Month: April 2024

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The Intelligence from The Economist - The Intelligence: A civil society in waiting

The ruling military junta that seized power in a coup in 2021 is losing ground, slowly—and the rebels are now thinking about what happens if they win. We examine the structural reasons behind Britain’s dearth of industrial robots (10:22). And climate change boosts Canada’s yields of maple syrup, but also threatens to make them unpredictable (15:44).


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 4.29.24

Alabama

  • 2024 tornado season in AL results in far less twisters than last year
  • A bill heads to governor's desk that cracks down on squatters in homes/rentals
  • AL House passes bill requiring consent from next of kin on autopsy organ removal
  • Christians in Fairhope plans prayer walks in May ahead of June's PRIDE month
  • Elon Musk applies for money transmitter license here in the state
  • Rev. Rich Lusk talks about failure of church to train leaders in political arena

National

  • Midwesterners recover from onslaught of tornadoes over weekend in 6+ states
  • Police start removing pro-Hamas protestors camping on college campuses
  • CA Pastor calls for Christians to stop being silent and inactive re: cultural jihad
  • GOP congressman from FL abruptly ends 2024 re-election campaign
  • Trump gaining ground in NYC as he shows up daily for Manhattan trial
  • Unredacted docs in FL case against Trump show more deep state collusion
  • TN governor signs bill that allows teachers to conceal carry after training
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Start the Week - Alien life and gravity

The astrophysicist Professor Lisa Kaltenegger is like an explorer of old, but her voyage takes her far from earth, planet hunting across the universe. She is Director of the Carl Sagan Institute to Search for Life in the Cosmos at Cornell University, and in her new book Alien Earths she describes the very latest discoveries of exoplanets which are the best contenders for harbouring alien life.

Claudia de Rham is Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London and in her book The Beauty of Falling she tells the story of gravity. From her personal experience of diving in the ocean and freefalling over the earth, to exploring the limits of Einstein’s general theory of relativity she seeks to understand both the feeling and the fundamental nature of gravity.

If only all of physics could be so compelling! Professor Mark Fromhold is Head of Physics at Nottingham University and is campaigning for a change to the way pupils are taught, suggesting that quantum physics be incorporated into the curriculum. He argues that at present the subject is too earth-bound, and ‘dull as dishwater’.

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NBN Book of the Day - Robert Gerwarth, “November 1918: The German Revolution” (Oxford UP, 2020)

Was Weimar doomed from the outset?

In November 1918: The German Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2020), Robert Gerwarth argues that this is the wrong question to ask. Forget 1929 and 1933, the collapse of Imperial Germany began as a velvet revolution where optimism was as common as pessimism. A masterful synthesis told through diaries and memories, Gerwarth reminds us that contemporaries live events before we have them act out history.

Robert Gerwarth is Professor of Modern History at UCD and Director of the Centre for War Studies. He is the author of The Bismarck Myth (Oxford UP, 2005) and a biography of Reinhard Heydrich (Yale UP, 2011). His third monograph, The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End was published by Penguin (UK) and FSG (US) in the autumn of 2016.

Ryan Stackhouse is a historian of Europe specializing in modern Germany and political policing under dictatorship. His forthcoming book Enemies of the People: Hitler’s Critics and the Gestapo explores enforcement practices toward different social groups under Nazism. He also cohosts the Third Reich History Podcast and can be reached at john.ryan.stackhouse@gmail.com or @Staxomatix.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - White Feather Girls (Encore)

The First World War wasn’t just fought on the fields of France and Belgium. There were lesser battles fought on the homefronts of the nations which were fighting. 

In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, this battle was fought on the streets of cities and towns between men who didn’t wear a uniform and women who tried to shame them into joining the military. 

These street conflicts got so bad that the governments eventually had to take action. 

Learn more about the White Feather Girls and how they shaped World War One on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Tornado Outbreak, Dueling Protests & Rising Childcare Costs- Monday, April 29, 2024

The news to know for Monday, April 29, 2024!

We're telling you about a severe weather outbreak that left a trail of destruction across several states and where it is now.

Also, it was another dramatic weekend on college campuses as authorities tried to crack down on protests. 

Plus, highlights from what's known as nerd prom in the nation's capital, what federal investigators revealed about Tesla's autopilot, and who received one of the highest honors a movie star can get.

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What A Day - Biden Reiterates “Clear Position” Against Rafah Invasion In Latest Call With Netanyahu

President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to discuss developments in the latest round of cease-fire talks. The White House says Biden also “reiterated his clear position” against Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians have taken refuge since the start of the war in Gaza. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed back to the Middle East on Sunday ahead of meetings with Arab leaders this week.

And in headlines: Pro-Palestine protesters and counter-protesters supporting Israel clashed on UCLA’s campus Sunday morning, Biden roasted former President Donald Trump at Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner, and Republican vice presidential hopeful and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem writes about killing a puppy in her upcoming memoir.

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Opening Arguments - Just How Bad Were the Oral Arguments Re: Presidential Immunity?

Episode 1028

Can a former President of the United States be prosecuted for trying to overturn a democratic election? The Supreme Court just spent two hours and forty minutes (!) hearing a case in which they were supposed to be reviewing this simple question and Donald Trump’s claims of total immunity. We review the last oral argument of this term and try to cut through the bad faith, irrelevance, and misdirection to understand what is actually happening here and where it all might be going.

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Short Wave - How The New Catan Board Game Can Spark Conversations On Climate Change

Today, we're going full nerd to talk about a new board game — Catan: New Energies. The game's goal is simple: Build and develop a modern-day island without catastrophically polluting it. Although the concept mirrors the effects of climate change, those words don't actually appear in the game. NPR correspondent Nate Rott talks to Emily about the thinking behind the new game and how the developers hope it can start conversations around energy use and pollution.

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