Tag: politics

• ‘A question of dignity’: the pathologist identifying migrants drowned in the Med

  June 6, 2021

  Since 2013, Cattaneo, a professor of forensic pathology and head of Labanof (the laboratory of forensic anthropology and odontology) at the University of Milan, has been committed to putting a name to… more ›

• How the World Ran Out of Everything

  June 1, 2021

  Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories. In the story of how the modern world was constructed, Toyota… more ›

• The $3bn bargain: how China dominates Pacific mining, logging and fishing

  May 31, 2021

  One country dominates the Pacific’s resources extraction. Guardian analysis of trade data has revealed that China received more than half the total tonnes of seafood, wood and minerals exported from… more ›

• 💡 What if every day was a pandemic day?

  May 30, 2021

  This is a member-only post I have made freely accessible. Until 27th November you can sign-up to Exponential View with a 27.18% discount. Scientists, take a bow. https://www.exponentialview.co/p/-what-if-every-day-was-a-pandemic more ›

• US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets Via Flashcard Apps

  May 29, 2021

  Practice weapons are usually recognisable by their colours. The B61’s are silver/grey (sometimes referred to as the “silver bullet”), while BDU-38’s appear to be white. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/28/us-soldiers-expose-nuclear-weapons-secrets-via-flashcard-apps/ more ›

• The Unveiling of Bolsonaro’s Supervillain Plot Is Weirdly Gripping

  May 27, 2021

  Ms. Barbara is a contributing opinion writer who focuses on Brazilian politics, culture and everyday life. SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It’s not often that a congressional inquiry can lift your… more ›

• The “TikTok intifada”

  May 23, 2021

  Usually Palestinians and their allies struggle to have their narrative break through online. Not anymore. Israel unquestionably has the military advantage in its ongoing conflict with Hamas. But in the… more ›

• Cobalt angst will turn carmakers into mine owners

  May 23, 2021

  Henry Ford left little to chance. To ensure raw materials reached his slick new production lines, the U.S. automobile pioneer owned everything from coal mines in West Virginia to rubber… more ›

• Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications

  May 23, 2021

  Fewer babies’ cries. More abandoned homes. Toward the middle of this century, as deaths start to exceed births, changes will come that are hard to fathom. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/global-population-shrinking.html more ›

• The Rise of Private Spies

  May 16, 2021

  There’s nothing new about private investigators and operatives; as early as the nineteenth century, mill and mine owners paid the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to infiltrate and disrupt labor union movements. But… more ›