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A centuries-old network of secret codes and shadowy brokers continues to outpace financial systems controlled by the state
- by Miles Kellerman

Today’s world is fuelling a craving to be truly seen by another – and that’s exactly what AI therapists can’t ever deliver
- by Wasseem El Sarraj
Trump carried out regime change without a change of regime in Venezuela. Time will tell what that means for the country.
The post Trump Wanted to Replicate His Venezuela “Success” in Iran. What Has It Even Looked Like? appeared first on The Intercept.
The White House had said all the thousands of people arrested were “dangerous criminal” immigrants.
The post Two-Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals appeared first on The Intercept.
The destruction of parts of two universities in Iran fits with Israel’s M.O. of crippling countries’ ability to rebuild.
The post What Would We All Say If Iran Razed MIT Because of Military-Related Research? appeared first on The Intercept.
An analysis by The Intercept reveals that the “peace” president has embroiled the U.S. in more than 20 military interventions, armed conflicts, and wars.
The post Trump’s Secret Wars on the World Keep Expanding appeared first on The Intercept.

Panic attacks can be terrifying. To manage them, learn which thoughts to embrace and which ones to counter
- Video by Dr Julie

When Princeton University asked two directors to produce a marketing video, it became a work of art – and a time capsule
- by Aeon Video

ADHD isn’t merely a dysfunction. It’s best understood as an impulsive motivational drive for novel information
- by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Her science revealed that trees look after one another in the forest. Now, Suzanne Simard says, the only way to save the Earth is to put Indigenous ecological knowledge first
- by Erica Gies
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March 30th, 2026: Hey, I've got a store - perhaps some DINOSAUR COMICS MERCHANDISE would interest you?? – Over the weekend just gone I took some time to watch the latest Louis Theroux documentary – Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere – which relates how far we have gone in reverse with attitudes that men hold towards women. This blog post is not intended to be a review of that film but rather my…
I propose identifying structural vector autoregressions using 'shock-percentile' restrictions. These restrictions require the realisation of a structural shock in a selected episode to lie in the tail of the shock's historical distribution, representing the belief that a relatively large shock has occurred. I argue that shock-percentile restrictions are an attractive alternative to imposing numeric bounds on shock magnitudes, which are difficult to credibly elicit. Simulations demonstrate the potential for shock-percentile restrictions to provide identifying information. In two empirical applications, I exploit shock-percentile restrictions to disentangle the relationship between uncertainty and real activity, and to sharpen identification of the macroeconomic effects of US monetary policy.
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 29, 2026 by Tony Wikrent Tell Your State To Pass This No-ICE-At-Our-Precincts Model Law. Now. Josh Marshall, March 27, 2026 [Talking Points Memo] I found a piece of model legislation published on March 9th by the Brennan Center. War Plans, Platforms And Projectiles — The longer-term meaning of the Iran war. […]
Aside from Russell T. Davies getting sacked, Christopher Eccleston laid out an interesting condition that would bring him "back like a shot."
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