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The geography of loss, in two imaginative charts
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Tree-ring records suggest that drought played a role in Roman Britain’s decline
The post Asking Trees to Solve a Roman Conspiracy appeared first on Nautilus.
Borders are now being used not just to prevent the passage of people, but of ideas too, argues Iain Overton
Ex-GOP Senator and Republican Jewish Coalition chair Norm Coleman proclaimed with a straight face that Jews control the world during a Jerusalem conference featuring a speech by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Former US Senator Norm Coleman has raised eyebrows by declaring that “the masters of the universe are Jews” at a major Zionist lobby event in Jerusalem. In an address to a summit hosted by the Adelson-funded Jewish News Syndicate on April 27, Coleman pointed to various major technology firms […]
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Over the past few weeks, the Marketplace Working Group and volunteers have been busy laying the foundations for the months ahead. As a reminder, our goal is to determine whether a Drupal Site Template Marketplace can be designed in a way that is trusted, inclusive, sustainable, and viable—and to reach a go/no-go recommendation before DrupalCon Vienna.
From Idea to Critical Assumptions
Over the past few weeks, the Marketplace Working Group has been focused on a key early step: identifying the assumptions that must be true for a Drupal Site Template Marketplace to succeed.
Rather than moving directly into planning and building, we are working transparently with the community to surface and stress-test our most critical assumptions before making any final decisions.
In this update, we’ll share where we are now—and where we still need your help to validate what matters most.
It’s unclear if this will be a majority or minority government. I’ll update once we know.
The left-center NDP is being slaughtered and seems likely to lose its official party status.
Five months ago I would have said, and did say, that the Conservatives would form the next government, with Poilievre (a Trump figure) as Prime Minister.
Fortunately, Trump truly is a Christ-like figure, and raised the Liberal party from the dead. Poilievre mishandled Trump’s threats, saying that Trump had a point and so on. Living in an right wing echo chamber he thought that Canadians aren’t patriotic, and most are. This was an unforced error. Ontario Premier Ford did the opposite: he ran against Trump, called a surprise election and won handily. I despise Ford, but he’s a smart politician. Poilievre, on the other hand, is just an attack dog, and a true believer in Trumpist style right wing politics.
The ABC's seven-part podcast “Conspiracy? War on the Waterfront” tells the story of the 1998 waterfront dispute, in which more than 1400 workers were sacked in a full-frontal assault on the Maritime Union of Australia.
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An Italian band displaying a Celtic flag while smashing out Irish rebel songs might not be what you’d expect on a night out in Rome. But this is no average Roman venue. As I sip a local real ale and sample a barbecued arrosticino, the band delivers a convincing rendition of ‘Come Out Ye Black […]
Check out the newest wave of images released for BBC and Disney+'s Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu-starring Doctor Who, S02E04: "Lucky Day."
Interim Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has put his chances of winning the upcoming election in the hands of Sky News Australia’s 10’s of viewers. With Mr Dutton refusing to take any questions from journalists other than those who appear on... Read More ›
Critics warn a new bill clamping down on ethnic studies classes over antisemitism concerns goes too far.
The post Dems Push for “Educational Gag Order” Over Palestine Lessons in California appeared first on The Intercept.
Yemen’s pro-coalition forces are losing ground, as defectors and public unrest weaken Saudi-U.S. control over the south.
The post Defections Rock UAE-Backed Forces in Yemen as Trump’s War Plan Falters appeared first on MintPress News.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s remarks that autism ‘destroys’ children have prompted outrage among many autistic people, who said they had done things Mr. Kennedy claimed were impossible, like hold a job, write a poem, play baseball, and go on dates. They added that the lives of people who did need help performing daily activities were still worthy of respect.” — New York Times
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I’ll say one thing for Robert Kennedy Jr.—he’s got some fucking nerve. The treatment he received at St. Eligius Hospital for his brain worm was second to none. Still, here he is out here spewing absolute garbage about autistic people, even though his life rests in a member of that community’s hands—i.e., mine.
Former Wells Fargo executives convicted in a $3 billion fraud scheme will get off the hook for pennies after the bank donated to Trump’s inauguration.
Justice Democrats, the group that helped elect the Squad, is backing a primary against AIPAC-backed incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar.
The post Down Two Squad Members, Progressives Come for an AIPAC Democrat appeared first on The Intercept.
Doctor Who is a series where loss is a continuing part of the story, and Russell T. Davies may have turned it into the show's deepest theme.
What have I been watching? Well, last night I was scrolling through my favorite streaming app, Snerk, and stumbled on a great old show from the late sixties that I had never heard of before called The Dan Plingo Show. When you watch old shows like that, you’re immediately struck by the number of things they could never get away with doing today, mostly because I have no idea what they’re supposed to mean and can only assume they made sense when they first came out.
It certainly was a different time. And maybe dimension too.
Dan Plingo is the main character, and I’m not sure why they named the show after him, because I don’t think he was famous. I googled him, and his only credits are this show, and he guest-hosted The Tonight Show forty-seven times.
He played a train conductor, but for some reason, he went into an office every day and mostly did paperwork. I wasn’t sure if this was something that train conductors used to do in the sixties. To tell you the truth, I’m not really sure what the day-to-day is for train conductors now. Maybe it is mainly filling out forms and lying to your boss about why there’s a horse in your office.