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Kindle
This Neat Kindle Trick Could Open Up Millions Of Free Ebooks
Forbes - Barry Collins
There are millions of free books out there on the internet, many of them stored in the PDF format. But reading PDFs on a Kindle ebook reader is a dismal reading experience. There is, however, a quick,...
15 hours ago
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UK Politics
Matt Hancock broke ministerial code, Labour suggests – follow live
independent.co.uk - Rory Sullivan
Morning, and welcome to The Independent’s rolling UK politics coverage. Rory Sullivan16 April 2021 07:39 Hancock given shares in family firm that won …
2 days ago
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UK Politics
The future of the Union is on shaky ground
inews.co.uk - Katy Balls
The violence in Belfast has stopped ministers in their tracks. As fighting broke out and petrol bombs were thrown between loyalist and nationalist …
5 days ago
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Human Rights
FarsNews Agency Arab Analyst: US-Headed Coalition Not Able to Succeed against China-Led Coalition
farsnews.ir
“US President Joe Biden, after assessing China's political, economic and military dangers against the US hegemony in the world since World War II a …
Apr 11
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Civil Rights
“Nationalism’s sectarian success is not surprising, but its triumphalism is a shock…”
sluggerotoole.com - Mick Fealty
Did you notice when Sammy Wilson called Robin Swann a poodle? The outrage was such that Arlene Foster had to distance herself from him. Then there …
Apr 11
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Business
10 questions to ask in a job interview that will really expose a company’s culture
Fast Company
Spoiler alert: “What’s the culture like here?” is definitely NOT one of them. You are in the last five minutes of the job interview, and the interviewer asks: “What questions do you have?” Time is limited,...
Apr 8
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Facebook
Among the Covid sceptics: ‘We are being manipulated, without a shadow of a doubt’
The Guardian - Samira Shackle
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, Anna, a young woman from Bradford, was waiting for surgery for endometriosis. The surgery was cancelled, leaving her in excruciating pain. She was forced to close business,...
Apr 8
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This is everything that's wrong with capitalism
Finance
Bet365 boss earns £469m in a single year
bbc.co.uk - BBC News
Mar 31
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Parenting
4 Things Parents Do That Inadvertently Raise Entitled Kids
HuffPost UK - Catherine Pearson
Don't overlook the power of chores. A few days ago, I was watching the Netflix documentary “Operation Varsity Blues,” which takes a deep dive into the …
Mar 30
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European Union
Brexit: UK cheese firm boss in despair over minister's export advice
The Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent
The boss of a Cheshire cheese firm has told of his despair over Brexit after an unexpected meeting with the environment minister resulted in advice to look at the US and Canada markets. Simon Spurrell,...
Mar 27
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Recruitment
“Resume Tips I Have Learned As A Recruiter At A Fortune 100 Company”
boredpanda.com - Liucija Adomaite, Justinas Keturka
In the US, the pandemic threw more than 20 million people out of work and unemployment rates spiked to nearly 15%. It’s an unprecedented level not …
Mar 25
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Northern Ireland
Making Universal Basic Income a reality in Northern Ireland…
sluggerotoole.com - Soapbox
Universal Basic Income (UBI) has come to the forefront of mainstream political and economic debate over the last year as the coronavirus pandemic has …
Mar 22
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Pizza
Pizza Box Folding ‘Hack’ To Keep Leftovers In The Fridge Has Now Been Viewed Over 20 Million Times
brobible.com - Douglas Charles
Pizza, as has been determined by science, is the world’s most perfect food. Unless it has insane items like grapes, pineapples, strawberries or Froot …
Mar 19
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Christianity
Former priest explains why the Bible does NOT condemn same-sex unions
Queerty - David Hudson
Roman Catholic attitudes toward gay people have made headlines this week after the Vatican issued a decree on Monday stating priests could not bless …
Mar 19
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Chemicals
Plummeting sperm counts, shrinking penises: toxic chemicals threaten humanity
The Guardian - Erin Brockovich
The end of humankind? It may be coming sooner than we think, thanks to hormone-disrupting chemicals that are decimating fertility at an alarming rate around the globe. A new book called Countdown, by Swan,...
