Category: Nature
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How Dare You
A Twitter Karen’s Letter to all progressives, leftists, and Bernard Brothers Dear Bernard Brothers, My name is Karen, and I’m so annoyed with you coming in my mentions challenging my political beliefs. I told you, I’d be at brunch if Hillary Clinton were the POTUS. We have to fall in line and get behind Biden.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Rare ‘glacier bears’ with bluish fur may face grim future Yet as climate change melts the glaciers that have kept the animals cut off from each other, it’s more likely that bears will begin to mix once more, diluting the glacier bears’ genes, Garshelis says. So it’s possible that the glacier bear, like Alaska’s glaciers, may…
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Another World is Possible
We The People There is a critique that I am a burned “Bernie Bro.” I assure you, I am not. Bernie is a politician, and politicians should be seen as a means to an end. Not someone to hero-worship either on the “so-called” left or right. I still contend that the policies put forth by…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Life’s so tough’: Never-ending misery for crisis-hit Zimbabweans “By the day, the cards are stacked against him deeper and deeper,” he argued, suggesting that “a concerted action is at play to dissociate him from the good grace of the citizenry. This has the makings of an end game.” #Zimbabwe #economy #Africa Stimulus checks, back-to-work bonuses,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Project Force: What is behind China’s naval ambitions? “In areas like the South China Sea, where China’s military power has grown to such an extent (and rate) that its deterrence has also grown, (this) … means that the chances of military engagement have decreased.” #China #Navy #War #Military The EU plans to ban US travelers indefinitely after…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
With Monuments Falling All Over Europe, We Asked Historians and Artists to Weigh in on How They Should Be Replaced “If the community wants [monuments] to be removed, then they should be removed, but they should remain in public view, by creating museums for them, as a reminder so that we don’t make the same…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Why The Small Protests In Small Towns Across America Matter These protests cut across demographics and geographic spaces. They’re happening in places with little in the way of a protest tradition, in places with majority white population and majority black, and at an unprecedented scale. People who’ve watched and participated in the Black Lives Matter…
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The Week in Stories Across the Globe
‘A Disgusting Display’: Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Stun Grenades, and Tear Gas at Demonstrators Protesting Killing of George Floyd “Firing them is a good start, but we want to see justice for our family. We want to see them charged. We want to have them arrested,” said Tera Brown, Floyd’s cousin. “What they did was…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus “The government is removing very young children to no one,” Cubas said. “But our courts are in a state of emergency. Our media is COVID-19 all the time. We don’t even have congressional hearings right now in full force. There is less scrutiny.” #Trump #Deportations #Mexico #LatinAmerica…
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Welcome to the Freak Show
“When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front row seat.” – George Carlin The World Has Too Many Freaks So far, 2020 has been one hell of a roller coaster ride that is yet to end. A global pandemic has hit the United…
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