Bravo! to Prime Minister Morrison. Don’t let Google tell you how to operate in your own country. If it applies to you, let me ask: Why are you still on gmail? You are giving Google information about everything you do, interact, say on that email platform. If you don’t think they are using that information,... Read more
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Google Threatens to Remove Search Engine in Australia Over Proposed Law
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, Australia, Interestinglist of alternate search engines
January 23 | Posted by mrossol | Censorship, Interesting, UncategorizedYou have to try these: Try each searching for the same word. Try several words and see which provides results most appropriate for what you generally look for. I have found there is a wide difference in what is returned. Some seem to “ignore” .org websites. But it’s a good list. You are NOT STUCK with GOOGLE!... Read more
Daily deaths
May 18 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, InterestingI finally found a graphic on daily deaths for a number of diseases to help put COVID-19 deaths in perspective. Very helpful. Thanks to informationisbeautiful.net
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Why Walking Matters—Now More Than Ever – WSJ
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Health, InterestingI share just FYI. I have not way to verify the proposition. mrossol
Why does walking make us feel good? We all know that a satisfying stroll changes our outlook. Perhaps we realize it all the more today, when so many of us are hunkered down and this simple... Read moredon't start with "at least…"
April 10 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, Personal DevelopmentWSJ 4/10/2020By Jessie Stuart
A friend posted on Facebook that her son’s college had closed for the rest of the year: “He and his friends are devastated.” I scrolled down to the comments. “At least he’s not a senior!” someone offered. “My daughter will never get to go back to campus.”
Later I read a tweet from a...
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Iran-Contra Was a Better Class of Scandal
December 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, NoonanAs good a summary of Iran-Contra as I have heard in a long time.
WSJ 12/7/2019
During presidential scandals, members of the media often speak of the Iran-Contra affair. I’m not sure they really understand it.
In retrospect that scandal was distinguished by two central, shaping characteristics. First, it was different from other scandals in...
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