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MAKE ECUADOR GREAT AGAIN

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The White House buys foreign flowers as US growers see business wilt

Making America great again has not involved displaying homegrown flowers in the White House.

Essex police officers forged documents and hid evidence out of ‘cynical disdain’

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Detectives jailed for sabotaging child abuse investigations

Essex police officers forged documents and hid evidence out of ‘cynical disdain’

More than a century after the first women’s football match and 110 statues of male players, the first prominent public sculpture of a female footballer will be unveiled next month.

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Lily Parr, trailblazing 1920s footballer, to be honoured with statue

First prominent public sculpture of a female footballer will be unveiled in Manchester in June

“There is a certain perverse logic when we look at the numbers, the macabre math of murder.”

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Athletes are shot dead all the time in the US. It makes grim, tragic sense

Three young athletes were shot to death in the last week alone. When you factor in race, guns and politics in the US, tragedies are inevitable

Projects include AI-equipped tanks, fighter jets, and machine guns.

SEE KILLER ROBOTS

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The “third revolution in warfare” is weapons that can decide to kill on their own

Seven countries are known to be developing "killer robots" for military purposes. Have we enabled a dystopian future we'll come to regret?

Naturally, it's not a rain of water, but a rain of superheated gas. (via Curiosity)

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It Rains on the Sun

We're used to rain and the water cycle here on Earth, but what about on the sun? Guess what: It rains there well. But naturally, it's not a rain of water, ...

"Ultimately, it comes down to economics: to fix the issue, somebody has to pay for it."

(via The Business of Fashion)

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Why Fashion Doesn’t Pay Fair

Big brands have talked for decades about their commitment to workers’ rights, but millions of people who make our clothes still don’t earn enough to live off. BoF walks you through how the industry needs to change to come up with a solution.

Before the school run, or commuting to work, increasing numbers are taking tiny doses of psychedelic drugs in the UK. Why?

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'It makes me enjoy playing with the kids': is microdosing mushrooms going mainstream?

Before the school run, or commuting to work, increasing numbers are taking tiny doses of psychedelic drugs in the UK. Why?

Denver’s move is just the latest outbreak of common sense on drugs – how depressing, then, that Britain remains so backward on the issue."

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It’s time for Labour to experiment with new drug policies | Owen Jones

Denver has just decriminalised magic mushrooms – British politicians need to be equally brave

IN ENGLAND ANARCHISTS HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP TINY FREE WOODEN LIBRARIES ON THE STREET  NOW IT HAS EXPANDED 

Never mind books: in a slightly tatty block in Oxford you can borrow all the things that usually cost a fortune to hire – and its advocates say it’s a scheme that is about to conquer the world.

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The library of things: could borrowing everything from drills to disco balls cut waste and save m...

Never mind books: in a slightly tatty block in Oxford you can borrow all the things that usually cost a fortune to hire – and its advocates say it’s a scheme that is a...