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This week, a ‘canary in the coal mine’ turned up dead, providing yet another ominous augur that something is seriously out of whack with Planet Earth. But judging by the reaction, or lack of it, most people shrugged off the news as a price they must pay for their hedonistic, materialistic lifestyles.
On the weekend, the world was treated to one of those dismal stories that most individuals, not wanting to spoil their morning cup of coffee, turned way from in disgust and pity.

Iran will not necessarily look for escalation: to wriggle through will be to win a major symbolic victory. But if it is pushed to the limit, Iran likely will first respond by pushing back in the region and in Afghanistan against US interests.

Iran will not necessarily look for escalation: to wriggle through will be to win a major symbolic victory. But if it is pushed to the limit, Iran likely will first respond by pushing back in the region and in Afghanistan against US interests.

I was delighted to write this short piece for Wired UK, and hope you find it useful
 

Standardisation broke education. Here’s how we can fix our schools

“The movement towards personalisation is already advancing in medicine. We must move quickly in that direction in education, too”

The two climate crises. I enjoyed this conversation with @spodek on Education, Leadership and the Environment. Hope you do.
Please listen to the interview here
 
“As a professor of leadership, host of this podcast, and constant student of acting by my environmental values, I live and work in the intersection of leadership, education, and the environment.

If you haven’t seen it yet – take a look at In Search of Greatness from @gabepolsky. The unbeatable power of creativity and passion at the heart of sport. @greatnessmovie

“He realized the limitations of his own physique and developed a whole new style of boxing that suited him.”

In Part I of our series on the Russian State of the Nation speech given annually, this year by President Vladimir Putin, we outlined Russia’s position as regards military and geopolitical pressure from the United States and Great Britain. We did this to offer (as best we can) the Russian point of view, much of which was filtered by Western media in its never-ending drive to isolate and demonize the Russian Federation.

(CD) – A day after Amazon announced it was cancelling plans to establish a new headquarters in New York City, critics pointed to a new report on the company’s federal taxes for 2018 as more evidence that its exit was no loss for New York. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) on Friday released data […]

(ZH) — As it turns out, those reports about Amazon reconsidering its plan to build one of its “HQ2s” in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City weren’t just trial balloons intended as a warning to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to get his people in line. Because in a Thursday announcement that will undoubtedly be heralded […]

(TM) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that Venezuelan gold would be processed in the Central Anatolian province of Çorum. Speaking at a rally ahead of local elections on March 31, the president said Çorum would reach a new level in terms of gold trade amid reports that Venezuela sells most of its […]