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National statistics are in crisis around the world — and the impacts will be severe Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, Argentina, the United Kingdom and India.

National statistics are in crisis around the world — and the impacts will be severe

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People Never Suck in Just One Way: On Epstein, Climate, and the Hubris of the Ultra-Wealthy As an investigative reporter with a thing for documents, normally a massive release of previously hidden emails and texts would be exciting for me, but the Epstein files are as deliberately…

People Never Suck in Just One Way: On Epstein, Climate, and the Hubris of the Ultra-Wealthy

Empathy without Illusions: André Béteille and Sociology as a Vocation "André Béteille represented a world that now seems to have vanished. Re-reading his work after his passing, I realise how much I missed, how many conversations I should have had with him, and how…

Empathy without Illusions: André Béteille and Sociology as a Vocation | The India Forum

‘The digital colonization of flyover states’: how datacenters are tearing small-town America apart The rapid rollout of datacenters across the US is creating a divide between municipal governments and residents

‘The digital colonization of flyover states’: how datacenters are tearing small-town America apart

Boykoff: Dear National Science Foundation Plans to shutter NCAR are misguided. Through this call to destruction, we effectively squander opportunities here in the U.S. for security, prosperity and positive change. Execution of this action …

Boykoff: Dear National Science Foundation www.dailycamera.com/2026/02/28/b...

The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

“erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment”

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

What Noam Chomsky’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein says about progressive politics The Left icon overlooked sexual violence, much like India’s literary and cultural progressives have embraced a man whose rape conviction was overturned.

What Noam Chomsky’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein says about progressive politics scroll.in/article/1089...

Why the Indiana University Bloomington’s AAUP chapter’s membership has exploded IUB holds the country's fourth largest American Association of University Professors chapter.

“Faculty are now seeing the AAUP as the only place where their issues, their interests and their jobs are being protected against the legislature and the IU administration.”

— David McDonald, AAUP Indiana University President

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How to shovel snow correctly Every year Canadians sustain injuries from shovelling snow in an improper fashion. A driveway full of snow can have a big impact on your health if you don’t practice good shovelling techniques.…

For many folks in the US today, some safe snow shoveling tips from our northern neighbors. Stay safe

Just one reason among many why I have never even glanced at Threads. I'm entangled with FB and Insta in ways I'll have to figure out eventually. But what do I need ANOTHER news-blocked platform for?

Minneapolis St. Paul News, Weather, Traffic, Sports | Minneapolis, Minnesota | kare11.com KARE11.com is your leader for local news, weather, traffic and sports for Twin Cities metro area.

Awful, inhuman, evil. 😞

5-year-old boy among four students detained by ICE, according to school leaders | kare11.com www.kare11.com/article/news...

I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.

U.S. Invasion of Venezuela Violates International Climate Law Too The Trump administration’s oil grab and plans to expand Venezuelan production flouts last year’s landmark climate ruling from the International Court of Justice.

The U.S. takeover of Venezuela's oil industry violates various aspects of international law, including those related to climate change, leaving the U.S. government open to litigation for environmental harms, @ninalakhani.bsky.social writes @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/Venezue...

The Cost of Staying Human Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good

The Cost of Staying Human organizingmythoughts.org/the-cost-of-...

All of Us Columbus is a City for All of UsColumbus is proud to be one of the most welcoming and diverse cities in the United States. Our diversity is a core strength that drives our culture, our economy and…

All of Us - City of Columbus, Ohio www.columbus.gov/Government/M...

EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.

Backwards. A zillion steps backwards.

EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites - E&E News by POLITICO www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

A black cat sits next to a chess board where he has just knocked down a few pieces.

The grandmaster’s not feeling it….

How can we embed Global South perspectives in GenAI teaching? GenAI can accelerate learning, but if we aren’t careful, it can also reinforce colonial assumptions. Jasmine Mohsen explains how to avoid this

How can we embed Global South perspectives in GenAI teaching? | THE Campus Learn, Share, Connect www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-c...

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five years

New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism The unrelenting diet of chaotic, contradictory headlines that Americans face today echoes an antidemocratic playbook from the past.

Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism theconversation.com/overwhelm-th...

What’s More Dangerous Than India’s Frequent Heat Waves? Heat Stress.

What’s More Dangerous Than India’s Frequent Heat Waves? Heat Stress. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...

Mahmood Mamdani Doesn’t Want to Talk About Zohran The Columbia scholar, and father of the mayor-elect, on politics, academe, and antisemitism.

Mahmood Mamdani Doesn’t Want to Talk About Zohran www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...

Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger

Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Faculty panel determined Dr. Melissa MCoul’s firing was based on the content of her course and a violation of her academic freedom. Administration ignored the finding. Another violation of due process in this egregious case.

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...