Tuesday, August 17, 2021

This Is What The Fall Of Kabul To The Taliban Looks Like

Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying To Escape The Taliban, A New Variant Of COVID-19 Denialism Has Emerged, The Average Start Time For Public High Schools In Each American State, Mapped
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START AND STOP
NAYSAYERS ABOUND
A New Variant Of COVID-19 Denialism Has Emerged
nymag.com
As the Delta variant spreads, Republican COVID denialism has mutated into an altered form. It is now organized around sanctifying and protecting the absurd and false mythology about masks and COVID-19 vaccines that Republicans spread under Trump.
RISE AND GRIND
The Average Start Time For Public High Schools In Each American State, Mapped
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High school students in Louisiana have it tough.
BALL'S IN YOUR COURT
Inside The Frantic Search For The Testicle-Enhancing Wonder Shrub
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THE LATEST FROM AFGHANISTAN
DEVASTATING
This Is What The Fall Of Kabul To The Taliban Looks Like
buzzfeednews.com
Photos show chaotic scenes at the airport and Taliban soldiers patrolling the streets.
WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING
Why The Afghan Army Folded
theatlantic.com
America has historically struggled to train foreign militaries.
YIKES
Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying To Escape The Taliban
defenseone.com
The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
GOING SWIMMINGLY
This Couple Couldn't Afford To Buy A Pool, So The Husband Decided To Build One From Scratch
rumble.com
The pool cost a mere $140 and 10 hours to build over the course of a week.
IN THE NEWS
US To Advise Boosters For Most Americans Eight Months After Vaccination
Evacuation Flights Resume At Kabul Airport, Biden Defends US Withdrawal
Bob Dylan Sued For Allegedly Drugging, Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old In 1965
Tropical Storm Drenching Earthquake-Stricken Haiti
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Why Time Management Is Ruining Our Lives
theguardian.com
All of our efforts to be more productive backfire — and only make us feel even busier and more stressed. (From 2016)
'If we don't end war, war will end us.' — H. G. Wells