Ahead of this weekend's Doctor Who Season 2 finale, Anita Dobson discusses playing Mrs. Flood, secretly being The Rani all along, and more.
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Since 1988, we at Dippin’ Dots have proudly sold the official ice cream of the future. And ever since, we’ve been waiting for the future to arrive at Little League concession stands and any place that smells like popcorn and feet. But now that the future is here, we regret to announce that we are extremely disappointed.
First and foremost, we are dismayed that fashion hasn’t veered into the cyber-futuristic trends we’d hoped for. Where are the metallic jackets and structured, space-appropriate body suits? Are ’90s JNCO jeans supposed to bring back the ’90s economy? Because here at Dippin’ Dots, we think you look ridiculous.
Candidly, we expected baby names of the future to include a lot more X’s and Z’s. Zephyra or Xera are great names for kids who eat Dippin’ Dots. Instead, your most popular baby name is Noah. What does that say about where society is headed?
This one seems obvious, but computer intelligence was meant to help make your food, not take your jobs. Didn’t you watch Star Trek? AI should make a mean Earl Grey, not bring about the collapse of civilization.
- by Aeon Video
Six supposed patient advocacy groups are closely linked to drugmakers and pushing industry-aligned agendas, according to a new report.
In my mother’s hoarding house, I found something I wanted to keep
- by Deborah Derrickson Kossmann
Universities should reject Republicans’ requests for information about Chinese students, academic worker unions said.
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The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.
The post U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Gianluca Didino
Though relationships are grounded in shared memories, some gaps and inaccuracies can help us live well in a social world
- by Gillian Murphy & Ciara Greene
Chemistry becomes art in Thomas Blanchard’s timelapse video
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Thirstwaves are drying out croplands
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Mercantilist ideas still resonate in current economic practices. Modern ‘management’ of exchange rates by governments, trying to steal a competitive advantage for exports and accumulate foreign exchange reserves, harks back to mercantilist notions of boosting exports to accumulate gold and silver. Tariffs, import quotas and other measures to control trade and support domestic enterprises are […]
A new report calls on the Government to 'look again' at repealing laws passed under the last Conservative Government
Simon Whitaker Digital currencies and the tokenisation of financial assets could speed up the movement of money and assets between institutions and across borders. Historically, the liberalisation of capital flows led to debates about the impact on macroeconomic and financial stability. Bouts of instability – for example the 2008 global financial crisis – provoked calls … Continue reading Could digitalisation of finance lead to more disruptive international capital flows?
As the world continues to wring its hands, the suffering of the people at the heart of this conflict only continues to grow, writes Alexandra Hall Hall
Erik Satie had a way with words. There have been few composers who found such obvious glee in the use of language. In written performance indications appended to his scores, he would ask musicians to play ‘without your fingers blushing’ or ‘on the tips of your back teeth’. Eschewing the standard terminology of classical notation […]
We sometimes encounter commentary that blows away the smoke that provides cover for important myths in the world of economics and finance. Whether that commentary knows the import of its message is questionable but it certainly has the effect of casting aside a myriad of fictions and redefines the sort of questions that one can…