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Putin's murder habit

mercredi 30 août 2023 à 00:03

Putin has a protracted habit of murdering his enemies, rivals, and critics.

Antisocial media and disinformation

mercredi 30 août 2023 à 00:03

The main antisocial media companies are opening the gates to disinformation of all kinds, including Republican disinformation, Russian disinformation and Chinese disinformation.

(Satire) Extreme heat not safe for shootings

mercredi 30 août 2023 à 00:03

(satire) *Texas Cancels School Over Concerns Extreme Heat Not Safe Environment For Shootings.*

Federal Reserve ignoring recession risks

mercredi 30 août 2023 à 00:03

The head of the Federal Reserve intends to keep pursuing inflation to the ends of the earth, and never mind the risk of causing a recession.

Inuit coastal zone

mercredi 30 août 2023 à 00:03

Inuit on the Arctic coast of Canada are managing a protected coastal zone. That is a useful thing to do: it will delay regional damage from global heating, giving humanity somewhat more time to carry out the long-term global fix: to greatly reduce greenhouse emissions.

However, the article's headline seems to have been written by someone inclined to formulate issues in terms of racial conflict: "The Inuit plan to reclaim their sea."

It is a mistake to describe the Inuit as "the Arctic's first people"; archaeology shows that they spread across the Arctic less than 1000 years ago, replacing an unrelated people we call the Dorset culture.

Was that an instance of colonization? We can't judge that question, since we don't know how or why the replacement took place. But this lack of knowledge is enough to show that we shouldn't model the past based on the roles various groups have played in recent history.