For the second year running, lies have emerged as the primary risk facing humanity, in the Global Risks Survey 2024-25 conducted by the World Economic Forum of 900 experts worldwide. Disinformation and misinformation are now deemed more dangerous, in the short run (next two years), than violent climate events, wars and societal disintegration. Even over Continue reading »
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At the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stood out as a voice of reason and diplomacy, presenting the Asian vision of peace, development, and regional cooperation. Representing a nation with one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies, Anwar showcased a pragmatic and authoritative approach to resolving disputes, emphasising dialogue and Continue reading »
Humphrey McQueen (Pearls and Irritations, ‘The lucky Aborigines’ 26 January 2025), has reminded us of John Howard’s opinion that “the luckiest thing that happened to this country was being colonised by the British. Not that they were perfect by any means, but they were infinitely more successful and beneficent than other European colonisers.” Really? Infinitely Continue reading »
Of the two billion voters who set out to vote across 60 countries last year, 33 percent were from the Commonwealth, a 56-member union with 2.7 billion citizens. In 2024, demands for democracy and human rights characterised elections worldwide. But many voters within the Commonwealth faced more dangerous political environments, where peaceful resistance was met Continue reading »
For more than 40 years Hugh White has been an important analyst of Australian defence and foreign policy. After working in the Office of National Assessments he became an adviser to Defence Minister Beazley and Prime Minister Hawke, He was a deputy secretary in the Department of Defence and the first head of the Australian Continue reading »
In late February 2022, I was walking on a street in Irkutsk (in the middle of Russian Siberia) when I met a former female student of mine who had just come from her work office. She was upset by the invasion of Ukraine but even more so by the attitude of some women in the Continue reading »
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?
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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, […]
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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