Mar 18
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UK Politics
The Observer view on the grim effects of Brexit being impossible to hide
The Guardian - Observer editorial
When the British people narrowly voted to leave the EU in 2016, they did not give the government a mandate to wreck our economic and political relationship with Europe. When Boris Johnson won the general...
Mar 14
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Piers Morgan Stormed Off Set Because Meghan Markle Doesn't Want to Be His Friend :(
VICE - Lauren O'Neill
Nooo don't walk off set you're such a snowflake aha. Life is defined by circularity, is it not? The seasons come and go, the world spins on its axis and, if you wait for it long enough, Piers Morgan –...
Mar 9
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Ireland
Irish republican says violence is counter-productive
The Guardian - Henry McDonald
Killings turn people away from cause, says former hardline leader Des Dalton A leading political voice in Irish dissident republicanism has urged all the armed paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland call...
Mar 8
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S.Africa excess deaths nearly triple official virus fatalities
ewn.co.za - A morgue attendant at the Johannesburg branch of the South African funeral and burial services company Avbob checks the condition of a protective wrapping inside a refrigerated container where bodies of patients deceased with COVID-19 related illnesses are kept isolated ahead of their burials on 22 January 2021. Picture: AFP
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has recorded over 145,000 excess natural deaths over the past 10 months, a medical research report showed, suggesting …
Mar 4
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The Rise of the Private Police
prospect.org - Amelia Pollard
An employee of the Delta private security company joins police to enforce South Africa’s 21-day nationwide coronavirus lockdown, in downtown …
Mar 3
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Cork comedian goes viral with brilliant video explaining Brexit and N. Ireland
Cork Beo - Frances Watkins
A Cork comedian has gone viral this week after he shared a hilarious video explaining Brexit and Northern Ireland. Tadhg Hickey is known for sharing …
Feb 26
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Vaccine Queue Calculator for Northern Ireland
omnicalculator.com - Steven Wooding
Prioritising who gets the vaccine It's great that we now have COVID vaccines that have been approved for general use. However, that's not the end of …
Feb 10
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Mapping Police Violence
mappingpoliceviolence.org
America's most comprehensive database of killings by police. Learn the facts about police brutality and how to address it.
Mar 1, 2015
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raises more than $3m for Texans struggling in deep freeze - days after Ted Cruz's flight to Mexico
sky.com - Sky
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has raised more than $3m (£2.1m) for Texans struggling with recent extreme weather in the state. The Democrat Congresswoman …
Feb 20
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Call for new Beveridge report as number of destitute UK households doubles during Covid
The Guardian - Michael Savage
Research shows the pandemic has had a disproportionate economic impact on regions such as the north-west of England The number of British households plunged into destitution more than doubled last year,...
Feb 20
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Republican Party is now a terrorist organization — and none of this is a surprise
Salon
On Saturday, Senate Republicans acquitted Donald Trump for the crime of insurrection and a lethal attack on the Capitol, which was part of a his larger coup attempt. All 50 Democrats voted to convict Trump....
Feb 16
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Books
'Lockdown sceptics' should be more sceptical of their scepticism
The Guardian - Steven Poole
Are you one of the “lockdown sceptics”? They are a vocal but largely inexpert minority of commentators who argue that Covid lockdowns are doing more harm than good, or don’t work at all. But is to believe...
Feb 11
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NI 100: How Northern Ireland's birth was marked by violence
bbc.co.uk - By Catherine Morrison
The partition of Ireland and creation of Northern Ireland 100 years ago was marked by two extremes. On the one hand, 1921 was a year of grand political set pieces, of speech-making, of pomp and ceremony....
Feb 11
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America, the big lie
Al Jazeera - Yannick Giovanni Marshall
American unity has always come at the price of Black people’s lives and freedom. On January 6, white and rich congresspeople were, perhaps for the first time, forced to realise that Nazis can multi-task....
Feb 8