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    The first photo of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy has been released. 2 minutes and 10 seconds.


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    Sons of Russia: The people fighting Putin's war in Ukraine

    | Full Episode | SBS Dateline


    Filmed in the lead up to the war in Ukraine, Dateline investigates the Russian military and patriotic education programs turning children into soldiers and reveals why so many young Russians are willing to fight for Putin.

    Dateline is an Australian award-winning international documentary series with a current affairs backbone.

    Every week we transport you to a different part of the world to share half-hour stories about family, social injustice, identity, tragedy, redemption and survival. We scour the globe to bring you special characters and a world of daring stories.
    May 10, 2022

    30:01 min.


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    Out from within ...

    Who is Narendra Modi ?
    India's path to becoming a world power

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    Many consider Narendra Modi to be the new strong man on the international stage. The right-wing nationalist has steered India's fortunes since 2014. He is the key player behind the new Indo-Pacific alliance against China.

    "No power in the world can stop a country of 1.3 billion people. The 21st century will be India's century," Modi says. After six decades of the Nehru-Gandhi family’s rule, India watched a man of the people rise from the ranks of the opposition and ascend to power in 2014. Narendra Modi promised India a new beginning.

    And he knows just how to keep himself center stage: He is the world’s third most followed person on Twitter. Equally adept at playing dove-like pacifist and hawkish commander in chief, Modi has a score to settle with history. He wants to restore India to its original "purity" and secure its central role in the world order. In India, he is accused of wanting to transform the world's largest democracy into an anti-Muslim, anti-liberal Hindu state.

    His influence on international politics, as one the masterminds of the Indo-Pacific strategy against China, is inescapable. India has never been as powerful as it is today; domestically, it has never been as nationalistic and authoritarian. Who is Narendra Modi? What is the Hindu nationalist militia, from whose ranks he emerged? This is the story of a turning point - for India and for the world.
    May 13, 2022

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    hmm ...



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    Highly recommended ...
    Up the road ...

    Man unknowingly buys former plantation house
    where his ancestors were enslaved

    60 Minutes


    An Air Force veteran wanted a new house for large family gatherings; he ended up getting an incredible link to his family’s past.

    May 15, 2022

    26:39 min.


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    Russians in Germany clash over the war in Ukraine

    DW Documentary


    The war in Ukraine is driving a wedge between Russian speakers in Germany. Putin’s critics and supporters are fiercely divided. The conflict came to a head on May 9, which marked 77 years since Nazi Germany's surrender.

    Barricades, strict regulations, and thousands of police on duty: German authorities predicted May 9 would get heated. Commemorated as "Victory Day” in many former Soviet countries, the date marks 77 years since the surrender of Nazi Germany. But due to the war in Ukraine, the occasion took on a whole new meaning. The divide between Putin’s opponents and supporters was brought into sharp focus. Authorities banned the display of Russian and Ukrainian flags in the hopes of avoiding escalation. But emotions were running high at dueling protests, with demonstrators breaking out in verbal confrontations over Russia’s war in Ukraine. DW reporter Oxana Evdokimova shows the divisions in the Russian-speaking community in Berlin and why many Russians in Germany support Putin and the military aggression in Ukraine.
    May 16, 2022

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    "Dealing death" ...

    Benzo Dope and Tranq: The Next Wave of the Overdose Crisis

    VICE News


    More than 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2021, the worst year on record. The newest wave of the overdose crisis involves man-made chemicals, including animal tranquilizers, that are being combined with fentanyl to make street drugs that are deadlier and more addictive.

    With access to an undisguised fentanyl dealer, Beyond Fentanyl looks at how drugs like “benzo dope” and “tranq” are ravaging North American communities and how U.S. policy affected the latest flood of synthetic street drugs.

    May 16, 2022

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    "Drill baby drill" ...

    Ultra-MAGA Condoms | Real Time with Maher

    Make Your Dick Great Again with the made-in-America condoms that will “rig your erection” and have you “poling well.”

    May 20, 2022

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    Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine
    Lex Fridman Podcast #286


    Oliver Stone is a filmmaker with 3 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar nominations. His films include Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Scarface, JFK, Nixon, Alexander, W, Snowden, and documentaries where he has interviewed Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Vladimir Putin.

