For a certain kind of commentator – even, maddeningly, many on the Left – there was something repetitive, even yawn-inducing about mention of the ‘left behind’ and ‘Red Wall voters’ in the late 2010s and early 2020s. It’s always useful to deconstruct such media clichés, of course. But for far too many people, scepticism about […]
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The big 4-0. It was supposed to be a moment of reflection. A time to consider what the next chapter of life will hold.
But that morning of my fortieth birthday, something was different.
I awoke to a sharp, unsettling sensation, as though something in the universe had shifted and my very DNA had been altered. The low, almost imperceptible hum of a Fender Rhodes electric piano reverberated through my bones. The room was the same, but something felt… wrong. Almost…sinister.
I grabbed my phone, half-conscious, still trying to shake off sleep, when I saw it. The screen lit up like a portal to something foreign yet familiar. A doorway into a world of adult-oriented rock.
It was Steely Dan. Their entire discography. Every album, every track, downloaded without my consent. As if it had materialized overnight, as if it had come for me.
“I’m not a Steely Dan fan,” I said to my reflection in the mirror. “I’m a 2000s indie kid. I like the Strokes, and… some more recent bands I can’t name at the moment. I’m not some middle-aged dad.” Granted, I literally am forty and have kids, but you know what I mean.
Telling voters that the Reform leader is right, but they shouldn't vote for him anyway, is no more likely to work for Labour than it has for the Conservatives, argues Adam Bienkov
How the US helped Nayib Bukele turn El Salvador into the world’s largest prison state and why Donald Trump sees him as a model.
The post Nayib Bukele: The Dark Side of the “World’s Coolest Dictator” appeared first on MintPress News.
A president took a stand on taxes. It radicalized the Republican Party.
The boundaries between internal experience and the external world blur in this immersive animated rendering of autism
- A film by Gil Goletski
Rep. Pramila Jayapal talks to Akela Lacy about pushing Dems from the opposition to proposition party.
The post Rep. Jayapal: Democrats Need a Bold Agenda, Starting With Medicare for All appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Hannah Katznelson
The first evolutionary tree that includes every avian species
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Gangs give them strength and higher status in conflicts with males
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What blinking bugs reveal about synchrony in the universe
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The left looks at people who are hurting and immediately asks “how can we help them?”
The center looks at hurting people and says “can insiders profit from this?”
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May 2nd, 2025: Every year I go to Toronto's Hot Docs film festival where I get to see a lot of documentary films. I've been doing it this year too! The overt replacement for the CIA’s foreign political action funding has transitioned back to covert funding, using ‘duty of care’ as a rationale. This article was originally published by Jack Poulson and Lee Fang at All-Source Intelligence. The National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S.-government backed nonprofit designed to influence the domestic politics of countries across the globe, says its efforts are part of a campaign to promote “open and transparent government.” The group, funded by Congress and working in tandem […] The post The National Endowment for Democracy goes dark first appeared on The Grayzone. The post The National Endowment for Democracy goes dark appeared first on The Grayzone. ABC management have sent out a memo to all staff with an offer for grief counselling to any staff who may need it, should the ABC’s favourite politician, Peter Dutton, lose this weekend’s federal election. ”The relationship between the ABC... Read More ›
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This past week has seen a clear, concerted attempt to censor and ultimately deplatform the band Kneecap. In Westminster and the British media, senior political figures have been openly engaged in a campaign to remove Kneecap from the public eye, with veiled threats being made over their scheduled performances at gigs, outdoor events and music […] In a bid to gut environmental law protecting the nation’s wetlands, Trump’s EPA is relying on a new definition of water.
“Trump, who has argued that China will bear the brunt of his tariffs, acknowledged during a Cabinet meeting on April 30 that the duties may mean fewer—and more expensive—products available for American families. ‘You know, somebody said, “Oh, the shelves are going to be open,” Trump said. ‘Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of thirty dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.’” — MSN - - - In our pursuit of economic freedom, the Trump administration’s position remains that income caps are essentially anticapitalist and discourage the pursuit of the American Dream, which, in simple terms, is to own more property and possessions than anyone else on the planet. Imposing caps that punish hard work is un-American. What is American is telling children they can have only a grand total of two dolls—no more—and they will have to work to earn the money to pay for them. Jonah Hauer-King on joining the Doctor Who universe with "Lucky Day," playing Ruby's new boyfriend, his character's connection with the Doctor, and more.
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