India created cultural illiteracy in the name of modernity by Yogendra Yadav SOURCE The Print

"We are okay with Fabindia clothing. But an encounter with popular culture anywhere outside a museum makes us squeamish."

Small Indian national flags for sale in New Delhi. Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg

Israeli kibbutz: Communal idealism or a privileged few? SOURCE DE

 

Hundreds form human chain to move their local bookstore By Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN

 People form human chain to help community bookshop move books

A magnet for exploitation: Haiti over the centuries. BY Constant Méheut FROM The New York Times

"The Caribbean nation became the world’s first Black-led republic when it declared its independence from France on New Year’s Day 1804. That day, Saint-Domingue, once France’s richest colony, known as the “Pearl of the Antilles,” became Haiti."

Why China Will Reclaim Siberia by Frank Jacobs [first posted in 2014]

Jeff Bezos is going to space and 59,000 people have signed a petition to stop him from returning FROM by Trends Desk Reuters

These are the Hands by Michael Rosen---FROM The Scottish Poetry Library

for the 60th anniversary of the NHS  [Britain's National Health Services]

These are the Hands

These are the hands
That touch us first
Feel your head
Find the pulse
And make your bed.

Read the rest of the poem at 

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/these-are-hands/

Victor Davis Hanson: The 10 radical new rules that are changing America FROM Fox News

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/radical-new-rules-changing-america-victor-davis-hanson

 This link should finally work!

Iranians protest cooperation pact with China by Bilal Guler FROM AA

Why don’t we have riots in rural areas? by TPOL Nathan FROM The Price of Liberty

Saudi Arabia's wants to build a 105-mile-long 'Line' city in the desert By Stephanie Pappas FROM Live Science

Adopted from a National Council on Economic Education survey cited by William Domhoff in "Who Rules America."

A one-question survey.

 https://forms.gle/ciqeqb394gBwTi3e8

 

Who Rules America at Amazon

Ancient Egypt: A pyramid scheme that worked by Khaled Diab Khaled Diab FROM Al Jazeera

"The founders of the US intended to build a political system that would stand the test of time. They communicated this desire through Ancient Egyptian iconography and symbology. From the colossal obelisk erected in the capital to commemorate George Washington, to the pyramid on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States, the early rulers of America widely used Ancient Egyptian symbols to signify the strength and durability of their young state"

Tom Cruise yelling at crew members of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 7 for breaking Covid Safety Protocols

Restaurant owner shares her frustration over LA County dining ban in emotional video -- ABC7 News

                         DURATION: 3:15

Let's see, small owners banned, large production company not banned. I wonder why?

Artificial Societies by Peter Tyson FROM MIT Technology Review

這是我的一個學生發起的計畫，如果你希望能獲得被專門篩選、推薦過的網路高品質資源，歡迎參考這篇文章.

Sheracaolity Link

Last Words Spoken by Steve Jobs Before He Died

Ian Morris | Why the West Rules -- For Now

I loved his book as a wonderfully well told story of history, but I was never convinced it was really an explanation of history.

My Halloween email led to a campus firestorm — and a troubling lesson about self-censorship by By Erika Christakis,Yale Professor FROM The Washington Post