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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Jan 07, 2025 at 08:59 PM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 09:36 PM PST
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Hello on this Fourth of July, everyone. A slow week in publishing, but below are eight new nonfiction books that caught my eye. Work continues on my redesigned website. I’m pretty happy with how ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Jul 04, 2023 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and now moi, JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Jan 20, 2023 at 10:13 PM PST
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New York, N.Y. I traveled to Delhi in South Asia just before the Pandemic to open the office of ‘The J. Luce Foundation India.” This is in Bodhgaya, Bihar on the border with Nepal. Eight years prior, I had met our team there on a Buddhist pilgrimage...
by Jamesluce
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on Tue May 03, 2022 at 08:44 AM PDT
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Over the course of the 21st century, it’s a safe bet that the most impactful relationship between any two countries will be that of the U.S. and China. To describe that relationship as ”...
by Ian Reifowitz
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on Thu Apr 14, 2022 at 06:29 AM PDT
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The Tibetan Empire came into existence in the seventh century when Emperor Songtsän Gampo united numerous tribes of the region. From 1578, leadership of Tibet has been in the hands of the Dalai ...
by Youffraita
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on Fri Sep 03, 2021 at 07:30 AM PDT
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In honor of HH The Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s 86th birthday today, I published a photo diary this morning about my visits to Tibet and to Dharamshala, India, seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, ...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Jul 06, 2021 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Today is the 86th birthday of HH The 14th Dalai Lama, and I’ll be posting two diaries today to mark the occasion. This is the first, with memories of my visits to Dharamshala/McLeod Ganj, India and to Tibet in 1998 and 2000. And this evening, at...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Jul 06, 2021 at 08:00 AM PDT
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Some animals are natural mountaineers.� Just recently a lizard, a type of tree iguana, Liolaemus tacnae, was found at a record-setting� (for reptiles) 5400 meters altitude in the Andes.
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by strawbale
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on Thu Apr 08, 2021 at 07:00 PM PDT
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Circular Tracing: Lots of Threads to Pull - Bring the Comments On. Last night my brother sent me a link to an article from The Atlantic, that funny enough, I had just recently sent to another brother. This article discussed how Covid has unusually...
by Fffflats
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on Mon Oct 05, 2020 at 03:20 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico, annetteboardman, jck, and Besame. Alumni editors include (but...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Jun 12, 2020 at 08:56 PM PDT
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Now that Liddle Donnie Dotard has decided the children of political rivals are fair game, it’s time to return the favor. Today it’s Princess Ivanka’s turn. There is a lot to work with here, so I will focus on just one thing, her trademarks and China....
by Victor Klemperer Respawned
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on Sun Oct 13, 2019 at 08:36 AM PDT
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India is a poor country. Its per capita income ($2,000/yr) is just 3% that of the US ($60,000/yr). Yet, despite its relative poverty, India takes the voting rights of its citizens far more seriously than our vastly wealthier country does.
In April...
by subir
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on Wed Mar 13, 2019 at 02:32 PM PDT
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Pictures of the week come from Al Jazeera, The Guardian (wildlife), BBC and BBC (Africa at this latter link), and Sputnik.
From ABC News (Australia):
Caterpillar crisis won't keep Indonesia's skateboarders from Asian Games gold
By Indonesia...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Mar 30, 2018 at 09:00 PM PDT
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Fire appears to have engulfed the gilded roof of Tibetan Buddhism's holiest temple, though details on the extent of the damage are scarce even two days later.
Chinese state-controlled media confirmed a blaze broke out Saturday at the Jokhang Temple...
by zenshin
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on Wed Feb 21, 2018 at 07:15 AM PST
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In early September, I joined a group of representatives from a Taiwan-based NGO on a trip to Dharamsala. This NGO was formed by Taiwanese and Tibetan activists in Taiwan to focus on human rights issues relating to Taiwan and Tibet, and to promote...
by evsxrk
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on Tue Oct 03, 2017 at 08:59 AM PDT
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Yesterday I posted a quick diary about Nancy Pelosi heading a congressional delegation on a trip to Nepal and today I learn who was in the party with her. I found a press release from Congressman Jim McGovern that listed the others accompanying Mrs....
by guavaboy
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on Tue May 09, 2017 at 09:30 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico, annetteboardman and Man Oh Man. Alumni editors include (but are...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Mar 31, 2017 at 09:05 PM PDT
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Last Thursday, Trump said:
And a month later, he’d win by a landslide!
by DocChap
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on Sun Aug 21, 2016 at 07:34 AM PDT
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