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Fri, 04/07/2025 - 19:20

One presumably unintended consequence of the Labour government’s decision to label the activist group Palestine Action a ‘terrorist organisation’ has been a revival of community film screenings. Across the last fortnight, hastily arranged presentations of To Kill A War Machine — Hannan Majid and Richard York’s 2025 feature length documentary following five months of Palestine […]

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Fri, 04/07/2025 - 03:00

Here at PepsiCo, we take pride in our family of beloved brands, which are enjoyed by billions of consumers all over the world. As evidenced by our numerous corporate-responsibility initiatives, we take our obligations to society seriously, which is why we are writing today to apologize for inadvertently contributing to the crisis of American democracy through our popular Mountain Dew soft-drink brand.

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Thu, 03/07/2025 - 21:50

Sure, our health care, environment, and economy all hang in the balance of some two hundred mostly unpopular, mostly white men. And yeah, by Friday, it might be too late to reverse this last push to plunge our country into darkness. But we’re the news, baby, and that shit’s way too depressing.

Pay no attention to the millions of people who will lose their health care in the next decade because of this. You didn’t tune into our round-the-clock newsgasm to hear about big, sad numbers or whatever the “nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office” says. You came here to be entertained! Now watch this commercial with an original song about a weight-loss pill that’ll kill you and maybe, in a few days, bankrupt you.

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Thu, 03/07/2025 - 18:00
Julia Giese and Jacqueline Koay We live in an era of rapid change, complexity and uncertainty. Over recent years, severe global shocks have been frequent, with profound implications for our economy and financial system. Yet such shocks are impossible to forecast with any precision as they are not extrapolations of past relationships. Our economy and … Continue reading Once upon a time in the future: strategic foresight in central banks
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Thu, 03/07/2025 - 17:27
SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S latest documentary is very likely to be his last. Released to cinemas on his ninety-ninth birthday, Ocean has the tone of a valediction: a swan song with whale song, and a shakier iteration of that celebrated reverential rasp. Notwithstanding its five stars in The Guardian and 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it is also something of... Continue Reading →
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Thu, 03/07/2025 - 15:32
The lack of correspondence arises when a government tries to operate within the tight constraints of unjustifiable fiscal rules by proposing legislation that cuts billions in government support for programs that are the difference between abject poverty for millions and a modest standard of living is once again coming to the fore in Britain. The…