Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move
- by Carissa Véliz
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Insurgent candidates like Cori Bush are tapping Piker as a campaign surrogate — but they still face an uphill battle to winning.
The post Hasan Piker Is the Democrats’ New Man on the Trail, Whether They Like It or Not appeared first on The Intercept.
Life of a Naturalist it’s his birthdayand the sloths are up early for oncethe flamingos line up in pink, long-legged salutethe birds of paradise parade in their finestthe elephants blow their trumpetsthe blue whales gush with joythe gorillas act out stories of his visitsthe lions lay off the wildebeest for one dayand stand together on…
Why do so many people expect journalism to defend their party? The answer reveals what’s gone wrong in modern media.
The OPCW has finally acknowledged concealing the assessment of German military toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of dozens of deaths in the alleged Douma chemical attack of April 2018. For the first time in a prolonged cover-up scandal, the world’s top chemical watchdog has acknowledged censoring a finding that undermined allegations of a toxic gas attack by the former Syrian government. According to previously leaked documents, expert German military toxicologists consulted by the Organization for the Prohibition […]
The post ‘Highly Protected’: OPCW confirms it buried critical evidence in Syria chemical weapons probe first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post ‘Highly Protected’: OPCW confirms it buried critical evidence in Syria chemical weapons probe appeared first on The Grayzone.
Why do so many people expect journalism to defend their party? The answer reveals what’s gone wrong in modern media.
Doctor Who star Jo Martin discusses playing the Fugitive Doctor, her new look, the upcoming crossover event "Circuit Breaker," and much more.
National Democrats put their weight behind a candidate in Maine’s hotly contested House race just weeks before the primary. Locals are pissed.
The post Maine Dems to Vote on Condemning DCCC Interference in House Primary appeared first on The Intercept.
It turns out that Trump’s plan to help ships go thru the Strait was ended when both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait refused to let the US use their airspace or US bases in their countries to launch attacks. The reason is obvious—Iran has repeatedly said that if the war restarts they will hit the Gulf […]
What if the tools for sustainable space exploration could be found in cellular life on Earth? A NASA astrobiologist explains
- by Aeon Video
There’s a way of responding to threats that involves appeasement. Recognising this has helped me stop people-pleasing
- by Olivia Hains
Genetic studies support what historians have argued for decades: ancient India was a place of migration and mixture
- by Kiran Kumbhar
The purported strength of New Classical macroeconomics is that it has firm anchorage in preference-based microeconomics, and especially the decisions taken by inter-temporal utility maximising ‘forward-looking’ individuals. To some of us, however, this has come at too high a price. The almost quasi-religious insistence that macroeconomics has to have microfoundations — without ever presenting any […]
In some respects, we are back to where we were in 2021 when the supply constraints that arose from the COVID lockdowns and widespread illnesses started to reveal themselves in escalating prices around the world. This time it is the US-Israel folly in the Middle East that is the culprit and the supply constraints are…
A class action claims Bowlero bought up bowling alleys nationwide, raised prices, cut quality, and ruined an American pastime.
Nerima Wako Ojiwa on technology, youth-led democracy, and organizing at the speed of crisis.
A former EEOC commissioner said, “They’re putting out their best facts in this complaint, and the facts are pathetic.”
The post Lawyer on EEOC’s New York Times Lawsuit Has History Battling Discrimination Against Men appeared first on The Intercept.
La administración Trump está imponiendo multas por valor de varios millones de dólares en materia de inmigración y subcontratando la ejecución de estas medidas a agencias de cobro privadas con un largo historial de abusos.