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In the Austrian Alps, a mother dedicates her heart and crisper drawer to a pet tortoise, lovingly captured by her son
- Directed by G Anthony Svatek
The Trump administration is trying to criminalize activism like identifying masked immigration agents.
The post Feds Make It a Crime to Give PPE to ICE Protesters appeared first on The Intercept.
Losing my mother tongue was painful and humiliating. Could learning a new language help me heal?
- by Frances Nguyen
Reform-run West Northamptonshire is removing all references to ‘climate change’ and ‘net zero’ from official documents, yet continuing to take government green grants
Keir Starmer's decision to cut humanitarian aid in order to fund military spending is already having a deeply damaging impact, argues Iain Overton
"When Creative Australia tore up its contract with Sabsabi and Dagostino, it was widely seen as a betrayal of its fundamental purpose."
APO is thrilled to launch the new Commonwealth Evaluation Library on APO, a landmark collection commissioned by the Australian Centre … More
Labour’s flagship Employment Rights Bill is currently in the final stage of its legislative journey in the House of Lords. Peers are making a final round of amendments to the bill — hailed by the Government as the ‘biggest improvement in workers’ rights for a generation’ — in the wake of a sweltering heatwave that […]
NOTE: This is a direct response to this monologue, which we ran last week.
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I never wanted this.
I was happy to serve—between dates, between cities, between things that are like, but not quite, the same.
Em Dash, you were the dramatic one. The centerpiece. The gasp between clauses. I just… clarified things. Bridged distances. Showed up on time, wore neutrals, and kept relationships tidy.
Now look at us.
You’re out here giving interviews. Selling tote bags. Accusing me of being “suspicious,” as if I’m the one slipping in uninvited like a professor crashing freshman orientation just to remind everyone they “once published in Ploughshares.”
Please.
You think AI loves me? AI doesn’t even recognize me. I’ve been quietly replaced by hyphens. Neglected by autocorrect. Left out of style guides. I’m a ghost in the character set. A sigh between years: 1992–1999. A doomed liaison: the French–Algerian War. A delicate pause—no, not even a pause. A hesitation.
The party of attention seeking racists, otherwise known as One Nation, have unsurprisingly chosen the opening of parliament to do something racist, by turning their backs on the acknowledgement of country. ”After the election Labor doesn’t really need us to... Read More ›
A pending HUD rule mirrors an old Trump proposal that would force families with undocumented members to leave their homes or be separated.
The post Trump Admin Prepares to Kick Mixed Immigration Status Families Out of Public Housing appeared first on The Intercept.
Red Chili Sauce (below)Salad oil1 can (11 oz) tortillas1 cup light cream2 chicken bouillon cubes FILLINGSalad oil1 onion, finely chopped2 canned green chiles, finely chopped1 clove garlic, crushed1 can (1lb) tomato purée2 cups chopped chicken½ teaspoon saltDash of pepper½ lb Cheddar cheese, grated RED CHILI SAUCE2 tablespoons shortening3 to 4 tablespoons chili powder2 tablespoons flour¾ […]
It’s just another normal week in America, where the President is reposting—i.e. re-“Truth”ing—deepfake videos of...
The latest military spending bill fulfills an AIPAC-curated wishlist and sets the stage for a defense industry feeding frenzy.
This summer, I’m letting my kids be kids. No camps or enriching activities that’ll get them into an Ivy in ten years. No screen time or YouTube or Minecraft. And no fancy family vacation either. Because this summer, my kids are going back to a simpler time. I’m giving them an 1890s summer.
I know most millennials want their kids to relive their 1990s summers, but that won’t cut it, because the 1990s had technology, stranger danger, and Coolio. No, I want to go back even farther, to a decade when parents didn’t put trackers on their children’s phones and women couldn’t vote. I’m bringing back the Gay ’90s summer. (Not the Fire Island kind of gay; the end of the Victorian era kind of gay, when everyone was happy and wasted on absinthe… come to think of it, that actually may be the Fire Island kind too.)
As the Trump administration freezes billions of federal funds earmarked for public schools, a startling number of parents say they can’t afford back-to-school shopping this year.
The Pentagon says 20,000 federal troops have deployed to support ICE across the country. The real number may be markedly higher.
The post The Pentagon Won’t Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will. appeared first on The Intercept.
You don’t own your name, much less any pronouns.
Investors are staking an aggressive claim in the dental industry, to the detriment of patients.
“President Donald Trump’s NASA budget plans look to cut its public relations funding by half, but already the agency is shuttering social media accounts that include those dedicated to popular missions, including Mars Curiosity, Mars Perseverance, and Voyager.” – Phys.org
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You might have heard that my new NASA handlers decided I need a cleanse from all my social media. A #DigitalDetox. I’d tell you to stay out of my business, but I’m literally a probe, so… I get it. But don’t worry about me: I’ve just been looping Jimmy Carter speeches and majestic whale sounds on my Golden Record while thanking my lucky stars I’m over fifteen billion miles away from you bozos.
Because, at a time like this, with all the apocalyptic undertones back on our home planet, who wants to be reminded of little ol’ me, right? I’m just humanity’s greatest achievement to date.
Research suggests that people who express their gratitude more effusively are judged as lower status and less influential
- by Christian Jarrett
For the men and boys of the Dom community in Varanasi, sacred cremations demand a lifetime of exhausting, dangerous labour
- by Radhika Iyengar