RT @alfonslopeztena: Trump gives himself sweeping tax amnesty in secret government deal. The vaguely worded document declares US tax author… #Trump #TaxAmnesty #GovernmentDeal #US
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RT @alfonslopeztena: As bee population collapses, US government closes a key research facility, home to the nation's oldest bee lab that ha… #Bees #Environment #Conservation #US
From M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj to Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne: What’s behind rappers’ support for Trump — The growing trend within the urban genre can be explained by factors such as the Paycheck Protection Program and Trump's decision to pardon some artists https://t.co/mkDloX9008 #RappersForTrump #HipHopPolitics #UrbanMusic #US
The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut — Britain’s capacity to influence global events was diminished, not boosted, by leaving the EU: the road to control leads back to Europe By @Rafaelbehr https://t.co/idyvOJjpDV #Brexit #GlobalPower #Europe #GB #EU
Trump gives himself sweeping tax amnesty in secret government deal. The vaguely worded document declares US tax authorities are “FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED” from “prosecuting or pursuing” Trump or his businesses. https://t.co/D8Utj9QA2X #Trump #TaxAmnesty #GovernmentCorruption #US
News that Trump had snubbed Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the four-term incumbent, endorsing Ken Paxton instead, was met with shock, anger and fear by the Republican US senators, who fear that they could lose this seat https://t.co/aLZiq0ANpg #Trump #Cornyn #RepublicanParty #US
RT @alfonslopeztena: Lame-duck superpower — It calls itself the leader of the free world, but the free world no longer believes it. When it… #LameDuck #Leadership #FreeWorld #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
As bee population collapses, US government closes a key research facility, home to the nation's oldest bee lab that has been at the vanguard of research into bee ills for over a century https://t.co/HYpraiO3Qt #BeeCrisis #SaveTheBees #ResearchMatters #US
RT @alfonslopeztena: US government created a $1.776 billion fund to compensate supporters of Trump who contend they were mistreated by Demo… #TrumpSupporters #CompensationFund #USPolitics #US
RT @alfonslopeztena: Social democrats used to be one of two main options on Europeans’ ballot papers. But they have seen their share of the… #SocialDemocracy #EuropeanPolitics #Vote2024 #Therearenospecificcountrycodesmentionedinthetweetyouprovided.
Seasonal shellfish exploitation by Neanderthals 115,000 years ago — Los Aviones Cave (Iberian Peninsula), demonstrates that they primarily exploited intertidal mollusks during the colder months of the year, highlighting a degree of behavioral flexibility https://t.co/EqpLylAc2N #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #SeasonalExploitation #ES
When Nationalism beats Nationalism — Welsh- and Scottish-style progressive nationalism sees itself as grounded in a sense of place and a shared history, but that nonetheless views the nation as a project anyone can participate in: civic, not ethnic https://t.co/ikuN3PbhFS #Nationalism #ProgressivePolitics #CivicIdentity #GB #WA #SC
Lame-duck superpower — It calls itself the leader of the free world, but the free world no longer believes it. When it extends its hand, nobody rushes to accept. When it threatens, nobody trembles. It's not just Trump who is term-limited, but his nation https://t.co/fMAPUaU8Km #LameDuck #Superpower #Leadership #US
US government created a $1.776 billion fund to compensate supporters of Trump who contend they were mistreated by Democratic administrations https://t.co/SvCfJnWKXD #TrumpSupporters #CompensationFund #DemocraticAdministration #US
RT @alfonslopeztena: Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures across bases or sites used by US military: hangar… #Iran #USMilitary #Airstrikes #IR #US
‘Sodomized’ gargoyles beside Spain’s world-famous Santiago Cathedral — Renovation of the Hostal dos Reis Católicos, a 15th‑century pilgrim hospital, installed copper pipes straight through its Renaissance gargoyles, leaving the sculptures visibly impaled. https://t.co/xIEuZ5yyCc #SantiagoCathedral #Gargoyles #Renovation #ES
RT @alfonslopeztena: To understand European voters' anger, look at their rent bills — Rent-control policies are making Europe’s housing sho… #HousingCrisis #RentControl #EuropeanPolitics #EU #ES
Spain has banned Francoist symbols. So why is the country still full of kitsch cafes glorifying the dictator? These unsettling and unusual places tell a vivid story about the unique way that Spain deals with its past – or fails to https://t.co/lM89f7YogZ #Spain #Franco #History #ES
Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures across bases or sites used by US military: hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft, and key radar, communications and air defense equipment. Far larger than acknowledged by US https://t.co/ZGTz9X5bSs #Iran #USMilitary #Airstrikes #IR #US
RT @alfonslopeztena: Trump’s cratering approval ratings grow out of many specific discontents, but they also reflect a realization that the… #Trump #ApprovalRatings #Politics #Nospecificcountrycodescanbeidentifiedinthetweetprovided.
