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From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:04:56 +0000

The fights over Gaza protests are playing out online, in campus quads, internal disciplinary proceedings, and in the courts.

The post From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns appeared first on The Intercept.

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Should a lame-duck Congress confirm judges? Yes for us, no for you.
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:00:55 +0000
Four years ago, GOP leader John Thune celebrated the seating of 14 judges after Trump lost the election; now he and Trump protest when Democrats use the same playbook.
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New law introduced to block legal challenge to An0m organised crime bust
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:56:53 GMT

People charged after the AFP sting against the encypted app claim the information was not obtained lawfully

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The Albanese government will attempt to block legal challenges by people charged after an elaborate Australian Federal Police sting using the encrypted An0m application.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, introduced laws to prevent any legal challenge to Operation Ironside on Thursday, despite special leave already being granted to the high court for an appeal by people charged in South Australia as a result of the sting.

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NSW government bid to prevent Rising Tide protest in Newcastle harbour invalid, court finds
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:33:00 GMT

Four-day exclusion zone an improper use of Marine Safety Act, judge rules, despite ‘skilful’ submission from transport minister Jo Haylen

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The New South Wales supreme court has set aside a Minns government decision to cut off access to Newcastle harbour to try to prevent a four-day climate protest.

The court found the notice was invalid after hearing an urgent application from climate activist organisation Rising Tide on Thursday.

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Google must sell Chrome to end search monopoly, justice department argues in court filing
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:51:36 GMT

Justice department urges court to force Google to share data with rivals as part of wide-ranging changes to end online giant’s monopoly on web searching

Alphabet’s Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take a range of other measures to end its monopoly on searching the internet, US prosecutors have argued to a judge.

Such changes would essentially result in Google being highly regulated for 10 years, subjecting it to oversight by the same Washington federal court that ruled the company maintained an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.

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Captain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded, report finds
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:01:33 GMT

Watchdog’s highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of ‘serious and repeated’ misconduct

• Captain Tom Foundation inquiry: three key failings

The family of the NHS charities fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore personally benefited from the charity set up in his name through a series of lucrative deals worth more than £1m, the charities watchdog has ruled in a highly critical report.

A Charity Commission inquiry concluded the late Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband, Colin Ingram-Moore, were culpable of “serious and repeated” instances of misconduct, mismanagement and failures of integrity.

Hannah Ingram-Moore “initiated the process to secure her appointment as chief executive” of the charity, suggesting she should be paid a salary of £150,000. The charity proposed paying her £100,000 but this was blocked by the commission and she was eventually hired on £85,000.

Hannah Ingram-Moore received £18,000 from Virgin Media in September 2021 to judge its Local Legends awards when she was chief executive of the foundation. This was unauthorised and a conflict of interest, and there was no evidence it was undertaken, as she claimed, in a personal capacity.

The Ingram-Moores used the charity’s name inappropriately and for their private benefit in a planning application to build a private spa pool in the grounds of their family home. The building was subsequently demolished.

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Ga. election workers ask court to punish Giuliani for more false claims
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:32:51 +0000
Two Georgia election workers want a judge to force Rudy Guliani to stop repeating false claims that resulted in a $148 million judgment against him.
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Extremist Timbuktu Islamic police chief sentenced to 10 years in jail by ICC
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:53:31 GMT

Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud had been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The international criminal court has sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out when he headed the Islamic police in Timbuktu in Mali, west Africa.

Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud was convicted in June of torture, religious persecution and other inhumane acts. Judges found he was a “key figure” in a reign of terror after Islamic extremist rebels overran the ancient desert city in 2012.

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U.S. judge appointed by Trump criticizes ‘blanket pardons’ for Jan. 6
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:12:48 +0000

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Scientist behind superconductivity claims ousted
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:46:52 +0000
After claims of high-temp superconductivity were retracted, Ranga Dias lost his university job.
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Matt Gaetz Is Barely a Lawyer
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:13:10 +0000

Trump’s pick for attorney general shows that loyalty is the only qualification that matters.

