The (Sometimes Semi) Weekly Whatever: Montessori's Flying Circus
Politics
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What, you thought a Democratic president would mean an end to building a stupid border wall?
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A house bill is drafted to order the government to investigate white supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in the military and law enforcement. Every single Republican votes against it.
Business
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Donald Trump buries his ex-wife on one of his golf courses to get a tax break.
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BMW starts charging $18 a month to use the heated seats in your car.
Crapto
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Bitcoin may have dropped in value, but Nazis still like it.
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Cryptocurrency exchange suddenly closes, giving its users 24 hours to try and withdraw their money.
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Another cryptocurrency lender gets its money drained by a flash loan and one of its own contracts, causing its "stable" coin to drop from $1 to 8¢. They take to Twitter claiming the funds were stolen and begging for them to be returned.
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Introducing the Bird Hat Grift Club: an NFT project to demonstrate that NFTs are garbage.
Environment
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Think nuclear power is the solution to global warming? Well, unfortunately a lot of nuclear power plants are having trouble with rising temperatures...
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Lake Mead's water levels are at the lowest they've been since it was filled in the 1930s.
Science
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Why are British buildings often 21m apart? Well, urban designers Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker walked apart in a field until they could no longer see each other’s nipples through their shirts. The two men measured the distance between them, and that became the standard.
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Two decades of Alzheimer's research was based on what now looks like deliberate fraud.
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Low serotonin levels don't appear to be the cause of depression, leaving us with still no idea what does cause it or why serotonin-raising drugs work.
Law and order
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Mississippi police chief Sam Dobbins fired after a leaked recording shows that he used the N word while bragging about shooting a Black person 119 times.
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Immigration authorities say that in June, Benjamin was caught crossing the US border, and that he admitted he wanted entry into Texas to find a job in Dallas. He's two years old.
Nature
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Japanese city attacked by biting, clawing, baby-snatching monkeys.
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Homing pigeon gets lost on his way back to England, somehow crosses the Atlantic.
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Shark attack saves man from cancer.