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Einstein Made Them Do It

CounterPunch 

Teaser: If you are Einstein, you can get away with telling kids to read fairy tales as groundwork for becoming scientists. In our STEM-fixated age where science is all-encompassing and the humanities are relegated to the status of Cinderellas, advice from a leading scientist that kids should read fairy tales is refreshing.  Attributed to Albert More

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Unfurling Love from the Window

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On April 30, when Columbia University student protesters took over Hamilton Hall, they renamed it “Hind’s Hall,” dropping a large banner out the windows above the building’s entrance. This was a hall famously occupied by students in the 1968 protests against the Vietnam War and against Jim Crow racism in the United States. The students are More

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Israel’s Battle Against Free Speech: The Shuttering of Al Jazeera

CounterPunch 

“Politics,” as the harsh, albeit successful German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck claimed, “is the art of the possible, the attainable – the art of the next best.”  To that should be added the stark awareness of being prudent, gingerly wise, appropriately cautious.  Mind how you go in avoiding any foolishness on the way. Going after the motley More

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Gold prices rally ahead of Akshaya Tritiya. What investors should know?

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

The precious metal has surged approximately 20%, hitting a record high of $2,431 per ounce in the international market on April 12 and exceeding Rs 74,000 in the Indian market due to strong purchases by central banks and demand from retail investors amid growing geopolitical tensions.

Non-Silent Spring: Cornell’s Slope Day, 2024

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Cornell University in central New York State commands a spectacular position above the city of Ithaca with Lake Cayuga stretching out of sight to the north. The Cornell alma mater casts higher education in literal terms, first, “Far above Cayuga’s waters”; then, in the second stanza, “Far above …the bustling town.” With altitude comes power. More

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Plastic Pollution is a Crime Against People and the Planet

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Louisiana’s “River Parishes,” located along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, shoulder some of the worst industry impacts in the United States. As a result, this region has acquired a grim reputation as “Cancer Alley.” Stretching across 85 miles of rural land along both banks of the Mississippi River are around 200 industrial More

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Anatomy of a Wolf Torturer

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Sadism is the word that psychoanalysts use to describe the specific malformation of manhood in the recent merciless and prideful torture and killing of a gray wolf. The young female was rendered helpless by her killer when he cravenly duct-taped her mouth shut, after he’d run over her with a snowmobile. The gleeful smile on More

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Palestinian Resistance: Upsetting the U.S.-Israel Apple Cart

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Students on campuses across the United States have “upset the U.S.-Israel military apartheid applecart” — a plan long in the making whose aim has been Israeli control over all of historic Palestine.  Israel’s plan to claim every inch of it is stated unequivocally in the Likud Party Platform of 1977.  It reads, “between the Sea and the Jordan More

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'Ate parathas with butter & forgot to...': Ex-player on drop catches

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports) 

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra criticized drop catches in the Indian Premier League 2024 match by Punjab Kings, highlighting them as costly errors. Chopra praised Kohli's ability to capitalize on opportunities and warned against granting him even a slight reprieve. The match was a commanding victory for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

UEFA Europa League & Conference League Highlights – 9 May 2024

Footballorgin 

All the goals and talking points from the Europa League semi-final 2nd leg fixtures, including Bayer Leverkusen v Roma and Atalanta v Marseille. Source 2 Beware of lots of unwanted pop-up advertisements. Not hosted by us and have no control over|