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September 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Yet politicians in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and others peddle the xenophobic line that it's migrants and minorities. Which is distraction, and leads only in one direction.
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Yet politicians in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and others peddle the xenophobic line that it's migrants and minorities. Which is distraction, and leads only in one direction.
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Japanese health officials will soon open the doors wider for foreign health workers to provide in-home nursing care, Nikkei has learned, in a bid to ease the labor shortage in the field. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Jap...
Japan to let more foreigners provide in-home nursing care
Specified skilled workers, technical trainees to receive the green light in April
asia.nikkei.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Japanese health officials will soon open the doors wider for foreign health workers to provide in-home nursing care, Nikkei has learned, in a bid to ease the labor shortage in the field. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Jap...
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The World Health Organization calculates that measles vaccinations saved 60 million lives, 2000-2023. On Thursday, CDC scientists were forbidden to co-author papers with WHO colleagues.
Other attacks on science + what to do about them in this week's debrief buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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Other attacks on science + what to do about them in this week's debrief buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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Week 6
Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed
buttondown.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The World Health Organization calculates that measles vaccinations saved 60 million lives, 2000-2023. On Thursday, CDC scientists were forbidden to co-author papers with WHO colleagues.
Other attacks on science + what to do about them in this week's debrief buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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Other attacks on science + what to do about them in this week's debrief buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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"The people leading this assault on science and democracy want us to feel overwhelmed. They want us to give up. Let’s not."
Today at Last Word On Nothing I explain why now, more than ever, it's important to seek joy and the beauty of the natural world. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/02/26/e...
The Last Word On Nothing | Experiencing Joy While the World Burns
www.lastwordonnothing.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"The people leading this assault on science and democracy want us to feel overwhelmed. They want us to give up. Let’s not."
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Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
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“The poll, published on Monday and conducted by YouGov for The Times newspaper, showed Reform – which promises to “freeze immigration” to the UK – taking the lead for the first time in a major public opinion survey.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform Party leads in UK poll for first time
If a general election were held tomorrow, 25 percent of British voters would choose Reform, YouGov poll suggests.
www.aljazeera.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“The poll, published on Monday and conducted by YouGov for The Times newspaper, showed Reform – which promises to “freeze immigration” to the UK – taking the lead for the first time in a major public opinion survey.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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Solidarity with everyone in Germany today protesting the rise and gradual normalization of the far-right: apnews.com/article/germ...
Thousands protest the rise of German far right ahead of Feb. 23 general election
Thousands of Germans have protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party ahead of a Feb. 23 general election.
apnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Solidarity with everyone in Germany today protesting the rise and gradual normalization of the far-right: apnews.com/article/germ...
January 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Moo Deng in my neighbourhood park
December 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Moo Deng in my neighbourhood park
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imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin