Like similar efforts in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Scotland, a legislator in Maryland is introducing a bill to exonerate the victims of the state’s lesser-known witchcraft trials.
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LA Fires claim Theosophical Society building and archives
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Multiple reports say that the building housing the Theosophical Society of America in Los Angeles has been destroyed along with the majority of its artifacts by the devastating fires.
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UN plastics treaty delayed while scientists report more microplastic damage
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A plastics treaty at the UN to protect both people and the environment has yet to be ratified. Meanwhile, new research finds microplastics not only in human tissue but now also in dolphins.
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Meta claims “More Speech and Fewer Mistakes” while ending Fact-Checking and Updating Guidelines
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Meta – owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – announces that it is ending its fact-checking program as it aligns with the incoming Trump administration’s views on speech possibly allowing extraordinary commentary about women as objects, misgendering and other offensive language as “free expression.”
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Scientists may have found a way to measure meditation effectiveness
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New research finds previously elusive clues on how to track success in implementing mindfulness meditation.
Arts & Culture
“Oracles, Omens, and Answers” explores history of divination from tarot to TikTok
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A new exhibit at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library explores thousands of years of practices in divination and prediction, from oracle bones to horoscope apps – and even includes demonstrations of the spider divination carried out by the Mambila people of Cameroon and Nigeria.