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Sat, 04/02/2023 - 19:00

Candy Jar Books have announced the second of its UNIT Files short story collections, Operation Fall-Out   UNIT: Operation Fall-Out features eight new short stories, all set during August 1973. Each of the stories are connected, to a greater or lesser extent, and feed into an ongoing narrative that readers will hopefully find both enjoyable and […]

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Sat, 04/02/2023 - 12:00
Bruno! We’re catching up with Bruno, the now just over 2.5-month-old Gorilla Infant born at Fort Worth Zoo in November. Baby Bruno is standing (with help from Mom)! Infant gorillas grow and develop much faster than human babies do, so although Bruno is only about 2.5 months old, he’s right on time! You’ll notice him squirming around a lot more these days, reaching out or crawling on his mom when she’s trying to nap. A gorilla infant can control its head and neck movements shortly after birth and will be able to crawl at about 3 months old. 
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Sat, 04/02/2023 - 10:44
Sam Shaw is standing for executive on Sharon Graham ticket, but images apparently mocking Muslim asylum seekers lead to anger in the latest major complaint against Graham and her ‘slate’ The fitness of another candidate for Unite’s executive council (EC) backed by the union’s general secretary Sharon Graham has been called into question after social […]
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Sat, 04/02/2023 - 09:03

In a new phase of a multi-year cover-up, the OPCW has accused Syria of a chemical attack in Douma. But to make the case, the OPCW breaks its own rules and offers an argument that its own findings undermine. In the latest chapter of an international cover-up scandal, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has directly accused Syria of committing a deadly chemical attack in the town of Douma. A new report from the chemical watchdog’s Investigation […]

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Sat, 04/02/2023 - 09:00
My Kevin’s debt ceiling conundrum He really has no idea what he’s doing. He’s just vamping to get through the day. Eric Levitz at NY Magazine: Hostage taking is, traditionally, a means to an end. A criminal organization wants to earn fast cash, so it kidnaps the child of a business tycoon. Or a militant group wants some of its members released from prison, so it seizes a government building. Maybe some of the individuals involved are sadists or psychopaths who get a kick out of threatening people’s lives. But their ultimate aim isn’t to terrorize; the ransom is the point. House Republicans, however, appear to be nontraditional hostage takers. Instead of formulating demands and then contriving a hostage situation in order to get them met, Kevin McCarthy’s caucus has formulated a hostage situation and is now scrambling to come up with some demands. The party knows it wants to threaten to trigger a global financial crisis unless Joe Biden gives them something. But they don’t actually know what that thing is.