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book club suggestion?

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In my opinion, AMOC collapse has always been a red herring, like sea level rise before it. There are other far more immediate and existential consequences of climate change. Among them are heatwaves, fires, floods, storms, droughts, disease, ecosystem collapse and fascism. phys.org/news/2025-02...

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new book

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"Since (Maidan) Ukraine has been subject to IMF-imposed austerity, ag. land reform, energy deregulation, designed to open national assets to foreign ownership. Ukraine’s vast and fertile land is now in the crosshairs of multinational agribusinesses, financial institutions, and political powers"

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This essay out today is the first to name and describe "fascist anti-psychiatry"––a self-contradictory conjunction born of Trump and RFK Jr's cynical opportunism rather than any principled or coherent ideology. newrepublic.com/article/1918...

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Baby cheetah are so underrated

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89.6 percent of cases in cats are fatal; to all species of cats, from the true big cats — tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards — to felines, a broad group that includes domestic cats, lynx, cheetahs, pumas, ocelots, servals, jaguarundis and others.

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Ph.D. offers paused, resumed, delayed, and reduced: Looming research-funding cuts are casting doctoral admissions into chaos. chroni.cl/43fIsar

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should they really be reporting this in WA Post now? IT seems strangely sympathetic to stuff not glorifying free market and libertarianism, Oh I guess that restriction is only for opinions...

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Americans planning travel to Europe are enrolling in a crash course to learn Canadian accents, a Canadian accent instructor revealed. “I’m only accepting clients willing to put in the work,” he said. “If you think you can speak 🍁 just by ending every sentence w/ ‘eh,’ you’re wasting your time.” 🤣

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Beyond "The World Turned Upside Down," what are the best books written on the Ranters, Levelers, Diggers etc

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Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

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I wish Clare Daly were my EU MP. I really wish so. An amazing and fierce voice against the EU war and zionist machine, against western apartheid, imperialism, militarism, colonialism, cutthroat capitalism, and genocide. She and Mike Wallace are amazing. But they represent Ireland. ♥️😥

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WATCH: ‘Workers Strike Back’ consortiumnews.com/2025/02/25/w... Chris Hedges, Jill Stein and Kshama Sawant spoke at the Workers Strike Back conference in Seattle, Washington, on Saturday.

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I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.

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The University of Alaska Board of Regents has voted to change the school’s affirmative action language, following a recent warning from the Trump administration that called for educational institutions to remove race-based policies or face federal funding cuts.

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The first commercially available home assistant robot will totally not be standing over you holding a kitchen knife as you sleep.

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Resegregation

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