AvatarResident42flipped into Read, Think and be AmusedOman So long, Southsea: last sultan of Zanzibar quits UK after 56 years in exile The Guardian - Harriet SherwoodAfter more than half a century of living in Southsea, Portsmouth, with its unpredictable British weather, shingle beaches and Victorian pier, relocation to the Gulf state of Oman might take some adjustment....
AvatarResident42flipped into Science, Tech, EconomicsExtinction Newly discovered mass extinction paved the way for dinosaurs sciencefocus.com - Sara Rigby Massive volcano eruptions led to increased rainfall in a period called the Carnian Pluvial Episode. Dinosaurs had to contend with more than one mass …
AvatarResident42flipped into Global Events & World Politics TikTok Trump says he has given approval to TikTok deal with Oracle and Walmart NBC News - Jason AbbruzzeseSpeaking to reporters as he left for a rally in North Carolina, the president said he had approved the deal "in concept." TikTok is on its way to getting a reprieve. President Donald Trump on Saturday...
AvatarResident42flipped into Interesting People U.S. Supreme Court Feminist trailblazer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life in pictures NBC NewsRuth Bader at two-years-old in 1935, at her home in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1935. Ruth Bader, at age 15, giving a sermon as the camp rabbi at Che-Na-Wah in Minerva, N.Y., in 1948. Supreme Court Justice Ruth...
AvatarResident42flipped into Global Events & World Politics Iran US says all UN sanctions on Iran restored, but world yawns Associated Press - By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration declared Saturday that all U.N. sanctions against Iran have been restored, a move most of the rest of the world rejects as illegal and sets the stage for an showdown...
AvatarResident42flipped into Things we still manage to screw upFacebook Hate Speech on Facebook Is Pushing Ethiopia Dangerously Close to a Genocide VICE - David GilbertEthnic violence set off by the assassination of a popular singer has been supercharged by hate speech and incitements shared widely on the platform. Throughout his life, Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa...
