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Norway's last coal miners fight for survival against climate policy
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As a disabled woman, my abortion wasn’t questioned—but my pregnancy was
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Indonesia moving to ban sex outside marriage
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When Oslo's first floating sauna was banned by port authorities, its owners took it on the run, sparking a public craze
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What would a climate crisis doomsday bunker need?
I have been thinking recently, if a climate crisis is almost inevitable at this point what actions could an individual take to stay safe? I'm thinking some kind of underground bunker able to to...
I have been thinking recently, if a climate crisis is almost inevitable at this point what actions could an individual take to stay safe? I'm thinking some kind of underground bunker able to to sustain life. The main things you would need is power, water and food. The power is fairly simple since you could set up solar and wind generation and probably use that to grow food underground but I'm wondering what you would do for water. How possible would it be to collect barrels from the sea and have a personal desalination plant.
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A second chance - Twelve years ago, forty-seven dogs were rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation and allowed to live
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Iceland hosts first major international #metoo conference – three-day gathering will explore why movement gained traction and effect it has had
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Why men love war (1984)
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Why your inner circle should stay small, and how to shrink it
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Teens explain the VSCO Girl-and why you never want to be one
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What college admissions offices really want - Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all
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We are, all of us, Machines
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From bullying and sexual assault to squalid living conditions and forced labour, working at sea can be a grim business – and one deep-sea fishing fleet is particularly notorious
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93% of British Columbians want to scrap changing clocks for daylight time, survey says
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“Free time” has been corrupted into “recovery time”: spells of lethargy between periods of work that merely prepare us for the resumption of labor
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'A human need': Australian disability groups say people on NDIS should have access to sex workers
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What personal goals are you working towards?
Inspired by similar topics such as "what are you reading" and "what creative project are you working on", and being obsessed with structured self-development, I thought I'd start this. As the...
Inspired by similar topics such as "what are you reading" and "what creative project are you working on", and being obsessed with structured self-development, I thought I'd start this.
As the title says. Share what your goal is, why you want to achieve it and how you will go about it (the steps/behaviors). You can include a timeline/target date which hopefully will instill a sense of accountability and increase motivation.
I'm also hoping to get some inspiration and/or tips for my own life goals.If this gains interest I might post this once a quarter for follow-ups and new goals.
I'll share mine in a comment below.
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How a federal court ruling on Boise’s homeless camping ban has rippled across the West
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Oregon woman turns school buses into tiny homes for working homeless families
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How do you achieve an efficient house move?
I'm getting my own place -- i.e. an apartment that I own, and not rent -- and I find myself needing to prepare for another house move (this'll be the 4th of such events for me), only this time...
I'm getting my own place -- i.e. an apartment that I own, and not rent -- and I find myself needing to prepare for another house move (this'll be the 4th of such events for me), only this time with a lot more stuff.
I'm in a situation where I have to plan how I proceed carefully, since the elevator isn't working yet at the new place, and I have to carry everything up 7 flights of stairs.Every single time I've done a house move in the past it's been a disaster; didn't plan at all, just stuffed things into my car and left for the new place when it was full; rinse and repeat. I'm positive I did at least double the number of trips I actually needed.
I want to think ahead on this one since the number of trips matter a lot.
What are your tips for house moving? Any weird but efficient way of packing/labeling/sorting/whatever?
Also interested in hearing the stories of your most horrible (or most enjoyable -- although I can't imagine this being the case) house moves.
PS: don't want to hire a moving company, I like doing things like this on my own.
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Low-paid American workers produce tear gas in potentially dangerous conditions. It's then shipped to Hong Kong where it's used against pro-democracy protesters.
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Finland's 'Housing First' policy proves that homelessness is avoidable
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A very German idea of freedom: Nude ping-pong, nude sledding, nude just about anything
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School uniforms are on the rise — even for toddlers — and it’s changing back-to-school shopping
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For the formerly incarcerated, occupational licensing laws can be legal prisons
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The process of arming teachers in one Ohio school district: ‘You understand that you might have to shoot a student?’
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Polyamory in the Pacific Northwest
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The myth of the free speech crisis: How overblown fears of censorship have normalised hate speech and silenced minorities
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Greta Thunberg has spoken about her Asperger's syndrome diagnosis after she was criticised over the condition
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Good Hair Day – How black Finns are taking on racism
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Hanoi's street boys and runaways are easy prey for exploitation
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The magical thinking of guys who love logic
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Area 51 Raid: What would happen, legally speaking?
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‘I can’t sleep, I can’t eat’: How Hong Kong’s extradition bill crisis is affecting the city’s refugees and asylum seekers
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‘Nobody cared’: A woman gave birth alone in a jail cell after her cries for help were ignored, lawsuit says
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The US sends “the worst of the worst” to the ADX Florence Supermax prison in Colorado. This is what happens when they get out.
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A week with no tear gas
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From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how the prison economy works
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"Down the rabbit hole I go": How a young woman followed two hackers' lies to her death
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My life with face blindness
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A group of Chinese international students say they take little notice of politics or historical events, with one admitting to not having heard of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
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Here’s what San Francisco’s most expensive home on the market looks like
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Men
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Moving out tips
I'm moving out: in the coming weeks I'll move to an apartment in Ankara, Turkey. This is the first time I'll have a home of my own, and the first time I live in an apartment as opposed to our...
I'm moving out: in the coming weeks I'll move to an apartment in Ankara, Turkey. This is the first time I'll have a home of my own, and the first time I live in an apartment as opposed to our detached family home. I wonder if any of you have tips for a 25yo master's student moving out and changing city!
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The fall of Prague: ‘Drunk tourists are acting like they’ve conquered our city’
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Perceived intergenerational inequality in Finland is eroding young people's faith in the pension system
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Why we should all be activists
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For those getting ready to go back to school: how do you feel about it?
The question is open to anyone attending any level of school in any capacity. How are you feeling? What are you excited about? What are you nervous about? What are your goals? What are you hoping...
The question is open to anyone attending any level of school in any capacity.
How are you feeling?
What are you excited about?
What are you nervous about?
What are your goals?
What are you hoping to get out of your education?14 votes -
‘I have $1500 that I’m giving away’: Man becomes legend for extreme acts of kindness toward strangers
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