest

• Episode 26: How Has The Covid-19 Pandemic Affected Our Mental Health?

  This is Episode 26 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology

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• We’re More Willing To Engage With Sexists If We Think They Are Intelligent

  By Emily Reynolds. Tendency to write off sexism of intelligent people may send message that sexist behaviour is not important if the perpetrator has other desirable characteristics.

  2 days ago

• Memes And Medals: The Week’s Best Psychology Links

  Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Olympic athletes have always been under intense…

  5 days ago

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

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  Robert Johnson House in Hazlehurst, Mississippi

  A small house with wooden siding propped up on brick supports stands behind the Heritage House in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. This structure is what's left of the original birth home of bluesman Robert Johnson. Perhaps you've heard the story...

  9 hours ago
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  Whalley Viaduct in Whalley, England

  This magnificent railway viaduct, built between 1846 and 1850 in a combination of red and blue bricks, is far less well known than the famous Ribblehead Viaduct, located about 25 miles to the north, but in many ways, it is more impressive not...

  10 hours ago
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  Are These the Last Days of India’s Touring Tent Cinemas?

  By the time the film reels arrive, the sky has darkened and the carnival is bathed in fairy lights. They’re late and everyone is waiting. Carrying them in a jute sack over his shoulder, a harried assistant weaves his way through the crowded...

  11 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

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  Tuesday Night Cat Blogging

  Leisurely cats. 

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• Tuesday Morning Links

  This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Emily Anthes highlights what the people paying attention to COVID-19 (and particularly the Delta variant) have learned about the risks of transmission in schools - including the need for ongoing mitigation...

  11 hours ago

• Monday Afternoon Links

  Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Jonathan Howard writes that the recognition of higher COVID-19 risks in adults has been used as a means of misleadingly minimizing the risks of death and long-term effects in children. And...

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3 August - iG Tab 7 - MSM Narrative

 

WIRED

• Citizen's New Service Helps Paying Users Summon the Cops

  The crime-tracking app is charging $20 per month to give subscribers access to their own virtual security service.

  5 hours ago

• Blizzard President Departs as Workers Demand Systemic Change

  Nearly a week after Activision Blizzard employees walked out to protest alleged discrimination at the company, executive J. Allen Brack has left.

  9 hours ago

• France Cracked Down on Google’s Ad Tech. What’s Next?

  The French Competition Agency has hit the company with $855 million in fines this year. The money is meaningless—but the changes could be profound.

  15 hours ago

NYT > Home Page

• Passenger Arrives Taped to a Seat and Is Charged With Assaulting Flight Attendants

  Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said.

  3 hours ago

• Passenger Arrives Taped to His Seat After Assault of 3 Flight Attendants

  Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said.

  5 hours ago

• After Uproar, Matt Damon Tries to Clarify Comments on Anti-Gay Slur

  The actor was recently quoted as saying that he had decided to “retire” the word his daughter calls the “f-slur” after she objected to a joke he made.

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

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  State can't, but Governor can release lifers before they spent 14 years in jail: Supreme Court

  in an hour

• Supreme Court pulls up HC judge, expunges remarks against Uttarakhand lawyer

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  Karunanidhi left a ‘defining stamp’ on TN, says President

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BBC News - UK

• Covid: Vaccines to be offered to 16 and 17 year olds

  More than one million teenagers would be included in a new roll-out if ministers accept expert advice.

  2 hours ago

• Indyref2: Why has the campaign for another vote gone quiet?

  Boris Johnson heads to Scotland this week with no sign an independence referendum will be soon.

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• Long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms rare in children

  Children who become ill with coronavirus mostly recover in less than a week, research suggests.

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