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Words matter. Facts matter. Vague pronouncements of certainty belie ignorance. Hyperbole and exaggeration undermine arguments.

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Please join: Open Forum on Emergency Management in America. Thursday evening at 7pm eastern time--hosted by Disaster Researchers for Justice. Respond to this post and I will send meeting details. Hope to see many people there. @samlmontano.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social

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“Danger, Will Robinson!”Thailand Prime Minister receives scam call using the voice of another world leader.

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. . . the federal government is an insurance company with an army . . .

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The Zestimate is just one of a slew of automated valuation models that are increasingly used by banks, investors, and laypeople to estimate the value of homes. The model, like other consumer-facing AVMs, is prone to errors that render it more of an amusement than a serious pricing tool.

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Low scores don’t equal illiteracy, Carr said . . . When asked what could be causing the adult literacy decline in the U.S., Carr said, “it is difficult to say.”

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After a previous pilot in 2022, 56 of 61 participating companies, or 92 percent, said they would continue with the four-day week, the group said. It is hoping to pave the way for a 32-hour, four-day week to be enshrined under British legislation . . .

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But this particular fight was not actually about putting the interests of patients against those of rapacious corporations. Anthem’s policy would not have increased costs for their enrollees. Rather, it would have reduced payments for some of the most overpaid physicians in America.

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Humans created 137 billion pounds of e-waste in 2022, which makes e-waste one of the fastest growing solid waste streams in the world.

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UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in midtown Manhattan

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MYSTERY EPIDEMIC IN CONGO—Health officials investigate a new unidentified mystery flu-like disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths, mostly in kids. The reported symptoms in patients include: • Fever • Headache • Nasal discharge and cough • Difficulty breathing • Anemia apnews.com/article/cong...

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The Senate on Monday confirmed [Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue’s] promotion to four-star officer after a Republican senator dropped the freeze on his nomination . . .

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin installed the hold against Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, according to a Senate official familiar with the matter and congressional correspondence reviewed by The Washington Post.

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Teaching and learning are complicated. There are no simple, comprehensive solutions. Who knew?

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University of Texas, MIT, and others announce free tuition for some undergraduates

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College students in 2024 are less willing and able to read full books. Today, Explained asks whether that matters.

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Breaking News: President Biden authorized the first use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said. His decision is a major change in U.S. policy.

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iPhones and AirPods now come with hearing health tools. Here’s how they work. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Metro is still hundreds of thousands of riders short [per day] on the rails in comparison to pre-pandemic numbers. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/w...

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The city’s poverty rate has hovered between 17 and 18 percent for the past ten years; in 2023 it was 17.7 percent. (The national average was about 11 percent, the Texas average 14 percent.)

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Why is it taking so long for climate scientists to grapple with these questions? It turns out that we do not have systems in place to explore the significance of shorter-term phenomena in the climate in anything approaching real time. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/o...

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Acknowledging that the future is unknowable can bring some comfort when it feels as if the world is shattered. It can also offer a dose of humility sorely needed in a chaotic world . . . www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/o...

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The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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"Instead of establishing new narratives that might also misrepresent these people’s experiences, the genetic results encourage reflection on the dangers of making up stories about gender and family relationships in past societies based on present-day expectations.” www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g...

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An Idaho health department is no longer offering Covid-19 shots after its board voted last month to restrict the department from doing so, an unusual step driven largely by misinformation about the side effects and safety of the shots. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/w...

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