Post Overview
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Review
4 years ago+2 2 0A Strange Blight
As we grind up against the absolute limits of humanity’s use and misuse of our environment, it’s tempting to look to Silent Spring and ask why it had such a profound impact. By Meehan Crist.
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Analysis
4 years ago+15 15 0African Swine Fever Is Spreading Fast and Eliminating It Will Take Decades
Half of the world’s pigs are in China. By Jason Gale, Hannah Dormido, Adrian Leung.
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4 years ago+15 15 0We need worms
You might think they are disgusting. But our war against intestinal worms has damaged our immune systems and mental health. By William Parker.
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4 years ago+19 19 0How Boeing’s Bean-Counters Courted the 737 MAX Disaster
Just when the smallest jet should have been replaced with a new model, the company fell into tight-fisted hands—with fatal consequences. By Clive Irving.
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Current Event
4 years ago+25 25 0The US Army Asked Twitter How Service Has Impacted People. The Answers Were Gut-Wrenching
The US Army tweeted, “How has serving impacted you?” As of this writing, the post has over 5,300 responses... By Caitlyn Johnstone.
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4 years ago+9 9 0Mitchell
Ali Siddiq
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4 years ago+25 25 0For Israelis the Nakba is a footnote. For Palestinians it's the heart of the conflict
Israelis tend to view the Nakba as a small, local affair that was quite restrained compared to Nazi genocide. For Palestinians, it is an ongoing dispossession. By Sam Freed.
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4 years ago+3 3 0Canadian Photographer Captures Polar Bears Playing In Flower Fields
Playful Photos of Polar Bears Frolicking in Flower Fields During Summer
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Current Event
4 years ago+36 36 0Google and Oracle’s $9 billion “copyright case of the decade” could be headed for the Supreme Court
The ‘copyright case of the decade’ is a $9 billion copyright infringement suit Oracle filed against the search giant, Google, nearly 10 years ago. Google is asking for the Supreme Court to hear the case. Will it happen? By Roger Parloff.
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Analysis
4 years ago+8 8 0Shady Numbers And Bad Business
Inside The Esports Bubble. By Cecilia D'Anastasio.
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4 years ago+17 17 0Nobody Speak
DJ Shadow, Run the Jewels
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Analysis
4 years ago+19 19 0The evidence we were never meant to see about the Douma ‘gas’ attack
The OPCW has opened the door to ridicule, when the simple truth would have been enough. By Robert Fisk.
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Expression
4 years ago+15 15 0The Batshit and Fantastical Life of Hortense Mancini
From bedding Kings to fleeing countries dressed as a pistol wielding man. Duelling her lovers, drinking, dancing and above all fighting for her independence; the life on Hortense Mancini was to be blunt, fucking insane.
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Current Event
4 years ago+11 11 0In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc
American cities are being hijacked with an N.S.A. cyberweapon that has already done billions of dollars in damage overseas. The N.S.A. will say nothing. By Nicole Perlroth, Scott Shane.
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4 years ago+8 8 0An Indian Political Theorist on the Triumph of Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalism
The writer Pratap Bhanu Mehta discusses the Indian Prime Minister’s huge win, the differences between him and other authoritarians, and what the future holds for India’s Muslims. By Isaac Chotiner.
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Current Event
4 years ago+24 24 0Germany demands an end to working cryptography
Making it possible for the state to open your locks in secret means that anyone who works for the state, or anyone who can bribe or coerce anyone who works for the state, can have the run of your life. By Cory Doctorow.
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Video/Audio
4 years ago+9 9 0Sing Sing Sing
スウィングガールズ
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Analysis
4 years ago+25 25 0Tangled Up in Blue: Deciphering a Bob Dylan Masterpiece
Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue” strikes a middle point between his more surreal lyrics of the ‘60s and his more straightforward love songs, and as Polyphonic’s recent video taking a deep dive into this “musical masterpiece” shows, that combination is wh ...
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4 years ago+3 3 0After Standing Rock, protesting pipelines can get you a decade in prison and $100K in fines
The push to punish pipeline protestors has spread across the U.S. By Naveena Sadasivam. (May 14, 2019)
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Expression
4 years ago+3 3 0Honestly, We Just Hate Women
Literally every single one of them. By Jessica M. Goldstein.