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Would a Texas law take away workers’ water breaks? A closer look at House Bill 2127
1 year, 4 months ago

Would a Texas law take away workers’ water breaks? A closer look at House Bill 2127

Associated Press  

As unrelenting heat set in across Texas this summer, opponents of a sweeping new law targeting local regulations took to the airwaves and internet with an alarming message: outdoor workers would be banned from taking water breaks. “This legislation will streamline regulations so Texas job creators can have certainty,” said Republican state Sen. Brandon Creighton, a co-sponsor of the bill. …

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Shashi Warrier | In the name of flight security
1 year, 11 months ago

Shashi Warrier | In the name of flight security

Deccan Chronicle  

It’s strange what they do in the name of security. A long while ago, in the US, a few months after 9/11, I’d got into trouble for carrying a nail cutter in my pouch, but I’d remembered this time to put it in my suitcase… I couldn’t think of anything else that might get me into trouble. “There’s a paper …

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Column: Don’t look away from the Texas school shooting. Don’t wait in silence until the next massacre
2 years, 7 months ago

Column: Don’t look away from the Texas school shooting. Don’t wait in silence until the next massacre

LA Times  

Authorities in Odessa, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2019. “We are in effect conducting a nationwide experiment to answer the question, ‘What happens when a society experiences a massive increase in access to firearms along with increasing social and political polarization?’” More from Wintemute and his team: “Many people who plan to commit firearm violence — including 80% of mass shooters …

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Republicans are increasingly ready for violence: We look away at our peril
3 years, 4 months ago

Republicans are increasingly ready for violence: We look away at our peril

Salon  

Today's Republicans appear to have a bottomless appetite for violence and destruction. Business Insider offers these details: Less than a year after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol, nearly half of Republican voters say that "a time will come when patriotic Americans have to take the law into their own hands," per a new nationwide survey by George Washington …

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Mirror memorial at Vondelpark "reminds us that we should not look away"
3 years, 7 months ago

Mirror memorial at Vondelpark "reminds us that we should not look away"

NL Times  

A simple mirror unveiled in front of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam for the country's Remembrance Day observances was placed in the same spot where a sign once coarsely stated, “Forbidden for Jews”. “I got the inspiration after the speech King Willem-Alexander gave on Remembrance Day," Van Deuren said. During the 2020 address on Dam Square, Willem-Alexander discussed Jules Schelvis, who …

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How does our solar system look like from 250 million km away? See for yourself
3 years, 10 months ago

How does our solar system look like from 250 million km away? See for yourself

India Today  

How would planet Earth look like from 155.7 million miles away? The credit for this remarkable feat goes to three different solar missions- NASA's Parker Solar Probe, NASA's Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory and ESA and NASA's Solar Orbiter. NASA, ESA's Solar Orbiter The Solar Oribiter Heliospheric Imager aboard ESA and NASA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft captured Venus, Earth, and Mars …

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