    OUTLINE:
    0:00 - Introduction
    2:54 - Nuclear power
    15:52 - Russia and US relations
    21:07 - JFK and the Cold War
    26:24 - Interviewing Putin
    50:02 - Invasion of Ukraine
    59:20 - Why Putin invaded Ukraine
    1:13:44 - Propaganda
    1:21:02 - Interviewing Putin in 2022
    1:28:17 - Nuclear war
    1:34:28 - Advice on interviewing
    1:38:09 - Interviewing Hitler
    1:41:30 - Putin interview language barrier
    1:42:41 - Love
    1:44:36 - Advice to young people
    1:47:42 - Mortality
    1:48:44 - Regrets
    1:50:41 - Meaning of life
    152:38 min.

    May 17, 2022


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    Real-estate built on debt ...

    The Secret behind China's Ghost Cities

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    What is truly the purpose of these hollow concrete labyrinths, what secret lies within?
    May 14, 2022

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    Whether it be in China or the U.S. more real estate investment scams...

    Renters In America Are Running Out Of Options

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    The need for affordable housing continues to grow in urban centers. The traditional form of affordable housing for suburban and rural areas, mobile homes, have become overrun with speculation, pricing people out through a new type of landlord - private equity.

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    It's coming to light ...

    Long COVID affects more older adults; shots don’t prevent it

    By LINDSEY TANNER

    5/24/2022




    "New U.S. research on long COVID-19 provides fresh evidence that it can happen even after breakthrough infections in vaccinated people, and that older adults face higher risks for the long-term effects.

    In a study of veterans published Wednesday, about one-third who had breakthrough infections showed signs of long COVID.

    A separate report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that up to a year after an initial coronavirus infection, 1 in 4 adults aged 65 and older had at least one potential long COVID health problem, compared with 1 in 5 younger adults.

    Long COVID refers to any of more than two dozens symptoms that linger, recur or first appear at least one month after a coronavirus infection. These can affect all parts of the body and may include fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog and blood clots.

    Coronavirus vaccines that help prevent initial infections and serious illnesses provide some protection against long COVID but mounting research shows not as much as scientists had first hoped.

    The veterans study published in Nature Medicine reviewed medical records of mostly white male veterans, aged 60, on average. Of the 13 million veterans, almost 3 million had been vaccinated last year, through October.

    About 1%, or nearly 34,000, developed breakthrough infections. Lead author Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly noted that the study was done before the highly contagious omicron variant appeared at the end of the year and said the rate of breakthrough infections has likely increased.

    Breakthrough infections and long COVID symptoms were more common among those who had received Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot compared with two doses of either Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. Whether any had received booster shots is not known; the first booster wasn’t OK’d in the U.S. until late September.

    Overall, 32% had long COVID symptoms up to six months after breakthrough infections. That’s compared with 36% of unvaccinated veterans who had been infected and developed long COVID.

    Vaccination reduced the chances for any long COVID symptoms by a “modest” 15%,” although it cut the risk in half for lingering respiratory or clotting problems, said Al-Aly, a researcher with Washington University and the Veterans Affairs health system in St. Louis. These symptoms included persistent shortness of breath or cough and blood clots in lungs or veins in the legs.

    Infectious disease expert Dr. Kristin Englund, who runs a center for long COVID patients at the Cleveland Clinic, said the Nature Medicine study mirrors what she sees at her clinic. Long COVID patients there include people who were vaccinated and received boosters.

    “As we have no clear treatments for long COVID, it is important for everyone to get vaccinated and use other proven methods of prevention such as masking and social distancing in order to prevent infections with COVID and thus long COVID,” Englund said.

    The CDC report, released Tuesday, used medical records for almost 2 million U.S. adults from the start of the pandemic in March 2020 to last November. They included 353,000 who had COVID-19. Patients were tracked for up to a year to determine if they developed any of 26 health conditions that have been attributed to long COVID.

    Those who had COVID were much more likely than other adults without COVID to develop at least one of these conditions, and risks were greatest for those aged 65 and older. Information on vaccination, sex and race was not included.

    Breathing problems and muscle aches were among the most common conditions.

    Older adults’ risks were higher for certain conditions, including strokes, brain fog, kidney failure and mental health problems. The findings are worrisome because those conditions can hasten older adults’ needs for long-term care, the report authors said.

    They stressed that routine assessment of all COVID patients “is critical to reduce the incidence” of long COVID."

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    Real-estate built on debt ...

    The Secret behind China's Ghost Cities

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    A Dicey Situation.
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