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Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It's come at a cost for Black people in the South
Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It's come at a cost for Black people in the South | AP News
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“Weapons of Health Destruction…” How Colonialism Created the Modern Native American Diet
“Weapons of Health Destruction…” How Colonialism Created the Modern Native American Diet ‹ Literary Hub
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Opinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire.
Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.
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Opinion: We’re neglecting pets in disasters with tragic consequences | CNN
Opinion: We’re neglecting pets in disasters with tragic consequences | CNN
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Is Cutting Off Your Family Good Therapy?
No Contact America - The New York Times
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Is Organic Produce Worth the Higher Price?
Is Organic Produce Worth the Higher Price? - The New York Times
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Can You Tell Which Are A.I. Generated? | NY Times
A.I. is getting better fast. Phony deepfake images now appear regularly on social media, with many users seeming to believe that the images are real. The fake images can increase the risk that people will be deceived online, & they also risk eroding the public’s trust, making it harder to believe genuine images. But there are still some telltale signs that an image was made by A.I.
Our immediate ancestors lost most of their body fur 3 to 4 million years ago & did not don clothing until 83,000 to 170,000 years ago. That means that for over 2.5 million years, early humans & their ancestors were simply naked. Since her discovery in 1974, Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) has been presented in ways that reflect historical assumptions & biases about motherhood, the nuclear family, women, men, & their relationships to one another. #anthropology #psychology Lucy Skeleton, Brain Size, Oldest Human, Ancient Humans, Human Evolution, Early Humans, Natural Science, Great Ape, Human Species
Imagining Lucy: What the 3.2 million-year-old fossil says about nudity, shame | UPI
Our immediate ancestors lost most of their body fur 3 to 4 million years ago & did not don clothing until 83,000 to 170,000 years ago. That means that for over 2.5 million years, early humans & their ancestors were simply naked. Since her discovery in 1974, Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) has been presented in ways that reflect historical assumptions & biases about motherhood, the nuclear family, women, men, & their relationships to one another. #anthropology #psychology
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Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Should a single try to burst her friends’ couple bubble?
Excluding someone because of their relationship status is not cool.
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Why Dining Rooms Are Disappearing From American Homes
The Death of the Dining Room - The Atlantic
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Advice | Are you exercising good judgment or being judgy?
To avoid being judgmental, beware of certainty, engage with empathy and avoid moral superiority.
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Opinion | I Reread a Book That Changed My Life, but I’d Changed, Too
Opinion | On the Pleasures and Risks of Rereading a Beloved Book - The New York Times
Understanding Emotions: Kindness, Attention, Silence, Tears
#EmotionalIntelligence #Relationships #Empathy #Understanding #Emotions #Compassion
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Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning
As schools reconsider cursive, research homes in on handwriting's brain benefits : Shots - Health News : NPR
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How did home cooking become a moral issue?
Pressure Cooker: the morality of home cooking - Vox