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		<title>REPEAT: Atheist or Agnostic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Atheist or agnostic? I’m both and that’s not because I’m too wishy-washy or indecisive or chickenshit to say.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Harvard Expert Says She Is ‘Certain’ Price Tag of Trump’s Illegal Iran War Will Hit $1 Trillion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“I am certain we will spend $1 trillion for the Iran war,” Bilmes said. “Perhaps we have already racked up that amount.”]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Change is happening, it&#8217;s just painfully slow&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://churchandstate.org.uk/2026/04/change-is-happening-its-just-painfully-slow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Climate is our biggest war” says Ana Toni, chief executive of COP30. Hopes are high. Expectations are low.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Teens and young adults are driving the demand for online abortion pills via telehealth – new research</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The main reason for this is the steep rise in medication abortion services through telehealth, which has expanded access for tens of thousands of people. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lust for life: breaking the 120-year barrier in human ageing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[N4CM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If we are going to live substantially longer, we need to engineer our way out of the current 120-year-barrier.]]></description>
		
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		<title>As Nasa’s Artemis II Moon mission ends, a new adventure for humanity beckons</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Orion travelled behind the Moon, the crew witnessed the blue crescent of Earth setting below the lunar horizon.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is it selfish not to have children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The interesting part of the accusation of selfishness to childfree people is that it assumes people ought to be generous to someone who doesn’t even exist yet.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why America needs to confront the Vatican</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An American confrontation with the Vatican over its anti-family-planning efforts is prerequisite to removal of this obstruction to the common good. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Singularity is Nearer: What Happens When Machines Outthink Us?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[N4CM]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Superintelligence is the potential future that both inspires our greatest dreams and fuels our deepest existential fears.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Christian Nationalists in US Government Push Attacks on Iran as Holy War</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years, the slogan has spread from far right provocateurs like Nick Fuentes to Trump’s cabinet and the military. ]]></description>
		
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