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As our guest, please feel free to help yourself to anything. I didn’t run to the store before your arrival, because as you can see, my pantry is overflowing with foodstuffs.
Oh, crackers? An excellent appetizer choice. Those go really well with this jar of local strawberry jam I picked up at—well, that’s interesting. It’s all just been scraped right out of there with a spork, hasn’t it?
I know it was a spork because the top’s broken off inside the empty jar, which was placed right back on the shelf, as if its contents were still available for consumption.
The crackers are gone too? Perplexing. Yes, I see the box in your hand. The way it was torn open across the back, as if shredded by a feral raccoon, was hard to notice until you picked it up. From the shelf. Where it had been perched, delicately, like something that still contained crackers.
No matter. There’s plenty more to choose from. How about cereal? I just picked up this whole shelf of—
Wow, every single box?
Every. Single. Goddamn. Box?
Stop trying to silence your inner critic – instead, approach it from a place of curiosity. A psychotherapist explains why
- Video by Esther Perel
- by Aeon Video
Trying to pass laws to defend protesters’ rights is a lonely battle on Capitol Hill.
The post As 75 Democrats Vote to Praise ICE, Ilhan Omar Wants to Hold Police Accountable for Protest Abuses appeared first on The Intercept.
She was a young gorilla, sitting alone in the Calgary Zoo. Once our eyes locked, I was in for a life-long connection
- by Keriann McGoogan
When coral have enough to eat, they seem to endure warming waters
The post Giant Plankton Snacks Could Keep Coral Resilient appeared first on Nautilus.
The origins of life may lie in a mysterious life form at the bottom of the sea
The post Hunting For the Grandma of All Eukaryotes appeared first on Nautilus.
Thomas Piketty has finally discovered — mirabile dictu — something called ‘unequal exchange’. Impressive, indeed … But perhaps he should take a look at this 50-year-old book by Arghiri Emmanuel: Or why not have a look at this 25-year-old book by Alf Hornborg:
Critics argue the technology is a "dangerous distraction" to the real measures required to tackle catastrophic man-made climate change
There's a big difference between impartiality and giving the politics of hate and deception a free pass, argues Julian Petley
The Chair of the Finance Committee in the Irish Parliament invited me to make a submission to inform a – Scrutiny process of EU legislative proposals – specifically to discuss proposals put forward by the European Council to increase spending on defence. This blog post and the next (tomorrow) will form the basis of my…
Clare Lemlich, a member of Solidarity's US sister group, Marx21, reports from the frontline in Los Angeles.
The post LA takes on ICE, LAPD, National Guard and Marines first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Unpredictability was the most predictable thing about the first few months of Trump 2.0. Having long understood the political utility of chaos, it’s no surprise that his most coherent strategy was to ‘flood the zone with sh**’, an approach suggested by his sometimes-advisor Steve Bannon. But who could have imagined he would become so obsessed […]
Asif William Rahman’s lawyers thought they had a deal. Now Trump’s prosecutors are asking for a super harsh sentence.
The post Feds Seek “Unprecedented” Sentence Boost for CIA Leaker, Leaning on His Use of Signal appeared first on The Intercept.
LA’s sanctuary laws ban cops from helping ICE in most cases. But the LAPD was out in full force repressing protests against the raids.
The post LAPD Won’t Do Immigration Enforcement — But Will Shoot You With Rubber Bullets for Protesting ICE appeared first on The Intercept.
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The post The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund Launches Rapid Response Fund for Journalists Covering California Protests appeared first on The Intercept.
In an email that DHS later walked back, the Homeland Security secretary asked the Pentagon to “direct the military on the ground in Los Angeles to arrest rioters.”
The post Kristi Noem Told Us She Asked for Soldiers to Arrest Protesters — Then She Backtracked appeared first on The Intercept.