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Three New Reads: February

28 February 2021 - Kit Knightly

Philip Roddis This month brings that rarest of occurrences. I’m recommending a Guardian piece: a tour of the mind of Jeff Bezos. You wouldn’t want to live there but I promise a rewarding trip. Also, and for your instant erudition, we have Pepe Escobar on why DC is so antsy about whose gas Germany cooks …

Discuss: The US Bombs Syria. Again.

26 February 2021 - Kit Knightly

America committed a war crime last night. Another one. We’re so used to it happening that we’ve installed a special filter – one reaction for when America bombs someone, and a completely different reaction whenever someone else does the same. But the US is not exceptional, and its bombs are not special or justified or …

Coronavirus Fact-Check #10: Why “new cases” are plummeting.

26 February 2021 - Kit Knightly

The scary red numbers are all going down. Check any newspaper or covid tracking website you want. Cases. Deaths. Hospitalisations. They’re all going down, sharply, and have been for weeks, especially in the US and UK. So, why would that be? Pundits across the media world have made suggestions – from vaccines to lockdowns – …

WATCH: Really Simple Syndication – #SolutionsWatch

25 February 2021 - Editor

#SolutionsWatch isn’t just about the Big Ideas. It’s also about the simple tricks, tips and techniques that we can use to regain power over our lives and help create the world we want. Today, James explores one very simple and tragically under-appreciated tool: Really Simple Syndication. We have had numerous inquiries about OffG’s RSS feed. …

A People’s History of Struggle: Liberty or Lockdown

24 February 2021 - Editor

Colin Todhunter UK health minister Matt Hancock has warned the government’s timeline for unlocking coronavirus restrictions could be slowed as ministers remain “vigilant” against infection rates. What began in March 2020 as a three-week lockdown to ‘save the NHS’ has turned into a year-long clampdown on fundamental liberties with the spectre of freedom through vaccination …

Reuters Highlights: Late February 2021

26 February 2021 - reuters-chinsun

Reuters Highlights: Late February 2021

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Reuters Sports – Uncertain over COVID? We have you covered!

26 February 2021 - reuters-chinsun

Reuters Sports – Uncertain over COVID? We have you covered!

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Sports picture of the month: February 2021

26 February 2021 - reuters-chinsun

Sports picture of the month: February 2021

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She beat childhood cancer. Now she’s headed to space

26 February 2021 - reuters-chinsun

She beat childhood cancer. Now she’s headed to space

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Crowdfunding their dream, German-Lebanese skateboarders train for the Olympics

26 February 2021 - reuters-chinsun

Crowdfunding their dream, German-Lebanese skateboarders train for the Olympics

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Pupils' families in England to be tested for Covid twice a week

28 February 2021 - Rajeev Syal and agencies

Pupils' families in England to be tested for Covid twice a week

Free rapid tests to be provided to households under plans to reopen schools from 8 March

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Families with children in school or college will be able to test themselves for coronavirus twice a week from home under plans for schools to safely reopen in England from 8 March.

Free tests will be provided to pupils’ households, as well as those in their childcare or support bubbles, regardless of whether anyone has symptoms, the government said on Sunday.

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‘We have to win’: Myanmar protesters persevere as forces ramp up violence

28 February 2021 - A reporter in Yangon and Rebecca Ratcliffe

‘We have to win’: Myanmar protesters persevere as forces ramp up violence

Violent scenes play out across country as police crack down against peaceful protesters

Ye Swan Htet, 23, had joined a sit-down protest on a bridge in west Yangon when he saw police approaching. Officers were carrying guns, he remembered, but he didn’t expect them to actually shoot. The protest was peaceful; crowds were singing and clapping.

Then, gun fire rang out all around him. Bricks burst open and a branch snapped from a tree. “There was a guy who got hit in his thigh by a rubber bullet, so I carried him to an ambulance,” he said.

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Rishi Sunak indicates furlough scheme could remain beyond April

28 February 2021 - Rajeev Syal

Rishi Sunak indicates furlough scheme could remain beyond April

Ahead of Wednesday’s budget, UK chancellor says he would ‘do whatever it took’ to support workers

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Rishi Sunak has indicated that emergency support measures such as the furlough scheme will be extended beyond the end of April in the budget on Wednesday.

In an interview on Sunday, the chancellor also ruled out speeding up the easing of lockdown even if the data improved and defended his “eat out to help out” scheme.

