Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Asia Society Policy Institute Senior Fellow Lauri Myllyvirta, China installed 93 gigawatts of solar in May, along with […]
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Syria bears Brunt of economic Devastation caused by Quake
( Irish Times ) – The death and devastation wreaked by Monday’s massive earthquake is greatest in Turkey, but that country is in a far […]
Twitter Blackout in Turkey amid Earthquake Rescue Operations: The Dangers of Microblogging Outages during Disasters
By Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University | – (The Conversation) – Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service […]
Football’s One to the Heart: How Safe is the Superbowl for Players?
By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The echoes still linger from that national sigh of relief last month when Buffalo Bills safety […]
IEA: Renewables plus Nuclear are able to meet 90% of Globe’s New Electricity demand Through 2025
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Energy Agency, in a new report that is just out, estimates that 90% of new global electricity demand […]
Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process
By Erdağ Göknar | – ( LA Review of Books) – DURING THE LONG summer days in Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk devotes himself to intensive writing […]
Iranian Protesters turn to TikTok to get their Message past government Censors
By Whitney Shylee May, The University of Texas at Austin | – Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini […]
Biden is Right: You Shouldn’t Pay a Higher Tax Rate than Billionaires
By Rebekah Entralgo | – ( Otherwords.org ) – In his third State of the Union address, President Joe Biden renewed his call for a […]
What the Pundits Get Wrong about Biden and SOTU: People are Confident in his Policies even if they Don’t Think He is Charismatic
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The State of the Union address contained no surprises. Joe Biden’s policies are by now a known quantity. It is […]
In Devastating Earthquake, Many Turkish Buildings Tragically Pancaked – But Why?
By Mark Quigley, The University of Melbourne | – (The Conversation) – A pair of huge earthquakes have struck in Turkey, leaving more than 3,000 […]
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