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Links 4/26/2020 Palantir

Links 4/26/2020

Dear patient readers: Liberation of links will be delayed until Lambert or Yves can get to them. Neither is up much during the day. How Our Planet Looks on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day Weather Underground Tracking Fish Art Prints To Monitor Biodiversity Forbes The Surprising Role of Whales…
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April 26, 2020
After the Flood Recedes Slavery Abolition

After the Flood Recedes

Like Frederick Douglass, we can find inspiration for this moment in the oldest story of rebirth and renewal. April 26, 2020 Professor of American History at Yale University Trent Parke / MagnumThose with power who are planning our resurgence from the coronavirus need imagination and, above all, the humility of…
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April 26, 2020
Op-Ed: Angelenos love their suburban sprawl. The coronavirus proves them right Feudalism

Op-Ed: Angelenos love their suburban sprawl. The coronavirus proves them right

For nearly a century, Los Angeles’ urban form has infuriated urbanists who prefer a more concentrated model built around a single central core.Yet, in the COVID-19 pandemic, our much-maligned dispersed urban pattern has proven a major asset. Los Angeles and its surrounding suburbs have had a considerable number of cases,…
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April 26, 2020
Sunday Morning Garden Chat Genocide

Sunday Morning Garden Chat

From commentor Jeff G:I grow tulips in a pot every year. This is this year’s tulip.And, via commentor Aleta, some seed-starting inspiration: From the Downeaster, “The Maine Farmer Saving the World’s Rarest Heirloom Seeds”:When Will Bonsall was growing up in Waterville in the 1950s and ’60s, his family lived modestly,…
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April 26, 2020
The Amazon Lockdown: How an Unforgiving Algorithm Drives Suppliers to Favor the E-Commerce Giant Over Other Retailers Be Evil

The Amazon Lockdown: How an Unforgiving Algorithm Drives Suppliers to Favor the E-Commerce Giant Over Other Retailers

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. During the second week of March, as the stock market and many U.S. businesses slumped, Peter Spenuzza’s company, Rise Bar, enjoyed an unexpected boost. Amazon, where the protein…
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April 26, 2020
UN envoy to Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony: ‘You’re a source of inspiration to us all’ Hebron

UN envoy to Israeli-Palestinian memorial ceremony: ‘You’re a source of inspiration to us all’

Home   >   Israel News 'There are people who want to burn all bridges between Israelis and Palestinians. What you are doing is going against that,' says Mladenov ■ Event has been criticized by politicians and right-wing activists, who claim it supports terrorism The United Nations Middle East envoy…
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April 26, 2020