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Live updates: Trump’s polarizing pick for the Pentagon to make case to GOP senators
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:53:15 +0000
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders effort to block arms sales to Israel
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:36:39 GMT

Moves to advance three resolutions, which would have halted recent sale of $20bn in US weapons to Israel, all failed

The US Senate has blocked legislation that would have halted the sale of some US weapons to Israel, which had been introduced out of concern about the human rights catastrophe faced by Palestinians in Gaza.

Senator Bernie Sanders had introduced what are called joint resolutions of disapproval, seeking to block the Biden administration’s recent sale of $20bn in US weapons to Israel.

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Outcry over stalemate on Gaetz report; Bernie Sanders’ Senate vote on blocking some arms to Israel fails – as it happened
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:14:29 GMT

This live coverage has ended. Read the latest at the links below:

• House ethics committee deadlocked on releasing Matt Gaetz report
• US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders effort to block sales of tank rounds to Israel

The Federal Reserve must not remove Wells Fargo’s $1.95tn asset cap until the bank has fixed its risk management and compliance issues, top Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren told the US central bank on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

In a letter to Fed chair, Jerome Powell, and the central bank’s regulatory chief, Michael Barr, Warren said the Fed must reject Wells Fargo reported appeal to have the punishment imposed in 2018 lifted until it “can show that it can properly manage the risks associated with running a large bank”.

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Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza”
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:02:51 +0000

Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel gained momentum, but ran headlong into White House opposition.

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Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:17:47 +0000
The rule change is announced about two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride of Delaware became the first openly transgender individual elected to Congress.
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Vance seeks to build support among senators for Matt Gaetz as attorney general
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:38:26 +0000
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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What to know about Matt Gaetz’s investigation, sexual misconduct allegations
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:07:46 +0000
The allegations Matt Gaetz has faced, the House Ethics Committee’s report, and how members of Congress are reacting to him being picked to be attorney general.
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Senators Have a Chance to Halt Weapons Sales to Israel. Will They Take It?
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:58:28 +0000

A joint resolution from Sen. Bernie Sanders would block arms sales to Israel. The challenge is convincing Democrats to act.

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Trump picks Mehmet Oz to serve as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:21:52 +0000
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress.
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Rep. Mace introduces measure to ban trans women from Capitol’s female bathrooms
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:14:24 +0000
The South Carolina Republican’s resolution comes two weeks after the historic election of Democrat Sarah McBride, a trans woman, to Congress.
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Congressional committee advises revoking China’s trade status
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:24:22 +0000
Bipartisan group recommends end to Beijing’s decades-long permanent normal trade status and calls for “Manhattan Project-type” American AI fund.
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San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Nine health care workers at UCSF report censorship or punishment for speaking out about human rights for Palestinians — or simply wearing a pin.

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Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Democrats are in disarray. It’s time to name our enemies and assert our demands to build a party that can win.

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Trump’s Election Is Also a Win for Tech’s Right-Wing “Warrior Class”
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Silicon Valley has successfully rebranded military contracting as a proud national duty for the industry.

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Squad Goals: Democrats Must Use Lame-Duck Power to Fight Trump Now
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Progressives in Congress are urging party leaders to use their two remaining months in power to erect barriers to Trump’s agenda.

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House GOP Moves to Ram Through Bill That Gives Trump Unilateral Power to Kill Nonprofits
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:14:34 +0000

Dozens of Democrats still support the bill — giving the Republican-controlled House plenty of breathing room to pass it next week.

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The Looming GOP Battle Over Whether You Have to Go to Hell and Back to Cancel Amazon Prime
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The fate of the new “click-to-cancel” rule will show whether some Republicans are serious about cracking down on anti-competitive practices.

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How to Fortify Against the Trump Agenda While There's Still Time
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:15:00 +0000

A violent, white supremacist regime is coming, but there is room to organize — and capture the backlash when it fails.

