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EXCLUSIVE: The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will now leave Government

The bullies who beat and mocked me in eighth grade were cruel and stupid. They despised intelligence and worshipped violence, although they would settle for athletic ability. The school blessed their thuggery by scheduling dodgeball. It was good preparation for Viet Nam, the country where I expected to be blown apart if I managed to […]

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ON THE MEDIUM OF ARTISTIC PRESENCE

THE ACCEPTANCE OF PERSONA

Every artist expresses persona. For performers, the public face is inside the art. The work of Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holiday, Ana Mendieta, or Jimi Hendrix cannot be separated from the undeniable power of persona.

For artists who send their work into the world, persona may be less apparent. Writers, painters, and composers will have little relationship to an exterior self unless they actively choose to engage it. Such private-minded artists may find the very subject of persona to be taboo, distasteful, and cringeworthy. They might bristle and scoff at the possibility that they, too, have constructed and worn masks for many years.

Donald Trump: And your point is? It’s not unlike the plot of that Die Hard movie where thieves keep police busy hunting for a bomb in a school while the they rob a federal gold depository. The Musk-Trump cabal has simply started firing federal law enforcement and robbing banks. Both robberies take place in New York City. Forbes: New York City officials alleged Wednesday the Federal Emergency Management Agency revoked $80 million in grants from the city’s accounts amid a feud with the Trump administration over the city’s use of federal funds to house migrants—a move the city’s comptroller called “illegal” and “highway robbery.” “Revoked” is a polite term for “stole.” Associated Press: Gone is a $59 million grant that the administration challenged earlier in the week and another award for $21.5 million, City Comptroller Brad Lander said. The money was discovered to be missing overnight, and Lander said no one in his office had been aware that the federal government had access to the city’s bank account. Lander is a candidate for mayor.

An official report found Black police officers are much more likely to be subject to internal misconduct investigations than their white counterparts

Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies returns to drama with Tip Toe, a spiritual sequel to Queer as Folk but set in darker current times.

Our love is like the USS Scorpion…
The initial construction was reasonable, but regular maintenance was refused until negligence distilled an inescapable nightmare.

Our love is like the Titan submersible…
It was constructed upon premises that we were warned repeatedly would not go the distance, prompting concern from both professionals and those closest to us.

Our love is like the narco-submarines built deep in the jungle…
No one can know about us, baby. We have to stay under the radar. We were never designed to ascend to great depths but instead to remain superficial. This vessel is not built for comfort; it is a vehicle of misery. Also, I’m doing cocaine.

Our love is like the K-141 Kursk…
Our enemies were so curious that they expended great effort to dig up and examine the wreckage, hoping to find something they could use against us.

‘You can kiss a girl?’ Four women recall the joy and vulnerability of first-time queer attraction in this charming animation

- by Psyche Film

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“What he’s done is testing the limits of his power in a way we have never seen in this country,” says retired federal Judge Nancy Gertner.

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Bad news for coffee lovers: you’re going to be paying more for your morning brew in 2025. Brazil and Vietnam are the world’s largest coffee producers, and both are forecasting lower production volumes this year. Brazil, which is the world’s largest producer of Arabica coffee, experienced the worst drought in seventy years in 2024. Drier […]

In order to bridge the yawning gulf between the humanities and the sciences we must turn to an unexpected field: mathematics

- by Gordon Gillespie

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Rachel Reeves is looking in the 'wrong direction' for stimulating growth in the UK, argues Labour Councillor Salman Shaheen

The media has been full of incredibly dubious claims that young people want to be ruled by a dictatorship. The reality is very different, argues Natasha Devon

Musk has emerged as Trump’s far-right-hand man, creating some awkwardness for the president’s Democratic foes.

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The notion that disabled people are scroungers and benefit cheats is almost permission to further abuse against them, Penny Pepper writes