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Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Heterodoxy (swimming with the robotic fish)

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An African migrant gets fanned on the ground after crossing a border fence between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta October 31, 2016. REUTERS/M. Martin

An African migrant gets fanned on the ground after crossing a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta: photo by M. Martin/Reuters, 31 October 2016

An African migrant gets fanned on the ground after crossing a border fence between Morocco and Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta October 31, 2016. REUTERS/M. Martin
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An African migrant gets fanned on the ground after crossing a border fence between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta: photo by M. Martin/Reuters, 31 October 2016


About 1000 #refugees and #migrants float in a three level wooden boat as they try to cross to #europe, off shore #libya: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 November 2016



FRANCE - The makeshift Orthodox church in the #CalaisJungle migrant camp is seen in Calais. By Philippe Huguen #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 30 October 2016
 


FRANCE - The makeshift Orthodox church in the #CalaisJungle migrant camp is seen in Calais. By Philippe Huguen #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 30 October 2016


FRANCE - The makeshift Orthodox church in the #CalaisJungle migrant camp is seen in Calais. By Philippe Huguen #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 30 October 2016



FRANCE - Police operation aiming at evacuating a camp in a street of Paris where migrants live in squalid conditions. By Lionel Bonaventure: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016



FRANCE - Police operation aiming at evacuating a camp in a street of Paris where migrants live in squalid conditions. By Lionel Bonaventure: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016


FRANCE - Police operation aiming at evacuating a camp in a street of Paris where migrants live in squalid conditions. By Lionel Bonaventure: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016

A Chinese woman takes a photo of a plastic baby used in a course as she and others train to be qualified nannies, known in China as ayis, at the Ayi University on October 28, 2016 in Beijing, China. The Ayi University training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping, and other domestic skills.

A Chinese woman takes a photo of a plastic baby used in a course as she and others train to be qualified nannies, known in China as ayis, at the Ayi University in Beijing, China. The Ayi University training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping, and other domestic skills.: photo by Kevin Frayer, 31 October 2016

A Chinese woman takes a photo of a plastic baby used in a course as she and others train to be qualified nannies, known in China as ayis, at the Ayi University on October 28, 2016 in Beijing, China. The Ayi University training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping, and other domestic skills.

A Chinese woman takes a photo of a plastic baby used in a course as she and others train to be qualified nannies, known in China as ayis, at the Ayi University in Beijing, China. The Ayi University training program teaches childcare, early education, housekeeping, and other domestic skills.: photo by Kevin Frayer, 31 October 2016


Children play in a community where China has relocated some of what it calls its “ecological refugees” -- 329,000 people from lands distressed by climate change, industrialization, poor policies and human activity:  photo by Josh Haner / The New York Times, 28 October 2016

 

Children play in a community where China has relocated some of what it calls its “ecological refugees” -- 329,000 people from lands distressed by climate change, industrialization, poor policies and human activity:  photo by Josh Haner / The New York Times, 28 October 2016


Behind Philippines' ties with China, a billionaire and his rehab centers: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 31 October 2016

Abu Omar's daughters Ghazal and Deema (R) sit in the shelter the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, on October 30, 2016. Abu Omar, with the help of his neighbour, was able to dig and prepare an underground shelter consisting of a single room in the space of 2 weeks. The shelter is 4 meters below ground and has an air vent for emergencies. / AFP PHOTO / Sameer Al-DoumySAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images

Abu Omar’s daughters Ghazal and Deema (right) sit in the shelter the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. Abu Omar, with the help of his neighbour, was able to dig and prepare an underground shelter consisting of a single room in the space of two weeks. The shelter is four meters below ground and has an air vent for emergencies.: photo Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP, 31 October 2016

Abu Omar's daughters Ghazal and Deema (R) sit in the shelter the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, on October 30, 2016. Abu Omar, with the help of his neighbour, was able to dig and prepare an underground shelter consisting of a single room in the space of 2 weeks. The shelter is 4 meters below ground and has an air vent for emergencies. / AFP PHOTO / Sameer Al-DoumySAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP/Getty Images

Abu Omar’s daughters Ghazal and Deema (right) sit in the shelter the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. Abu Omar, with the help of his neighbour, was able to dig and prepare an underground shelter consisting of a single room in the space of two weeks. The shelter is four meters below ground and has an air vent for emergencies.: photo Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP, 31 October 2016



SYRIA - Inside a shelter in the rebel city of Douma, located 4 meters underground. By @SameerAlDoumy #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016