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Trump’s Family Separation Czar Is Back
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:56:27 +0000

Tom Homan, Trump’s former acting ICE director who contributed to Project 2025, will be “border czar” in the next administration.

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Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:04:03 +0000
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
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Lawmakers Reject Bill That Would Let Trump Destroy Nonprofits
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 04:15:03 +0000

The House nixed a bill empowering the Treasury Department to revoke nonprofits’ tax-exempt status over alleged ties to “terror.”

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Gateway refuelling module gets a boost
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0200

ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract amendment today at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan to extend the Lunar View refuelling module for the lunar Gateway.

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Fitness app Strava is tightening third-party access to user data
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:35:59 +0000
Training apps, AI use, and trend analysis seem to be off-limits in Strava's API.
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The science behind yo-yo diets, bird flu news and which Brits can spot a fake accent – podcast
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:00:39 GMT

Science editor Ian Sample joins host Madeleine Finlay to discuss some of the most intriguing science stories of the week. From a study finding that fat cells ‘remembering’ past obesity drives yo-yo dieting, to concerning developments in the bird flu virus, and research pinpointing which parts of the UK are best at spotting fake accents

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Double Olympic triathlon gold medallist Alistair Brownlee retires at 36
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:19:19 GMT

• ‘It just feels really right and I’m really happy with it’
• Brownlees helped make Britain dominant in sport

Double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee has announced his retirement. The 36-year-old Briton became the first triathlete to successfully defend his Olympic title when he won retained the title in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, four years after triumphing on home soil at London in 2012.

“It’s time to close this chapter … This marks my transition from professional triathlon, a moment approached with both dread and excitement in equal measure,” Brownlee, whose first significant title came in winning the 2006 Junior European Duathlon, wrote on social media.

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‘Stone Island is a religion’: fashion chief Carlo Rivetti on football’s famous brand and dressing Eric Cantona
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:00:41 GMT

‘Stoney’ has been worn by everyone from Drake to Keir Starmer, but its position as label of choice on the terraces gets the highest attention score. We talk to its chair and former owner

In a quiet corner of Stone Island’s flagship London store in Soho, the brand’s Italian chair, Carlo Rivetti, is talking about darts. “You see these big fat guys,” says Rivetti, who is sporting whiskers that make him look more like a trawlerman than a fashion magnate. “Pom … pom … pom,” he adds, imitating the noise a dart makes when it hits the board.

Darts is possibly the one British subculture that Rivetti’s brand hasn’t touched: football casuals, rappers, politicians, musicians and athletes have all reached for “Stoney” as it is known in the UK, as a sign of masculine cool. Darts might just be the final frontier.

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The Looming GOP Battle Over Whether You Have to Go to Hell and Back to Cancel Amazon Prime
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The fate of the new “click-to-cancel” rule will show whether some Republicans are serious about cracking down on anti-competitive practices.

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RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:56 +0000

I get Kennedy’s appeal, but Trump will undo the protections with the most direct, proven impact on our health.

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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

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How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:05:59 +0000
The public loves jock taxes; baseball players do not
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Pollution in Delhi hits record high, cloaking city in smog
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:49:20 GMT

Indian capital imposes emergency measures including closing schools and offices and barring heavy vehicles

Pollution levels in India’s capital, Delhi, have soared to their highest levels this year, forcing schools and offices to close and cloaking the city in thick brown smog.

In some parts of the city, a live air quality ranking by IQAir put pollution levels at more than 30 times the maximum level deemed healthy.

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5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:54:31 +0000
With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system. However, the fleet’s constant watch and often-unique perspectives sometimes create opportunities to make discoveries that no one expected, helping us to solve mysteries about of the solar system and beyond. Here are five examples of breakthroughs made […]
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NASA’s Brad Doorn Brings Farm Belt Wisdom to Space-Age Agriculture
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:30:45 +0000
From his South Dakota roots to leading NASA’s agricultural program, Brad Doorn’s mission has remained the same: help farmers feed the world.
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RFK Jr. Talks About Public Health, but He’s Joining an Administration That’ll Make Us Sicker Than Ever
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:01:56 +0000

I get Kennedy’s appeal, but Trump will undo the protections with the most direct, proven impact on our health.

