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The greatest human rights violation on the planet is the harm men do to women ~life Article 1083 words 12 votes
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Trump faces his 'Chernobyl moment' after slashing pandemic defences to the bone ~health Article 265 words 12 votes
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Visa grants Coinbase power to issue Bitcoin debit cards ~finance cryptocurrency banking Article 1070 words 6 votes
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EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app ~tech security Article 619 words, published Feb 20 2020 14 votes
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Physicists take their closest look yet at an antimatter atom ~science physics.particle physics.quantum Article 10 votes
Garbage language: Why do corporations speak the way they do? ~life work Article 4246 words, published Feb 20 2020 10 votes
Greenpeace asks Norway's supreme court to rule on Arctic oil – a case that could block the petroleum industry's expansion plans ~enviro climate change Article 446 words 5 votes
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