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Walkies could become the law for German dog owners

Ignorance About Covid-19 Risk Is ‘Nothing Short of Stunning,’ Research Report Says; Huge Age Variance – Wirepoints

Chicks shipped by mail are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars

Rutherford County Schools Tell Parents Not to Monitor Their Child’s Virtual Classrooms

A statistical study of more than 8,000 compositions shows how the flow of time distinguishes music from noise

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How bad is covid really? (A Swedish doctor’s perspective)

Scenes From The Destruction of New York City

Students at Binghamton University are calling on the school to reinstate its Safe Ride program during late night to early morning hours. The calls come just two months after the university announced plans to defund the police.

BLM mob beats white man unconscious after making him crash truck:

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NYC promised to ban teacher ‘rubber rooms’ — they went underground instead

When Authority Vanishes

U.S. Woefully Unprepared for a Blackout Like India’s: Analysis

USDOT Sued For Failure to Enforce Federal Law and Prevent Highway Protests

Hurricane-force storm in Iowa flattens 10 million acres of crops

‘Extreme dysfunction’: New York City dropped $52M on a coronavirus hospital that served fewer than 80 patients and Chicago Spent $66 Million On A Coronavirus Facility That Treated 38 Patients—Total

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Joe Biden’s Mask Mandate Is Only The Beginning

Syracuse University Warns Students That They May Be Punished For Not Acting To Confront “Bias Motivated” Speech or Conduct

Insane Model Means Colorado’s COVID-19 Policies Are Essentially Based On Tarot Cards

Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America

Local Residents Push Back Against Violence, Looting In Neighborhoods Across The Country

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Xi calls on Chinese not to waste food as crop shortage fears grow

Foxconn says trade war means China can no longer be ‘the world’s factory’

Who Owned the Chemicals that Blew Up Beirut? No One Will Say

More companies are adopting paid menstrual leave policies

Its not cultural appropriation when they do it. Snark aside, I wish they had focused more on the guy recreating American work wear from the 50s How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better

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What’s wrong with the mail

Coming soon, to a country near you Note: UK deaths per million are at 685 and US is at 500. Assuming (and it is a dangerous assumption for a couple of reasons) that we hit the drop off point at similar level then we have a ways to go yet. Sweden seems to have hit it around the 570 mark and we are a lot closer to that. But a lot depends on how you count COVID deaths among other things.

Report: New York State’s Corona Nursing Home Deaths Under-Counted By Thousands

NPR fires weatherman for comparing Seattle riots to Germany in 1938 on his personal blog

Nothing noteworthy in this article except the chart was kinda of cool. Why Beirut’s ammonium nitrate blast was so devastating

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The price of peace: Why Japan scrapped a $4.2bn US missile system

Why Are Children Less Susceptible to COVID-19?

Arrest of Wagner Mercenaries in Belarus: Foiled Coup or Political Theater?

When Poland saved Europe

If clear chains of command and simple clear ideas are the key to success, what does this interview tell you? A View from the CT Foxhole: Chris Costa, Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism