Pablo Picasso created an anti-war painting in 1937 after the fascist bombing of Guernica (Gernika), a Basque village in northern Spain. Sadly, it was never more relevant than it is today. A video by James Payne.
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Periodical cicadas are not, as the name might suggest, insects that read lots of newspapers and magazines. They are bugs that stay buried for years and then emerge in huge red-eyed swarms to have frenzied sex orgies accompanied by deafening music.
This year two different broods will emerge at the same time to buzzbomb great swaths of the American heartland. What will that look like in Illinois? Here’s how the DuPage Forest Preserve District envisions it:
The mortarboard (graduation cap or square academic cap) has become a symbol of academics and education. Descended from medieval clerical attire, the odd headgear is now perched on the spikey haircuts of the Class of 2024. Don’t forget to turn the tassel to the left! A video by Jean-Charles Foyer, the Hat Historian. (Version française).
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Ferns don’t reproduce with sexy flowers, but they certainly have sex. They must be pretty good at it, because they’ve been getting it on since before the dinosaurs, and they’re still around today. Is that why singles bars have ferns? A KQED video.
More:
“Watch Ferns Get Freaky,” Gabriela Quirós, KQED
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Private Equity firms are acquiring hospital emergency room contracts. They see pain and suffering as a profit center. A video report by More Perfect Union.
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Mitch Benn‘s interpretation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s interpretation of Francis Ford Coppola’s interpretation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Mitch Benn website
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Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee just voted to join the UAW, the first American workers to unionize a non-union car company in decades. This is a big victory for the autoworkers union’s Southern organizing campaign, and the first for a foreign-owned US factory. The win came despite the usual anti-union efforts by management. A More Perfect Union video.
Fun fact: Volkswagen workers in VW’s hometown of Wolfsburg, Germany belong to IG Metall, Europe’s largest industrial union, are represented on the factory’s works council, and negotiate well-paid apprentiship positions at the plant.
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“UAW wins big in historic union vote at Volkswagen Tennessee factory,” Nora Eckert, Associated Press
“VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union, a Labor Milestone,” Neal E. Boudette, New York Times
“UAW presses deeper into the South with victory at Volkswagen,” Nathan Bomey, Axios
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Inflation goes down but prices go up. Why? Greedflation. Corporate profits are at a 70-year-high. Robert Reich explains.
Related:
“‘Greedflation’ is the new inflation as corporate profits balloon,” Julia Mueller, The Hill
“FTC report suggests high grocery bills likely due to ‘greedflation’ caused by big corporations,” Tiffany Salameh, News4JAX , Jacksonville
“Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows,” Phillip Inman, The Guardian
“The biggest study of ‘greedflation’ yet looked at 1,300 corporations to find many of them were lying to you about inflation,” Ryan Hogg, Fortune
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The iconic Russian fur hat, the ushanka (ушанка), is actually a recent invention, born in Finland before adoption by the Soviet military in the 1940s. A video by Jean-Charles Foyer, the Hat Historian. (Version française).
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The Dutch design their roads and transportation network so effectively it reduces commute times and fatalities. Here’s how they do it. A video by Adam Yates.
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