'Ghost train' spotted chugging along abandoned railway line leaving locals gobsmacked Shocking "twist" explanation that is like something out of an M. Night Shyamalan movie: ...the track is occasionally used by freight trains when they need to reverse, which probably...
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According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), Wu Yanan, a philosophy lecturer at Nankai University in Tianjin, China, was taken by authorities under false pretenses and confined in a psychiatric institution for supporting anti-lockdown protestors. The officials reportedly claimed that they were taking Wu to get a COVID-19 test. However, RFA reports, she had on social media “accused the university authorities of betraying the ideals of its founder Zhang Boling by clamping down on the widespread protests” by students against strict, government-imposed lockdowns. RFA reports: Wang Qiang, a person familiar with the incident, said Wu had been a vocal supporter of the “white paper” protests. “There were some spontaneous memorials activities and blank paper protests on our university campus after the Urumqi fire [a fatal lockdown fire in Xinjiang’s regional capital Urumqi whose victimes were unable to escape the blaze because they had been locked into their own apartment building] and students who took part were hauled in to ‘drink tea’,” a euphemism for being questioned by the authorities, Wang said.
Four cows have been captured in a small Quebec town after months on the loose (Thanks to EricY)
Skateboarding Fleetwood Mac TikTok Star Arrested for Marijuana Possession (Thanks to Noah Spicker)
The Twitter C.E.O. wrested the title from Donald J. Trump, who had won the honor every year from 2016 to 2021.
Kansas universities may scrap algebra requirement because too many students fail it (Thanks to Noah Spicker)
Yesterday was Keith Richards' 238th birthday. (Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)
The Extraordinary Reason Why Animals Keep Turning Into Crustaceans (Thanks to Steve)
Hanukkah menorah in Tel Aviv breaks world record for largest menorah built of Legos (Thanks to John Lobert and Asher Scheiner) And happy Hanukkah to everyone, regardless of how you spell it.
Imagine that if you chose no physical object could affect you. Bullets don’t work, fists don’t work, no one can grab you or put you in handcuffs, and that’s true of everyone.
The second was:
What if you didn’t need to eat or drink and you cold and heat didn’t bother you or harm you and you didn’t get sick? You might still want shelter or a home or objects like books or computers, and objects like cosmetics would exist, but not medicine. But you would need nothing.
I didn’t write very much about these because I wanted people to think it thru on their own first. If you haven’t done so, please spend some time thinking about it now before you proceed.
After a two year process, the NUJ Executive have finally rejected the renewal of my NUJ membership based on social media posts I allegedly made which they refuse to show me and of content and subject of which I genuinely have not a clue. But apparently these social media posts make me not a fit […]
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Brian Latham reports on why human rights violations in Rwanda mean the Government's deportation plans put vulnerable people at risk
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The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books… SEP New: Many-Sorted Logic by María Manzano and Víctor Aranda. Revised: Quantifiers and Quantification by Gabriel Uzquiano. Plato’s Shorter Ethical Works by Paul Woodruff. Intuitionistic Logic by Joan Moschovakis. Paul Ricoeur by David Pellauer and Bernard Dauenhauer. Fatalism by Hugh Rice. Robert Boyle by J. J. MacIntosh and Peter Anstey. Brentano’s Theory of Judgement by Johannes L. Brandl and Mark Textor. IEP ∅ NDPR Averroes on Intellect: From Aristotelian Origins to Aquinas’ Critique by Stephen R. Ogden is reviewed by Kendall A. Fisher. The Art of Abduction by Igor Douven is reviewed by Stephen Biggs. God, Knowledge, and the Good by Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski is reviewed by Derek Christian Haderlie. 1000-Word Philosophy ∅ Project Vox ∅ Recent Philosophy Book Reviews in Non-Academic Media Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way by Kieran Setiya is reviewed by Jonathan Derbyshire at the Financial Times. Compiled by Michael Glawson BONUS: Work
The COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and distinct economic conditions bring challenges to economies worldwide. These key themes provided a backdrop for the fifth bi-annual Global Research Forum on International Macroeconomics and Finance, organized by the European Central Bank (ECB), the Federal Reserve Board, and Federal Reserve Bank of New York in New York in November. The papers and discussions framed important issues related to the global economy and financial markets, and explored the implications of policies that central banks and other official sector bodies take to address geopolitical developments and conditions affecting growth, inflation, and financial stability. A distinguished panel of experts shared diverse perspectives on the drivers of and prospects for inflation from a global perspective. In this post, we discuss highlights of the conference. The event page includes links to videos for each session.
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Fundamentalist Christians with links to religious right actors in the US are seeking to prevent change on LGBTIQ+ rights in the Baptist Church, Sian Norris reports
Automated text analysis of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book shows that the report contains useful information for understanding labor market and inflation trends.
Ieva Sakalauskaite and Qun Harris Following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–08, some regulators introduced rules on bankers’ bonuses with an aim to mitigate incentives to take excessive risks, and in turn promote financial stability. In a recent paper we use detailed data on remuneration of staff in six large UK banks to look at … Continue reading How does remuneration regulation affect bankers’ pay?
Emma DeSouza reports on the implications for remain-voting Northern Ireland and the Union of Ireland's positive relationship with the EU, amid ongoing complications over the Protocol
Before Bank Underground takes a festive break, it’s time for the Annual Bank Underground Christmas Quiz. Test yourself against our 10 festively themed questions on economics, finance and all things central banking…
Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar consider what the progressive Left can do to counter dangerous hard-right thinking on the great social issues of our era