The Animal Crisis Is a Human Crisis
The systems that harm animals go hand in hand with systems that harm humans. Combating them requires inter-species solidarity. Alice Crary and Lori Gruen in the Boston Review: Today it
Rim Jhim Sawan Song (Video
This desi song amid monsoon rains in Karachi:
Scenes from Eid al-Adha in Gaza and West Bank (Images)
A Palestinian boy looks on as he attends Eid al-Adha prayers on the first day of Muslim holiday in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 9, 2022.
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How Insect ‘Civilizations’ Recast Our Place in the Universe
When looking to other creatures for signs of intelligence, insects are rarely the most obvious candidates, but as the historian Thomas Moynihan writes, it wasn’t always so. Thomas Moynihan in Science:
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Ruling Coalition Scores Big Win in Japan Following Nationalist Leader Shinzo Abe Assassination
Japan’s ruling coalition scored a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday as the nation was still reeling two days after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Results
A Whole Chicken, Fish Fried Under A Bucket! (Video)
An unusual way to use bucket and prepare a a tasty, scrumptious chicken for lunch or dinner. In the Philippines they use a huge tin can from a biscuit container.
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Full Restoration of a Ruined Classic Motorcycle (Video)
Hot rods are typically cars and motorbikes that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified for speed and acceleration. One definition is: “a car
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Sri Lanka President, PM to Resign After Tumultuous Protests (Video)
Thousands of protesters entered the capital, Colombo, and swarmed into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s fortified residence. Video images showed jubilant crowds splashing in the garden pool, lying on beds and using
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Cairo: City of a Thousand Booksellers
TROPIC OF CANCER SERIES Report: Here are some of the oldest places to buy books in Cairo. Whether it’s vintage maps, film posters or photographs, a tour of the Egyptian
Obama on ‘Regime Change’ and ‘Conspiracy Theories’ (Video)
BERING STRAIT + TROPIC OF CANCER SERIES Report: Former President Barack Obama visited Stanford University in Silicon Valley in April to talk about a new North Star vision for the
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‘I Feel Free Here’: A Desert School in India (Video)
TROPIC OF CANCER SERIES REPORT: The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls’ School in north-western India’s Rajasthan desert is made of yellow sandstone and there are no Air Conditioners. Here, students can study
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Rudolf Lehnert’s ‘Bahira’: One Picture, Two Stories
Muhammad Ahsan Kureshi in The Nation: I’m reading ‘The homoerotics of Orientalism’ by Joseph Boone these days and its cover photo has quite a story to tell once googled and
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