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Geo-Politics—Supporting Democracies around the World.
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2024: At a time when democracy is under global pressure, the Nobel laureates’ findings are especially relevant, showing that while autocracies may enjoy short-term success, democracies lay the groundwork for long-term prosperity and innovation.
Nobel laureates show how democracy drives economic growth
This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics recognizes research revealing the powerful link between democratic institutions and stronger economic outcomes. At a time when democracy is under global pressure, ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
2024: At a time when democracy is under global pressure, the Nobel laureates’ findings are especially relevant, showing that while autocracies may enjoy short-term success, democracies lay the groundwork for long-term prosperity and innovation.
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Tremendous and important reporting by NYT Visual Investigations team shows that Trump administration made false or misleading statements to US Supreme Court as it attempted to federal justify intervention in Chicago. Accountability matters. (Free link)
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Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
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November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Tremendous and important reporting by NYT Visual Investigations team shows that Trump administration made false or misleading statements to US Supreme Court as it attempted to federal justify intervention in Chicago. Accountability matters. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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ABC Mary Bruce is a real journalist, and a hero today.
ABC’s Mary Bruce Hits Trump and MBS With Extremely Tough Questions in Stunning Oval Office Moment
Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman were both confronted with very tough questions in a shocking moment of an Oval Office press engagement.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
ABC Mary Bruce is a real journalist, and a hero today.
Did Donald Trump ruin the 21st Century?
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Did Donald Trump ruin the 21st Century?
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Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office.
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office.
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority.
By @andykroll.bsky.social
(Published Oct. 2023)
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CRISPR brings back ancient gene that prevents gout and fatty liver
By reactivating a long-lost gene, researchers were able to lower uric acid levels and stop damaging fat accumulation in human liver models. The breakthrough hints at a future where gout and several me...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Daisugi has been practiced in Japan for over 600 years, offering a viable source of quality timber without the need for logging or deforestation. Respect for nature. ↟𖠰ᨒ↟𖠰
A #sustainable method that helps preserve forests for future generations. #ResistanceEarth
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A #sustainable method that helps preserve forests for future generations. #ResistanceEarth
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How The Japanese Make Wood WITHOUT Cutting Down Trees!
YouTube video by Destination Tips
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November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Daisugi has been practiced in Japan for over 600 years, offering a viable source of quality timber without the need for logging or deforestation. Respect for nature. ↟𖠰ᨒ↟𖠰
A #sustainable method that helps preserve forests for future generations. #ResistanceEarth
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A #sustainable method that helps preserve forests for future generations. #ResistanceEarth
youtu.be/N8MQgVpOaHA?...
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"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
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Iceland on alert amid Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse | REUTERS
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
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Halifax doctor shocked by success of using heat to force cancer cell death halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/13/h...
Some doctors have noted that when treating cancer patients, those who get sick with an infection, their cancer can go away.
Some doctors have noted that when treating cancer patients, those who get sick with an infection, their cancer can go away.
Halifax doctor shocked by success of using heat to force cancer cell death
There could be another option to treat cancer in the future, after a human trial proved to be extremely successful by raising the temperature of a tumour to kill it off. Dr. Camen Giacomantonio, the c...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Halifax doctor shocked by success of using heat to force cancer cell death halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/13/h...
Some doctors have noted that when treating cancer patients, those who get sick with an infection, their cancer can go away.
Some doctors have noted that when treating cancer patients, those who get sick with an infection, their cancer can go away.
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“The pattern is one that involved modeling agencies around the world serving as fronts for human trafficking…This may very well be what Trump is trying desperately to keep quiet in the DOJ’s Epstein files.”
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The transnational dimension of the Epstein case—a hybrid warfare against the West
The Epstein case is not an issue about Trump and the US but rather about all the Trumps of the Western world with ties to Russia
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October 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“The pattern is one that involved modeling agencies around the world serving as fronts for human trafficking…This may very well be what Trump is trying desperately to keep quiet in the DOJ’s Epstein files.”
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Former French President Sarkozy freed from prison.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Former French President Sarkozy freed from prison.
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Physicists Say They’ve Proven Whether We’re Living in a Simulation?
The fundamental laws of physics cannot be contained within space and time, because they generate them,” coauthor and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explained.
The fundamental laws of physics cannot be contained within space and time, because they generate them,” coauthor and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explained.
Physicists Say They’ve Proven Whether We’re Living in a Simulation — Futurism
Maybe there is no red or blue pill. The idea that we’re living inside a simulation, as popularized by “The Matrix” franchise, has piqued the interest of scientists for decades. In 2003, philosopher Ni...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Physicists Say They’ve Proven Whether We’re Living in a Simulation?
