“They have nothing left to lose”.
Steve Told Us – Pascal Deshayes, President of the Coordination Rurale de Meurthe-et-Moselle, explains the reasons behind French farmers’ bloodbath: drought, floods, crop failures, epizootic diseases, unfair competition from foreign producers, and insane middlemen’s margins. “60% of farms have no cash flow”, he says. Interview. Coordination Rurale has been leading actions in the Bouches-du-Rhône region […]
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Thoughts on Healthy Eating – zen habits zen habits
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta Eating healthy is something I’ve been a bit obsessed with for the last couple of decades, and I’ve transformed my eating in some really fundamental ways: I eat way less junk food than before I have developed a real love for whole, nutritious foods I’m vegan (for ethical […]
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5 Stoic & Zen Practices That I Believe In
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta I believe in finding powerful practices for transformation wherever we can find them. And the Stoic philosophers Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca are huge inspirations for me. I’ve found there to be a huge overlap between Stoicism and Zen Buddhism, even if there are also some key differences. The […]
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Donald Trump announces his victory
Steve Told Us – The former president has already claimed victory over his rival Kamala Harris. It’s true that he obtained 267 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win. In the end, all the polls were wrong about Trump. The former president will certainly be the 47ᵉ president of the United States at the […]
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An underground ocean three times larger than all our oceans combined
Steve Told Us – A revolutionary discovery has turned our understanding of the Earth’s hydrosphere on its head: a gigantic reservoir of water, hidden between 400 and 600 kilometers below the surface, is thought to contain three times as much water as all the Earth’s oceans. A discovery that defies imagination Researchers have uncovered the […]
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Overcoming the Fear of Aging
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta Last year, I turned 50 years old … and I found myself thinking about aging more than I ever had before. To be clear, 50 years old is still pretty young, but there’s something about the number that had me realizing that my 60s and 70s aren’t very […]
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There’s Not Enough Time – zen habits zen habits
Steve Told Us – By Leo Babauta Sometimes we decide not to do something because it feels like there’s not enough time to do the task — it will take me 2 hours to work on that task, and I only have 20 minutes, so why bother starting? We do this kind of thing more […]
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mercury in canned tuna in Europe
Steve Told Us – An exclusive investigation by the NGO BLOOM reveals a major health scandal: 100% of canned tuna tested in Europe contains mercury, a dangerous neurotoxicant. Even more worrying, the study shows that there has been complicity between the authorities and the tuna industry since the 1970s. Widespread contamination The 18-month survey of […]
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Tsahal also kills journalists and rescue workers
Steve Told Us – To maintain its monopoly on information, Israel eliminates journalists (130 were killed in Gaza, three in Lebanon, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The Hebrew state also prevents Lebanese ambulance drivers from helping the wounded, as was the case in Gaza. 160 rescue workers have already been killed. According to Reporters […]
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Israel strikes Iran, situation worsens in Gaza
Steve Told Us – In an explosive regional context, Israel carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran, while the UN denounced possible crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel strikes back at Iran One month after the Iranian attack on its territory, Israel launched “precision strikes” on military sites in Iran on Saturday October 26. The operation […]
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