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Event |
| 2:37a |
Temptation to deal with social situations by lying
Writing about the temptation to deal with social situations by lying,
and on learning to refuse to fall into it.
One of the most painful kinds of situations for me is when a parent
pressures me to support a lie to per child — for instance, the lie
that Santa Claus exists. When I have yielded to such pressure I have
felt ashamed for a long time after.
And don't assume that "social lies" avoid hurting feelings. If your
friend is aware of the tendency for people to make false excuses such
as "I'm busy" rather than state a truth that might hurt, perse will
tend to wonder whether the excuse is a disguise for a saddening truth
that perse suspects. Even when the truth isn't that, perse will worry
that it is.
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| 2:37a |
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain
*Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are
hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates.*
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| 2:37a |
RFK jr may try to cut off availability of mifepristone
RFK jr may try to cut off availability of mifepristone in the US,
using as an excuse an unsubstantiated claim that it is dangerous.
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| 2:37a |
Cost of meeting Australia's greenhouse gas goal
Fossil fuel lobbyists claim that achieving Australia's greenhouse gas goal
would cost half a trillion dollars. I expect that the cost to Australia
of global climate disaster would be far more.
No one country can protect itself from global climate disaster by itself. They need to do it together. Australia can't make other
countries choose survival. What it needs to do is convince them.
I think that taking the issue seriously in its own actions has a
chance of succeeding.
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| 2:37a |
Brazen lies of saboteur in chief
* Most alarming are the brazen lies of the likes of [the saboteur in
chief], who has called climate science "a giant hoax", "a scam" and
"bullshit" [he] and many of his influential supporters in
business and politics are well aware of the global heating risks
and are responding in a way that suggests they think their best
hope for survival is to build up their wealth, consider invading
cooler neighboring countries, such as Canada and Greenland, and
prepare their doomsday bunkers.*
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| 2:37a |
Bottom-trawling putting deep-sea sharks in danger of extinction
Bottom-trawling is putting deep-sea sharks in danger of extinction,
and sea-bottom mining could finish the job.
Many of these species have never been observed live in their habitat.
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| 2:37a |
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| 2:37a |
Up to 600 military lawyers to serve as immigration judges
*Pentagon sending up to 600 military lawyers to serve as immigration judges.*
Hiring more immigration judges is a sensible way to reduce (over time)
the number of asylum-seekers waiting for a decision. But I fear that
these will be untrained in non-military law, and chosen for right-wing
bias.
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| 2:37a |
Regulatory barriers for new Covid-19 vaccines
The antivaxxer has "approved" the new versions of Covid-19 vaccines,
but most Americans will face regulatory barriers that are likely to be
prohibitive.
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| 8:37a |
Wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ
*"Landmines have become the greatest protectors": how wildlife is
thriving in the
Korean DMZ.* |
| 8:37a |
UK's failure to act
A non-state British inquiry into Britain's conduct towards Israel and it's
atrocities in Gaza revealed a series of accusations of failing to try
to end them, and
sometimes assisting them. |
| 8:37a |
Loss of koala habitat
Endangered species law in Australia has failed to slow the
accelerating destruction of
koala habitat.
A new national
park may help. |
| 8:37a |
Trump’s new history exhibit
The bullshitter is, reportedly, responsible for a false history lesson
which shows founding fathers saying things
they are not recorded to
have said. |
| 8:37a |
Unicef malnutrition treatment
Unicef is running malnutrition treatment in Gaza. In the past 2 weeks,
7,000 additional young children
have started treatment.
It is a good surprise that Unicef is able to do this.
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