The fundamental laws of physics cannot be contained within space and time, because they generate them,” coauthor and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explained.
The fundamental laws of physics cannot be contained within space and time, because they generate them,” coauthor and theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explained.
'Unlike any we've ever seen': Record-breaking black hole eruption is brighter than 10 trillion suns.
'Unlike any we've ever seen': Record-breaking black hole eruption is brighter than 10 trillion suns
Astronomers spotted a flaring black hole that may be consuming a star at least 30 times more massive than the sun. At its peak, the flare was brighter than 10 trillion stars.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
'Unlike any we've ever seen': Record-breaking black hole eruption is brighter than 10 trillion suns.
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Breaking:
UPS plane crashes in Kentucky
UPS plane crashes in Kentucky
UPS plane crashes near Louisville international airport in Kentucky — Guardian US
Local police reporting unknown number of injuries as plume of smoke visible south of airport just before 5.30pm
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November 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Breaking:
UPS plane crashes in Kentucky
UPS plane crashes in Kentucky
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ICYMI: A Yale investigation revealed that at least 210 facilities across Russia and occupied Ukraine have housed deported Ukrainian children since February 2022. The findings detail a system of reeducation, militarization, adoption, and detention.
Yale Investigation: Deported Ukrainian Children Taken to Over 210 Facilities in Russia - Profolus
Yale researchers identified and verified 210 sites in Russia holding Ukrainian deported children.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
ICYMI: A Yale investigation revealed that at least 210 facilities across Russia and occupied Ukraine have housed deported Ukrainian children since February 2022. The findings detail a system of reeducation, militarization, adoption, and detention.
DODGERS win World Series
Yes⚾️😻
Yes⚾️😻
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
DODGERS win World Series
Yes⚾️😻
Yes⚾️😻
U.S. has the most billionaires in the world, combined net worth of $5.7 trillion.
Of the 902 billionaires in the US, who will step up and fund SNAP to feed our 40M ppl who rely on this benefit to SURVIVE ? Are they going to help? Or will they just wave to us from their gargantuan hideous yachts?
Of the 902 billionaires in the US, who will step up and fund SNAP to feed our 40M ppl who rely on this benefit to SURVIVE ? Are they going to help? Or will they just wave to us from their gargantuan hideous yachts?
October 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
U.S. has the most billionaires in the world, combined net worth of $5.7 trillion.
Of the 902 billionaires in the US, who will step up and fund SNAP to feed our 40M ppl who rely on this benefit to SURVIVE ? Are they going to help? Or will they just wave to us from their gargantuan hideous yachts?
Of the 902 billionaires in the US, who will step up and fund SNAP to feed our 40M ppl who rely on this benefit to SURVIVE ? Are they going to help? Or will they just wave to us from their gargantuan hideous yachts?
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Hunt on for remaining Louvre thieves after first arrests made.Two suspects with a history of jewel thefts had been tracked for days after their DNA was recovered from the museum and were arrested shortly before one of them was set to board a flight out of the country, a police official told NBC News
Hunt on for remaining Louvre thieves after first arrests made — NBC News
Two suspects with a history of jewel thefts had been tracked for days after their DNA was recovered from the museum and were arrested shortly before one of them was set to board a flight out of the co...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hunt on for remaining Louvre thieves after first arrests made.Two suspects with a history of jewel thefts had been tracked for days after their DNA was recovered from the museum and were arrested shortly before one of them was set to board a flight out of the country, a police official told NBC News
JD Vance Owns Company That Sells American Real Estate to Foreign Investors?
The Ohio senator's venture capital fund invested in the app AcreTrader.
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The Ohio senator's venture capital fund invested in the app AcreTrader.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
JD Vance Owns Company That Sells American Real Estate to Foreign Investors?
The Ohio senator's venture capital fund invested in the app AcreTrader.
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The Ohio senator's venture capital fund invested in the app AcreTrader.
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Louvre Heist Investigation Yields First Arrests.
Police made the arrests as one of the suspects was preparing to take a flight out of France.
Police made the arrests as one of the suspects was preparing to take a flight out of France.
Louvre Heist Investigation Yields First Arrests — The Wall Street Journal
Police made the arrests as one of the suspects was preparing to take a flight out of France
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October 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Louvre Heist Investigation Yields First Arrests.
Police made the arrests as one of the suspects was preparing to take a flight out of France.
Police made the arrests as one of the suspects was preparing to take a flight out of France.