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– Lies have long legs: they are ahead of their time. The conversion of all questions of truth into questions of power, a process that truth itself cannot escape if it is not to be annihilated by power, not only suppresses truth as in earlier despotic orders, but has attacked the very heart of the […]
As Cardinals flock to Vatican City to pay respects to the old Pope and then elect a new one, an Australian Cardinal has told the local press of his excitement to be there, not only to vote but also consume... Read More ›
There is no me without you. Would I remember your phone number if my contacts were suddenly deleted, with no backups? If I’m being completely honest, not even the area code.
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I have known you for the entirety of my time on this mortal plane. Should we FaceTime with the kids? Okay. No, yeah. [Takes a shot.] I think I could do that.
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I want to know EVERYTHING that is going on with you. By scrolling through your social media posts.
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Sometimes I miss you so much that your absence feels like someone close to me has passed away. Ah, you want to get a phone call on the calendar? Oh. No, that sounds amazing. [Panics in millennial.] Two weeks from Wednesday, perfect. I definitely won’t completely forget until the phone rings.
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Every aspect of my personality was informed or shaped by you. Please enjoy this GIF of Beyoncé dancing for your birthday.
After the convenience chain store sponsored a Chicago Police Department foundation gala, officers increased police stops near 7-Elevens.
The school later told staff it had provided the Trump administration with personal contact information for faculty members.
The post Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish appeared first on The Intercept.
Why did a shadowy nonprofit make a six-figure gift to Trump’s inauguration committee? “It was mostly to meet people,” said a company official.
The post AI Firm Behind Mysterious Trump Donation Is Run by Alleged Election Overthrow Plotter appeared first on The Intercept.
The Daily Mail's attack on actress Aimee Lou Wood shows how it holds women's bodies to impossible and conflicting standards, writes Hacked Off Director Emma Jones
1. Grandparents who are alive, healthy, live nearby, and agile enough to get down onto the floor to clean up meals and snacks but not too agile that they would rather be out walking their shih tzus, biking across the Dutch countryside, or doing literally anything else with their time.
2. A parent who can exclusively work from home and their company will happily pay them to jiggle their mouse every hour, leaving plenty of time for the toddler’s requests for the parent to sing twenty-eight rounds of “Down by the Bay.”
3. A Swedish au pair named Maja. Her family is independently wealthy, and she’s just doing this “job” so she’ll have something for her college applications. All she asks is to stay in the guesthouse (that you definitely have) and be paid in Mint Oreos.
4. A community college student named Maya, whom you have scammed into coming to your house every day to be your unpaid intern. She mistakenly believes she will receive credit for a class entitled: “Early Childhood Development and Perpetually Sucking Mucus Through a Straw.”
Steeper, faster, and higher peaks make more species
The post As Mountains Rise, Biodiversity Blooms appeared first on Nautilus.
Last week Trump blinked. He paused reciprocal tariffs above 10% for all countries bar China. Then he exempted electronic goods coming out of China, including smart phones, the price of which was about to go through the roof for American consumers. Trump’s tariff policy has not yet been defeated. And it would be a mistake […]
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Audio reveals how Canadian conservatives are plotting with energy and tech executives to slash services “more quickly” than Trump.
- by Michael A Tompkins
For many, letting go of possessions is intensely stressful, even when the clutter puts them at risk. Here’s what you can do
- by Michael A Tompkins
UK politics is approaching a tipping point where the failing duopoly that has governed Britain for many decades finally comes to an end, argues Neal Lawson
Parts of the British media have expressed outrage after Renaud Camus, who originated the far-right 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory was banned from entering the UK
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April 23rd, 2025: Hey, did you know I wrote a choose-your-own-path STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS book last year? (Post by Bruce Wilder, Elevated from the Comments) The French Revolution is in many ways, it is the prime historical example of state failure related to fiscal failure (the inability to tax the rich in particular) leading to revolution (and post-revolution, to the unleashing of state capacity in Napoleonic empire building) Ancien Régime France at the end of the 18th century had an underdeveloped financial sector, was overpopulated relative to its agricultural productivity, had lost a big chunk of its colonial empire and despite the theoretical advantages of its 17th century legacy of centralizing absolutism, was a litigious society of particularism, privilege, and resentment. | ||