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The self-fulfilling prophecy of drugged Halloween candy

Boing Boing 

Media critic Parker Molloy is a friend and former colleague of mine, but I'm also a genuine fan of her newsletter The Present Age. Molloy has a great talent for seeing through the BS of hype and panic, with simple, level-headed examinations that cut to the core of every issue. — Read the rest

Everyday Carry: Countdown

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A NASA space-inspired watch band and face app are joined in this collection by a wallet and knife.

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Does Divestment From Fossil Fuels Really Work?

Oilprice.com 

The COP26 meeting next week will likely be the largest divestment party ever seen. Investors with $39.2 trillion in investments under management have already committed to divest from oil and gas and the list of anti-hydrocarbon policies and divestment strategies will only grow from here. The largest Dutch pension fund ABP, which mainly represents government and civil servants and holds more than EUR530 billion of assets, has announced that it will divest its oil, gas, and coal holdings before 2023. Читать дальше...

September Shatters Already High Used Class 8 Prices

Ttnews.com 

In a market growing even hotter in September, the average price for a used Class 8 and for a 3-year-old Class 8 set records, blowing past those set a month earlier. The average price for an 8-year-old heavy-duty used truck even took an unexpected and dramatic leap higher, ACT Research reported.

Recent Report on Military Prowess Shows Hostile Intentions On the Rise

The National Interest 

Mark Episkopos

Military Strength, Americas

Unsurprisingly, China and Russia are identified as the only two threats with “formidable” capabilities against the United States, Iran and North Korea, meanwhile, are classified as “gathering” threats.

The Heritage Foundation published the 2022 edition of its annual Index of U.S. Military Strength last week. The major headlines centered on the report’s bleak assessment of the U.S. military services, but the index also featured a... Читать дальше...

Gerdau expects 4-6% Brazilian steel demand growth in 2022, CEO says

Metal Bulletin 

Long and flat-rolled steel producer Gerdau expects demand to continue to grow in 2022, after a rapid recovery of the local market this year from the lows of 2020 that were caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Brazil-based company said on Wednesday October 27.

Facebook can rest easy. Nobody does old people better

Sydney Morning Herald 

The reasons teenagers find Facebook lame also explain why older users find it essential: it’s become a digital hub for news, politics and interest groups. And that could pay off in the long run.

Enfield train driver smashed through station barriers while ‘on cocaine’

TheSun.co.uk 

A TRAIN driver careered through barriers and into buffers while allegedly under the influence of cocaine, police have revealed. The 39-year-old went into shock after the commuter service hit the stops and halted just inches from a building housing a ticket office. The front carriage reared up as the train derailed ­following the 8.20am collision […]

Theatre-goers urged to call Samaritans if they’re upset by performance of Macbeth

TheSun.co.uk 

THEATRE chiefs are urging audience members to call the Samaritans if they are upset by a ­performance of Macbeth. Bosses issued the charity’s phone number and website details for anyone “affected by any of the issues raised”. The Shakespeare tragedy — widely taught for decades in schools, including primaries — is on at London’s Almeida […]





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