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Six Ways Supercomputing Advances Our Understanding of the Universe
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:03:12 +0000
At NASA, high-end computing is essential for many agency missions. This technology helps us advance our understanding of the universe – from our planet to the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Supercomputers enable projects across diverse research, such as making discoveries about the Sun’s activity that affects technologies in space and life on Earth, building […]
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Relevant! Relevant! Relevant! At 50, Microsoft Is an AI Giant, Open-Source Lover, and as Bad as Ever
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.
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Cop29 climate finance deal hits fresh setback as deadline looms
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:54:19 GMT

Outcry after draft text contains only an ‘X’ instead of setting $1tn funding goal to support developing countries

• Cop29 climate summit – live updates

Hopes of a breakthrough at the deadlocked UN climate talks have been dashed after a new draft of a possible deal was condemned by rich and poor countries.

Faith in the ability of the Azerbaijan presidency to produce a deal ebbed on Thursday morning, as the draft texts were criticised as inadequate and providing no “landing ground” for a compromise.

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‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:00:42 GMT

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as the melting permafrost leaves little behind

Last summer, the western Arctic was uncomfortably hot. Smoke from Canada’s wildfires hung thick in the air, and swarms of mosquitoes searched for exposed skin. It was a maddening combination that left researchers on Qikiqtaruk, an island off the north coast of the Yukon, desperate for relief.

And so on a late July afternoon, a team of Canadian scientists dived into the Beaufort Sea, bobbing and splashing in a sheltered bay for nearly two hours. Later, as they lay sprawled on a beach, huge chunks of the island they were studying slid into the ocean.

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Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion | George Monbiot
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 06:00:39 GMT

The ‘progress’ made at Cop29 has been on carbon markets: a world of magical thinking, over-claiming and distorted truth

We now face, on all fronts, a war not just against the living planet and the common good, but against material reality. Power in the United States will soon be shared between people who believe they will ascend to sit at the right hand of God, perhaps after a cleansing apocalypse; and people who believe their consciousness will be uploaded on to machines in a great Singularity.

The Christian rapture and the tech rapture are essentially the same belief. Both are examples of “substance dualism”: the idea that the mind or soul can exist in a realm separate from the body. This idea often drives a desire to escape from the grubby immanence of life on Earth. Once the rapture is achieved, there will be no need for a living planet.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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A social media ban for everyone is in the national interest – not just kids under 16 | Van Badham
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:54:43 GMT

I personally resent being excluded from protection against monetised fear, anger and toxicity

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The Australian government has proposed a ban on social media for all citizens under 16. Citing the success of recently introduced restrictions on mobile phones in Australian schools, the prime minister announced the ban by declaring that it’s “doing harm to our kids and I’m calling time on it”.

Yes, the American Psychological Association has found that teens with the highest social media use rate their overall mental health as poor or very poor. Yes, research from the University of Cambridge shows that social media does not mitigate adolescent feelings of loneliness or isolation overall – rather, reports suggest online exposure can increase the prevalence of suicidal thoughts in the young. We’ve known for years social media use is related to poor body image and negative self-esteem, and encourages addictive behaviours. Locally, we’re confronting toxic online influencer culture mobilising kids to harass and abuse their teachers. Cyberbullying, cyberstalking, catfishing, dog piling, trolling, deepfake porn and doxing exist as concepts because social media culture has spawned them.

