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Main audience: everyone We are going into a period that looks bad in multiple ways. I want you to do what you can to protect yourself, and vaccinations are a crucial part of that. Click here to read more.

Main audience: everyone Now two major transport routes covering about 1/3 of global oil are essentially shut, not just the Strait of Hormuz but also Bab el-Mandeb. Take a look at how you are situated. Whatever you can to do … Continued

Main audience: everyone Take a look at what has happened in the past few days in just a few countries. It’s all connected. And we can see how very much just 1 or 2 or… this week especially… 3 people … Continued

Main audience: everyone Thank you, Gloria Steinem. For everything. Click here to read more.

Main audience: everyone The Bayeaux Tapestry is going on display at the British Museum on loan from France. What’s the big deal about a tapestry? A few things, including a reminder for this era when so many issues need attention. … Continued

Main audience: USA people If you are a USA voter, we need to pay close attention to what’s happening from now through at least the end of election day in November. Shenanigans are afoot and will increase. To cast our … Continued

Main audience: UK people What I have been writing about can wait—we have British weather again! Until Thursday the only rain north Shropshire got all summer were a few tantalizing showers that barely made anything faintly damp for a few … Continued

Main audience: everyone Dolly Parton was a role model. She wasn’t ready to leave this world. Her death is a loss for us all. There is a way to honor her life which is suitable for multiple countries and impeccably … Continued

Main audience: everyone Although the impending financial crisis is being discussed, few people talk about how it could become a pivot point comparable to (or bigger than) the Gilded Age and Great Depression leading to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New … Continued

Main audience: everyone The Swiss found that among societal factors in the COVID pandemic’s crisis phase, group affiliation strongly affects willingness to “adopt prudent protective measures.” Such dynamics also apply in other crises such as the multifaceted maelstrom in the … Continued