The scientific advice is clear; the world is tracking towards a climate catastrophe. Shamefully, the Australian government is contributing to the risk of a catastrophe with its support for fossil fuels, especially with its plan for a long-term expansion of gas production. This is a major policy failure. Australia is highly prone to extreme weather Continue reading »
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Fakes, deep fakes, disinformation, lies and rumours pollute the internet, the legacy media and conversations. Some of these are not new, but their power is growing. Now we have a new contender, so-called artificial intelligence, interfering in our human experience. Continue reading »
Rising inequality in Australia needs a new understanding of how people live, not just economics. “No one held back, no one left behind”. That was one of the hallmark commitments from the Albanese government when it won the 2022 Australian federal election. Leave no one behind is also an underlying principle of the 2023 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted Continue reading »
Witnesses to Trump's execution spree are dismayed by Democrats' decision to remove death penalty opposition from their party platform.
The post Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance. Those on Federal Death Row May Pay the Price. appeared first on The Intercept.
Longtime Beatlefan contributor Dave Hinchberger wrote the prologue for Bill King’s new book “LARGE TIME: On the Southern Music Beat, 1976-1986.” Here is an excerpt from it. … When I was 14 in 1976, my family of seven moved into … Continue reading
This was heartwarming for me to see: The convention was extremely respectful and appreciative of women and elder statesmen and it was really good to see. An it was especially welcoming to progressive champions like Warren which has not happened much in the past. The unity was not feigned. It was real and it was sincere.
Ruth Madeley and Colin McFarlane are returning to "The WHOniverse" for the Doctor Who spinoff series, The War Between the Land and the Sea.
Thing with Ketchup, $10.99
What is the “thing” that comes with this ketchup, you ask? Surely you know by now that it doesn’t matter in the slightest, as whatever it is will serve only as a delivery method for your child to get as much ketchup in their mouth as possible before pulling out the completely uneaten thing once they have sucked the ketchup dry. So whether it’s chicken nuggets, French fries, or something more mysterious but probably nontoxic that we found in the back of the kitchen, rest assured that the only person who might actually digest any of it is you, provided you prefer your food drenched in toddler saliva.
$15
Rather than paying us $15 for an entree your child will insist they want until we actually serve it to them, this option has you just give us $15 in exchange for nothing. It saves you from trying to convince your child to eat, and it saves us from throwing out another untouched mini cheese pizza. Win-win.
Where Biden’s campaign erred in building up Trump as a larger-than-life threat to democracy, Harris and other speakers sought to take him down with a series of jabs
Trump attempted to live tweet Harris’s speech last night. Here are some ofhe highlights: He called in to Fox immediately after the speech. Sad! After Fox hustled him off he called Newsmax: He’s fine. Nothing to see here.
Keir Starmer “must do more to help” families hit by higher energy bills this winter, writes Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer
In the darkest reality, this celebrated composer finds his voice.
The post The Harrowing and the Beautiful appeared first on Nautilus.
Apparently RFK Jr is dropping out and is going to endorse Trump today. And Trump is welcoming him with open arms. Though his odds of victory were quickly diminishing – a recent CBS News poll measured his support at just 2% – Kennedy’s decision to bow out 74 days before the election nevertheless presents another twist to a race already unlike any other. And amid a momentum shift that has catapulted the newly installed Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, into close contention with Trump, there is hope within the former president’s operation that Kennedy’s exit could prove decisive if certain battlegrounds are decided by thousands of ballots, just as they were in 2020. It’s hardly certain what Kennedy’s backers will do. Whether many of them ever intended to vote for him or at all is difficult to gauge, and some may choose to sit the election out without an alternative on the ballot. Still, the Trump campaign has long worried that Kennedy’s campaign, built on conspiracies and anti-vaccine rhetoric, pulled directly from their side, especially in a handful of key states.
The candidate laid out big plans at the DNC last night — but Democrats need to remove the barrier standing in her way.
If Season 3 of Doctor Who gets greenlit, it can't filmed until 2025. Ncuti Gatwa is set for Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
With ties to conflict zones worldwide, Erik Prince’s latest video sparks concerns of a mercenary intervention in Venezuela, backed by US interests.
The post Private Wars: From Gaza to Venezuela, Erik Prince Plots His Next Move appeared first on MintPress News.
Though her family sometimes received food stamps and occasionally had their utilities cut off, Marcie Alvis Walker’s parents led her to believe that they were an average middle-class Black family. They encouraged her to pursue her dreams and told her that if she worked hard enough, she’d achieve them. The small catch was that Walker’s dream was an elusive one for any cash-strapped and undereducated Black woman: being a New York Times–bestselling author. Now, as a published non-bestselling author, she wishes she’d had a backup plan.
The figures do not bode well for Rishi Sunak's party
There is nothing inherent or natural about the way we experience the built environment. Those structures of feeling, thought, and action, of association and signification, which shape our perception of urban space, much like the buildings and infrastructure that make up a city, are determined by culture and politics. This insight is blindingly obvious, but […]
Blake’s 7: The Collection: Series 1 collects the first season of BBC's legendary cult space opera series on Blu-ray (at last) on Nov. 10th.
At the DNC:
“Israel always has the right to defend itself, and as president I will ensure that it has the means to defend itself against the horrors of attacks like October 7th which included unspeakable sexual violence.”
Lying and clear support of a genocide.
Harris is better domestically, but she’s toed the line on Israel.
Oh, and AOC has clearly chosen ambition over principle. She’s refused to call Gaza a genocide, and she was allowed to speak at the DNC. It was explained to her, forcibly, I expect, the limits of how far having principles would get her and she’s made her choice and been rewarded for it.
Whether the development has an impact on the conflict or not - it seems to represent a diametric shift in the Kremlin's involvement in Sudan
Over 50 years ago, the UK and US governments conspired in secret for the UK to hold onto Chagos and expel its entire population