In pursuit of defeating death, Alan has dedicated his life to cryonics. He hopes to be defrosted together with his wife
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Burhan Sönmez, now the president of PEN International, was a rising human rights lawyer in Turkey. A brutal assault nearly killed him – and propelled him to a life in literature
- by Kaya Genç
I’m reading poems at a few literary festivals this year – including ones in Keswick, Guernsey, Wrexham, Tunbridge Wells, Dorchester-on-Thames, Filey and Leek. Here’s a pic which provides an efficient summary of such matters: Next month’s show at Words on the Water has sold out, but tickets are on sale for the other festivals. More info…
The Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs illegal. Now comes the messy question: Who will pay — and who gets paid back?
I have been thinking about the recent inflation trajectory in Japan in the light of constant calls from mainstream economists (including a bevy of private bank economists who work for institutions that benefit from interest rate hikes) for the Bank of Japan to hike rates. What is driving CPI movements? What has been the impact…
By killing tariff transparency, Trump and Bezos made it harder for Americans to prove what they paid — and easier for corporations to keep any refunds.
Democrats stayed seated as Trump attacked trans kids at the State of the Union. With midterms coming, there’s more where that came from.
The post Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait appeared first on The Intercept.
An industry-backed lawmaker’s proposal could undercut state efforts to loosen Wall Street’s grip on the housing market — while carving out exemptions for large investors.
We have a very odd spectacle right now: Anthropic’s CEO has said the US government cannot use Anthropic products if they will not guarantee that they won’t be used for autonomous military robots (firing without human intervention) or mass surveillance. The Pentagon has responded by threatening to eminent domain Claude, and make their own version. […]
A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail.
The post A Supreme Court Win Didn’t Free Richard Glossip. But This Judge Could. appeared first on The Intercept.
The meticulous preparation and fleeting ecstasy of elite high-diving captured in all its breathtaking shapes and sounds
- by Aeon Video
Carlo Masala’s short work of speculative fiction, If Russia Wins: A Scenario, was a bestseller when it was published in Germany last year. Masala is a professor of international relations at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, having previously served as deputy director of research at the NATO Defence College in Rome. Since 2022, he has […]
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February 25th, 2026: Toronto has been wet for weeks now. It snows but then it melts a bit, or it rains. The U.S. military’s intelligence sharing came as part of a new “counter cartel” task force focused on the U.S.–Mexico borderlands. The post Mexico Got Help Killing Drug Lord From Secretive U.S. Campaign Led by FBI and ICE appeared first on The Intercept. There’s an idea going around that virtues are anti-competitive. That being loyal, honorable, honest, generous, kind, etc… puts you at a disadvantage. It’s one of those half true statements. It’s true if your society is shit, but in a decent society it can be disadvantage, and if a society has predominantly virtueless people in charge, […]
Perhaps the foremost financial crisis theorist of our time, Hyman Minsky, had as his central idea that crises are endogenous (system-internal) phenomena where stability creates instability and reduces safety margins for financial transactions with excessively high leverage effects. During the upswing phase of financial bubbles, safety margins shrink, and even the smallest setback can lead […]
With her father vulnerable after his prostate operation, an adult daughter discovers they can finally open up about sex - A film by Jeanne Paturle and Cécile Rousset
Why I’ve started describing my feelings in the style of Murderbot, a half-human construct from Martha Wells’s sci-fi series - by Christian Jarrett
From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits - by Julian Baggini Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe’s claim that Britain has been ‘colonised by immigrants’ exposes a clear contradiction. Few institutions have benefited more from migration than Manchester United — a club built by people crossing borders in pursuit of opportunity. Migration has driven the team’s success, while leadership failures and financialised ownership have eroded it. This contradiction […] | ||
