Ordinary threats were insufficient, so OZONE & its consequent threats to kids, pets, people w/lung problems and … me - https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_341fede4-ce19-11eb-8dc6-27a9f165c474.html
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Crawfish become braver, take risks when exposed to antidepressants in water https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_97f2baac-d136-11eb-8a5a-970a293da14e.html
There is some simile I should be able to come up with here ….
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N.Y. Times columnist Nick Kristof stacks up a sobering array of data to warn that the U.S. is actually weak on many vital fronts:
"Greeks have higher high school graduation rates," Kristoff writes (subscription).
"Chileans live longer."
"Fifteen-year-olds in Russia, Poland, Latvia and many other countries are better at math than their American counterparts."
International student assessment (PISA) - Mathematics performance (PISA)...
Find, compare and share OECD data by indicator.
"[O]ne-fifth of American 15-year-olds can't read at the level expected of a 10-year-old."
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In “Only the good die young” news, today my mother is 97 years old. I won’t talk to her.
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The deadliest massacre that Burkina Faso has suffered, which left over 130 dead earlier this month, was carried out mostly by children between the ages of 12 and 14, the government said. [WaPo]
I noticed that you haven't written anything for quite some time. That's a shame...you were really in Flow.