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Issue #201 - October 2025
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Stories from Around the World that Affect Us |
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Will Cyclone Montha’s possible landfall in next 12 hours affect Bengaluru’s weather this week?
The weather system is expected to bring widespread rainfall to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and parts of South Karnataka over the coming days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced early Monday that the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm. The system is expected to bring widespread rainfall to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and parts of South Karnataka over the coming days.
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 Egypt and Red Cross search for hostage bodies in Gaza
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 Islamic State cells in Syria are regrouping
BBC (War/Human Rights/Politics)
Inside Syria's jail for IS suspects as officials say attacks by group are rising In the complex mosaic of the new Syria, the old battle against the group calling itself Islamic State (IS) continues in the Kurdish-controlled north-east. It's a conflict that has slipped from the headlines - with bigger wars elsewhere. But Kurdish counter-terrorism officials have told the BBC that IS cells in Syria are regrouping and increasing their attacks.
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Native Americans Before Native Americans
Travel/Environment
In 2021, scientists radiocarbon-dated pollen found in human footprints at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico and came back with dates of greater than 20,000 years. Critics demanded more evidence, and in 2023, using new data and more advanced methods seems to have confirmed the date. Though there are still skeptics, the White Sands discovery is not the only site that dates to the Last Glacial Maximum between 20-26,000 years ago.
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CharlatansYascha Mounk Philosophy Ethics |
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In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Quico Toro explore whether fraudsters are motivated by self-deception or the desire to scam, how the internet and our society enable charlatans, and how to resist them. Image by Leonardo |
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Quote of The Week
Suffering is a meaningful part of life. It takes nothing away from who we are, and on the contrary adds another layer to help us understand ourselves.
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Top Stories from our favourite publications to stimulate your curious mind, |
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Environmental Protection Agency Priorities
What’s “essential” to Trump’s EPA? More mercury pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency’s work protecting clean air and water is grinding to a halt. Yet, as thousands of EPA workers are sent home during the shutdown, the ones dismantling mercury rules for coal plants are still clocking in.
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The Book of You
THE MARGINALIAN (Literature)
“All things are so very uncertain, and that’s exactly what makes me feel reassured,” says Too-ticky, trying to comfort the lost and frightened Moomintroll under the otherworldly light of the aurora borealis. A decade after Tove Jansson (August 9, 1914–June 27, 2001) dreamt up her iconic Moomin series — one of those works of philosophy disguised as children’s books, populated by characters with the soulful wisdom of The Little Prince, the genial sincerity of Winnie-the-Pooh, and the irreverent curiosity of the Peanuts — she dreamt up Too-ticky, the sage of Moominvalley, warmhearted and eccentric and almost unbearably lovable. |
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Self-Mastery Is Good
Making intelligent and illuminating observations about cultural trends is tricky. The political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed that modern commercial societies have a way of conjuring desires for things that no one longed for in the first place. Supply isn’t always generated by pre-existing demand. Supply itself can generate demand. Ooh, just look at that shiny new thing! I’ve never seen anything like it before. It’s beautiful. It’s cool. It tastes great. It’s fun. It’s entertaining. It feels good. I want it. I need it. |
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A World Obsessed With Innovation
Bullshit jobs aren’t just a phenomenon of bureaucracy. They’re in tech, too. In the beginning was the work. The work was done. The work was real. Then, somewhere along the way, work became just motion. It was like virtue signaling—only worse. At work, I practiced another kind of signaling: innovation signaling. Everyone knows innovation is the ultimate corporate virtue. For years, it wasn’t innovation itself but the signaling of it that I performed. Innovation signaling was my job. And not just mine. |
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Genomics Has Revealed An Age Undreamed Of
PALLADIUM (Science/Technology)
On June 26, 2000, President Bill Clinton announced the completion of the draft of the human genome at a press conference with the two project leads, Francis Collins and J. Craig Venter. A genome is all the genetic information of an organism. Scientists had conceived of the Human Genome Project in the 1980s, and, in the first half of the 1990s, expected it to be an endeavor that would go on for decades. But an unexpected technological revolution of faster computers and better chemistry accelerated the ten-year effort toward the finish line, just as the 20th century came to a close.
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How Tutti Frutti's lyrics were changed
Awop-bop-aloobop alop-bam-boom! With a wild outburst of glorious nonsense, Little Richard announced himself to the world. Was he using his voice to mimic the sound of a drum break or did those strange syllables have a deeper secret meaning? Whatever, Tutti Frutti became an instant classic when it was released 70 years ago, on 20 October 1955, and the world's teenagers made him a star. Bawling like a man possessed, the self-proclaimed Georgia Peach was top of the pops for a few short years with a string of hits... |
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James King Blog offers valuable resources for students of Arts and Humanities. Particularly those interested in Environments, Literature, Performing Arts, Visual Art, Philosophy, Travel, and Human Rights. The articles provide insights into complex interactions between humans and their environments, and the ethical and moral dimensions of environmental issues. The Blog is relevant to students of all ages and those who are just fascinated by the Arts and Humanities. |
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 The Biophysical Environment – Important Facts You Need to Know
The biophysical environment encompasses the complex interactions between living organisms and the physical world. Understanding the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere is crucial for protecting natural ecosystems and addressing the challenges posed by human activities. |
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ALFIE GOES TO THAILAND - SERIES
If you like thought-provoking drama, romantic tragedies, and damaged characters, then you’ll love the tropical sauna and wry humour of POST- IT NOTES and the other books in this Psychological Thriller series. The Series is a story of human challenge, manipulation, rejection, abuse, and a search for peace. |
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THE KENRIGHT CHRONICLES - SERIES
The Kenright Chronicles is a psychological thriller series. Jack Kenright, a young investment banker gets involved in an international art swindle. which cripples his business and threatens his life and his family. He ends up a recluse, working for the FBI undercover and exposes massive corruption in the gambling world. |
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Capitopl MurderBy Philip Margolin
New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin brings back reader favorites—private investigator Dana Cutler and lawyer Brad Miller—in CAPITOL MURDER, the thrilling new installment in Margolin’s Washington Trilogy.
Readers were first introduced to Brad and Dana in Executive Privilege, where they unmasked the President’s involvement in serial murders. In Supreme Justice, Brad and Dana were able to save the life of a Supreme Court Justice while foiling a plot by rogue members of the CIA to fix a case headed for the Court. Now, in CAPITOL MURDER, Brad and Dana are reunited by wicked threats old and new. Convicted serial killer Clarence Little has escaped from death row in Oregon, and Brad receives threatening messages in DC... |
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The Alice Network By Kate Quinn
In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. 1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlie's parents banish her to Europe to have her "little problem" taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to find out what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.
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