When we kick off The Know Show this year, I always start with the question - what was your “moment” in...
I know everything feels very VERY dark in the world right now and many have lost hope completely, but...
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Since the US election I’ve been trying to understand what happened and how we ended up here.
I was wrong. I was absolutely convinced Harris/Walz would win the US election and have spent this week...
I’m heading to the American Chamber of Commerce US Election Watch Event on Wednesday in Singapore, and...
I always track US Elections closely, and this one is no different, but boy I can’t wait for November...
Well, there you go, the Weekend Reads has been going for 200 weeks – how’s that huh? I suppose this offers...
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A big news story this week was, of course, the explosions in Lebanon aimed at Hezbollah militants. I’ve...
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In July, after seven years, it was time for our family to relocate back to Singapore from Phuket, Thailand....
What a career goal, you’re working hard for years, earning a LOT of money, and then you find out your...
I don’t know about you, but the ugly rhetoric of politics is really starting to wear me down and of course,...
Welcome back to the Weekend Reads, where I write a short blog highlighting the main news and then link...
The Northern Hemisphere is going through a brutal heatwave and our news outlets are flooded with stories,...
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The head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, did his thing this week in a speech stating fossil fuel companies...
Last week was a down week. I don’t get down because of the news – I’ve long since accepted the path we’re...
We have microplastics in breast milk… silence. Microplastics in placentas… silence. Babies today are...
Let’s kick this off with the fact that the climate crisis is a food crisis, and we are certainly pushing...
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An article appeared in CNN this week titled: European slaughter of Native Americans changed the climate,...
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#172 Weekend reads – misinformation, disinformation, authoritarianism, we need to get a handle on it
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The hits just keep on coming, with news of Iran shooting bombs into Pakistan and Pakistan responding...
Welcome back to the Weekend Reads for 2024 and if you’re like me, you probably took a very tentative...
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I am very concerned about the extreme heat brewing in our environment and our lack of preparedness for...
We started the week with the devastating earthquake in Morocco, which has resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths...
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वह क्षेत्र जो रहने लायक नहीं रहे, उन पर पड़ने वाले ताप सूचकांक की तैयारी के लिए 34 कार्रवाइयां:मेरे पास...
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There is a lot of very important news this week to dive into, but I wanted to give a hat tip to Prince...
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