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  1. Oct 2023
    1. West is by far the most unequivocal in his denunciation of the Democratic and Republican parties as dominated by big money and corporate wealth. He is no less emphatic in his condemnation of Israeli occupation and domination of Palestinians, and in his condemnation of the militarization of American foreign policy. Democratic leaders seem to fear that he might siphon off just enough black and leftist votes from Biden to give Trump a winning margin.
  2. Aug 2023
  3. Jul 2023
    1. Die Weltwetterorganisation WMO hat festgestellt, dass mit 90% Wahrscheinlichkeit die zweite Jahreshälfte von einem El Niño-Phänomen geprägt sein wird. Die WMO ruft die Regierungen auf, sich auf hohe Temperaturen und Extremwetter-Ereignisse einzustellen..Der Standardartikel geht auf weitere Berichte der WMO, in diesem Jahr beobachtete Temperatur-Anomalien und auf das El Nino Phänomen selbst ein.

      https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000177455/el-nino-ist-da--und-duerfte-fuer-neue-temperaturrekorde-sorgenren-hohe-temperaturen-werden-erwartet

  4. Jul 2022
  5. Feb 2022
    1. Glenn Youngkin, the newly elected governor of Virginia, created a tip line that parents can use to report teachers whose classes cover “inherently divisive concepts, including critical race theory.”

      Critical thinking can provoke people into "divisive" considerations. Such a tip line makes it pretty easy to disrupt any attempt to 'teach kids to think [critically]'

      Just one or two such efforts aren't too worrisome, but this might portend a broad change in the mission of education, from humanistic flourishing to the production of a compliant populace.