starkd

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931.
MacArthur and VJ Day(realclearhistory.com)
1 points by starkd 5y ago|0 comments
932.
Biden’s Alliance with Big Tech Shows a Power Shift(bloombergquint.com)
1 points by starkd 5y ago|0 comments
933.
Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898(rarehistoricalphotos.com)
337 points by starkd 5y ago|171 comments
934.
UK is considering bringing Afghan special forces from Kabul into British army(yahoo.com)
2 points by starkd 5y ago|0 comments
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How the National Review Sold Its Soul to Google(emeralddb3.substack.com)
1 points by starkd 5y ago|0 comments
936.
Reducing sugar in packaged foods can prevent disease in millions(eurekalert.org)
236 points by starkd 5y ago|170 comments
937.
by starkd 5y ago
The new information is that jury selection begins next week.
938.
Silicon Valley's biggest fraud is on trial(axios.com)
40 points by starkd 5y ago|40 comments
939.
Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them(newscientist.com)
3 points by starkd 5y ago|1 comments
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1 in 5 medical researchers reports pressure from funders to change study results(upi.com)
6 points by starkd 5y ago|1 comments
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The Taliban may have seized biometric data that can ID US allies in Afghanistan(theverge.com)
9 points by starkd 5y ago|1 comments
942.
by starkd 5y ago
Can lab-grown brains become conscious? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02986-y
943.
Giant Lair of Bones, Including Human, Discovered in Gruesome Saudi Arabian Cave(sciencealert.com)
1 points by starkd 5y ago|0 comments
944.
by starkd 5y ago
Also, vestigial toes are usually removed in infancy, or sooner rather than later. If you wait too long, they have a harder times getting shoes to fit.
945.
by starkd 5y ago
link here: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-confirms-neanderthals...
946.
Controversial Cave Art Was Painted by Neanderthals(remodernreview.wordpress.com)
2 points by starkd 5y ago|1 comments
947.
by starkd 5y ago
When credit is cheap, everything becomes an investment. Because, hey, why not?
948.
by starkd 5y ago
All well and good. Unless the system is so good it puts everyone to sleep.
949.
by starkd 5y ago
I think many already have. In fact, there's a long history of looking the other way. New York Times reporters and columnists actively covered up Stalin's atrocities for years.
950.
by starkd 5y ago
The best hope for treating addicts is urging people not to get into it. The sad fact is that even the relatively successful treatment programs require the motivation of the addict to get better, because there really is no other treatment.
951.
I Am Not a Progressive(michaelshellenberger.substack.com)
19 points by starkd 5y ago|16 comments
952.
by starkd 5y ago
this is why I refuse to get into the habit of using a smart phone. I'm totally against child porn, but, while doing nothing to fight child porn, it will allow a foothold to eventually scan for who knows what. Criminals will easily e
953.
by starkd 5y ago
There seems to be an ethos in tech that says if you can do something to prevent this evil in society you are obliged to do it. No consideration for underlying principles, and no distinction between what are values and what are principles.
954.
by starkd 5y ago
I don't think the concern is scanning and uploading images. This could be justified in some cases. But once you open this door, it can easily expand to scan for other things. And people don't always read the notices for every up
955.
by starkd 5y ago
I get the sense you will either think this is the most wonderful place on earth or the most miserable place. Not much in between. The photos look clean, new and very cosmopolitan, but it's a very anodyne sterile look to it. Like a co
956.
by starkd 5y ago
I hate to think that about a teachers, but it sure looks that way.
957.
by starkd 5y ago
Friend from Bulgaria was telling me about the annual recruits for the required conscription into the army. Most were illiterate peasants. There ancestors had been illiterate since time immemorial.
958.
by starkd 5y ago
Happening in Oregon too https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/08/gov-kate-brown-s...
959.
by starkd 5y ago
That's a shame. Recess and play offer some of the best learning experiences. Our schools are beginning to resemble prisons. Heads down, sit up straight, stare at computer all day.
960.
by starkd 5y ago
Many in teachers' unions don't want to be rated on how badly public schools are doing. It's not all the fault of teachers, granted, but incentives of the union here is not always aligned with the students. Many don't w

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