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Air Pollution Falls By Unprecedented Levels In Major Global Cities During Coronavirus Lockdowns Air Pollution

Air Pollution Falls By Unprecedented Levels In Major Global Cities During Coronavirus Lockdowns

Air Pollution Falls By Unprecedented Levels In Major Global Cities During Coronavirus Lockdowns (cnn.com) Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:30PM from the positive-side-effects dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Lockdowns restricting travel and industry imposed to halt the spread of coronavirus have resulted in…
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April 23, 2020
Information or Misinformation During a Pandemic: Comparing the effects of following Nassim Taleb, Richard Epstein, or Cass Sunstein on twitter. Black Swan

Information or Misinformation During a Pandemic: Comparing the effects of following Nassim Taleb, Richard Epstein, or Cass Sunstein on twitter.

So, there’s this new study doing the rounds. Some economists decided to study the twitter followers of prominent coronavirus skeptics and fearmongers, and it seems that followers of Nassim Taleb were more likely to shelter in place, and less like to die of coronavirus, than followers of Richard Epstein or…
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April 23, 2020
Mukesh Ambani Tops Jack Ma as Asia’s Richest After Facebook Deal Alibaba

Mukesh Ambani Tops Jack Ma as Asia’s Richest After Facebook Deal

Mukesh Ambani's fortune rose about $4.7 billion to $49.2 billion on Wednesday.Mukesh Ambani is again Asia's richest person after a deal with Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Inc. sent his conglomerate's stock surging.Ambani's fortune rose about $4.7 billion to $49.2 billion on Wednesday, after Reliance Industries Ltd. gained 10%. The jump put…
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April 23, 2020
No Cause For Celebration: America’s Submarines Are Getting New W76-2 Tactical Nuclear Weapons Nukes

No Cause For Celebration: America’s Submarines Are Getting New W76-2 Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Here's What You Need To Remember: Essentially, whether the W76-2 improves American security is much more about psychology than technology. Would the presence of tactical-yield Trident missiles dissuade U.S. adversaries from employing their own tactical nukes against U.S. forces or their allies?  It was a small, obscure-sounding item in the 2020…
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April 23, 2020
The Trump Administration Is Adding Cameras at the Mexico Border Despite a Drop in Crossings Mexico Border Wall

The Trump Administration Is Adding Cameras at the Mexico Border Despite a Drop in Crossings

(SAN DIEGO) — The Trump administration has been quietly adding military surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the coronavirus pandemic, though fewer people appear to be crossing illegally. It’s the latest move as operations at the U.S.-Mexico border have become increasingly militarized and secretive. Documents obtained by…
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April 23, 2020
Time to tackle two crises at once, activist Greta Thunberg says on Earth Day Greta Thunberg

Time to tackle two crises at once, activist Greta Thunberg says on Earth Day

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined calls for a combined effort to tackle coronavirus and the climate crisis, saying the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday was the time to choose a "new way forward".Dramatic improvements in air and water quality as coronavirus lockdowns have cut pollution have prompted calls…
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April 23, 2020
Real American Hero? Military Experience in U.S. Presidential Politics Vietnam Veterans

Real American Hero? Military Experience in U.S. Presidential Politics

— In mid-December, Senator Lindsey Graham threw in the towel and dropped his struggling campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. The South Carolina senator had struggled to gain any traction in the crowded Republican field where Donald Trump continues to hog a disproportionate amount of the news coverage…
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April 23, 2020