Belgium in a nutshell

And probably alot of other countries also. Cartoon made by @ahoy-universe
Read more: https://snapzu.com/Maternitus/belgium-in-a-nutshell?source=Snapzu

The FBI's Repatriation of Stolen Heritage

When the FBI Art Theft Program investigated one man’s collection, it began a project to return objects and remains to their rightful homes.
Read more: https://www.sapiens.org/culture/fbi-repatriation/?source=Snapzu

Rocket company develops massive catapult to launch satellites into space without using jet fuel: '10,000 times the force of Earth's gravity'

SpinLaunch is developing a large rotating arm that uses kinetic energy to fling 440-pound satellites into low orbit.
Read more: https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/spinlaunch-satellite-launch-system-kinetic/?source=Snapzu

Debunking the State of Israel

The title says it all. A historical and scientific documentary debunking the "State of Israel".
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQk41nLuhGA?source=Snapzu

Gilead’s twice-yearly shot to prevent HIV succeeds in late-stage trial

Gilead's experimental twice-yearly medicine to prevent HIV was 100% effective in a late-stage trial, the company said Thursday.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/20/gilead-prep-lenacapavir-succeeds-in-phase-3-trial.html?source=Snapzu

Do You OWN Your Creative Works? ADOBE Says NO

Read more: https://snapzu.com/Gozzin/do-you-own-your-creative-works-adobe-says-no?source=Snapzu

Ellie Regio - You Came In My Ass (1972)

Ellie Regio, the funky '70s disco diva, didn't always dazzle audiences with her sparkling sequin dresses and infectious groove on the dance floor. Before her rise to stardom, she spent her days as a car hop at Benny's Drive-In Diner, a retro-chic eatery nestled in the heart of a bustling California boardwalk, where she perfected her signature moves while delivering burgers and shakes on roller skates.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3JaLaq4tRg?source=Snapzu

'A woman should cast off her shame together with her clothes': What women in ancient times really thought about sex

A new book tells the history of the ancient world through women and what they had to say about their own sexuality – flying in the face of misogynist male stereotypes.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240610-what-women-in-ancient-times-really-thought-about-sex?source=Snapzu

An Age of Hyperabundance

At the conversational AI conference. By Laura Preston
Read more: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-47/essays/an-age-of-hyperabundance/?source=Snapzu

Rare footage of 1950's housewife on LSD

One of my favourite clips about some of my favourite experiences. Sort of.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si-jQeWSDKc?source=Snapzu

A few midwives seek to uphold Native Hawaiian birth traditions. Would a state law jeopardize them?

A group of midwives who focus on traditional Native Hawaiian birth practices are trying to block a Hawaii law that requires midwives to obtain licenses.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-midwife-license-lawsuit-84326853a89711b2a1ff6db8cde41d8c?source=Snapzu

What Happens When We Stop Remembering?

Confronted with her parents' dementia and teenagers' climate anxiety, one woman considers how our baselines shift in the face of personal — and global — loss. By Heidi Lasher
Read more: https://orionmagazine.org/article/shifting-baselines-climate-change-dementia-alzheimers/?source=Snapzu

‘My 50-year puzzle of the East Lothian hill where ancient fires burned’

Leading archaeologist Professor Ian Ralston has rewritten the story of Doon Hill in East Lothian, with his long career set to be honoured
Read more: https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/my-50-year-puzzle-of-the-east-lothian-hill-where-ancient-fires-burned-4661928?source=Snapzu

Luxury brand Gucci became ‘sustainable’ - by cooking the books

Fashion brand Gucci and other big multinationals claim they managed to meet their main climate target within a few years: emitting less CO2 . That sounds nice – but it’s not actually true, Follow the Money found.
Read more: https://archive.ph/bCQVU?source=Snapzu

Saudi Arabia ends petrodollar agreement: What it means for the USD, Bitcoin, and gold

The established financial world order of the past 50 years is now transitioning to a new and unknown paradigm as the petrodollar agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia was allowed to expire this past Sunday.
Read more: https://www.kitco.com/news/article/2024-06-13/saudi-arabia-ends-petrodollar-agreement-what-it-means-usd-bitcoin-and-gold?source=Snapzu

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

Plastic has become embedded in everyday life. That’s because for the last 70 years, the plastics industry convinced consumers to embrace the material for its low cost and disposability.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/06/09/nx-s1-4942415/disposable-plastic-pollution-waste-single-use-recycling-climate-change-fossil-fuels?source=Snapzu

Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important

The Court, sitting as the Full Court, holds that the general and indiscriminate retention of IP addresses does not necessarily constitute a serious interference with fundamental rights.
Read more: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/07/top-eu-court-says-theres-no-right-to-online-anonymity-because-copyright-is-more-important/?source=Snapzu

This ls The Sea

The Waterboys
Read more: https://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/this-ls-the-sea?source=Snapzu

Open and Closed: Alex Odeh’s Murder Four Decades On

Alex Odeh’s story is more than an unsolved murder case
Read more: https://muftah.org/2024/05/16/open-and-closed-alex-odeh/?source=Snapzu

India just showed the world how to fight an authoritarian on the rise

Three big lessons from Narendra Modi's shocking underperformance in the 2024 election. By Zack Beauchamp
Read more: https://www.vox.com/politics/354424/india-election-results-2024-modi-congress-economy-democracy-liberalism?source=Snapzu

Submission of the League of Arab States on Palestine, International Court of Justice

Dr Ralph Wilde
Read more: https://snapzu.com/AdelleChattre/submission-of-the-league-of-arab-states-on-palestine-international-court-of-justice?source=Snapzu

Guantánamo Bay Has Shattered the Illusion of a 'Fair' Justice System

Guantánamo stands out as one of the most extreme examples of how people’s lives can be totally ruined not because they actually did anything wrong, but because it was simply not politically advantageous for anyone to care what happened to them.
Read more: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/guant%C3%A1namo-bay-has-shattered-the-illusion-of-a-fair-justice-system?source=Snapzu

How 'Israel' Has Lost The North

The Iron Dome is broken, and Hezbollah has fire control of the north
Read more: https://indi.ca/israel-has-lost-the-north/?source=Snapzu

Religion, Secularism, and the Jewish Left

Arielle Angel, Nathan Goldman, Judee Rosenbaum, and Mitch Abidor argue about the evolving role of religion at Jewish Currents
Read more: https://jewishcurrents.org/religion-secularism-and-the-jewish-left?source=Snapzu

Not So Innocent: Clerics, Monarchs, and the Ethnoreligious Cleansing of Western Europe

Sizeable Jewish and Muslim communities lived across large swathes of medieval Western Europe. But all the Muslim communities and almost all the Jewish communities in polities that correspond to present-day England, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, and Spain were eradicated between 1064 and 1526. Most studies of ethnoreligious violence in Europe focus on communal, regional, and national political dynamics to explain its outbreak and variation. Recent scholarship shows how the Catholic Church in medieval Europe contributed to the long-term political development and the “rise of the West.”
Read more: https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/48/4/87/121307/Not-So-Innocent-Clerics-Monarchs-and-the?source=Snapzu

We Need To Talk About "Authoritarianism"

This week we're talking about perhaps the most widely misused term in all of politics - authoritarianism. Why is it so misunderstood? Let's take a look.
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhPOrkGbpxk?source=Snapzu

Chasing Utopia, Startup Style

A group of Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures are building startup societies that they believe will set them free. By Lily Lynch.
Read more: https://www.noemamag.com/chasing-utopia-startup-style?source=Snapzu

Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this

Can you patent something Indigenous peoples already know about? Too often, the answer is yes - but moves are afoot to stop it.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/patents-based-on-traditional-knowledge-are-often-biopiracy-a-new-international-treaty-will-finally-combat-this-231272?source=Snapzu

CEOs Could Easily Be Replaced With AI, Experts Argue

Impartial, data driven AI models could be an appealing replacement for biased , egotistical CEOs — and cheaper, too.
Read more: https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceos-easily-replaced-with-ai?source=Snapzu

Frank Zappa teaches Steve Allen to play The Bicycle

Aired March 3, 1963
Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF0PYQ8IOL4?source=Snapzu

The ICC and Israel: A Democracy in Exile Roundtable

DAWN’s non-resident fellows on the historic decision to seek arrest warrants at the International Criminal Court for Israeli officials and Hamas leaders.
Read more: https://dawnmena.org/the-icc-and-israel-a-democracy-in-exile-roundtable/?source=Snapzu

Standing with the Palestinian resistance:

A response to Matan Kaminer. By Andreas Malm
Read more: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/standing-with-the-palestinian-resistance-a-response-to-matan-kaminer?source=Snapzu