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A car is seen in flames as a wildfire burns in the village of Varnavas, near Athens, Greece, August 11. Michalis Karagiannis/Eurokinissi

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Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take It Back by Oliver Bullough

Join the investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland - the secret country of the lawless, stateless superrich.
Learn how the institutions of Europe and the United States have become money-laundering operations, undermining the foundations of Western stability.

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Asperger Syndrome and Psychotherapy: Understanding Asperger Perspectives by Paula Jacobsen

People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) understand and respond to the world in a very different way from people without this condition. The challenge for psychotherapists working with Asperger clients lies in setting aside their own preconceptions and learning to understand their client's perspective.

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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is NASA’s next flagship astrophysics mission, set to launch by May 2027.

Once #Roman launches, it will allow astronomers to observe the universe like never before. In celebration of Black History Month, let’s get to know some Black scientists and engineers, past and present, whose contributions will allow Roman to make history.

https://www.tumblr.com/nasa/743419658577821696/black-scientists-and-engineers-past-and-present

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, the ‘mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,’ the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have a field of view at least 100 times greater than Hubble, potentially measuring light from a billion galaxies in its lifetime.

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/

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In this map of a celestial hemisphere — compiled from data from the #eROSITA telescope — the colours reflect the wavelengths of X-rays. Hot gas haloes surrounding galaxy clusters have broad-band emissions (white), as do black holes (white dots); diffuse emissions have long wavelengths (red); and in the central regions of the Milky Way, dust blocks longer-wavelength emissions, so that only short-wavelength X-rays are visible (blue or black).

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00489-8

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Majority of Israelis support war on Gaza

There are massive protests in Tel Aviv drawing over 100,000 people calling for the return of the captives and for this government to strike a deal.

Then, there are the anti-war protests calling for Netanyahu to resign and for new elections soon, in the next few months.

But two-thirds of the Israelis, more than the majority certainly, do support this war.

Stefanie Dekker, AJ

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Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh's closing statement in ICJ case against Israel
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“On the basis of the current figures, on average 247 Palestinians are being killed and are at risk of being killed each day, many of them literally blown to pieces. They include 48 mothers each day, two every hour and over 117 children each day, leaving Unicef to call Israel’s actions a war on children."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24042943.blinne-ni-ghralaigh-lawyers-closing-statement-icj-case-israel-praised/

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Day one of ICJ genocide hearing against Israel

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Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations

Extinction Studies focuses on the entangled ecological and social dimensions of extinction, exploring the ways in which extinction catastrophically interrupts life-giving processes of time, death, and generations. The volume opens up important philosophical questions about our place in, and obligations to, a more-than-human world.

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The Good Man of Nanking is a crucial document for understanding one of World War II's most horrific incidents of genocide, one which the Japanese have steadfastly refused to acknowledge. It is also the moving and awe-inspiring record of one man's conscience, courage, and generosity in the face of appalling human brutality.

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#diary
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