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Jan
30

Nonpolitical news of Jan 2021

Wind machines This is a promotional video for a Patagonia jacket.  I can’t speak for the jacket, but check
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Apr
14

Nonpolitical news of March 2020

Most of these stories are a bit stale, but they are about things that move slower than the news so
3 min read
Apr
14

Nonpolitical news of Feb 2020

Banking while black This story is a perfect example of the barriers that black people face in society. https://www.
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Jan
30

Nonpolitical news of early Jan 2019

From National Geographic (link below) A living bridge The photo comes from a wonderful article about one of the wettest
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Jan
30

Nonpolitical news of mid Jan 2019

Another random selection, this time hewing more closely to the daily news, so you may have seen most of it
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Jan
26

Nonpolitical news of Jan 2020

Ships switching to cleaner fuel This is one of those bits of good news that is buried in the headlines
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Jan
26

Nonpolitical news of late December 2019

Oof, this list got long again. Nepali Sherpas We never hear about the local Nepalis who set records.  Note the
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Jan
26

Nonpolitical news of late November 2019

A great animal story The video is an all-time classic.  Unfortunately, the scientists appear to have autistic-level social awareness (i.
3 min read
Jan
26

Non-political news of early November 2019

I have been collecting these bits for a while, so the list is much longer than usual.  Don’t miss
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Jan
26

Nonpolitical news of Aug 2019

911 photos Someone discovered photos of the 9-11 cleanup on a CD that they bought at a yard sale.  They’
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