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Sols 4368-4369: The Colors of Fall – and Mars
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:16:34 +0000
Earth planning date: Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 I am in the U.K., where we are approaching the time when trees are just branches and twigs. One tree that still has its full foliage is my little quince tree in my front garden. Its leaves have turned reddish-brown with a hint of orange, fairly dark by […]
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Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:56:26 +0000
The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old. And because such infant worlds are usually hidden inside obscuring disks of debris, it is the youngest planet so far discovered using the dominant method of planet detection. Key Facts The […]
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The Northeast Is Becoming Fire Country
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Maps of recent fires across the region resemble California in August, with hundreds of red dots.
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The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:00:28 GMT

Data tracks how Earth’s heating has led to rising sea levels and extreme weather – yet there is no sign of emissions slowing

“The era of global boiling has arrived” is what the UN chief, António Guterres, presciently declared last year. In 2024, he has continued to be proven right; a report by the EU’s space programme has found it is “virtually certain” that 2024 will be the hottest year on record. The scientists found global temperatures for the past 12 months were 1.62C greater than the 1850-1900 average, when humanity started to burn vast volumes of coal, oil and gas. The chart below shows just how quickly global surface temperatures have climbed, and this year is on track to be the first to hit 1.5C above preindustrial temperatures.

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Living in Delhi smog is like watching a dystopian film again and again
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:34:19 GMT
Toxic, deadly, poisonous - these words are back in the headlines as Delhi’s pollution spikes again.
Match ID: 14 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 1 day
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NASA Engineer Carries Indigenous Roots into New Aviation Era
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:10:13 +0000
Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Abigail Reigner spent most of her childhood miles away from where her family called home, and where there was little trace of her Native American tribe and culture. Belonging to the Comanche Nation that resides in Lawton, Oklahoma, Reigner’s parents made every effort to keep her connected to her Indigenous […]
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Cop29: ‘We’re here for life and death reasons,’ says ex-climate minister of Pakistan
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:00:15 GMT

Sherry Rehman says rich nations should pay ‘internationally determined contributions’ to help poorer and worst-affected countries

Amid the endless politicking and inscrutable arguments at the UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, it can be hard to remember what is at stake. That’s why Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former climate change minister, is calling on global leaders to “keep an eye on the big picture”.

“We’re here for life and death reasons,” Rehman said.

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Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Democrats are in disarray. It’s time to name our enemies and assert our demands to build a party that can win.

The post Take Out the Trash: A Proposal to Clean Up the Democratic Party appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 17 Score: 12.86 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
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'The sixth great extinction is happening', conservation expert warns
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:20:40 GMT
Conservationist Jane Goodall on the urgent need to turn the tide on climate change and nature loss.
Match ID: 18 Score: 10.71 source: www.bbc.com age: 4 days
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NASA Knows – How Can I Get Involved With NASA Research?
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:04:30 +0000
NASA provides a variety of pathways for those outside the agency to contribute to authentic and meaningful research. Whether you’re a student pursuing a degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics), an educator looking for new ways to engage your classroom, or a citizen scientist enthusiastic about sharing your observations, there’s a wide array […]
Match ID: 19 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 14 days
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NASA and Partners Scaling to New Heights in Air Traffic Management
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:14:20 +0000
NASA, in partnership with AeroVironment and Aerostar, recently demonstrated a first-of-its-kind air traffic management concept that could pave the way for aircraft to safely operate at higher altitudes. This work seeks to open the door for increased internet coverage, improved disaster response, expanded scientific missions, and even supersonic flight. The concept is referred to as […]
Match ID: 20 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 33 days
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NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:00:00 +0000
Picture yourself at an airport a few decades from now. What does your airliner look like? It’s more efficient, with lower emissions than today’s aircraft – what kinds of designs or technology make that possible? NASA is working to answer those questions by commissioning five new design studies looking to push the boundaries of possibility […]
Match ID: 21 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 8 days
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NASA Armstrong Builds Sensor Pod for Autonomous Flight
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:36:54 +0000
The design and build of a unique NASA pod, produced to advance computer vision for autonomous aviation, was recently completed in-house at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, by using the center’s unique fabrication capabilities. The pod is called the NASA Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE). NASA Armstrong can […]
Match ID: 22 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 8 days
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X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on its Way to Takeoff
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:21:31 +0000
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA’s Quesst mission marked a major milestone with the start of tests on the engine that will power the quiet supersonic X-59 experimental aircraft. These engine-run tests, which began Oct. 30, allow the X-59 team to verify the aircraft’s systems are working together while powered by its own engine. […]
Match ID: 23 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 14 days
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Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:27:46 GMT
Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.
Match ID: 24 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 21 days
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NASA Brings Drone and Space Rover to Air Show
Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:44:29 +0000
Lee esta historia en Español aquí. In September, the three NASA centers in California came together to share aerospace innovations with thousands of guests at the Miramar Air Show in San Diego, California. Agency experts talked about the exciting work NASA does while exploring the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all. Under a […]
Match ID: 25 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 21 days
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World way off target in tackling climate change - UN
Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:00:46 GMT
The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever
Match ID: 26 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 24 days
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Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:05:41 GMT
Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests.
Match ID: 27 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 28 days
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NASA’s C-130 Aircraft En Route to India in Support of NISAR Mission
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:11:53 +0000
NASA’s globetrotting C-130 Hercules team is carrying out a cargo transport mission to Bengaluru, India, in support of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. The C-130 departed from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Tuesday, Oct. 15, to embark on the multi-leg, multi-day journey. The flight path will take the aircraft coast to coast […]
Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 34 days
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Climate change supercharged Europe floods - scientists
Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:06:20 GMT
A new study shows that the record-breaking rainfall was made more likely and intense by climate change.
Match ID: 29 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 57 days
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Greener Is Getting Going
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.
Match ID: 30 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 154 days
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Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:51:10 +0000
Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so
Match ID: 31 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 175 days
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How NIMBYs increase carbon emissions
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:59:08 +0000
Opposition to new buildings has unfortunate consequences
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A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
Match ID: 33 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 304 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 34 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 309 days
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Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:16:00 +0000

