How 7.4 Tons of Venezuela's Gold Landed in Africa - And Vanished (Wall Street Journal) Maduro is an evil man. This article explains how Russia has been helping him loot the wealth of his country while creating a black market that keeps him in power. 'They didn't look old enough': Who Filled a French Art … Continue reading What I Am Reading
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Marginal Revolution charts when the New York Times became unbearably stupid to read. If you thought wokeness was a cultural phenomenon that appeared seemingly out of nowhere, the data support you. This suggests that rather than emerging as an organic concern, there was a large, deliberate attempt to steer public discourse in this direction. I … Continue reading Links: African Civilizations, Medieval Grapes, and More
Articles of Interest
Why are there so few skeletal remains of dodo birds? Even for a species that, famously, has been extinct for more than 350 years, dodo remains are scarce. The University of Oxford has a dodo head—the only specimen that includes any soft tissue—and a skeletal dodo foot. There’s a dodo skull in Copenhagen, and a … Continue reading Articles of Interest
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