FOXNEWS.COM -- In a letter to President Biden, Jim Banks and 14 House Republicans are demanding answers regarding the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's (DRL) new grant program. The letter states that the DRL's Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announced it "would award grants of up to $500,000 to organizations committed to the practice and spread of atheism and humanism, namely in South/Central Asia and in the Middle East/North Africa.... In the NOFO, the State Department characterizes atheists as a unique religious group while then encouraging the building of 'networks and advocacy groups' for atheists ... This would be analogous to official State Department promotion of religious freedom 'particularly for Christians' in China, with the express goal being to build a corresponding missionary network." "Any such program ...

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HARVARD.EDU -- At night, light throws the body's biological clock -- the circadian rhythm -- out of whack. Sleep suffers. Even a mere eight lux -- a level of brightness about twice that of a night light -- affects the circadian rhythm, notes Stephen Lockley, a Harvard sleep researcher. Worse, research shows that disrupting the circadian rhythm may contribute to the causation of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Blue wavelengths seem to be the most disruptive at night and the proliferation of electronics with screens, as well as energy-efficient lighting, is increasing our exposure to blue wavelengths. Protect yourself from blue light at night: Avoid looking at screens (TV, computers, tablets, mobile devices, etc.) beginning two to three hours before bed. If ...

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BUSTLE.COM -- Stay away from your phone two hours before bedtime. Swap out your evening Instagram scroll for a book, and you might feel a world of difference in the morning. Use software and apps that reduce blue light levels. For example, F.lux automatically adjusts your computer's display as it gets darker outside, so that the display doesn't feel as bright and emits less blue light. Similarly use the night shift setting on your iPhone to adjust the color temperature of your phone display to reduce the blue light at night. Go to "Settings," then "Display and Brightness." You should see the option for Night Shift there. Set screen time hours and ...

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THEFEDERALIST.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 2002: "I mean, we're talking about very basic issues. Think of the food, the food rebellions that you had when the IMF amongst others said you've got to correct your economy. People couldn't buy their food. You know, how can you expect young people not to react? That is so basic to human rights."] ARTICLE: In Sri Lanka, the 2021 inflation surge became a full-scale economic crisis thanks to climate radicalism. Fooled by European Green Deal propaganda to reduce nitrogen emissions, the government implemented a ban on chemical fertilizers, even though 15 of its 22 million people rely on farming, and over 90% them use chemical fertilizers. After the ban, one-third of farmland lay dormant, and 85% of farmers faced crop losses of 50% to 60%. Rice production fell by 20% and prices jumped 50% in just six months. Worst yet, the fertilizer ban hit the tea industry, Sri Lanka's second-highest export. These exports paid for 71% of the country's food imports. After the ban, the tea industry crashed to a 23-year low. Even the European Union, is noticing the Green Deal isn't a good one. Earlier ...

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THEEPOCHTIMES.COM -- The Netherlands is world's 5th largest food exporter. However, its government has proposed slashing livestock numbers by 30% to meet Climate Change nitrogen emissions targets. Some parts of the country would have to slash emissions by 70% or even 95%. New Zealand reported "The [Dutch] Minister of Nature and Nitrogen Policy expects about a third of the 50,000 Dutch farms to 'disappear' by 2030." While the United States openly acknowledges that "there is not a future for all [Dutch] farmers within [this] approach." Sri Lanka's ban on chemical fertilizers, to also reduce nitrogen emissions, contributed to an economic crisis that has now destabilized the government. The UN Secretary-General warned on June 24 that "there is a real risk that multiple famines will be declared in 2022," adding that ...

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RT.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: While we normally do not post on political matters, we are posting on the situation in Ukraine because it is an invaluable case study about Big Tech and Western media. Hazar Imam, 2006: "Journalists transmit superficial rhetoric and slight underlying realities."] ARTICLE: America's sudden love affair with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is reminiscent of the West's 1940s campaign to beautify Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's image. Just 5 years after the Great Purge, when Stalin killed about a million people, Collier's magazine claimed the USSR was evolving "toward something resembling our own and Great Britain's democracy." The New York Times agreed. Similarly today, Zelensky and his army are portrayed as heroic, freedom fighters. However, in 2018, before Russia's military offensive, Reuters pointed out that Ukrainian volunteer militias use Nazi symbolism and recruit Hitler acolytes. Today Ukraine's fascist elements are whitewashed. The fact is Ukraine incorporated neo-nazi militias, including the Azov Battalion, into its National Guard after the country's democratically elected leadership was overthrown in a US-backed coup in 2014. And, once World War II ended, ...

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CAITLINJOHNSTONE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: While we normally do not post on political matters, we are posting on the situation in Ukraine because it is an invaluable case study about Big Tech and Western media. ~~ Hazar Imam, 1996: "For centuries, the press has cast itself as the champion of understanding and enlightenment. And yet, even as the press has become more international, it has often left a trail of misunderstanding in its wake."] ARTICLE: "I've spent my career working in the mainstream, and I've covered probably seven, eight, nine shooting wars; I've never seen coverage so utterly consumed by a tsunami of jingoism, and of manipulative jingoism as this one." (John Pilger) ~~ "It's quite interesting that in American discourse, it is almost obligatory to refer to the invasion as the 'unprovoked invasion of Ukraine'. Look it up on Google, you will find hundreds of thousands of hits. Of course, it was provoked. Otherwise they wouldn't refer to it all the time as an unprovoked invasion." (Noam Chomsky) If your neighbor always referred to his wife as "my wife who I definitely never beat," you'd immediately become suspicious because ...

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