SEMrush and Ahrefs are among the most popular tools in the SEO industry. Both companies have been in business for years and have thousands of customers per month.

If you're a professional SEO or trying to do digital marketing on your own, at some point you'll likely consider using a tool to help with your efforts. Ahrefs and SEMrush are two names that will likely appear on your shortlist.

In this guide, I'm going to help you learn more about these SEO tools and how to choose the one that's best for your purposes.

What is SEMrush?

SEMrush is a popular SEO tool with a wide range of features—it's the leading competitor research service for online marketers. SEMrush's SEO Keyword Magic tool offers over 20 billion Google-approved keywords, which are constantly updated and it's the largest keyword database.

The program was developed in 2007 as SeoQuake is a small Firefox extension

Features

• Most accurate keyword data: Accurate keyword search volume data is crucial for SEO and PPC campaigns by allowing you to identify what keywords are most likely to bring in big sales from ad clicks. SEMrush constantly updates its databases and provides the most accurate data.
• Largest Keyword database: SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool now features 20-billion keywords, providing marketers and SEO professionals the largest database of keywords.


• All SEMrush users receive daily ranking data, mobile volume information, and the option to buy additional keywords by default with no additional payment or add-ons needed
• Most accurate position tracking tool: This tool provides all subscribers with basic tracking capabilities, making it suitable for SEO professionals. Plus, the Position Tracking tool provides local-level data to everyone who uses the tool.
• SEO Data Management: SEMrush makes managing your online data easy by allowing you to create visually appealing custom PDF reports, including Branded and White Label reports, report scheduling, and integration with GA, GMB, and GSC.
• Toxic link monitoring and penalty recovery: With SEMrush, you can make a detailed analysis of toxic backlinks, toxic scores, toxic markers, and outreach to those sites.
• Content Optimization and Creation Tools: SEMrush offers content optimization and creation tools that let you create SEO-friendly content. Some features include the SEO Writing Assistant, On-Page SEO Check, er/SEO Content Template, Content Audit, Post Tracking, Brand Monitoring.

Ahrefs

Ahrefs is a leading SEO platform that offers a set of tools to grow your search traffic, research your competitors, and monitor your niche. The company was founded in 2010, and it has become a popular choice among SEO tools. Ahrefs has a keyword index of over 10.3 billion keywords and offers accurate and extensive backlink data updated every 15-30 minutes and it is the world's most extensive backlink index database.

