DAB+
ALDI (Medion) DAB+ Radio. Excellent sound & perfect reception. Plus Bluetooth & FM. Good value. DAB+ is digital audio broadcasting, bound to replace FM and AM radio. Most FM and AM stations are now on DAB+ in the Melbourne area. This means: you can hear them on DAB+ – without noise, crystal clear.
Bill Nighy again…
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085bf8l
Fake news and Brexit
Here is an example of fake news being used to change people’s minds. Turkey was not joining the EU. This was one of the lies used to manipulate British voters – and it worked. Such ads were send to “persuadeable targets”, we never saw those ads. The UK parliament forced Facebook to reveal them.
Carola Rackete – a symbol of humanity
Carola knew there would be very serious consequences for her, but seeing the suffering refugees on board her Sea-Watch-3 ship, she decided to come to Italy – against the explicit wishes of the local government. As long as the world has young professional people like this, there is hope for our world.
https://sea-watch.org/en/project/sea-watch-3/
Stop press: Carola is free again. Italian justice triumphs. I am impressed.
Facebook and Democracy
Global meat consumption
If you have eaten meat your whole life so far, then it could be risky to turn vegetarian. However, a reduction of meat consumption could be a good idea for yourself and for the world.
Here are some stats on meat consumption:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/meat-production-tonnes?tab=chart
There were times when studying at a university had little or nothing to do with getting a job to earn money.
Sunlit Rain Clouds
It is dew
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