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14 votes
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The spy whose tapes rocked Spanish society
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Sweden set up a eugenics plan, grounded in the science of racial biology, between 1934 and 1976 – between 20,000 and 33,000 Swedes were forced to be sterilised
12 votes -
Australian governments impose recycling rules after the packaging industry fails on waste
7 votes -
ACT passes Australian-first legislation banning irreversible medical procedures for young intersex children
12 votes -
Welsh town seats world’s first known nonbinary mayor
12 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 29
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15 votes -
Democracy is the solution to vetocracy
10 votes -
Respect existence or expect resistance – protests in Norway against wind farm on Sámi land
3 votes -
Ronald Reagan and the biggest failure in physics
5 votes -
A Republican suburb designed for cyclists
15 votes -
Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen wrote part of a speech using OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to highlight the risks of artificial intelligence
3 votes -
The AI moment of truth for Chinese censorship
6 votes -
How Iceland became a geothermal powerhouse
5 votes -
Why are US red states hiring so much faster than blue states?
7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 22
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4 votes -
I set out on a journey to the high north of Greenland to meet the Inuit communities that brave the harshest winters in the world
3 votes -
Brazil sends thousands of Venezuelan migrants to country's rich southern states
7 votes -
Denmark is getting off fossil fuels. Are there lessons for Canada?
5 votes -
From playwright to pandemic Queen: How D’Arcy Drollinger became the first drag laureate
2 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 15
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9 votes -
Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality
19 votes -
Greenlandic MP refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament and instead spoke in her native Inuit language
6 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 8
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6 votes -
Brazilian supreme court Minister to take legal action against Telegram
3 votes -
Japan is in talks to open a NATO office
7 votes -
F1 star Lewis Hamilton blasts Florida’s anti-LBGTQ measures
8 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 1
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8 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 24
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8 votes -
I found the libertarian (ultra rationalist?) tildes! Themotte.org
13 votes -
Dwyane Wade, who has trans daughter, says he left Florida because his family 'would not be accepted' there
11 votes -
Better a pig than a fascist
2 votes -
Norway's $1.4tn wealth fund calls for state regulation of AI – Nicolai Tangen says fund will set guidelines for companies it invests in on ethical use of AI
4 votes -
US lawmakers are being silenced for speaking out against anti-trans bills
10 votes -
Colorado becomes first state to pass “right to repair” law for farmers
14 votes -
Is Oslo the next great cycling city?
4 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 17
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4 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 27
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7 votes -
The high-wire drama of raising the US debt ceiling is making headlines again. Is there a better way? Perhaps Denmark has the answer.
5 votes -
By more than two-to-one, Americans support US government banning TikTok
17 votes -
Absolut Vodka will stop exporting its products to Russia after a backlash in its home country, Sweden
4 votes -
The Witch Trials of JK Rowling
15 votes -
George Takei: Love and justice beyond the stars
3 votes -
The world’s longest suspension bridge is history in the making. After 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland.
8 votes -
The reasons behind France’s pension protests
3 votes -
US cities sue Hyundai, Kia after wave of car thefts
14 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of April 10
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11 votes -
Norway has expelled fifteen Russian officials that it had accused of spying under diplomatic cover
8 votes -
White House launching $5 billion program to speed coronavirus vaccines
3 votes -
Australia is quitting coal in record time thanks to Tesla
5 votes