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Six surprising places solar power is taking off – DW – 10/19/2025

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 14h

Six surprising places solar power is taking off.
www.dw.com/en/shiny-pot...

From rooftops and roads to farmers' fields and the open sea, solar power can already be captured almost anywhere. The next frontier? Harnessing the sun's energy in space to power life on Earth.

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 1d

Influencer embeds are now fixtures of the administration’s media strategy–a content mill for consensus, flooding social media feeds with state-sanctioned clips and patriotic spectacle. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent piece (gift article) from Fareed Zakaria: If Trump continues to treat Beijing the way he treats the Gulf, America will discover that the art of the deal is no substitute for the architecture of strategy. wapo.st/42JzwJw

Opinion | China is growling. Bravado won’t stop it.

The art of the deal is no substitute for strategy.

What role for Arab powers in shaping postwar Gaza? – DW – 10/17/2025

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 1d

What role for Arab powers in shaping postwar Gaza? www.dw.com/en/what-role...

Egypt and Qatar remain central to shaping Gaza's postwar future. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been outspoken in calling for the disarmament of Hamas as a prerequisite for their support.

Opinion | Two Middle East Negotiators Assess Trump’s Israel-Hamas Deal

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 1d

This (gift article) is an excellent overview of Trump’s Israel-Hamas Deal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o...

Opinion | Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This.

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 1d

This is an important piece (gift article) detailing the extent of Trump’s corruption: Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o...

Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease (Gift Article)

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 2d

A very debilitating disease: Sue Goldie has Parkinson’s disease (gift article) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?

Digital violence against women is a scourge

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 2d

From ⁦‪Kingston Whig Standard’s ⁦‪ @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social: Digital violence disenfranchises women and girls, silencing them online whilst reinforcing harmful societal norms that subjugate them and exacerbate gender-based violence in the physical world. www.thewhig.com/opinion/digi...

Digital violence disenfranchises women and girls, silencing them online whilst reinforcing harmful societal norms that subjugate them.

www.thewhig.com

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 4d

Grain harvests in the "world's breadbasket" have dropped by a quarter since Russia's invasion. More than three years on, Ukraine's role in global food security endures despite disrupted ports and captured farmland. www.dw.com/en/world-foo...

World Food Day: Is Ukraine still feeding the world? – DW – 10/15/2025

Grain harvests in the "world's breadbasket" have dropped by a quarter since Russia's invasion. More than three years on, Ukraine's role in global food security endures despite disrupted ports and capt...

Strings, Symmetry, and the Shape of Space: The Physics of Shiraz Minwalla

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 8d

Strings, Symmetry, and the Shape of Space: The Physics of Shiraz Minwalla
Writer: Colin Hunter

An alum of Princeton and Harvard, Shiraz Minwalla returned home to Mumbai to tackle the fundamental physics questions that animate him. www.firstprinciples.org/article/stri...

With a deep passion for physics, Shiraz Minwalla investigates the complexities of black holes, grey galaxies, and beyond.

www.firstprinciples.org

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 8d

Lithuania's startups are on the rise with fintechs showing the way. There's hope the sector could become an economic backbone. But more young tech companies will need to take the leap. www.dw.com/en/tech-zity...

Tech Zity set to crown Lithuania's bustling startup scene – DW – 10/11/2025

Lithuania's startups are on the rise with fintechs showing the way. There's hope the sector could become an economic backbone. But more young tech companies will need to take the leap.

‘Run like a girl’ to defeat misogyny

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 9d

Kingston Whig Standard’s⁦‪ @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social reports an interesting interview with Catherine McKenna on her current interests outside the political arena and her new memoir in which she defends the right of women to participate fully in public life.
www.thewhig.com/opinion/run-...

Catherine McKenna is busy these days fighting the good fight on behalf of women and the environment.

www.thewhig.com

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Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 9d

Inuit-led solution aims to avoid killing of Marineland’s 30 belugas nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...

Inuit-led solution aims to avoid killing of Marineland’s 30 belugas

A Nunavik man says Inuit leaders should step in to provide habitat to 30 beluga whales at Marineland that are at risk of being euthanized because the amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont. can’t afford...

nunatsiaq.com

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 10d

Bala Cranberry Festival www.muskokaregion.com/news/experie...

Experience tradition at the Bala Cranberry Festival: What to expect at Muskoka’s largest annual festival

Check the website for ticket pricing and updated details

www.muskokaregion.com

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 12d

Can Israelis and Palestinians reconcile after Gaza war? www.dw.com/en/can-israe...

Can Israelis and Palestinians reconcile after Gaza war? – DW – 10/07/2025

Relations between Israelis and Palestinians are at an all-time low. DW asked conflict researchers and opinion pollsters about possible ways out of a seemingly impossible situation.

Dispelling the New Disinformation Around Autism - Policy Magazine

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 12d

Dispelling the New Disinformation Around Autism www.policymagazine.ca/dispelling-t...

Honourable senators, October is Autism Spectrum Disorder Awareness month in Canada.

www.policymagazine.ca

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 12d

The Future of The Free Press - by Bari Weiss www.thefp.com/p/the-future...

The Future of The Free Press

The Free Press is joining Paramount.

www.thefp.com

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 14d

The military leadership of Hamas has been decimated, and it is unclear how many fighters the group still has. Still, it remains able to conduct guerrilla attacks. www.dw.com/en/hamas-str...

How strong is Hamas two years after October 7 attacks? – DW – 10/05/2025

The military leadership of Hamas has been decimated, and it is unclear how many fighters the group still has. Still, it remains able to conduct guerrilla attacks.

Where does Germany stand 35 years after reunification? – DW – 10/03/2025

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 16d

Where does Germany stand 35 years after reunification?
www.dw.com/en/where-doe...

There is still a wide gap between the former East and West Germany, even amongst young people who have only ever lived in a unified country. The new commissioner for eastern Germany attempts to explai...

JOHNSTON: America is on the path to dictatorship

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 17d

Kingston Whig Standard’s Geoffrey Johnston has a sober assessment of political direction in the USA. www.thewhig.com/opinion/john...

The United States is on the path to dictatorship as President Donald Trump continues to weaponize institutions against American citizens.

www.thewhig.com

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 19d

How Trump nearly doubled his support from Black voters (gift article) wapo.st/3IQ1egJ

Opinion | How Trump nearly doubled his support from Black voters

New data shows historic gains made by the president among this racial demographic.

Opinion | Two versions of Christianity battle for America’s soul

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 19d

Two versions of Christianity battle for America’s soul (gift article) wapo.st/4nXZZLr

Charlie Kirk’s memorial shows how politics is reshaping this religious faith.

Opinion | The real problem with Tylenol (it’s not autism)

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 19d

Sharing as gift article this important health warning: The real problem with Tylenol (it’s not autism).
Here’s why people need to be cautious about acetaminophen. wapo.st/4mIRmmX

Here’s why people need to be cautious about acetaminophen.

Opinion | There’s Only One Way to Win a Shutdown. Democrats Don’t Have What It Takes.

Robin MacNab @robinmacnab.bsky.social · 19d

Newt Gingrich: Why a shutdown favors Trump (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...