…The government supports sand mining, but Cambodian and British researchers have found that miners are taking about three times the volume of sand reported by the government. Ball’s sources requested anonymity, and their faces are not shown; in Cambodia, those speaking out against environmental harms have been jailed and even killed… Source: On the Mekong, Sand Mining Threatens the River and a Way of Life – Yale E360
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Windy and Wet Night – Haiku – A Poem by Anita Bacha
Il vero costo dei tuoi gioielli: i cartelli riciclano il denaro della droga vendendo oro insanguinato a Cartier e ad altri nel settore del lusso, nonché ai negozi di oro scontato, e lo Yanomami e altri popoli Indigeni sta pagando il prezzo!
Twitter appears to delay links by five seconds to sites Elon Musk dislikes | Twitter | The Guardian
Social media giant Twitter appeared to apply a five-second delay that would slow access to sites – a process known as throttling – including to the New York Times, Reuters, Instagram and Blue Sky, another social network, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday… Source: Twitter appears to delay links by five seconds to sites Elon Musk dislikes | Twitter | The Guardian
Texas judge blocks state-mandated changes to Harris County elections | The Texas Tribune
The Dead Loop: Dangerous Gymnastics Move Only Performed Once 50 Years Ago Has Been Banned Ever Since ~ Vintage Everyday
How to Win Clients Without Hard Selling Yourself
Community diagnostic centres ‘cutting NHS waits’ don’t exist yet | openDemocracy (Me: Tories not telling whole truth)
In fact, our investigation has found some of the health centres, known as CDCs, are years away from opening. We could only find evidence of 71 centres that are up and running – and some of those are in mobile units.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) this month claimed 114 centres were open across the country, saying they were helping cut NHS waiting lists by offering more tests for patients.
But local NHS boards responsible for 30 of the CDCs listed as open have said they will not be operational until later this year or even next year.
Source: Community diagnostic centres ‘cutting NHS waits’ don’t exist yet | openDemocracy
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