RT @alfonslopeztena: US has been hard pressed on every front, its leadership —slumping and senescent in the last presidency, obnoxious and… #USLeadership #PoliticalCrisis #CurrentEvents #US
RT @alfonslopeztena: Swimming snakes wipe out endemic lizards from Mediterranean islets — The horseshoe whip snake–Hemorrhois hippocrepis–… #EndemicSpecies #MediterraneanEcology #Conservation #ES #IT
To understand European voters' anger, look at their rent bills — Rent-control policies are making Europe’s housing shortage worse https://t.co/cKdcy4qloY #HousingCrisis #RentControl #EuropeanPolitics #EU
US has been hard pressed on every front, its leadership —slumping and senescent in the last presidency, obnoxious and bullying in this one— has gifted China a reputation for relative stability, notwithstanding Xi Jinping’s aggressive and repressive moves https://t.co/G62xjPwiDp #USLeadership #China #XiJinping #US #CN
Trump’s cratering approval ratings grow out of many specific discontents, but they also reflect a realization that the atmosphere he has created is antithetical to serious deliberation over any of the challenges US confronts https://t.co/FlrVp0g8wc #Trump #ApprovalRatings #USPolitics #US
Swimming snakes wipe out endemic lizards from Mediterranean islets — The horseshoe whip snake–Hemorrhois hippocrepis– accidentally introduced to Eivissa in the early 2000s, has caused the extirpation of the iconic Eivissa wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis) https://t.co/9aBaXrmFwD #InvasiveSpecies #Eivissa #BiodiversityLoss #ES #GR
RT @alfonslopeztena: Evidence for invasive mitigation of dental caries by Neanderthals 59,000 years ago, drilling/rotating with a lithic pe… #Neanderthals #DentalCaries #AncientMedicine #Nospecificcountrycodescanbeextractedfromthegiventweet.
