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Animals, taxes, polling places and a disappearing boulder mystery
All from a couple of 2020 Harper’s Findings and Indeces: Animals Migrating steppe eagles fitted with cellular trackers by Russian zoologists incurred massive international roaming charges. Female fish will mate outside their species if a male is attractive enough or … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Banff, capuchin monkey, electric eel, Harper's Findings, Harper's Index, John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, Prescott National Forest, Russian steppe eagles, Shelby v Holder, tax rates, The Wizard Rock, Voting Rights Act
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Sorry, everyone — but Manhattan is small
Several reminders from Harper’s Index for July 2018 (yeah, I know, I’m way behind because of minor distractions like the #ReignoftheMadDon and collateral activity involving Julian Assange, et al): Estimate combined square footage of all the self-storage units in the … Continue reading
Posted in Strictly for bitter laughter, The Facts of Life
Tagged fake urine sales, Harper's Index, Manhattan, New York City sewage, self-storage units
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Bitter laughter: the 2016 election, voters rights and Canada
I’m quite behind in my Harper’s hard copy reading. Ergo, I opened the January 2017 edition only last night. (What can I say? I’ve been busy. Or something.) I picked up these three items from the Index, Harper’s one page … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Strictly for bitter laughter, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged 2016 election, Harper's Index, Harper's Magazine, voters rights, voting suppression
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