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- Scotland is planning a transition to a 4-day workweek for civil servants https://fortune.com/2023/09/04/scotland-4-day-work-week-pilot-civil-servants/ 3 comments
- Utopia's scaffolding: What civilization took from us, I think we will get back. http://techno-anthropology.blogspot.com/2010/06/utopias-scaffolding.html 22 comments
- Civilization VI stopped working, looking for help https://pastebin.com/GresdmBa 7 comments linux_gaming
- Fairy Creek is set to become the largest act of civil disobedience in Canada’s history https://thenarwhal.ca/fairy-creek-blockades-august-arrests/ 43 comments worldnews
- Fairy Creek is set to become the largest act of civil disobedience in Canada’s history https://thenarwhal.ca/fairy-creek-blockades-august-arrests/ 47 comments environment
- The US is re-fighting its Civil War narrative - analysis https://www.jpost.com/international/the-us-is-re-fighting-its-civil-war-narrative-analysis-631073 8 comments politics
- "This place is not a place of honor" -- The interesting puzzle of 'Nuclear semiotics' and how to warn future civilizations away from our nuclear waste dumps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Interference_Task_Force 119 comments linguistics
- How relevant is the book "Clash of Civilizations" to actual geopolitics? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_Civilizations 24 comments geopolitics
- Time to Rebel - The corporate forces that have seized control of our political and economic systems will, unchecked, drive us into extinction for profit. All we have left is nonviolent, disruptive civil disobedience. A rebellion. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/10/07/time-rebel 38 comments politics
- Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler’s Early Rhetoric and Policies https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/09/leading-civil-rights-lawyer-shows-20-ways-trump-copying-hitlers-early-rhetoric-and?cd-origin=rss 3 comments politics
- Iran youth will witness demise of Israel, 'American civilization' - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,l-5513821,00.html 30 comments worldnews
- Iconic civil rights institution burned down in possible white supremacist attack https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/04/iconic-civil-rights-institution-burned-possible-white-supremacist-attack/ 29 comments politics
- Revealed: FBI investigated civil rights group as 'terrorism' threat and viewed KKK as victims https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/01/sacramento-rally-fbi-kkk-domestic-terrorism-california 21 comments worldnews
- [Civil Engineering Related Question] What is the name of the pink highlighted shape/geometry? If it does not have a name, what would the most accurate term for it be? https://i.imgtc.com/f4imyll.png 5 comments math
- One third of Americans believe opposition to Trump will spark 2nd civil war http://www.newsweek.com/second-civil-war-likely-one-third-americans-think-so-999254 54 comments politics
- TIL that in 2005 Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that "in 10 or 15 years, the EU will be a place where civilizations meet. It will be a superpower with the inclusion of Turkey." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/european_union_as_an_emerging_superpower#overview 94 comments europe
- Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2017 - Call your Senators https://legiscan.com/us/bill/hb2796/2017 31 comments politics
- Britain must end arms sales to Saudi Arabia while the country is accused of the large-scale slaughter of civilians in Yemen’s civil war, Theresa May is urged today. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/saudi-arabia-arms-sales-theresa-may-britain-extremist-funding-poll-public-a7843061.html 39 comments worldnews
- What event do you think caused the civil war to actually start. What was the straw that broke the camel's back if you will. https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/69n0ul/what_event_do_you_think_caused_the_civil_war_to/ 23 comments history
- Trump Taps Anti-LGBTQ Activist Roger Severino to Lead HHS Civil Rights Office https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/03/trump-taps-anti-lgbtq-activist-roger-severino-lead-hhs-civil-rights-office/?utm_source=nar.al&utm_medium=urlshortener&utm_campaign=fb 24 comments politics
- Trump rips 'all talk,' 'no action' civil rights icon Lewis http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/14/politics/john-lewis-donald-trump/ 68 comments politics
- Was the Civil War a continuation/2nd American Revolution? Why or why not. https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/5i65bv/was_the_civil_war_a_continuation2nd_american/ 16 comments history
- Trump Adviser Argues The Civil War Was About Free Speech – In a Facebook post published Thursday, Miller suggests the Civil War was first and foremost about protecting free speech — not slavery. https://thinkprogress.org/sid-miller-trump-advisor-confederate-flag-e4d2517ace91#.n4js7wx2x 286 comments politics
- Malawi has suspended 63 civil servants who allegedly stole millions of dollars of US funds sent for fighting HIV and AIDS https://www.today.ng/news/africa/57012/malawi-suspends-63-civil-servants-over-stolen-us-funds 40 comments worldnews
- Front National win could lead to civil war, warns French PM http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/12046087/front-national-win-could-lead-to-civil-war-warns-french-pm.html 248 comments europe
- A Gold Coast police officer who leaked video footage of his colleagues assaulting a handcuffed man could face charges and jail time, civil libertarians say http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/gold-coast-cop-who-leaked-video-of-assault-on-man-could-be-jailed-20150618-ghrvuc.html 198 comments worldnews
- Italian Senate justice committee approves the Civil Unions bill http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2015/03/26/senate-justice-committee-approves-civil-union-bill_27b242ef-f625-4432-8e20-e2339f699e75.html 7 comments europe
- A bill introduced this week in the Minnesota Senate would prohibit a federal-local surveillance collaboration that the NSA’s former chief technical director called the “biggest threat since the civil war.” http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2015/01/minnesota-bill-would-ban-nsa-activity-called-the-biggest-threat-since-the-civil-war/ 7 comments politics
- Media space shrinking under Narendra Modi govt., says civil society http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/media-space-shrinking-under-narendra-modi-govt-says-civil-society/article6238466.ece 4 comments india
- COBA: An Ancient Mayan Civilization that you Can Bike Around when Visiting http://aroundtheworldinbabydays.com/2014/04/19/it-may-be-ancient-but-it-is-still-exciting-the-ruins-of-coba/ 3 comments bicycling
- NASA: Industrial civilization headed for ‘irreversible collapse’ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/14/nasa-industrial-civilization-headed-for-irreversible-collapse/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+therawstory+%28the+raw+story%29 13 comments economy
- "Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Sunday refused to rule out the possibility of deploying American troops to Syria, while top Republican lawmakers called for increased U.S. intervention in the civil war there." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/28/claire-mccaskill-syria_n_3174673.html 4 comments politics
- "Federal civil servants in Canada, and in particular scientists, are being muzzled by the federal government" http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2013/02/20/science-muzzled-scientists-information-commissioner.html 23 comments worldnews
- Former US Representative Alan Grayson: The Second Civil War http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/26/1124343/-the-second-civil-war 3 comments politics
- More Civil War soldiers died from diarrhea than battle http://doodienoted.com/more-civil-war-soldiers-died-from-poo-problems-than-in-battle 4 comments history
- Ron Paul: Civil Rights Act of 1964 'Destroyed' Privacy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/01/ron-paul-civil-rights-act_n_1178688.html?&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 11 comments politics
- Coal Reignites A Mighty Battle Of Labor History: In late summer 1921, Blair Mountain was the site of the largest uprising in American history since the Civil War. It was the only time in history that U.S. air power has been used against American civilians. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/05/134203550/coal-reignites-a-mighty-battle-of-labor-history 16 comments history
- "...implements an interesting provision called 'imminent infringement', which allows the government to charge people who they think might be about to infringe with a civil offense..." http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=18815 5 comments politics
- "We run a computer simulation of the global political and economic situation, modelling various outcomes of the resource crunch that begins in the back half of the 2010s. No matter which way we tweak it, it always comes out with the same result: civil war in America in 25 yrs's time." http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2010/03/angry_america_why_an_oilmans_s.html 56 comments reddit.com
- FISA Passes in House ...and the drip, drip, dripping away of our civil liberties continues. The vote was 293 Yays, 129 Nays. http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/20/fisa-passes-in-house/ 59 comments politics
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