Features

• Backlink alerts data and new keywords: Get an alert when your site is linked to or discussed in blogs, forums, comments, or when new keywords are added to a blog posting about you.
• Intuitive interface: The intuitive design of the widget helps you see the overall health of your website and search engine ranking at a glance.
• Site Explorer: The Site Explorer will give you an in-depth look at your site's search traffic.
• Domain Comparison
• Reports with charts and graphs
• JavaScript rendering and a site audit can identify SEO issues.
• A question explorer that provides well-crafted topic suggestions

Direct Comparisons: Ahrefs vs SEMrush

Now that you know a little more about each tool, let's take a look at how they compare. I'll analyze each tool to see how they differ in interfaces, keyword research resources, rank tracking, and competitor analysis.

User Interface

Ahrefs and SEMrush both offer comprehensive information and quick metrics regarding your website's SEO performance. However, Ahrefs takes a bit more of a hands-on approach to getting your account fully set up, whereas SEMrush's simpler dashboard can give you access to the data you need quickly.

In this section, we provide a brief overview of the elements found on each dashboard and highlight the ease with which you can complete tasks.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs dashboard is less cluttered than that of SEMrush, and its primary menu is at the very top of the page, with a search bar designed only for entering URLs.

Additional features of the Ahrefs platform include:

• You can see analytics from the dashboard, including search engine rankings to domain ratings, referring domains, and backlink
• Jumping from one tool to another is easy. You can use the Keyword Explorer to find a keyword to target and then directly track your ranking with one click.
• The website offers a tooltip helper tool that allows you to hover your mouse over something that isn't clear and get an in-depth explanation.

SEMRUSH

When you log into the SEMrush Tool, you will find four main modules. These include information about your domains, organic keyword analysis, ad keyword, and site traffic.

You'll also find some other options like

• A search bar allows you to enter a domain, keyword, or anything else you wish to explore.
• A menu on the left side of the page provides quick links to relevant information, including marketing insights, projects, keyword analytics, and more.
• The customer support resources located directly within the dashboard can be used to communicate with the support team or to learn about other resources such as webinars and blogs.
• Detailed descriptions of every resource offered. This detail is beneficial for new marketers, who are just starting.

WHO WINS?

Both Ahrefs and SEMrush have user-friendly dashboards, but Ahrefs is less cluttered and easier to navigate. On the other hand, SEMrush offers dozens of extra tools, including access to customer support resources.

When deciding on which dashboard to use, consider what you value in the user interface, and test out both.

Rank Tracking

If you're looking to track your website's search engine ranking, rank tracking features can help. You can also use them to monitor your competitors.

Let's take a look at Ahrefs vs. SEMrush to see which tool does a better job.

Ahrefs

The Ahrefs Rank Tracker is simpler to use. Just type in the domain name and keywords you want to analyze, and it spits out a report showing you the search engine results page (SERP) ranking for each keyword you enter.

Rank Tracker looks at the ranking performance of keywords and compares them with the top rankings for those keywords. Ahrefs also offers:

You'll see metrics that help you understand your visibility, traffic, average position, and keyword difficulty.

It gives you an idea of whether a keyword would be profitable to target or not.

SEMRUSH

SEMRush offers a tool called Position Tracking. This tool is a project tool—you must set it up as a new project. Below are a few of the most popular features of the SEMrush Position Tracking tool:

All subscribers are given regular data updates and mobile search rankings upon subscribing

The platform provides opportunities to track several SERP features, including Local tracking.

Intuitive reports allow you to track statistics for the pages on your website, as well as the keywords used in those pages.

Identify pages that may be competing with each other using the Cannibalization report.

WHO WINS?

Ahrefs is a more user-friendly option. It takes seconds to enter a domain name and keywords. From there, you can quickly decide whether to proceed with that keyword or figure out how to rank better for other keywords.

