How a misread Arabic tale misled generations of historians about the Black Death's rapid spread
phys.org·1d·
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🌐Diaspora Politics
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Epic and Google agree to settle their lawsuit and change Android’s fate globally
theverge.com·9h·
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🛤️Belt Road Initiative
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The Long Now: London's Saatchi Gallery celebrates 40 years of contemporary experimentation
euronews.com·14h
🌍global affairs
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Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
theguardian.com·1d
🏛world politics
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Is that a goose on your head? Earth’s most spectacular inhabitants – in pictures
theguardian.com·1d
🧊Arctic Geopolitics
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‘How did we get here?’: documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
theguardian.com·1d
💧Water Geopolitics
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6 million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica shatters records — and there's ancient air trapped inside
livescience.com·20h
🧊Arctic Geopolitics
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Man who threw sandwich at federal agent calls it an act of protest. Prosecutors argue it's a crime
the-independent.com·22h
📰general news
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Trump admin blows up another boat it claims was carrying narcotics and kills two men without providing any evidence
the-independent.com·2h
🏝️South China Sea
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🚨🚨The president appears to be saying he will NOT abide by the court order to release SNAP benefits even though the WH said they would partially release them <sp...
threadreaderapp.com·22h
📰general news
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The biggest changes in my life have been the complete collapse of popular literacy (it used to be cool to actually read books, hard to believe now) & the emerge...
threadreaderapp.com·3d
🏛world politics
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Google plans to put datacentres in space to meet demand for AI
theguardian.com·18h
🚀Space Geopolitics
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Dumping net zero is a political adventure fraught with danger
abc.net.au·2d
💧Water Geopolitics
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Chinese ship spies on Australia, Philippines and the US
abc.net.au·2d·
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🏝️South China Sea
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The big lie behind Trump’s Venezuela strikes
japantimes.co.jp·1d
🌍global affairs
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Vive La Résistance
thebulwark.com·12m
🚶Migration Politics
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Whiplash: How Trump's threat to strike Nigeria further reshuffles Pentagon priorities
japantimes.co.jp·1d
💻Digital Diplomacy
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Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
theguardian.com·2d
💰Economic Statecraft
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Brazil dismantles hundreds of illegal dredges in major Amazon mining crackdown
the-independent.com·1d
💧Water Geopolitics
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Some observers have described the fall of Pokrovsk as “sudden.” That may be true if one followed the wrong analysts. In reality, the defense deterioration was a...
threadreaderapp.com·2d
🚀Space Geopolitics
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