Lam Dang
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My reads since April
July 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My reads since April
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We human beings have made remarkable progress in extending our lives, but we remain mortal creatures, fated to die. Choosing how we die is part of choosing how we live. Discussions have emerged regarding the topic of medically assisted dying. Should it be legalised?
Why medically assisted dying should be legalised | Aeon Essays
Death is a certainty. But choosing how and when we depart is a modest opportunity for freedom – and dignity
buff.ly
July 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
We human beings have made remarkable progress in extending our lives, but we remain mortal creatures, fated to die. Choosing how we die is part of choosing how we live. Discussions have emerged regarding the topic of medically assisted dying. Should it be legalised?
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⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com:
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Tribal and community leaders in Gaza are uniting to secure aid convoys after over 500 people have been killed in daily aid massacres.
✍️ By Abdel Sabbah, Sharif Kouddous and Jawa Ahmad
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Tribal and community leaders in Gaza are uniting to secure aid convoys after over 500 people have been killed in daily aid massacres.
✍️ By Abdel Sabbah, Sharif Kouddous and Jawa Ahmad
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Tribal and community leaders in Gaza are uniting to secure aid convoys after over 500 people have been killed in daily aid massacres.
www.dropsitenews.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com:
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Tribal and community leaders in Gaza are uniting to secure aid convoys after over 500 people have been killed in daily aid massacres.
✍️ By Abdel Sabbah, Sharif Kouddous and Jawa Ahmad
Gaza’s Grassroots Effort to Ensure Humanitarian Aid Reaches Starving Palestinians
Tribal and community leaders in Gaza are uniting to secure aid convoys after over 500 people have been killed in daily aid massacres.
✍️ By Abdel Sabbah, Sharif Kouddous and Jawa Ahmad
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Your 'moment of doom' for June 27, 2025 ~ If?
"If the Amazon hits a tipping point, our calculations show we are going to lose 50-70% of the forest. That would release between 200 and 250bn tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2050 and 2100..."
"If the Amazon hits a tipping point, our calculations show we are going to lose 50-70% of the forest. That would release between 200 and 250bn tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2050 and 2100..."
‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future
Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for June 27, 2025 ~ If?
"If the Amazon hits a tipping point, our calculations show we are going to lose 50-70% of the forest. That would release between 200 and 250bn tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2050 and 2100..."
"If the Amazon hits a tipping point, our calculations show we are going to lose 50-70% of the forest. That would release between 200 and 250bn tonnes of carbon dioxide between 2050 and 2100..."
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apparently Robert kagan, a huge war hawk, thinks that a war with Iran can lead directly to Trump domestic military dictatorship using terror bombings as a predicate
pretty bleak! glad he realized this is an intensifying risk
pretty bleak! glad he realized this is an intensifying risk
June 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
apparently Robert kagan, a huge war hawk, thinks that a war with Iran can lead directly to Trump domestic military dictatorship using terror bombings as a predicate
pretty bleak! glad he realized this is an intensifying risk
pretty bleak! glad he realized this is an intensifying risk
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Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: F&%k!
“Things aren’t just getting worse. They’re getting worse faster,” said study co-author Zeke Hausfather of the tech firm Stripe and the climate monitoring group Berkeley Earth. “We’re actively moving in the wrong direction..."
apnews.com/article/clim...
“Things aren’t just getting worse. They’re getting worse faster,” said study co-author Zeke Hausfather of the tech firm Stripe and the climate monitoring group Berkeley Earth. “We’re actively moving in the wrong direction..."
apnews.com/article/clim...
Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the Earth will be pretty much locked into hitting the internationally agreed upon...
apnews.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: F&%k!
“Things aren’t just getting worse. They’re getting worse faster,” said study co-author Zeke Hausfather of the tech firm Stripe and the climate monitoring group Berkeley Earth. “We’re actively moving in the wrong direction..."
apnews.com/article/clim...
“Things aren’t just getting worse. They’re getting worse faster,” said study co-author Zeke Hausfather of the tech firm Stripe and the climate monitoring group Berkeley Earth. “We’re actively moving in the wrong direction..."
apnews.com/article/clim...
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Where is God when children are (still) starving? www.theneweuropean.co.uk/nigel-warbur...
Everyday Philosophy: Where is God when children are starving?
Atheists have a simple answer: it is evidence that God doesn’t exist, while believers say the gift of human free will brings with it the possibility of doing evil
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Where is God when children are (still) starving? www.theneweuropean.co.uk/nigel-warbur...
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Your 'moment of doom' for Apr. 1, 2025 ~ Very wrong.
"the new research had looked at the likely impact of global heating of 4°C – seen by many climate experts as catastrophic for the planet – finding it would make the average person 40% poorer."
"the new research had looked at the likely impact of global heating of 4°C – seen by many climate experts as catastrophic for the planet – finding it would make the average person 40% poorer."
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows
Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Apr. 1, 2025 ~ Very wrong.
"the new research had looked at the likely impact of global heating of 4°C – seen by many climate experts as catastrophic for the planet – finding it would make the average person 40% poorer."
"the new research had looked at the likely impact of global heating of 4°C – seen by many climate experts as catastrophic for the planet – finding it would make the average person 40% poorer."