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A flawed idea is teaching millions of American kids to be poor readers.
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading
saved 2019-08-25

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it.

#Worms schläft

No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, DR Congo warns as toll hits 80
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/health/article/2026/05/17/no-vaccine-for-latest-ebola-outbreak-dr-congo-warns-as-toll-hits-80_6753524_14.html

“It turns out blaming the blackout on “too many renewables” was like blaming a loss by Real Madrid on having too many non-Spanish players on the pitch.”
https://www.raponline.org/blog/remembering-the-28th-of-a…

Remembering the 28th of April: What You Think You Know About the Iberian Blackout is Probably Wrong
One year ago, shortly after noon on a mild spring day across the Iberian Peninsula, the electric grid collapsed. There were no dramatic satellite photos Michael Hogan explores the complex causes of last April's widespread blackout on the Iberian Peninsula, and what we can learn from them.

As the Trump administration renews its attacks on Iran,
killing at least 35 civilians over the course of five days,
political analyst Ali Vaez warns that the U.S. is inciting potentially
never-ending “cycles of violence” in the region.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/16/ali

A “Forever War” in Iran? Ali Vaez on Escalating War, U.S. “Diplomatic Malpractice”
Has the United States launched a forever war on Iran? As the Trump administration renews its attacks on Iran, killing at least 35 civilians over the course of five days, political analyst Ali Vaez warns that the U.S. is inciting potentially never-ending “cycles of violence” with its manipulations of the diplomatic process. The U.S.’s unilateral renunciation of the “memorandum of understanding” as a “pretext for another round of war” has further eroded trust between the countries, …

"The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies. He said that without insurance, which is already being pulled in some places, many other financial services become unviable, from mortgages to investments."
#ClimateEmergency

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

UN warns of 'deepening crisis' in oceans, urges action #ocean

UN warns of 'deepening crisis' in oceans, urges action
Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major U.N. report warned Monday, with seas warming and rising faster, ice cover shrinking, and marine ecosystems under mounting strain.

IBM stock fell 25% on Tuesday, sinking further than its previous worst day of October 19, 1987, after reporting preliminary Q2 results below estimates (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/ibm-warns-second-quarter-earnings-fell-short-of-exp…

IBM stock craters 23% after issuing second-quarter earnings warning
CEO blamed the shortfall on weakness in the software and infrastructure business because clients shifted money toward hardware purchases.

Kristi Noem, months after being ousted from Trump Cabinet, claims China has a ‘thousand-year plan to destroy the United States’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-warns-china-plan-destroy-us-b2996730.html

Kristi Noem, months after being ousted from Trump Cabinet, claims China has a ‘thousand-year plan to destroy the United States’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-warns-china-plan-destroy-us-b2996730.html