Repost: Why VPN demand is up in Texas and Female Genital Mutilation is back
I’m convinced my blog is an elaborate scheme to sabotage any future employment prospects.
REPOST: Sawdah Bhaimiya, "Gen Zers are suffering from 'menu anxiety,'..."
“A third of Gen Zers also said they ask other people to order at restaurants because of this anxiety.”
Repost: Melanie Swan, "Vast majority of Iranians want a secular government, poll reveals"
“Only 7.9% of respondents said they agree women must be made to wear hijab, down from 18.6 percent.”
Repost: WSJ "Negative Takes on China’s Economy Are Disappearing From the Internet"
"As the data have worsened, Beijing has tightened the flow of information around its economy."
Repost: ThinkChina on baizuo (aka the white left)
The Chinese have a word for the ‘white left’
Why don't we just take the water, and push it somewhere else?
We are looking at diverting about 1,444 km^3 annually, resulting in 72,200 km^3 over 50 years.
Repost: Matt Reynolds (Wired), "You’re Allergic to the Modern World"
Are allergies caused by toxins, climate change, hate for our mothers or something else? Read this Wired post to not get a straight answer.
Repost: Paul Voosen, "'It’s just mind boggling.' More than 19,000 undersea volcanoes discovered"
With only one-quarter of the sea floor mapped with sonar, it is impossible to know how many seamounts exist… The vast majority remain uncharted by sonar.
Defending Eurovision's Cha Cha Cha
Finnish group Käärijä was undoubtedly the fan favorite. They lost.