Monthly Archives: June 2019

Mysterious Indian lichen discovery in Dutch Biesbosch?

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
Dutch Vroege Vogels radio reported on 31 May 2019 that a lichen species, new to science, had been found. It was discovered in 2016 on willow wood in the Biesbosch national park. After…

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Dinosaurs extinct, lichens survived

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
https://youtu.be/Fkw_VF5zDT0 This 25 January 2018 video says about itself: What’s in a Lichen? How Scientists Got It Wrong for 150 Years | Short Film Showcase For 150 years, scientists believed lichen were defined…

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Whether “denial of belief” or “lack of belief”, atheism is a non-ism

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on The k2p blog:
The conventional use of “atheism” is to describe a denial or a rejection of any belief in religions and gods and deities. To try and avoid the negative connotation of merely rejecting and…

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भारत की वंचित जातिः बेतिया के डोम-मेहतर ज़िंदगी गुज़ारने के लिए बांस की बिनाई और मानव मल की सफ़ाई करते हैं

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Hillele:
बिहार के बेतिया में दलितों का जीवन जातिवादी नीच काम और भेदभाव के बीच फँसा हुआ है जो सरकार द्वारा उनपर थोपा गया है। डब्लू मलिक पैसा कमाने के लिए शहर जाते हैं और वहाँ सफ़ाई…