Bergensia's Christmas Calendar
🎅🏼 Ho Ho Ho! Each day in December, a calendar door reveals a new theme to explore.
Violent conflicts are the primary driver of hunger, exacerbated by climate change and the aftermath of the pandemic.Total global military expenditure reached $2443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 percent in real terms from 2022. This was the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009. The 10 largest spenders in 2023—led…
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Today is International Women’s Day! This song is for all of those who came before us, who sacrificed and worked…
Norway’s government apologized on Thursday to Indigenous Sami groups for the construction of wind turbines on reindeer pastures, calling it…
Being woke just means being empathetic. And tolerant. And willing to listen. And open to learning.Florida is where woke goes…
Solidarity with Ukraine ✊(Russian Embassy, London) pic.twitter.com/efRXKgDuqV — Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) February 23, 2023While it’s not possible to verify…
pbd Studio/Shutterstock Nadia Radzman, University of Cambridge Each year on February 10, the United Nations commemorates what probably sounds to…
Absolutely vile. Here’s Itamar Ben Gvir, the face of Israel’s increasingly fascistic government, abusing the mother of Eyad Al Hallaq,…
The graph above charts the difference between electricity prices in Oslo and Stockholm in this century. Not difficult to see…
Investigative reporting among coroners in rural areas has also revealed significant variability in the out-of-hospital cause of death assignment. Some…
Anouk Charlot, Université de Strasbourg and Joffrey Zoll, Université de StrasbourgOn top of kickstarting a new exercise regime, the new…
Wasim Saman, University of South AustraliaA recent survey found that soaring electricity prices have made 15% of Aussies think about…
After the mosque attacks, my then 8-year-old wrote to Jacinda Ardern, thanking her for being Prime Minister and saying she…
1/ 🚨HSBC made a *secretive* multimillion-dollar loan to the energy company bulldozing a village in western Germany to expand its…
In retrospect, what was Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo doing in Washington during the January 6 2021 coup. https://t.co/CR8CseyXpK — Holly ❄️…
Andrew Tate’s video in response to Greta Thunberg allowed Romanian authorities to confirm he was in the country, and arrest…
Charles R. Hunt, Boise State UniversityThe arm-twisting, dealmaking, and vote hunting around Kevin McCarthy’s quest to be named House speaker…
Henrik Svedäng, Stockholm UniversityTo slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries…
Getty Images Markus Luczak-Roesch, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington If the debate about Elon Musk’s acquisition of…
Nathan Cooper, University of WaikatoThousands of delegates have gathered in Montreal, Canada, for a once-in-a-decade chance to address the accelerating…
If Twitter crashes, where do we go to talk about Twitter crashing? Elon Musk was at the World Cup with…
Andrew King, The University of MelbourneWorld leaders and climate experts gathered for pivotal United Nations climate change talks in Egypt.…
No surprise. Musk says vote for Russia against #Ukraine. Vote for chaos & disinformation. Vote against genuine #FreeSpeech. pic.twitter.com/NdFUFQkiIu —…