On this week’s Lever Time Premium: David explores the ramifications of the potential Kroger/Albertsons merger; and we offer up another eye-opening edition of “One Thing.”
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Kevin Higgins, the brilliant socialist poet and political commentator, has died aged only fifty-six. One of the kindest and most generous people and a passionate supporter of human rights for Palestinians. Higgins’s poetry could be subtle or superbly acerbic, as in the case of this brilliant ‘tribute’ to Margaret Hodge, the unpleasant Barking MP who […]
God helps those who service themselves If there is a silver lining to the MAGAfication of the U.S. House, it is this: outside the Beltway there are signs that Republicans care about something other than owning the libs. Thomas B. Edsall examines efforts inside several state legislatures to marginalize the governing-be-damned philosophy of the craziest of Republican crazies. In South Carolina (of all places), the majority Republican caucus has insisted all members sign onto a set of rules prohibiting from campaigning against other members or from dishing to reporters on what transpires inside confidential closed meetings. Refusal to sign would exile members from the caucus. South Carolina Freedom Caucus members branded the move a “loyalty oath.” A conservative web publication said the rules: would prohibit members from endorsing or campaigning on behalf of anyone challenging a G.O.P. incumbent in next spring’s primary elections. It would also prohibit lawmakers from posting images of the House’s electronic voting board on their social media pages — and from discussing the “internal processes” behind House votes during public appearances.
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We are fighting a war against TikTok and Netflix. Candidly—and this doesn’t leave the building—MTV is not currently winning that war. I believe there’s still a path to victory, but we need to honestly assess our situation before we can confidently chart a course forward.
At MTV, we make the mold, and then we break the mold. That means turning over every rock to mine the unexplored depths of American youth culture. And you’ve done that! The pitches you sent me in Q4 have run the gamut: Beach Teenagers, Dangerous Youths, and Fun Rural People are all in our wheelhouse. Admittedly, I don’t always get the chance to read every one of your ideas, but I see them, or at least the subject lines. Still, our ratings continue to sink.
I’ve never understood the technical respect people have for google… it just takes your search word and inserts it into an advertisement ignorant of context... that’s all it really does …. I wrote that same program in high school back in the 80s … this ChatGPT thing might be a game changer…
ChatGPT vs Google: pic.twitter.com/53pbrVocDF
— ChatGPT (@ChatGPTGoneWild) January 10, 2023
Brussels insists Italy must surrender more of its economic sovereignty in exchange for any assistance.
The US is pressing an (over) eager Japan to develop offensive capabilities, with an eye to a conflict with China.
An illustration of how different climate-change-induced or intensified problems can interact to do even more damage.
“Apart from enabling paedophiles, it’s very difficult to find fault with the man”
- by Joel Le Forestier
- by Psyche Film
NYSE is partnering with an Israeli exchange, making it easier for Americans to invest in companies supporting Palestinian human rights abuses.
The post New Stock Listings Open Door to American Investment in the Israeli Occupation appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Phillip Aouad & Sarah Maguire
One of the challenges critics of our contemporary form of capitalism face, is how to make the analysis of that beast clear to a broad audience. Let’s face it, most academic books on the topic are hard to understand. Moreover, many people hardly ever read a non-fiction book about politics, let alone the economy. Film […]
GPs have faced a barrage of attacks in the press and briefings from government over the pandemic. It's taking its toll.
Tom Mutch documents the ups and downs of the last 10 months of triumph and horror, and how Ukrainian resourcefulness brought hope out of despair
When it comes to the NHS, 2023 started off with a grim warning. Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, appeared on Times Radio on 1 January and gave listeners his organisation’s estimate for deaths taking place due to the present crisis in emergency care: between 300 and 500 every week. […]
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the recipients of their latest round of grants, and a number of philosophers are among the winners. They and their projects are: Jacob Beck (York University) Minds without Language: Research and writing leading to a book offering a pluralistic account of the processes of human thought informed by cognitive science. $60,000 Jeffrey Brower (Purdue University) Aquinas on Space and Spatial Location: Research and writing leading to a book on philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas’s (1225–1274) theories on motion, space, and location. $60,000 Stephen Darwall (Yale University) Modern Moral Philosophy After Kant: Research and writing leading to a book on the history of moral philosophy from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. $60,000 Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern University) Epistemic Reparations: Research and writing leading to a book on the rights of victims to epistemic justice by being known and heard by the parties who wronged them.
In the output of the AI generated image, the technique is there but the techne is not.
É preciso tomar frente do debate de forma propositiva em vez de esperar o ovo da serpente chocar de novo nos templos evangélicos e católicos.
The post Igrejas conservadoras serão incubadoras da extrema direita se governo não mudar forma de lidar com elas appeared first on The Intercept.
The Online Safety Bill is currently going back to Report Stage in the Commons on 16th January, and is widely expected to be in the Lords for the end of the month, or beginning of February. We anticipate it could complete its legislative passage by June. At the end of last year, a widely publicised […]
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