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Georgiann Baldino
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Explorer tracking real people caught up in great events. #nobot
beladonaHarvard is now offering free civic courses online
https://pll.harvard.edu/subject/government
https://pll.harvard.edu/subject/government
Order form in Dutch bulb catalog adds a 6 percent #tariff surcharge, explaining the #Trump tariff of 10 percent applies to flower bulbs. They had no choice but to add a nominal tariff charge, if recinded, they will remove or refund it.
Boeing, DOJ reach deal to avoid prosecution over 737 Max crashes
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/boeing-737-max-crashes-doj.html?__source=androidappshare
#Trump administration shields them. Victims families call for more accountability.
Sheril KirshenbaumWhere to go for a PhD? Change of interest from non-US students.
Source: Economist, 2025 https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/05/21/america-is-in-danger-of-experiencing-an-academic-brain-drain #science #uspol
May 2024, "the United States government hosted its first-ever 'Space Weather Tabletop Exercise,' a hypothetical practice test to determine whether the country is prepared for space weather events, such as intense geomagnetic storms....According to the NASA statement, the exercise demonstrated 'a critical need” for' more robust forecasting capabilities of space weather drivers and effects.”
"Theoretically, Thune could call up the legislation immediately and pass it without a single Democratic vote. However, #Senate Republicans say there's work to be done before they can sign off on the bill.
"We'll make changes," Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., told NBC News last week. "We've been talking with the House and there's a lot of things we agree on. … But there'll be changes in a number of areas."
MSNBC https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/new-math-problem-trumps-megabill-faces-senate-rcna208520
#USPolitics
"#history emerged as a particular battleground in #Russia following the ideological and material chaos of the 1990s. Following the collapse of the USSR, historians and cultural critics delved into negative aspects of Soviet rule that had previously been publicly unspeakable. This became associated with an era of crisis also marked by privatization, political corruption, and social breakdown." JSTOR https://daily.jstor.org/when-history-is-a-matter-of-national-security/