SYRIA - Inside a shelter in the rebel city of Douma, located 4 meters underground. By @SameerAlDoumy #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016


SYRIA - Inside a shelter in the rebel city of Douma, located 4 meters underground. By @SameerAlDoumy #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016



PAKISTAN - An activist of opposition party Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) runs from tear gas shells during clashes with police in Swabi. By A Majeed: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016



AFGHANISTAN - Security forces inspect a site of suicide bombing that targeted gathering of local tribal elders in Chaparhar. By @Noorullah700: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016


AFGHANISTAN - Security forces inspect a site of suicide bombing that targeted gathering of local tribal elders in Chaparhar. By @Noorullah700: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016


AFGHANISTAN - Security forces inspect a site of suicide bombing that targeted gathering of local tribal elders in Chaparhar. By @Noorullah700: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016


 
IRAQ - Iraqi Christian forces members stand in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh during #MosulOps. By @safinphoto #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016



IRAQ - Iraqi Christian forces members stand in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh during #MosulOps. By @safinphoto #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016


IRAQ - Iraqi Christian forces members stand in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh during #MosulOps. By @safinphoto #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016



 #Iraq - An injured CTS member injured during clashes with IS group jihadists near Bazwaya, receives medical treatment. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016



 #Iraq - An injured CTS member injured during clashes with IS group jihadists near Bazwaya, receives medical treatment. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016



 #Iraq - An injured CTS member injured during clashes with IS group jihadists near Bazwaya, receives medical treatment. By @Kilicbil #AFP: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 31 October 2016

A Hindu woman lights a firecrackers with her daughter to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India

A Hindu woman lights a firecrackers with her daughter to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India: photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP, 31 October 2016

A Hindu woman lights a firecrackers with her daughter to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India

A Hindu woman lights a firecrackers with her daughter to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India: photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP, 31 October 2016


INDIA - Indian Sadhus queue to receive blankets during a Sadhu congregation following the Diwali Festival in Amritsar By @nanuworld #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016


An Indian cyclist rides as smog envelops monument in New Delhi, a day after Diwali festival. By @Money_Sharma #AFP
: image via Sophie Chauveau @s_chauveauAFP, 31 October 2016



INDIA - An Indian fisherman sits in his boat on the Brahmaputra River during sunset in Guwahati. By @BoroBiju #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016


This does seem shady


Hillary Clinton, campaigning in Florida on Sunday, has called on the F.B.I. to clarify the details of its investigation, saying voters deserve to get the “full and complete facts.”: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 31 October 2016 


Hillary Clinton, campaigning in Florida on Sunday, has called on the F.B.I. to clarify the details of its investigation, saying voters deserve to get the “full and complete facts.”: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 31 October 2016 


Clinton holds five-point lead as FBI looks at more emails: Reuters/Ipsos poll: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 1 November 2016


Democrats sue Trump for alleged voter intimidation in four states: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 31 October 2016


Wow. @JohnPodesta knowingly admits to breaking law using David Brock's 'SuperPAC' money machine. #WikiLeaks #PodestaEmails24: image via Julian Wan @juliangwan, 31 October 2016 


SINGAPORE - A robotic fish swims in a water glass tank during Singapore International Robo Expo. By @rahmanroslan #AFP
: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP,
1 November 2016
 

Huma Abedin, a top Hillary Clinton aide, in Charlotte, N.C., in September: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 31 October 2016


 

Huma Abedin, a top Hillary Clinton aide, in Charlotte, N.C., in September: photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times, 31 October 2016



Hillary's Funnest Email Lies, from Clinton Crime Family Comix
: by @BiffSpackle via Doug Ross @Journal, 31 August 2015
 

Clinton Cash Comix
: by @BiffSpackle via Doug Ross @Journal, 10 June 2016
 

President María Estela Martínez de Perón of Argentina in the Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires: photo by Agence France-Presse, 1974



US - People dressed in colorful Halloween costumes parade during the annual street Halloween festival in West Hollywood. By Mark Ralston: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 November 2016


AUSTRIA - A woman walks through Vienna's Central Cemetery (Zentral Friedhof) on the eve of All Saints Day in Vienna. By Joe Klamar #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 November 2016
 

PHILIPPINES - View of the Barangka Cemetery in Marikina, east of Manila on the eve of the traditional All Souls' Day. By @herime23: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 31 October 2016


SINGAPORE - Product items for online orders are stored on shelves at SingPost Regional eCommerce Logistics Hub in Singapore. By @rahmanroslan #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 November 2016