he Congo Basin rainforest is second only to the Amazon rainforest in size, and is home to Ebola, the tropical environment acting as a hotbed for the virus. It is also home to millions of African fruit bats, agreed to be the primary transmitters of the virus. Making matters worse is their ability to carry the virus long-term, as they don’t experience its symptoms. 

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42 years ago today: Officializing a failure decades in the works for French imperialists, Thomas Sankara would rename the Upper Volta to Burkina Faso after taking power in a bloodless coup.

The Sudanese have argued Emirati complicity in the Darfur Genocide

Great track. First half got me teary eyed.

Hsieh Ching-chin, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Deputy, has ordered Taiwanese ships to ignore Chinese boarding commands. Chinese assertion of authority has drawn condemnation from European offices based in Taiwan. China maintains the assertion of their authority over Taiwanese waters and rejects Taiwanese claims of sovereignty.

if you had to choose, which 4 prog songs shaped your taste in prog bands, prog, or music taste as a whole? for me, its:

Knife-Edge - ELP

Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull

White Hammer - Van Der Graaf Generator

The Musical Box - Genesis

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