Will "Build Back Better" Stop Subsidizing Destruction?
Scientists are urging President Biden to remove logging, fossil fuels, and biomass subsidies from the "Build Back Better" bills.A Play With an All-dog Cast?
The 1986 play "Going to the Dogs" is the only play ever to have featured an all-dog cast. It was not well received.
From the Department of Justice: "Cameroonian Citizen Extradited from Romania Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud Online Purchasers of Pets"
Benjamin Banneker, Cicada Scientist
Benjamin Banneker— a free African-American in 18th-century Maryland — was one of the first naturalists to record scientific information and observations of the Brood X 17-year cicada. Read his remarkable story at the link -- worth it!200 Years of School Vaccines
The first time kids had to get a vaccine to go to school was over 200 years ago. The disease? Smallpox. For 40 years, all 50 states have required that parents, if they want to enroll their kids in ANY school in the U.S., public or private, must vaccinate them.Stacey Abrams Wipes Out $212 Million in Medical Debt
Stacey Abrams has paid off medical debts owed by 108,000 people in Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Her Fair Fight Political Action Committee donated $1.34 million to the nonprofit organization RIP Medical Debt to clear debts that carried a face value of $212 million.
The Epic Adventures of Aleksander Doba
Aleksander Doba first tried kayaking at age 34, and his first solo paddle across the Atlantic was at age 65 from Senegal to Brazil in 2010 (5394 kilometers). In 2013, at age 67, he paddled from Lisbon (Portugal) to New Smyrna Beach, Florida. In 2017, at age 71, Doba completed his third solo transatlantic kayak paddling from Le Conquet, France to Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. A parachutist, bicyclist, and glider enthusiast, Doba died while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on February 22, 2021. After reaching the top of the peak, he asked for a two-minute break before posing for a photo. He then sat down on a rock and "just fell asleep" and never woke up.When Fighting Racism Was Prosecuted as Sedition
America is so racist that fighting racism is often seen as fighting America. A case in point: In 1954, Carl and Anne Braden purchased a home on behalf of a young black family in Louisville, Kentucky. That act touched off weeks of racial violence and led to Carl Braden being sentenced to 15 years in prison for sedition.Spiders are Not Dumb
Like earthworms, they can think better than you imagine.
Imagine finding a hoard 2,516 gold coins weighing over 40 pounds, and worth over $870,000 in metal alone.
Sexagesimal, or the "base 60" numeral system originated with the Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, and is why we have 60 seconds and 60 minutes as well as 360 degrees.
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