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Fri, 26/05/2023 - 20:37

There was uproar earlier this month when the Metropolitan Police pre-emptively arrested several people planning to protest the coronation of Charles Windsor. Those arrested and held in custody for as long as sixteen hours included Graham Smith, chief executive of anti-monarchy pressure group Republic, which nevertheless successfully mounted a protest with a turnout estimated at […]

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Fri, 26/05/2023 - 19:45
May 25, 2023 ROBERT SKIDELSKY Amid the growing excitement about generative AI, there are also mounting concerns about its potential contribution to the erosion of civil liberties. The convergence of state intelligence agencies and surveillance capitalism underscores the threat that artificial intelligence poses to the future of democracy. LONDON – With investors pouring billions of dollars into … Continue reading Creeping Toward Dystopia
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Fri, 26/05/2023 - 18:46
Although somewhat critical of its reductive elements, Foucault found certain attractive features in the ideal or programmatic form imagined by American neoliberalism, namely, that it envisages a kind of regulation outside sovereign, disciplinary, and biopolitical forms, that it regulates without the fabrication of subjectivities and in a manner that optimizes difference and tolerates minority groups […]
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Fri, 26/05/2023 - 15:39
Cooking time: 15 mins. frying, 25 mins. bakingPreparation time: 15 mins.Main cooking utensil: either skillet or roasting panOven temperature: 400-425°F.Oven position: above center For 8 people you need:1 lb. ground beef1 medium-sized potato2 medium-sized onionspinch mixed herbsseasoning1 egglittle fat8 sandwich buns Garnish:rings raw onionslices applelemon juiceoliveschopped scallionsyogurtcandied cherriesparsley TO SERVE: Hot with knives and forks […]