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I hope you’re all excited to get rehearsals started. The script is strong, the set designs are amazing, and the whole theatrical community is looking forward to what we’re putting up. There’s only one problem. We just can’t find enough boys to do the Broadway play.

I know. It was a struggle last year too.

But since we don’t have quite enough guys yet, just for today, Bernadette, why don’t you read the waiter’s lines too? Okay, thank you.

And Patti, here, can you take these flyers and pass them around in your building? Maybe someone will want to try out. Tell them not to be shy.

In fact, don’t be shy yourselves. Ask your friends. Ask around. You know what? After rehearsal, Annaleigh and I are headed to the football field to see if any of the team wants to be in the play. I don’t think Coach Daboll would mind. And if the Giants are in rehearsal, too, maybe Mr. Steinbrenner can ask a few athletes. We’ll sing him a few selections from Damn Yankees! Ha ha. Little joke there.

What’s that, Audra?—Absolutely, see if any guys in your yoga class are interested. Thank you!

. . Ulf Dageby (1944-2024) In Memoriam

Decades before the FBI targeted me for my journalism, its treatment of my uncle, an FBI agent, devastated our family.

The post My Family’s Long and Painful Relationship With the FBI appeared first on The Intercept.

The Port of Eilat’s bankruptcy reveals the shortcomings of U.S. military strategies against Yemen's Ansar Allah, raising critical questions about future interventions. 

The post US Naval Efforts Falter as Yemen’s Blockade Bankrupts Israel’s Eilat Port appeared first on MintPress News.

In the first part of this two part investigation, Members of the House of Lords question Tell MAMA’s transparency and governance. The organisation stands by its work.

The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies

Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor is getting a wax figure in the Doctor Who attraction at Madame Tussauds London's' new film and TV-themed zone.

I found my sister’s diary seven years after her death. It was in my parents’ storage room.

I felt weird about the encounter, but I really wanted to read the diary. Plus, it’s not like my sister could walk in to bust me.

After my sister died, my parents had to pack up her apartment. I imagine the task felt like climbing a mountain when you really don’t want to climb a mountain.

My dad said the apartment looked like my sister was plucked from her life. Her cat was pacing and needed water. Dishes filled the sink. My mom found birth control under the bed (horrifying for a Catholic parent).

My sister’s unfinished business was everywhere. The whole thing was upsetting. My parents did their best to be respectful.

For years, I’ve wondered: How do you respect a dead person’s privacy while packing their things?

The Greater Manchester Mayor has called for a "rewiring" of British democracy ahead of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's King's Speech

Prior to the election, British billionaire John Caudwell revealed why he would be supporting Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in the upcoming general election: ‘What Keir has done… is taken all the Left out of the Labour Party, and he’s come out with a set of values and principles in complete alignment with my views as […]

James McMurdock's LinkedIn profile and Reform Party UK bio details "roles at prestigious institutions" - a former colleague tells a very different story

The D-Day landings turned the tide of war, but their success rested on the uncertain calculations of Allied meteorologists

- by Aeon Video

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Alongside love, sleep and play, awe is precious for children. There are small, everyday ways to make it a part of their lives

- by Artemisia O’bi & Fan Yang

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Joel Mundy and Matt Roberts-Sklar When markets are volatile, liquidity tends to worsen. This makes it harder to intermediate buyers and sellers. We saw this during the 2022 liability-driven investment (LDI) stress, when the UK government bond (gilt) market exhibited extreme volatility. This illiquidity was also evident in gilt futures, derivatives that support functioning in … Continue reading Futures under stress: how did gilt futures behave in the LDI crisis? →

I am briefly in the UK (arrived Tuesday and returning to Melbourne early Friday). We are officially launching our new book – Modern Monetary Theory: Bill and Warren’s Excellent Adventure – later this morning at the UK MMT Conference in Leeds, England. I am avoiding many of the sessions to reduce Covid risk, given the…

The Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign calls on the left around the world to demand an end to the unlawful imprisonment of Russians who oppose the war on Ukraine.

The post Defend Boris Kagarlitsky and the Russian anti-war movement first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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You have to watch this to understand how funny that is: That’s worth sharing.

Construction bosses and both state and federal Labor governments have seized on the opportunity to launch an attack on one of the strongest unions in the country.

The post Defend the CFMEU—no government administration, end the union bashing first appeared on Solidarity Online.