GALLERY: Exclusive photos obtained by NK News reveal the transformation of the central Pyongyang neighborhood surrounding the unfinished Ryugyong Hotel.
Concrete high-rises, part of a bottom-up effort, have replaced the 'hotel of doom.'
Russia Seeds New Surveillance Tech to Squash Ukraine War Dissent - Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress dom... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/technology/russia-ukraine-surveillance-tech.html #wiretappingandothereavesdroppingdevicesandmethods #espionageandintelligenceservices #telephonesandtelecommunications #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #signal(openwhispersystems) #computersandtheinternet #censorship
South #Korea is set to establish an anti-human trafficking bureau to address international criticism over its handling of the issue.
The bureau will support victims, develop prevention plans, and improve the country's response to human trafficking.
This election will be the first to test whether years of debate over COVID school policies, CRT and gender identity will translate at the presidential level. The conservative Supreme Court could add fuel to the fire and juice turnout among young voters. https://t.co/O6FUWMKbwo
Haven't seen this from Led By Donkeys - about #UK #water #pollution, in my feed yet, so here it is. US peeps take note, Saudis are exporting quite a bit of US water in the form of hay, leaving residents with dry wells.
https://youtu.be/ui90HkEhvs0
Trump Bragged to Tucker Carlson About Sleeping With Black Women, ‘I Like a Little Chocolate in My Diet’ https://www.politicalflare.com/2023/07/trump-bragged-to-tucker-carlson-about-sleeping-with-black-women-i-like-a-little-chocolate-in-my-diet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
From the article:
ore than two-thirds of Texas inmates are serving their time without air conditioning as temperatures across the state consistently reach triple digits this summer. Their living and working conditions, under these circumstances, put them at risk of heat-related illness and in the worst cases, death.
Amid the heat wave that has descended on Texas this month, prisoners are at risk of heat stroke and dehydration even when they are indoors.
Detection of tiny variations in the rotation of #Mars used to characterize its liquid core: https://astronomycommunity.nature.com/posts/detection-of-tiny-variations-in-the-rotation-of-mars-used-to-characterize-its-liquid-core -> Mars has liquid guts and strange insides, InSight suggests: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/mars-has-liquid-guts-and-strange-insides-insight-suggests/ - wobbles in its rotation are difficult to explain without a liquid core.
Just joined Mastodon. So here's my #Introduction
I'm a #historian of the early American republic and the Atlantic world, interested in opposition politics and print culture. I teach in the field too, always trying to find new ways of engaging students. I'm here for teaching and research inspiration.
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.