Writer Inua Ellams offers some interesting insights into Doctor Who: "The Story and the Engine", which sees the Doctor and Belinda in Nigeria.
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“Using nicotine is unequivocally very bad for you. It’s also, unfortunately, what gets me through my days.” —Emily Gould, from her essay “The Secret Shame of Smoking Moms”
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Moms don’t want trinket dishes for Mother’s Day—they want cigarettes. A mom would rather have a bag full of cigarette butts than a fluted trinket dish. That said, moms do want ashtrays. So they will use that little dish to ash the cigarettes you will buy her.
Moms don’t want smocked dresses. Moms do NOT want to fold their pendulous breasts into elasticated smock-front dresses. Moms do NOT want thin pleats of fabric expanding and contracting across their pendulous breasts. Please do NOT buy these for the moms.
Rootsy Australian duo "pack more energy, emotion and sheer musical exuberance into one song than most manage in a whole career" Bridging the gap between Bluegrass, Trad Folk and The Blues, Australia’s Hat Fitz and Cara have spent 15 years travelling and elevating the mood at festivals and venues all over the world. The husband [...]
Och här kan du lyssna på intervjun med Max Jerneck. Som så ofta nu för tiden kan man bara konstatera att om man ska få intressanta analyser och kunskap om vår ekonomi, så är det inte nationalekonomer vi vänder oss till … MMT är i grunden en reaktion på det sätt som pengar beskrivs i […]
For the 84-year-old Jun, staging his own show-stopping fake funeral becomes a glorious celebration of life still to be lived
- A film by Mari Young and Anika Kan Grevstad
Grover Norquist made a name for himself by cancelling politicians who dared to raise taxes. Is his reign ending?
The New York Review of Books presents the fifth and final installment in a series of online events hosted by Fintan O’Toole. For our final event, O’Toole hosts Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal for a conversation about the future of progressive politics during the second Trump administration. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page.
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The bioengineers of the deep are inching their way into an expanding role in ecosystem change
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How everyday scents can influence friendships
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I watched Attenborough’s latest blockbuster at the cinema last night with my family, and thought I’d collect some thoughts here. First off, it’s wonderfully put together. That’s hardly news with Attenborough. Of course, it’s beautifully shot, and captures marine animals doing things we haven’t seen them do before. Much of it is really entrancing. It’s […]
Why is it acceptable for disabled people to live without a dignified way to go to the toilet? asks Penny Pepper
Campaigners warn that it risks creating a system of “corporate courts”
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A livestreamed Iranian royalist chat revealed a network of foreign-educated elites plotting to plunder Iran’s economy after realizing their dream of regime change. The CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, has drawn criticism following his participation in an online discussion workshopping ways to exploit Iran in the event of regime change. The event wad hosted by NUFDI, the main DC-based advocacy group for the monarchist movement surrounding Reza Pahlavi, whose father was the last reigning Shah of Iran. The discussion, marketed by one […] The post Uber CEO plots ‘opening up’ of Iran with Israeli-tied monarchist opposition group first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Uber CEO plots ‘opening up’ of Iran with Israeli-tied monarchist opposition group appeared first on The Grayzone. Private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group are thrilled about ICE’s spending spree, but they’re already facing local opposition. The post Private Prison CEO on ICE Contracts: We’re a Better Deal Than El Salvador’s CECOT appeared first on The Intercept. Sussan Ley, Angus Taylor and the other bloke, Dave or Dan, have all thrown their hats in to the ring to challenge for the Liberal leadership. The vacancy arises after former leader, Peter Dutton, was comprehensively thrashed at the last... Read More ›
From militarized crackdowns to legal impunity, Trump’s policing agenda is designed to crush dissent and critics. The post A Trumped Up Police State Is Coming appeared first on The Intercept. The Russian president announced the ceasefire - from 8 to 11 May - without even speaking to Ukraine
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