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this man sees 40 moves ahead

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Scientists have restored cellular activity to pig brains hours after the animals’ death — an unprecedented feat. This revival, achieved with a sophisticated system of artificial fluid, took place four hours after the pigs’ demise at a slaughterhouse.

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The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France was inscribed as World Heritage by @unesco in 1991.

Following Monday’s devastating fire that inflicted significant damage to the 850-year old cathedral, people from around the world expressed their concern for and solidarity with the French people.

“Horrified by the pictures coming from Paris with the fire engulfing Notre Dame Cathedral - a unique example of world heritage that has stood tall since the 14th century. My thoughts are with the people and government of France,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres,

📷: UN News / Anton Uspensky

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The transgenic animals’ brains took longer to develop - more like those of human children - and they also exhibited better memory skills, and faster reaction times, compared to their unmodified peers.

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I’m glad al-Bashir is out of office in Sudan but copying the 2011 Arab Spring movement and tactics isn’t in itself a formula for success.  iirc only Tunisia successfully transitioned to democracy while the other three, Libya especially, are fucked.  Military leadership is obviously problematic (and lets be real, a two year transition under the military would last quite a bit longer than 2 years) so I can see why the Sudanese people are protesting, but imo their best chance is to hope that the UN comes in or some other outside observer intercedes on their behalf.  

Dont get me wrong, the Sudanese military has made several notable concessions.  Gen. Ibn Auf stepped down by protester request, civilian high offices have been promised, civilian government in two years is promised, they allowed the civilian sit in - despite it being a violation of their curfew, and there are also reports that they defended the protesters from security forces seeking to crack down.  These do all lend credibility to the intent of the military transitional government

But at the end of the day, there’s too much potential for abuse, be it domestic or foreign, and a military government simply cannot be trusted, no matter how many concessions are made.  Further, the hesitation on the part of the military to make the office of president a civilian role is very suspicious and it begs the question of whether or not brass is playing a long con.  They don’t after all have to expel protesters or shoot up the streets to take power.  They just have to wait out the protest - and they’ve given themselves two years of “legitimacy”