Category: General
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Cibi ultraprocessati, Franco Berrino: «Aumentano i rischi di malattie croniche. Attenzione a pasti pronti, bibite zuccherate e burger vegetali»
Sono cibi ingegnerizzati per dare dipendenza progettati fin dagli anni ’80 del secolo scorso, quando grandi ditte alimentari furono acquisite dall’industria del tabacco, che applicò alla produzione di cibi le stesse tecniche usate per aumentare la capacità del tabacco di dare dipendenza. Negli Stati Uniti e in Inghilterra circa il 60% di quel che si mangia è costituito da questi cibi,…
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Companies Need to Stop Kidding Themselves About A.I.
I know that even A.I. cannot tackle an issue it has never been taught to understand or accurately advise a business it knows nothing about. When we met with the company, it didn’t ask us a single question — not about our data, our systems or how we worked. We eventually said no, but it…
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Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it
A civilisation is a complex system of complex systems. Eventually all complex systems, without exception throughout history, have collapsed under the weight of their complexity. A small crisis like a heatwave can be enough to tip the whole thing over, so the climate crisis is a really powerful node in this whole thing, because it…
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Roberto Papetti, il maestro e poeta dei giocattoli nati con il riciclo
Dopo gli studi all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Ravenna, Papetti non ha seguito una carriera artistica tradizionale fatta di gallerie e mercato dell’arte. Ha invece unito arte, educazione e gioco. Negli anni Settanta e Ottanta iniziò una lunga ricerca sui giocattoli popolari, sulle tradizioni ludiche e sul riuso creativo dei materiali. Studiò giochi della cultura…
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The Mass Slaughter of Bison by the US Army
On9th May 2016, the Obama administration named the “Bison” as the national mammal of the United States of America. The largest land mammal in modern North America weighing more than a ton and maintaining a symbiotic relationship with the native Americans have a tragic and troublesome history. Bison were in tens of millions in number when the European arrived…
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What everyone is missing about Mamdani’s plan to tax Ken Griffin’s $238 million penthouse
The kerfuffle masks the larger problem with New York City’s broken property tax system, which undervalues high-end condos and overtaxes renters. Little of the city’s most expensive real estate is actually taxed at its market value. This creates a powerful incentive for the world’s richest people to park their money in New York City real estate and…
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how Mary Cain exposed Nike’s disgraced coaching team
The track prodigy made it to world championships at 17 and joined Nike’s Oregon Project. At 29, Cain is detailing the hellish years under coach Alberto Salazar in her new memoir
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Whale That Swam 20 Miles Up Washington River Is Found Dead
Each year, from mid-February to May, eastern North Pacific gray whales migrate northward along the West Coast, but in recent years more have been dying on the journey. Last year, 179 gray whales died during migration season, 18 of them in Washington State, said John Calambokidis, a research biologist with the Cascadia Research Collective, which had been…
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Report – Dio Patria Famiglia Spa
Di Giorgio Mottola, da Report del 20/04/2020. Con l’esplosione della pandemia il fronte sovranista ultracattolico è tornato all’attacco di Papa Francesco.
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PresaDiretta: La pace dei forti – 08/03/2026
La “linea gialla” che oggi divide Gaza è diventata un confine di fatto: oltre metà della Striscia, comprese gran parte delle terre coltivabili, è sotto controllo israeliano. Più di 120 mila palestinesi si sono rifugiati in Egitto, mentre chi resta affronta distruzione e una crisi umanitaria sempre più drammatica. Il reportage di PresaDiretta si sposta…
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Ukraine is the biggest and most consequential of all the American betrayals
As the war enters its fifth year, it’s time for Europe to take the fight to Putin on its own terms and tell Trump to get lost. “The question of how this war is going to end is actually an existential question for Europe,” said Wolfgang Ischinger, chair of this month’s Munich Security Conference. “It…
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Will Trump push the US and the world to breaking point?
Trump is also wrestling with another extraordinary potential adventure abroad. Aides have offered him options to enforce his red line with military action against Iran after he warned the US will “start shooting” if the regime cracks downs on rising protests. Despite his threats, hundreds of demonstrators have been killed.
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Piano di disimpegno unilaterale israeliano
Il Piano di disimpegno unilaterale israeliano (inglese Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan, ebraico: תוכנית ההתנתקות Tokhnit HaHitnatkut or תוכנית ההינתקות Tokhnit HaHinatkut anche detto “Hitnatkut”) fu un progetto politico dello Stato israeliano. Proposto e voluto dal primo ministro israeliano, Ariel Sharon,[1][2] fu adottato dal governo il 6 giugno 2004[3] e applicato nel mese di agosto 2005,[4] per rimuovere tutti i coloni israeliani dalla striscia di Gaza e da quattro insediamenti in Cisgiordania settentrionale.
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How a ‘polluted, dysfunctional’ farm let wildlife back in
A walk through the Knepp Estate, in southern England, could lead you past beaver wetlands, breeding herons and free-roaming Exmoor ponies — all accompanied by the distinctive cooing of a turtle dove. “It’s a sound that used to be part of our culture. Every person’s summer in England would have been characterized by that sound,”…
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White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
The Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, which is the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. The center was founded in 1960 and has facilitated generations of breakthroughs in climate and weather science. William Brangham discussed the move with climate scientist Kim Cobb and meteorologist Matthew Cappucci.
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Are You Aging Well? 4. Single-Leg Stand
Testing one’s balance is as simple as standing on one leg. Adults should aim for a minimum of 10 seconds on at least one side. For an added challenge, Dr. Afshar recommended attempting the test with your eyes closed.
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Are You Aging Well? 1. Sitting-Rising Test
The goal with this assessment is to go from standing to sitting on the floor, and back up again, using the least amount of support as possible. The test is scored on a 10-point scale — five points for sitting down and five points for standing up — and you lose a point for every…
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Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE
The Trump administration made a catastrophic miscalculation: They thought they could control the narrative through sheer force of lying. Now the cracks are showing everywhere. The great irony is that Trump’s 2024 achievement — expanding the Republican coalition — is being destroyed by his signature campaign promise of mass deportation executed with maximum cruelty. The…
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MAGA Jesus Is Not the Real Jesus
The federal government has released multiple recruitment videos featuring scripture verses. “What’s striking is less that the federal government is using Bible verses in its promotional videos than that the agency doing the recruiting is Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” Wehner argues. “The message the Trump administration is sending is not subtle: ICE is doing the…
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Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis
The legacy of structural racism in Minneapolis was laid bare to the world at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street, the location where George Floyd’s neck was pinned to the ground by a police officer’s knee. But it is also imprinted in streets, parks and neighborhoods across the city – the result of…
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Trump e i miliardi dietro la «pace» Ucraina-Russia: dal petrolio di Lukoil alla centrale di Zaporizhzhia
Gli affari di grossi investitori americani, in stretta collaborazione con la Casa Bianca e d’intesa con il Cremlino, stanno diventando sempre più leggibili