RT @alfonslopeztena: Protein reveals the oldest episode of sex and procreation among human species — Chinese scientists obtain the first mo… #Protein #SexualEvolution #HumanHistory #CN
RT @alfonslopeztena: Argentina sees vast protests against Milei's university cuts, more than 1,500,000 people demonstrate nationwide — Publ… #Argentina #Protests #Milei #AR
2,000 year old Roman-Egyptian mummy buried with the ‘Iliad’ — A cheat code to entry into the Greek underworld, effectively sidestepping the torturous trials of Egyptian mythology? Hellenic identity offered a smoother path and higher status after death https://t.co/U572lfyPpL #RomanEgyptian #Iliad #HellenicIdentity #GR #EG
Bangladesh's tigers stalk uncertain future in Sundarbans — The slow growth in the number of tigers, despite years of conservation work, is stoking fears that the world's largest mangrove forest may one day lose its apex predator https://t.co/ekKdGrXeSj #Sundarbans #WildlifeConservation #Tigers #BD
Stop looking for an ‘offramp' in Iran. There’s no such thing — Pretending the war doesn’t matter much may be the most foolish version of an offramp https://t.co/QkUfBoI57U #Iran #War #Offramp #IR
Protein reveals the oldest episode of sex and procreation among human species — Chinese scientists obtain the first molecular evidence of interbreeding between our ancestor ‘Homo erectus’ and the Denisovans, relatives of the Neanderthals https://t.co/OH1jb0wp8q #Protein #Evolution #HomoErectus #CN
Argentina sees vast protests against Milei's university cuts, more than 1,500,000 people demonstrate nationwide — Public university budgets have been slashed by 40% since 2023 when Milei took power, from 0.7% of GDP to 0.4%, the lowest level since 1989 https://t.co/tTnOXFjCq9 #Argentina #Protests #EducationCuts #AR
Far from demonstrating US prowess, the Iran war has revealed a US that is unreliable and incapable of finishing what it started. That's going to set off a chain reaction around the world as friends and foes adjust to US failure. Here is what defeat is like https://t.co/3jruSNXw7x #IranWar #USFailures #GlobalImpact #US #IR
RT @alfonslopeztena: Brazil’s Atlantic forest, the country’s most threatened biome, last year recorded its lowest level of deforestation si… #Brazil #Deforestation #Conservation #BR
RT @alfonslopeztena: The impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the largest energy shocks in history with no signs of abatin… #StraitOfHormuz #EnergyCrisis #OilMarket #IR #OM
RT @alfonslopeztena: Venice Biennale: Come for the art, stay for the drama — Like many institutions besieged by politics, the Biennale’s or… #VeniceBiennale #Art #Drama #IT #ES
RT @alfonslopeztena: US job market is behaving in a strange way: The economy is growing. Unemployment is low. And yet, for millions of work… #JobMarket #Unemployment #Economy #US
RT @alfonslopeztena: For decades, Cuba has presented itself—to its citizens and the world—as a socialist alternative to the inequalities of… #Cuba #Socialism #Inequality #CU
RT @alfonslopeztena: The immediate consequence of US Supreme Court’s ruling is that Republican-led states in the South can destroy their di… #SupremeCourt #Republicans #VotingRights #US
Evidence for invasive mitigation of dental caries by Neanderthals 59,000 years ago, drilling/rotating with a lithic perforator — Capacity to intuit the source of pain, comprehend the feasibility of its elimination, select the most efficacious intervention https://t.co/VkKNaa6Zx2 #Neanderthals #DentalCaries #AncientMedicine #Nospecificcountrycodescanbeidentifiedinthegiventweet.
Brazil’s Atlantic forest, the country’s most threatened biome, last year recorded its lowest level of deforestation since monitoring began 40 years ago: 8,658 hectares of deforestation, marking the first time it has fallen below 10,000 hectares since 1985 https://t.co/bEO892eDUn #Brazil #Deforestation #AtlanticForest #BR
Venice Biennale: Come for the art, stay for the drama — Like many institutions besieged by politics, the Biennale’s organising body has come off as ill-equipped to manage the hard issues of free speech, propaganda and participation https://t.co/yOc2Jdwqza #VeniceBiennale #FreeSpeech #ArtPolitics #IT
The impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the largest energy shocks in history with no signs of abating https://t.co/3fvH2gSwuZ #StraitOfHormuz #EnergyCrisis #GlobalImpact #IR #AE #SA
US job market is behaving in a strange way: The economy is growing. Unemployment is low. And yet, for millions of workers, finding a job has become harder than at almost any other point in decades — especially for recent college graduates https://t.co/htDtyTkcYC #JobMarket #Unemployment #CollegeGraduates #US
"Westerners” have told themselves a story of their past dominated by the rise of a single religion, Christianity, to gain a monopoly over the vast majority of medieval Europe. Easy to miss how unusual this is: never happened anywhere else in the planet https://t.co/KFmdSbd3uu #History #Christianity #MedievalEurope #EU