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An Astrological Interlude: Brexit | John Michael Greer
Aug. 29, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- The noise and bustle generated by the ongoing three-ring circus of U.S. politics in the era of Trump can make it hard sometimes to notice that performances just as co ...
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Research methods that find serial criminals could help save tigers | Matthew Struebig, Freya St. John
Tiger on a trap camera. Credit: Matt Struebig Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, accordin ...
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Geologists uncover new clues about largest mass extinction ever | Michael Broadley
The photo depicts a sample of mantle xenolith, rock sections of the lithosphere that get captured by the passing magma and erupted to the surface during the volcanic explosion. Credit: Michael W. Bro ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- August 26, 2018 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Aug. 26, 2018 Aug. 28 4:30-5:30 p.m., Francis Gavin, Johns Hopkins University, "Rethinking American grand strategy in the age of Trump," ...
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Study finds flaw in emergent gravity | Lisa Zyga
Illustration of a three-dimensional hypersurface. Credit: Wang and Braunstein. Published in Nature Communications Aug. 10, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new paper undermines a key assumption of the theory of ...
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How Russian Trolls Neutralize Certain News | Xymena Kurowska & Anatoly Reshetnikov
Image credit: NYMag.com Aug. 8, 2018 (The Conversation) -- Russian "troll factories" have been making headlines for some time. First, as the Kremlin's digital guardians in the Russian blogosphere. Th ...
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The Kek Wars, Part Four: What Moves In The Darkness | John Michael Greer
Aug. 8, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- In last week’s thrilling episode of The Kek Wars, we saw how a band of outsiders linked by the network of online forums loosely called “the chans,” and armed with the ...
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Was the 2016 election legitimate? It's now definitely worth asking the question | Virginia Heffernan
Credit: Talking Points MemoJuly 28, 2018 (Los Angeles Times) -- We need to talk about a forbidden subject: the legitimacy of the current president. There’s been a code of silence around President Don ...
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Russia and the far right’s cozy affair | E.J. Dionne Jr.
Image: Los Angeles TimesJuly 29, 2018 (Washington Post) -- The links among Vladimir Putin, President Trump, and segments of both the Republican Party and the American conservative movement seem bizar ...
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The Kek Wars, Part Two: In the Shadow of the Cathedral | John Michael Greer
July 25, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- In last week’s thrilling episode of The Kek Wars, we talked about the way that America’s managerial aristocracy and its broad penumbra of lackeys and hangers-on retre ...
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The Massacre of Inn Din: How Rohingya Are Lynched and Held Responsible | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 18, 2018 “In my four years as High Commissioner, I have heard many preposterous claims. That claim is almost in its own category of absurdity. Ha ...
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