3James Dobson's ‘Focus on the Family’ radio program reached 3,000 stations in 160 countries by 2008, spreading Dobson's message about "family values under attack by a godless society.” c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 1 comments
3#History is full of rising and falling world powers. Could the U.S. be next? Greek historian Herodotus saw the Persian monarchy’s downfall in 479 B.C.E. as rooted in its rulers’ belief in their own c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 2 comments
3Despite record investments in cybersecurity, data breaches tripled in 2024. Why are we losing ground on data privacy? c/cybersecurity · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 1 comments
5“It is no longer enough for elections to be secure − voters must also perceive them to be secure.” c/cybersecurity · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 0 comments
3It’s called the Internet of Things – connected cars, smart fridges, wearables. Devices like these and more don’t just collect data on their users, but also on the people around them. c/privacy · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 0 comments
2Federal troops on the streets of L.A. to crush immigration #protests? c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 0 comments
2Germany’s chancellor just did what was once unthinkable: openly condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza. c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 3 comments
4Germany’s chancellor just did what was once unthinkable: openly condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza. c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 0 comments
0A class is using video games like "Black Myth: Wukong" and "Raji: an Ancient Epic" to get students excited about studying #religion. c/PCGaming · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 0 comments
4Preparing for a swine flu pandemic that never materialized may have inadvertently caused the reemergence of an extinct H1N1 virus, leading to the 1977 “Russian flu” pandemic. c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 0 comments
0Trump’s lie about Haitian immigrants eating pets (it’s been confirmed to be a lie) wasn’t a surprise, writes a food historian. c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 0 comments
-2Israel's recent attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon mark a dangerous escalation, pushing the region closer to all-out conflict, which both sides have spent the last year trying to avoid. c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 1y · 0 comments
11#TikTok was in court today to overturn a U.S. law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned. c/cybersecurity · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2y · 0 comments
5Learn about the Zen monk who became the Laughing Buddha: c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2y · 0 comments
4When and how people domesticated #horses has long posed an archeological mystery. c/history · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2y · 0 comments
1Gay Black men are more likely to test themselves for [#HIV](https://newsie.social/tags/HIV) and engage in less risky sexual behaviors than gay men of other races, when appropriate care is available, s c/blakmastodon · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2y · 0 comments
117th-century New England farmers moved a mind-staggering amount of stone to build walls – an estimated 240,000 miles of barricades, most stacked thigh-high and similarly wide. c/histodons · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2y · 1 comments
5The UN’s Genocide Convention, in its 75 years, has not stopped genocide. c/histodons · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2y · 2 comments
11957: Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, and there's concern of the U.S.' shortage of Russian speakers to monitor Soviet activity c/academicchatter · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2y · 0 comments
2Henry [#Kissinger](https://newsie.social/tags/Kissinger) is dead at the age of 100. c/histodons · by TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2y · 0 comments
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