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History, politics & media |Traveler exploring places, stories & cultures | Connecting ideas, people & perspectives.
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RIP President Jimmy Carter
December 29, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”

“We love because it's the only true adventure.”

“If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.”

RIP Nikki Giovanni.
December 10, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Think the Cop29 climate summit doesn’t matter? Here are five things you should know www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 24, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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A huddle of Little Bee-eaters…

📍Kigali, Rwanda.

#birds #NaturePhotography #Wildlife
November 18, 2024 at 5:04 AM
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Hydropower is the world’s most widely used form of renewable energy, propelling development in South America, parts of China and India, and much of sub-Saharan Africa.

But over the past two years, a wave of extreme droughts has wrought havoc on this critical energy supply.
Why hydropower is failing this nation — and could fail others
Warmer temperatures are fueling drought, making it harder for Zambia and other developing nations to generate hydropower.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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Breaking News: President Biden authorized the first use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said. His decision is a major change in U.S. policy.
Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles
With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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I was cleaning out my phone and came across this. Seems like a good reminder 🖤
November 15, 2024 at 5:36 AM
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Mike Tyson, légende de la boxe, battu par le youtubeur Jake Paul à Arlington
Mike Tyson, légende de la boxe, battu par le youtubeur Jake Paul à Arlington
Après s’être montré en jambes et dangereux pendant deux rounds, Mike Tyson est apparu affaibli et a été largement dominé par son jeune adversaire, vainqueur à l’unanimité des juges après huit rounds de deux minutes.
www.lemonde.fr
November 16, 2024 at 7:03 AM
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Gaël Faye, écrivain : « Aujourd’hui, je ne suis plus écartelé entre le Rwanda et la France »
Gaël Faye, écrivain : « Aujourd’hui, je ne suis plus écartelé entre le Rwanda et la France »
« Je ne serais pas arrivé là si…  » Chaque semaine, « Le Monde » interroge une personnalité sur un moment décisif de son existence. L’écrivain franco-rwandais, récompensé, lundi, par le prestigieux prix Renaudot, se souvient du jour où il a été confronté…
www.lemonde.fr
November 10, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
We need to get back to reading and critical thinking
Because 2024 feels different from 2016.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM