Source: Les bienfaits du sport- The benefits of sport – Houcin
Greed

All that we need is already provided by this Universe for us. On the other hand those of us who are consumed with greed, plunder and rape not only this earth but our fellow human beings. Living according to our means is not only a motto for the dispossessed but also for those who live a grandiose life.
© Norma Bobb-Semple 2021
Hot soup on a cold night — Roadtirement

Sometimes the simplest things work the best. Point in case our supper tonight was a simple hot tomato basil soup with crackers. It warms you up, which we both need as it is going to drop to 9 degrees overnight . Brrrrrrr!
Hot soup on a cold night — Roadtirement
Utah school allowing parents to opt students out of Black History Month curriculum
Could anyone really be that stupid?

A Utah charter school that incorporates Black History Month into its lesson plans is now facing backlash from some after the school announced it was allowing parents to opt students out of the curriculum. …
What if your plants could email you to ask for water?
We’re in the early stages of this, but it’s coming.
MIT scientists have developed a spinach plant with built-in nanotubes that glow when it detects a certain condition nearby. The tubes glow when the sensor is triggered, and a camera activates that sends a picture of the glowing tubes to the monitoring station.
The initial test apparently was to detect for explosives. However, the nanotubes can be programmed for any number of conditions. We can only presume that these capabilities will get more elaborate in the future. Imaging walking into a room and hearing, “Hey you, we nee some water over here!” I do hope the plants will be taught manners. But we’re talking about scientists here, so who knows.
Which spinach plants? Nothing to do with cartoon characters. In turns out they have strong and sophisticated capabilities to sense their environment, and it’s easier to use the plant than…
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Students Protest Firing of Arkansas Teacher Who Called Lawmakers Out for Being Fragile AF Over 1619 Project Curriculum

A Rogers, Arkansas, educator has been fired for committing the egregious offense of…calling out Republicans from his state for being the fragile white nationalists that they absolutely are. Specifically, the now-former teacher from the Arkansas Arts Academy was terminated for sending a justifiably angry email to…
Klobuchar targets Big Tech with biggest antitrust overhaul in 45 years | Ars Technica
Big Tech got big through acquisitions—and this bill aims to prevent that in the future.
“While the United States once had some of the most effective antitrust laws in the world, our economy today faces a massive competition problem,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) when she introduced the bill on Thursday. “We can no longer sweep this issue under the rug and hope our existing laws are adequate,” Klobuchar added, calling the bill “the first step to overhauling and modernizing our laws” to protect competition in the current era.
Source: Klobuchar targets Big Tech with biggest antitrust overhaul in 45 years | Ars Technica
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“While the United States once had some of the most effective antitrust laws in the world, our economy today faces a massive competition problem,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) when she introduced the bill on Thursday. “We can no longer sweep this issue under the rug and hope our existing laws are adequate,” Klobuchar added, calling the bill “the first step to overhauling and modernizing our laws” to protect competition in the current era. Source: Inoreader – Klobuchar targets Big Tech with biggest antitrust overhaul in 45 years
Klobuchar targets Big Tech with biggest antitrust overhaul in 45 years
Enlarge / Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on Jan. 21, 2021. (credit: Stefani Reynolds – pool | Getty Images)
With a new session of Congress underway and a new administration in the White House, Big Tech is once again in lawmakers’ crosshairs. Not only are major firms such as Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google under investigation for allegedly breaking existing antitrust law, but a newly proposed bill in the Senate would make it harder for these and other firms to become so troublingly large in the first place.
The bill (PDF), called the Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act (CALERA for short, which is still awkward) would become the largest overhaul to US antitrust regulation in at least 45 years if it became law.
“While the United States once had some of the most effective antitrust laws in the world, our economy today faces a massive competition problem,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) when she introduced the bill on Thursday. “We can no longer sweep this issue under the rug and hope our existing laws are adequate,” Klobuchar added, calling the bill “the first step to overhauling and modernizing our laws” to protect competition in the current era.
These Indian farmers aren’t leaving until the Government backs down

Thousands of farmers in India put on a show of defiance, blockading several major highways near Delhi in response to controversial farming laws and harsh police tactics. The protests lead to the suspension of internet services and sedition charges filed against journalists.
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