Just wander around the net

And wonder if I can make sense of what is going on...

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On the Fence about TikTok? - I Found the Proof ByteDance IS CONTROLLED B...

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It’s One of RFK Jr.’s Favorite Things. It Could Cause the Next Pandemic.

This is just one scenario. But it’s dangerous.

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Hong Kong airline removes 'Family Guy' episode with Tiananmen Square reference

Cathay Pacific removed the episode of the animated series from its in-flight entertainment system after a complaint that it could violate th

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Investigating Yugoslav war crimes: Does international justice work? | Wi...

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Analysis: Can the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire hold?

Israel is stil launching strikes in Lebanon and is preventing people from returning to southern areas.

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Lake Tahoe’s Bear Boom

The vacation hot spot has been overrun by people—whose habits are drawing fast-moving animals with sharp claws and insatiable appetites.

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In Bali, young girls dance in a traditional Hindu festival threatened by changing times

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Ketut Nita Wahyuni lifts her folded hands prayerfully to her forehead as a priest leads the temple gathering.

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The Surprising New History of Horse Domestication

Archaeological and genetic discoveries topple long-standing ideas about the domestication of equines

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Disabled Eagle Who Nurtured a Rock As an Egg Becomes Stepdad to Orphaned Eaglets

A disabled bald eagle named Murphy at the World Bird Sanctuary who tried to hatch a rock, was given an eaglet to raise.

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Adorable Piglets Happily Grunt While Getting Yummy Belly Rugs From Their Human

A pair of little Kunekune piglets named Ginger and Cookie happily grunted as their human gave them yummy belly rugs simultaneously

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Thousands of modern slavery victims in UK feared back with traffickers after seeking help

Data shows that last year more than 2,000 people referred to support body the NRM had been referred before

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Steller’s jay stealing sweetener packets

National Geographic photo contest 2011

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Those are clearly complimentary and thus this isn’t theft. A social faux pas perhaps but that’s all.

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Today’s Exhibit of the Day? 🐛🐞🐜 The Museum’s Life on the Forest Floor Diorama. To create this up-close look—full of decomposing debris and hungry critters—Museum artists studied specimens under a microscope. Then, these bugs, weevils, and beetles were enlarged to about 24 times their actual size! Models were made out of clay, wax, and other materials. This archival image, snapped in 1958, depicts a Museum preparator installing models into this scene. 

Photo: Image no. 325494 / © AMNH Library 

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#fashion montage

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Cat Scratches Table Fan Like a DJ Scratching a Record

A tabby cat named Ashford Squirrel amusingly stopped and restarted the blade of a fan, which sounded like a DJ scratching a record.

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‘Defending democracy is paramount’: Rula Jebreal warns against Meloni rule

The journalist, and critics, accuse the Italian PM of leading the country towards authoritarianism