Month: August 2021

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The Daily Signal - Afghanistan Pullout Deadline Is Here. What Happens Next?

After 20 years in Afghanistan, the American military was set to complete its evacuation from Kabul by Tuesday, leaving behind a nation under Taliban control. 


“It’s a sad geopolitical irony that the Taliban will control more of Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2021, than it did on Sept. 11, 2001, Luke Coffey, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Foreign Policy, says. 


The Biden administration's poor handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will cause adversaries to push “the envelope a little bit more,” Coffey says, adding that even “America's friends are questioning U.S. resolve” on the international stage. 


Panjshir is the only one of Afghanistan's 34 provinces under the control of a resistance movement led by Ahmad Shah Massoud Jr. 


Coffey says Shah Massoud Jr. “is probably, right now, the best hope in terms of slowly turning the tide against the Taliban.”


Coffey joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to address concerns over Americans who remain trapped in Afghanistan and to explain the potential ramifications of the withdrawal. 


We also cover these stories:

  • Hurricane Ida tears through southeastern Louisiana, leaving over 1 million without power.
  • The European Union recommends suspension of all nonessential travel from America. 
  • China bans the playing of video games beyond three hours a week.


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African Tech Roundup - UNAJUA S5 E2: Can technology disrupt Nigeria’s open drug markets? ft. Vivian Nwakah

In this UNAJUA episode, Vivian Nwakah offers insight into the dynamics of Nigeria's open drug markets. Vivian highlights the counterintuitive ways that drug regulation affects the supply-side logistics of local and international drug producers. She believes that the intelligent use of technological solutions in the supply process will allow for medications to be sourced and distributed more safely and reliably. Vivian Nwakah is the co-founder & CEO of Medsaf, an enterprise pharma supply chain startup based in Lagos, Nigeria. Vivian is a serial entrepreneur and strategist and whose accolades include recognition by Forbes, the British Royal Family, and the Women in Africa Initiative. Click here (https://telbee.io/channel/uuatbnkraty1vn-nkazpcg/index.html) to leave us a 60-sec voice note with your reactions to any of the topics raised in the UNAJUA Series. (We will include some of your audio takes in future follow-up episodes.) EARN $ATRU TOKEN: Click here(https://bit.ly/ATRUToken) to complete the form and earn your $ATRU. SUPPORT US: Support our independent media-making efforts by becoming a Patreon (https://www.africantechroundup.com/patreon/). Image Credits: Mika Baumeister (Unsplash)
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Short Wave - You Mite Want To Shower After This

It's Day 2 of our trip down Maddie Sofia memory lane! Today's encore episode is all about how you're never really alone.

We look at the tiny mites that live on your skin — including your face. They come out at night and mate. And we're not totally sure what they eat. See? Don't you feel better already?

Researcher Megan Thoemmes tells us about the lives of these eight-legged creatures — and what they can tell us about ourselves.

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Exploring the magic of instant python refactoring with Sourcery

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Our lifeboat badge of the week, fittingly, goes to Martin Evans, for explaining how to parse an integer from a string in Python.

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It Could Happen Here - Part One: Welcome to the Ecological Resistance

Garrison travels to Northern Minnesota to attend an Earth Firsth! gathering in the woods to learn about the history of green resistance. While there they end up tagging along with a support caravan to a nearby StopLine3 camp under attack from the cops.

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Opening Arguments - OA521: Knowledge Fight Explains the Owen Shroyer Grift

Our friends Dan and Jordan from the Knowledge Fight podcast are here to break down a creative grift being pulled off by Owen Shroyer. Who tf is Owen Shroyer, Thomas asks? He's an Alex Jones wannabe who has raised $250,000 to defend himself against... basically some made up BS. Listen and enjoy this hilarious breakdown! Links: Shroyer indictment, 18 US Code § 1752, 40 US Code § 5104 - Unlawful activities, 2018 Sentencing Guidelines Manual, addendum order, 28 CFR § 50.10 reporter policy

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - New Book Shows Chicago’s Sullivan High School As A Haven For Refugee Teenagers

At Sullivan High School on Chicago’s North Side, more than 40 languages are spoken and students hail from over 50 countries. As world events force residents to leave their home countries and flee to America for safety, the school’s population demographics tend to change. Journalist and author Elly Fishman joins ‘Reset’ to discuss what makes Sullivan High so special as she documents in her new book, ‘Refugee High: Coming Of Age In America.’
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Pod Save America - “Resignation Dogs.”

The war in Afghanistan is almost over after a massive evacuation and a horrifying terrorist attack, Republican politicians use the tragedy as a pretense to call for Joe Biden’s impeachment, and NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray talks to Jon Lovett about the Supreme Court’s decision to block the administration’s eviction moratorium and Stephen Breyer’s latest comments about his possible retirement.




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Consider This from NPR - How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires

A federal bankruptcy judge says he'll rule Wednesday in the case of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin. The company is owned by the Sackler family, who are at the center of a national reckoning over the deadly opioid epidemic.

NPR addiction correspondent Brian Mann has been covering the story of Purdue Pharma for years, and explains how the Sacklers may emerge from Purdue's bankruptcy proceedings with their personal fortunes in tact. Find more of Brian's reporting here or follow him on Twitter @BrianMannADK.


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