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Global temperatures are expected to surge to record-breaking levels in the next five years and breach the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7-degree Fahrenheit) threshold set out in the Paris climate agreement, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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“Brexit has failed.” Nigel Farage, 15 May 2023
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed legislation that makes TikTok’s operation within the state illegal.
The popular social media app, whose parent is the Chinese company Bytedance, is up for sale but has not found an American buyer.
The legislation is likely to be challenged.
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Puppies who gnaw on shoes are probably doing it because they’re teething and the soft rubber or leather feels pleasant. Because puppies find relief, they tend to make a habit of it.
For adult dogs, however, the motivation is more varied. For one thing, shoes are easily accessible. They’re usually found at ground level, making it easy for a dog to case the scene, grab the shoe, and sprint off. From there, shoes become a kind of sensory experience. They have their owner’s scent as well as smells that have been transported from walking in other areas. It’s kind of a dog travelogue, with the pet able to explore where someone has been. The more pungent, the better.
Dogs might fall asleep next to a shoe for the same olfactory reason. Because it smells familiar, it’s comforting.
For well over a century, the oil and gas industry has drilled holes across California in search of black gold and a lucrative payday. But with production falling steadily, the time has come to clean up many of the nearly quarter-million wells scattered from downtown Los Angeles to western Kern County and across the state.
CBS » Some colleges and universities are investing in and accept donations from the same oil companies that drive global warming.
[Naomi] Klein, whose previous books include No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, said Doppelganger would “explore what it feels like to watch one’s identity slip away in the digital ether, an experience many more of us will have in the age of AI.
“Mostly, it’s an attempt to grapple with the wildness of right now – with conspiracy cultures surging and strange left-right alliances emerging and nobody seeming to be quite what they seem,” she continued. “Doppelganger is my attempt at a usable map of our moment in history but to make it, I had to get lost a few times.”
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