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| Step into the construction site for Guédelon castle – deep in a forest in France's Burgundy region.You'll be transported back to the medieval ages. Here, heritage craftspeople and history buffs are building the castle from scratch the old-fashioned way with tools from the 13th century — no motorized gadgets allowed.
As Florida's established news sources wither, the regional site Florida Politics has become a top source for political news. Politicians say they must pay to ensure positive coverage, calling it a cost of doing business. Journalists say it's an affront.
Family physician Mara Gordon considers herself a body-positive doctor. She practices "weight-neutral medicine" by focusing more on health measures like blood pressure, insulin resistance and joint pain rather than weight. The rising demand for Ozempic has forced her to have difficult conversations with her patients. Gordon writes for NPR about how the medication has changed her perspective on how she practices medicine. |
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Short Wave: With a little creativity and humor, science can be for everyone. Hear stories about discoveries and everyday mysteries — all in about 10 minutes. 🎧 The James Webb Space Telescope is helping scientists enter a new era of astrophysics. Its images of galaxies forming less than a billion years after the Big Bang have returned way earlier than expected. Dive into the galactic controversies these photos have stirred among the scientific community.
Bay Curious from KQED: There's much to explore in the San Francisco Bay area. Follow host Olivia Allen-Price weekly to explore the mysteries that make the area quirky, delightful and sometimes dysfunctional. 🎧 Mission-style burritos are iconic. They're wrapped in foil, loaded with fillings and weigh almost as much as a newborn. Take a trip to San Francisco's Mission District to learn more about these burritos' origins.
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Look at this photo. What do you see? Two athletes embracing? Yes, but:
Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni are both Chinese hurdlers. They exchanged congratulations after Lin won the 100-meter hurdles race at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Look closer and notice their lane numbers: six on Lin and four on Wu. Two accomplished athletes, competing for their national team, embracing one another on a race well-run.
Many posted the photo on Weibo, one of China’s biggest social media platforms. But the photo was altered. The lane numbers on the runners — six and four — had been replaced by grey squares. Why?
For many Chinese, six and four together invoke the June 4, 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, where troops killed several hundred pro-democracy protesters.
Weibo employs thousands of “moderators” to review material. For example, they've deleted Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiei's posts and closed his account. The same happened to Hong Kong singer Gigi Leung's posts about government corruption.
The very words “June 4” are often blocked on Weibo. “Moderators” also stopped a livestream on June 4 last year in which an influencer unveiled a vanilla log cake. The cake apparently reminded censors of the tank deployed in Tiananmen Square to roll over protesters.
Maybe Chinese officials will start urging international sports events to use emojis on their athletes' uniforms instead. “And in first place, scowling face!” |
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