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The buzz around Xiaohongshu and then DeepSeek has had an unusually high volume of westerners speaking positively about China for the last couple of weeks, which of course means we’re also seeing many westerners falling all over themselves to say “Well actually China is actually quite bad actually” in response. Western liberals who fancy themselves Continue reading »

Stirling Newberry pointed this out, and I agree.

Some of Trump’s Executive Order are clearly illegal, unconstitutional, or both. Trump can’t get rid of Birthright Citizenship and his order goes clearly against the written text of the amendment:

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

This isn’t open to interpretation. There is no wiggle room.

In the best sort of antiques store or second-hand bookshop you will often find heaped up remnants of literate culture on the brink of extinction, thrifty oddities of survival clinging to the shelves: unappetising cookbooks, compendiums of humour from also-ran television comedians, lively tracts addressed to now-inert controversies. (In one of my favourite discoveries, an […]

UNRWA delivered the majority of food aid during the war and sheltered more than 1 million people. What happens when it’s banned?

The post Israel Bans UNRWA as Trump Throttles Foreign Aid appeared first on The Intercept.

Dumb & Dumber 3 is finally here. With two new main characters. Dumber than ever!

Today is National Corn Chip Day, so here is a tasty dish that’s perfect to scarf down with a bag of Tostitos. Mr. Sauce got this cookbook for me as a little present last year because: Baltimore. I don’t know what year this is from, but based the cover on the inclusion of recipes suchContinue reading The Potters’ Guild of Baltimore Cookbook: Lynn Perlin’s Taco Dip →

According to police, a 17-year-old student fired 10 shots into the cafeteria of his Louisville,...

Jo Martin's Fugitive Doctor is on the run and looking for answers in Big Finish's Doctor Who audio drama, The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted.

Password must contain both uppercase and lowercase characters.

Password must have eight to twelve characters.

Too many characters detected. Pump the brakes, George R. R. Martin.

Password cannot contain trademarked characters—e.g., Garfield, The Smurfs.

Password cannot contain characters that are dangerously close to trademark infringement—e.g., Glarfield, The Smunges.

Password cannot be something easily remembered without being written down.

Password cannot be written down on Post-It Note affixed to the corner of your computer.

Because we literally just saw you do it.

Oh, that was “for something else”? What would that be, a reminder to stop at the grocery store to pick up some PASSWORD123? Is that the name of an energy drink? Nice try.

Password cannot contain any elements of your legal name, such as “Rachel,” “Ache,” or “R.”

Password cannot contain the name of one of your enemies.

Well, if it’s your mother’s name, we didn’t say she was an enemy—you did. Sounds like something you should unpack.

The Met Police have promised arrests if the protesters, who are campaigning for protest rights, step out of line

Last year, I had the privilege of joining nearly 40 young trade unionists from the UK in the Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s 17th annual Young Trade Unionists’ May Day Brigade. Between us, the delegates represented Unite, UNISON, RMT, ASLEF, TSSA, PCS, POA, NAPO, GFTU, and Thompsons Solicitors. We stayed together at Julio Antonio Mella International Camp, […]

A filmmaker collaborates with a murmuration of starlings to create spellbinding visuals at the intersection of science and art

- by Aeon Video

Watch at Aeon

With a few lifestyle and dietary changes, you can protect your gut microbiome, boost your immunity and improve your mood

- by Vincent Ho

Read at Psyche

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The US President's decision to suspend all foreign aid will harm US interests while gifting a golden opportunity to China, argues former UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall

Part Three of a five-part special investigation by Dan Evans and Tom Latchem into a missing person’s case with dark criminal undertones

At some indeterminate point in the fairly recent past, citizens and leaders of most liberal democracies probably looked forward to a condition to be realized in the imaginable future that we can, for the sake of a convenient label, call Universal Scandinavia. The basic features ought to be obvious: employment and decent housing for all, […]