A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action "We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine.

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The Other Side of the Bitcoin: Crypto & Corruption w/Ben McKenzie | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Las hormigas operan sin egos ni jerarquías tradicionales. No usan lenguaje, sino estigmergia: modifican el entorno para disparar acciones colectivas. En este sistema, la unidad es la colonia y la coordinación emerge del ambiente, priorizando la eficiencia sobre la individualidad.

3D single-cell maps of embryos reveal "universal" geometry of blood vessels and nerves.

More here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 | Mark Karlinski, violin; Dina Vainshtein, piano YouTube video by Heifetz International Music Institute

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Béla Bartók for no reason.

TIL, I learned that this musical institute is in Staunton, Virginia: heifetzinstitute.org Nice.

Jaws 5 YouTube video by Fan of Family Guy

It's outside the door and has this voice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=60-W...

welcome home, Integrity

Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus

I have the autographed book on my desk. I keep eyeing it but need to finish the semester strong.

“Ramble On” - Robert Plant with Saving Grace (LIVE on The Late Show) YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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“After having their first child, women are 29% less likely to be employed at a university than if they had not become mothers” #WomenInScience

Teaching Students How to Study Research shows that explicitly instructing students in effective study strategies can improve their study skills and academic performance.

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• Find a problem that you can make a unique contribution to, based on your own life experiences. Become an expert in it. Get a real job where you can become that expert. And then lead change on making that thing better."

• Make sure you’re solving a problem real people have, and preferably people with less power than you. Real problems are out there, and you may have to step away from your computer if you want to help fix them.

So you want to reform democracy Hello. You probably just wrote me an email that went something like this…

From @joshdata.me
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"• Narrow your focus. The world is unbelievably complicated. Pick a small problem. It’ll turn out to be a big problem in disguise....

Israel’s Message to a Broad Swath of Lebanon: Shiites Must Go

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"Israeli military officials have assured several Christian and Druse communities that they could remain in the evacuation zone. They have pressed them, however, to force out any Lebanese from neighboring Shiite Muslim communities who have sought refuge among them..."

Russian corruption fuels massive casualties in Ukraine YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-wY...
Those poor fools.

Maybe they were just ugly.

AS CALLED ON

UConn Huskies radio by Mike Crispino
Duke radio by David Shumate
Westwood One by Scott Graham

GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan YouTube video by The A.V. Club

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Creating Capabilities – Martha Nussbaum YouTube video by Harvard University Press

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Thank you

OMG this is amazing

Was that a bit?

Protected Bike Lanes Increase Safety, Save Money And Protect The Planet, New Report Finds Investing in protected bicycle lanes has significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower transport costs, prevent road fatalities, and improve the quality of life for people in cities ...

STUDY: “Bicycle lanes reduce GHG emissions as effectively as highways create them.”

“Investing in networks of protected bicycle lanes has significant potential to reduce GHG emissions, lower transport costs, prevent road fatalities, & improve quality of life for people in cities around the globe.”

The Human Condition Check out The Human Condition - <b>The renowned political thinker and author of <i>The Origins of Totalitarianism</i> examines the troubling consequences ...

The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt
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