James Aura

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3h ago
The US government is going to have to pay for a lot of identity protection subscriptions.

3h ago
Elon musk should get the bill personally for that

He'll probably start a company that offers identity protection and charge the federal government an arm and a leg for it.

Climate Update: The US Winter of 2025 was the 2nd warmest in history, despite some very cold spells in some area #climate
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Rights of Nature: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature.

Does Nature Have Rights? A Reading List #nature

The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress #books

M.L. Stedman Is Back — With Another Impossible Dilemma In “A Far-Flung Life,” the author of “The Light Between Oceans” spins a wrenching tale of love tested by secrecy.

In “A Far-Flung Life,” the author of “The Light Between Oceans” spins a wrenching tale of love tested by secrecy.#books
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ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES | Kirkus Reviews Everything is other than it appears to be in Galchen’s assured debut—an intricate puzzle powered by an urgently beating heart.

Review: “Atmospheric Disturbances,” by Rivka Galchen #books

Book review: The Shark House by Sara Ackerman : EcoLit Books Sara Ackerman’s novel The Shark House is a richly layered, atmospheric love letter to sharks — as well as the oceans and other animals — that unravels mysteries both immediate and deeply ... Read more

Book review: The Shark House by Sara Ackerman
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They Kill People: Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution, and America’s Obsession with Guns and Outlaws | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

Review: They Kill People: Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution, and America’s Obsession with Guns and Outlaws

Sometimes An Island : EcoLit Books A Mosaic Novel of Family Ties, Climate Upheaval, and Resilience, By Ellen Meeropol Sea Crow Press[1], March 2026 Sometimes An Island, a novel-in-stories by Ellen Meeropol, is set in the ... Read more

Book Review: Sometimes An Island
A Mosaic Novel of Family Ties, Climate Upheaval, and Resilience, By Ellen Meeropol
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Now Congress Is Coming for the Books A new bill would punish schools that let students read about gender identity or "lascivious dancing"

Once again, congress is taking another run at book bans
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Tired of dystopian sci-fi? You might like Solarpunk. A recent literary genre imagines what happens when our climate changes—and so do we.

If you're tired of dystopia, try solarpunk #climate #SciFi

Animals Say Hello, but Do They Say Goodbye? In recent years, researchers have challenged the idea that farewells are uniquely human.

Animals Say Hello, but Do They Say Goodbye? #wildlife #nature
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On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare “A book is a powerful weapon, it can defend you in your mind.” —Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin French theorist Pierre Bourdieu once described photography as the art of the middle class. The wealthy know exp…

On the relationship between art, reading and capitalism #writingcommunity
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Oil retreats even after Energy Secretary wrongly claims Navy escorted tanker through Strait of Hormuz The International Energy Agency will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss a possible release of emergency stockpiles.

More market manipulation by this administration. Somebody’s making a lot of money of these false reports.

Oil falls after Energy secretary wrongly claims tanker escort www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/c...

In the year 2099, Kansas City's Union Station has become a large trauma hospital for storm victims in a story of the future: The Hurricane Code. #books
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The Last Days of the Apaches and a Search for a Nation Erased NOW I SURRENDER, by Álvaro Enrigue; translated by Natasha Wimmer “Men are so sweet when they do manly things,” a

On The Last Days for the Apaches and the search for a Nation Erased

In a dangerous season for journalism: Reckless women who changed the direction of news reporting
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How Trotsky and Stalin, Ruthless in Their Own Ways, Absolutely Hated Each Other When did Joseph Stalin decide to crush, or destroy, or kill Leon Trotsky? Perhaps it was the first time these two men met—in 1907, at the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party’s Fifth Party Congres…

Review: The Death of Trotsky- The True Story of the Plot to Kill Stalin’s Greatest Enemy #history #books
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The Collapse of Presidential Rhetoric From Lincoln’s eloquence to Trump’s 108-minute harangue

Walt Whitman’s 'On Democracy' leaped onto the Paperback Nonfiction list last month at No. 15.
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Review: Two new novels ask why a woman with a secret is always a threat to Western civilization From 13th-century anchorites to the French Resistance, authors Janet Rich Edwards and Paula McLain trace the enduring power of two fascinating female characters.

Two new novels ask why a woman with a secret is always a threat to Western civilization

Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy I have made the leap from literary fiction to fantasy – for those who think it’s mere wish-fulfilment, here’s why we need that thing with the dragons

On the current popularity of fantasy #fantasy #books

A Nuclear Reactor Backed by Bill Gates Gets Federal Approval to Start Building A novel type of nuclear power plant in Wyoming backed by Bill Gates received a key federal permit on Wednesday,

A Nuclear Reactor Backed by Bill Gates Gets Federal Approval to Start Building in Wyoming - the first in nearly a decade

Climate Update: What Does China’s 15th ‘Five-Year Plan’ Mean for Climate Change? guyonclimate.com/2026/03/08/e...

The World Clock — Worldwide World time and date for cities in all time zones. International time right now. Takes into account all DST clock changes.

Prepare to have your circadian rhythm messed up again. Daylight savings time coming at 2 a.m.
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Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This? Jacqueline Onassis once gave me some wise advice: She told me that while tabloids, magazines and newspapers often sold ridiculous

Actress Daryl Hannah: The new TV series 'Love Story' is full of lies.
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Hurricane Season will be here before you know it. Check out my climate fiction novel, set in the year 2099. And no, you haven't seen extreme weather yet. Kindle only $2.99 also available on Kindle Unlimited
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Hurricane Season will be here before you know it. Check out my climate fiction novel, set in the year 2099. And no, you haven't seen extreme weather yet. Kindle only $2.99 also available on Kindle Unlimited
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Climate Update: Climate Change Fuels Early Spring Heat Contributing to Increasing Severe Weather Risk Across the Central U.S.- many heat records broken guyonclimate.com/2026/03/06/e...

The 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, NC abruptly cancelled a major training exercise for an elite paratrooper unit- raising speculation they may be deployed to the Middle East War
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Michael Pollan Punctures the AI Bubble
His new book, about the mystery of consciousness, strengthens the case that technology will never truly replicate humans.