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#Foundation 3?telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/foundat…

The serious, subversive sci-fi of Foundation makes Star Wars look stupid

Apple’s big, brainy Isaac Asimov adaptation has proved the sceptics wrong – and put Disney’s infantile output in the shade

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Nope, not an alien wired.com/story/mexico-congr…

No, This Is Not an Alien. Here’s Why

Two “nonhuman beings” were shown off during a bizarre hearing of Mexico’s Congress. The bodies are believed to be a muddle of human and animal bones, held together with glue and fake skin.

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¿Nuestra forma de hablar en inglés es discriminatoria? nativos.org/lenguaje-inclusi… #businessenglish #inglés #idiomas
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@WIRED16 Sep 2023
For the first time in the history of the US auto industry, a worker strike is targeting all three big American auto manufacturers simultaneously, as nearly 13,000 members of the UAW walked off assembly lines at Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors. wired.trib.al/S2tx1hE

The Auto Strike Threatens a Supply Chain Already Weakened by Covid

A prolonged autoworker strike would be especially painful for smaller players inside the complex auto supply chain. It could also impact thousands more workers and push up car prices.

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Correct: there’s no way you can continue wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on stock buybacks to manipulate prices, jack up CEO pay to ludicrous levels, all while starving the workers who actually make the product you sell. THAT is what is unsustainable. Pay your workers.
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@CNBCOvertime14 Sep 2023
"There's no way we can be sustainable as a company," says @Ford CEO Jim Farley if they paid what the UAW is demanding $F @Lebeaucarnews @UAW
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What is STEMinism? techtarget.com/whatis/defini… via @EyeOnTech_TT

What is STEMinism?

STEMinism combines STEM and feminism. Learn how it promotes equal opportunities and representation for women and racial minorities in male-dominated fields.

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#Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (#DEI) initiatives are being scrapped on a wholesale basis. According to Fortune, 300+ DEI roles were eliminated via #layoffs at major Orgs in the last half of 2022 — the highest of any function. #CEOs say these roles “didn’t add #business value."
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Lyme disease: The devastating impact of a tick bite bbc.com/reel/video/p0g3c56c/…

Lyme disease: The devastating impact of a tick bite

As the planet continues to warm, this summer could be the worst yet for tick-borne infections like Lyme disease.

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¿Necesitas un buen libro de grámatica inglesa? nativos.org/libros-gramatica… #aprendeinglés #inglés #businessenglish #inglesdenegocios
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#Facebook users: You have less than a month to claim your piece of the $725M settlement mashable.com/article/faceboo…

Facebook settlement deadline nears: How to claim your piece of the $725M

You have until Aug. 25 to get that money.

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@WIRED29 Jul 2023
Animal rights activist Raven Deerbrook captures footage inside a US pig slaughterhouse gas chamber, revealing the truth of a method of animal slaughter that already dominates the meat industry. wired.trib.al/xajympS

Spy Cams Reveal the Grim Reality of Slaughterhouse Gas Chambers

Animal rights activists have captured the first hidden-camera video from inside a carbon dioxide “stunning chamber” in a US meatpacking plant.

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Let's talk flies! magazine.caltech.edu/post/ph… #science #ScienceTwitter

What a Fly’s Sense of Smell Can Tell us About the Brain — Caltech Magazine

If lab animals were celebrities, Drosophila melanogaster —the common fruit fly—would be a household name. For decades, Caltech researchers have developed genetic tools that allow them to use these...

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Want safer streets? Rebuild them so that people aren't obligated to rely on the most dangerous - and least scalable - mode to get around.
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Exclusive: FIFA president Gianni Infantino left the Women's World Cup after less than a week. He attended some of every game at the Qatar men's World Cup and has repeatedly said "it's time to respect women." But he has missed 4 #FIFAWWC matchdays so far news.sky.com/story/gianni-in…

Gianni Infantino: FIFA president leaves Women's World Cup after less than a week to go to Tahiti

Mr Infantino had called for the women's tournament to be shown the same respect as the men's competition.

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@WIRED28 Jul 2023
We went to see the iris-scanning orb created by Tools for Humanity that, if it decides you are not a robot, will grant you a chunk of a new cryptocurrency called Worldcoin. So what do you think? 📷: Joel Khalili
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @SvenskFotboll put in a 5-star display to defeat Italy and make it two wins from two at the #FIFAWWC! 🇸🇪

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Eleuthera's daughters are not heartless. They are poor. bbc.com/news/world-asia-6494…

Agutaya archipelago doctor who cared for 13,000 people on her own

The pandemic was far from Dr Alena's only challenge on a far-flung archipelago in the Philippines.

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Are we running out of water? bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001k0…
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I really hope bbc.com/news/technology-6582…
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