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Eviction orders being issued despite UK government Covid pledge

28 February 2021 - Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Eviction orders being issued despite UK government Covid pledge

Tenants in rent arrears are facing eviction after Covid tenancy rules were quietly changed

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Eviction orders are being issued to tenants who have run up rent arrears because of the pandemic despite a promise by the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, that “no renter who has lost income due to coronavirus will be forced out of their home”.

Twenty members of the London Renters Union are among those facing the first court proceedings after the government quietly changed its eviction ban last month to allow landlords to throw out tenants who had fallen into arrears as a result of Covid.

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Coronation Street actor Johnny Briggs dies aged 85

28 February 2021 - Haroon Siddique

Coronation Street actor Johnny Briggs dies aged 85

Actor who played Mike Baldwin in long-running ITV soap dies after long illness

The Coronation Street actor Johnny Briggs, who played Mike Baldwin in the ITV soap for 30 years, has died, his family have said.

Briggs, who also appeared in several Carry On films, was 85. In a statement issued on Sunday, his family said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our father, Johnny Briggs.

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A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances

28 February 2021 - John Washington

A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances

From family separation to European “pushbacks,” there’s a new legal effort to label anti-immigrant abuses as enforced disappearances.

The post A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances appeared first on The Intercept.

Amazon VP Abruptly Resigns From Board of Liberal Legal Organization

27 February 2021 - Rachel M. Cohen

Amazon VP Abruptly Resigns From Board of Liberal Legal Organization

Andrew DeVore’s departure from the American Constitution Society comes as Amazon workers in Alabama cast a historic union vote.

The post Amazon VP Abruptly Resigns From Board of Liberal Legal Organization appeared first on The Intercept.

India Targets Climate Activists With the Help of Big Tech

27 February 2021 - Naomi Klein

India Targets Climate Activists With the Help of Big Tech

Tech giants like Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian climate activists.

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Biden Balks at Sanctions on Saudi Crown Prince After Release of Report on Killing of Jamal Khashoggi

26 February 2021 - Alex Emmons

Biden Balks at Sanctions on Saudi Crown Prince After Release of Report on Killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Biden imposed sanctions only on aides to Mohammed bin Salman even though a new intelligence report said that MBS approved the mission on Khashoggi.

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Soldiers in Cameroon, a Close U.S. Ally, Commit Mass Rape, Report Says

26 February 2021 - Nick Turse

Soldiers in Cameroon, a Close U.S. Ally, Commit Mass Rape, Report Says

The atrocity-filled raid on a village in Cameroon included the rape of at least 20 women, according to Human Rights Watch.

The post Soldiers in Cameroon, a Close U.S. Ally, Commit Mass Rape, Report Says appeared first on The Intercept.

The Popcorn death

28 February 2021 - /u/Hoppy_Doodle

The Popcorn death

The Popcorn death

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Stating The Obvious

28 February 2021 - /u/ScreenExtension

Stating The Obvious

Stating The Obvious

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Hours of daylight around the world as the year progresses [OC]

28 February 2021 - /u/neilrkaye

Hours of daylight around the world as the year progresses [OC]

Hours of daylight around the world as the year progresses [OC]

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Fly Over small New Zealand town, Me, 2020

28 February 2021 - /u/Citizen_Art

Fly Over small New Zealand town, Me, 2020

Fly Over small New Zealand town, Me, 2020

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Battersea Power Station | Iconic

28 February 2021 - /u/uriahstardust

Battersea Power Station | Iconic

Battersea Power Station | Iconic

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CANCEL CASUALTIES

Gone and not yet forgotten; but never to be forgiven.

OPEN COMEDY

Clips and compilations of comedy (stand-up, sketch, impressions, accidental).

IMPRESSIVE IMPRESSIONS

Impressions are ten a penny but impressions that nail the spirit of the comedy of the voice... rare indeed.

GENRE COMEDY

Current and past shows in the comedy genre.

What does "money" mean to you?

PHENOCRACY

Democracy subverted by Technocracy may need to become Phenocracy.

12 RULES

"How Do I Not Be Just Another Sucker?" in 12 Simple Rules

POST-WAR ECONOMICS

US and world economic history from WW2 to now.

NRx

Neoreactionary alt-right from Qanon to Dark Enlightenment.

ANTIFA

Antifa, woke intersectionality and the spectrum of identity politics.

PLUTOCRACY

Nations as plutocracy, democracy subverted by duopoly, population polarization.

PSYCHOMETRICS

Manipulating your worst instincts against your own best interests.

XORBINARY

"All non-legitimate authority should be dismantled else human freedom suffers."

TOP TENS

Top tens: hackneyed format for the sake of search engines.

FALLEN

"For The Fallen" in memorium (by Laurence Binyon).

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