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Could the passage of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief package mark the end of the neoliberal era?

How the media grotesquely distorted the Atlanta massacres

NASA and SpaceX sign agreement on spaceflight safety

The US wood shortage can be traced to a decades-old beetle infestation in Canada

Australia Mice biting hospital patients, ravaging farms as plague escalates across NSW

FTC memos suggest Obama-era regulators passed on an opportunity to rein in Google when the company still had viable competitors.

A Brief List Of Official Russia Claims That Proved To Be Bogus

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How China’s attack on Microsoft escalated into a “reckless” hacking spree

Journalists Start Demanding Substack Censor its Writers: to Bar Critiques of Journalists

What will Biden’s ‘clean energy future’ look like? California’s sky-high energy prices and poverty rates sound a warning

Saudi Oil Exports Holding Strong Despite Production Cut Commitment

Andrew Cuomo Was Paid $65 for Every Book He Sold

PETA Defends Pro-Life Journalist From Planned Parenthood’s Anti-Free Speech Lawsuit

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I should have known the one year figure was too high. CDC estimated a one-year decline in life expectancy in 2020. Not so — try five days

Results, Not Headlines

FBI Memos Using Stefan Halper Released, Show FBI Targeting Effort Against Trump Campaign Using Any Means Possible

Bond Tantrum Is a Big Test of Central Banks’ Mettle

Is Google Locking Down Chrome to Resist the Rise of Chromium Based Browsers?

The Framers and the Framed: Notes On the Slate Star Codex Controversy

Though a gag order has been relaxed, little is known about the extent of the damage caused by a major oil spill to Israel’s marine ecosystems and beaches.

The tragicomedy at Smith College

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Texas was “seconds and minutes” away from catastrophic monthslong blackouts, officials say

Erbil Rocket Attacks: Iranian Munnition, Usual Suspects

‘Horrible’: Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopian holy city

Jobless Claims Jump to 861,000, Much Worse Than Expected

Facebook’s Ban on News in Australia Is Waking People Up

1.64 Billion: India’s Population Will Pass China in Six Years

How Lehigh University dealt with a professor’s uncomfortable commentary involving race and poverty.

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Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court

Biden Wants to Give States $350 Billion. Do They Still Need It?

You know there is only one right answer when you see a headline like this. The only question is did they get it right? Who Is The Worst Internet Provider In America?

Rivalry heats up between IDF, Mossad chiefs

Are the Uyghurs Safe in Turkey?

N.Y. Dems Consider Revoking Emergency Powers as Nursing Home Coverup Unravels

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These Are the Highest Resolution Photos Ever Taken of Snowflakes

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil

Cool story. But there is a lot about it that rings really false. I don’t doubt the CIA did something like this but I really doubt they got what this article claims they got out of it. Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite

Hedge Fund Manager Claims Victim Status; Claims “We Have to Work Together and Pull Together”

Scariest Headline Of the Year (although to be fair they did not quote her exactly right): Yellen: I Don’t See a Financial Crisis Occurring ‘In Our Lifetimes’