Transportation

Tearing Down the Idols of Colonialism | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudWhy Tunisia, Africa Must Demand French Apology Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 29, 2020 The visit by newly-elected Tunisian President Kais Saied to France on June 22 was intended to discuss bilateral relations, trade, etc. But it was also a missed opportunity, where Tunisia could have formally demanded an apology from France for the decades of French colonialism, which has s ...

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Everybody Knows What Titanic Lifeboats Can Teach Us About The Coronavirus Response | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 14, 2020 Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows ...

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Why isn’t Juliane Koepcke a household name? | Mickey Z.

Photo source: BBC World Service on Twitter Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 27, 2018 Imagine this: An attractive, white, blonde, smart, tough, and articulate male teenager lives through a plane cr ...

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The world's most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans | University of Bristol

Working principle of virtual vortices: intertwined short vortices of opposite directions are emitted to trap and stabilize the particle. Credit: University of Bristol Jan. 22, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Acou ...

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DeNiro rides the R train | Mickey Z.

Artist: Martin Schoeller (American/German, born 1968). Title: Robert De Niro on Subway. Brooklyn, New York, 2013. Medium: Photographs, Archival pigment print. Size: 73.5 x 91.5 cm. (28.9 x 36 in.). F ...

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Climate Change Is Hell on Alaska's Formerly Frozen Highways | Greg Quinn

Illustration: Sam Dodge for Bloomberg A critical artery is threatened by thawing permafrost. Aug. 2, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- For seven decades, the Alaska Highway has mesmerized adventure-seeking travele ...

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All Aboard the P (for Patriarchy) Train | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 1, 2015 Trigger Warning: Discussion of sexual harassment and assault. MTA New York City Transit recently teamed with those progressive folks ...

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Baltic Dry Index Collapses To Historic Low

Coal ship unloading. Eric Kilby/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Feb. 15, 2015 (World News Trust) -- The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) -- a measure of commodity shipping costs -- fell to an historic low. China has cut ...

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The Mariner's Rule | John Michael Greer

John Michael GreerJan. 21, 2015 (Archdruid Report) -- One of the things my readers ask me most often, in response to this blog’s exploration of the ongoing decline and impending fall of modern indust ...

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'Omenland'

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 20, 2014 Did a few loose strands of Ebola seep into the organs and tissues of global finance last week? The U.S. equity markets sure enough puked, the N ...

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The Empire Eats Its Own | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust May 10, 2014 Just watched Alexander Payne’s new film Nebraska, written by Bob Nelson and starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte. I don’t really know what the write ...

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