SEMrush allows you to check your mobile rankings and ranking updates daily, which is something Ahrefs does not offer. SEMrush also offers social media rankings, a tool you won't find within the Ahrefs platform. Both are good which one do you like let me know in the comment.

Keyword Research

Keyword research is closely related to rank tracking, but it's used for deciding which keywords you plan on using for future content rather than those you use now.

When it comes to SEO, keyword research is the most important thing to consider when comparing the two platforms.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs Keyword Explorer provides you with thousands of keyword ideas and filters search results based on the chosen search engine.

Ahrefs supports several features, including:

• It can search multiple keywords in a single search and analyze them together. At SEMrush, you also have this feature in Keyword Overview.
• Ahrefs has a variety of keywords for different search engines, including Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and other search engines.
• When you click on a keyword, you can see its search volume and keyword difficulty, but also other keywords related to it, which you didn't use.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool has over 20 billion keywords for Google. You can type in any keyword you want, and a list of suggested keywords will appear.

The Keyword Magic Tool also lets you to:

• Show performance metrics by keyword
• Search results are based on both broad and exact keyword matches.
• Show data like search volume, trends, keyword difficulty, and CPC.
• Show the first 100 Google search results for any keyword.
• Identify SERP Features and Questions related to each keyword
• SEMrush has released a new Keyword Gap Tool that uncovers potentially useful keyword opportunities for you, including both paid and organic keywords.

WHO WINS?

Both of these tools offer keyword research features and allow users to break down complicated tasks into something that can be understood by beginners and advanced users alike.

If you're interested in keyword suggestions, SEMrush appears to have more keyword suggestions than Ahrefs does. It also continues to add new features, like the Keyword Gap tool and SERP Questions recommendations.

Competitor Analysis

Both platforms offer competitor analysis tools, eliminating the need to come up with keywords off the top of your head. Each tool is useful for finding keywords that will be useful for your competition so you know they will be valuable to you.

AHREFS

Ahrefs' domain comparison tool lets you compare up to five websites (your website and four competitors) side-by-side.it also shows you how your site is ranked against others with metrics such as backlinks, domain ratings, and more.

Use the Competing Domains section to see a list of your most direct competitors, and explore how many keywords matches your competitors have.

To find more information about your competitor, you can look at the Site Explorer and Content Explorer tools and type in their URL instead of yours.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush provides a variety of insights into your competitors' marketing tactics. The platform enables you to research your competitors effectively. It also offers several resources for competitor analysis including:

Traffic Analytics helps you identify where your audience comes from, how they engage with your site, what devices visitors use to view your site, and how your audiences overlap with other websites.

SEMrush's Organic Research examines your website's major competitors and shows their organic search rankings, keywords they are ranking for, and even if they are ranking for any (SERP) features and more.

The Market Explorer search field allows you to type in a domain and lists websites or articles similar to what you entered. Market Explorer also allows users to perform in-depth data analytics on These companies and markets.

WHO WINS?

SEMrush wins here because it has more tools dedicated to competitor analysis than Ahrefs. However, Ahrefs offers a lot of functionality in this area, too. It takes a combination of both tools to gain an advantage over your competition.

Pricing

Ahrefs

• Lite Monthly: $99/month
• Standard Monthly: $179/month
• Annually Lite: $990/year
• Annually Standard: $1790/year

SEMRUSH

• Pro Plan: $119.95/month
• Guru Plan:$229.95/month
• Business Plan: $449.95/month

Which SEO tool should you choose for digital marketing?

When it comes to keyword data research, you will become confused about which one to choose.

Consider choosing Ahrefs if you

• Like friendly and clean interface
• Searching for simple keyword suggestions

• Want to get more keywords for different search engines like Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, and more

 

Consider SEMrush if you:

• Want more marketing and SEO features
• Need competitor analysis tool
• Need to keep your backlinks profile clean
• Looking for more keyword suggestions for Google

Both tools are great. Choose the one which meets your requirements and if you have any experience using either Ahrefs or SEMrush let me know in the comment section which works well for you.

 

 

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