Posts by Papi_Chulo

France Investigating Universities Over ‘Radical’ Ideas ‘Imported From The United States’ France intends to investigate universities to root out “Islamo-leftist” teaching and ideas that are fracturing French society as the government seeks to cut down on what officials say is American…

California Approves Mail-In Ballots For 2021 Election As the potential for a recall election of Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom grows, the State Legislature passed a bill on Tuesday that would reportedly require all active registered voters to get a ballot…

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Soccer Player Suspended For Allegedly Offensive Racial Remark, Sparking International Debate About Language And Context Star soccer player Edinson Cavani, a Uruguayan striker who plays for Manchester United, was fined and suspended after publicly thanking his friend Pablo Fernandez by using…

Parler, a social media app that was shut down last month by tech giants, said Monday that it has secured new computer servers and resumed operations. “We are off of the big tech platform, so that we can consider ourselves safe…

The overall power output of Texas has declined after nearly half of the state’s wind turbines were frozen in a winter storm over the weekend. “Wind farms across the state generate up to a combined 25,100 megawatts of energy. But unusually…

Interesting 2-part documentary delving into Artificial Intelligence (the good; the bad; and the ugly) - considered the next major societal-revolution along the lines of the Industrial-Revolution and the Internet-Revolution: Artificial intelligence and algorithms: pros and cons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0dMTAQM4cw How artificial intelligence is…

The 996 working hour system (Chinese: 996工作制) is a work schedule commonly practiced by some companies in the People's Republic of China. It derives its name from its requirement that employees work from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 6 days…

Entire Irish Rugby Team In International Tournament Refuses To ‘Take A Knee’ This week, the entire rugby squad of the team from Ireland unanimously refused to “take a knee” before they played against a Welsh team in the first round of…

I know very-little w.r.t. cryptos – in the other Bitcoin thread by @FTS I asked how the government would affect cryptos going-forward. I had recently been browsing financial-topics on YouTube – earlier today I opened YouTube and lo-and-behold the first suggested…

Marty Schottenheimer’s NFL coaching career was as remarkable as it was flummoxing. There were 200 regular-season wins, the eighth most in NFL history. There were a mystifying number of playoff losses, some so epic they had nicknames: “The Drive” and “The…

Well there's good news! Tufts University Urges ‘Rooting Out Racism’ Training For White, Christan Students Tufts University advocated that white, Christian students attend an online retreat on “rooting out racism.” The Tufts University webpage links out to an event entitled, “Rooting Out…