Research with transgender people sheds light on the memory processes that allow any of us to navigate periods of change
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Two physicians get frank about uncertainty in medicine
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The Swedish artist’s eccentric botanic illustrations, on view publicly for the first time, weave mysticism with painstaking accuracy
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This Ecuadorian lizard uses its remarkable proboscis for wooing, not warring
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Rachel Morris on the politicians and media organisations now cynically trying to exploit Wales for their own political gain
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May 21st, 2025: I am in the woods of Juneau Alaska for COMICS CAMP! A National Audit Office report reveals nearly 50,000 unresolved family court cases in England, with some children waiting more than two years due to chronic delays, rising costs and fragmented oversight
Recordings reveal a finance executive claiming he offered Trump’s IRS nominee Billy Long an inauguration ticket — and was promised tax benefits if confirmed.
Democrats helped the GENIUS Act evade filibuster risk, paving the way for crypto legislation that stands to enrich Trump. The post Senate Dems Hand Trump a Win by Backing Stablecoin Bill appeared first on The Intercept. One would hope something so common would be discussed. But overwhelmingly, it's not—until you join the miscarriage club yourself.
Happy Quiche Lorraine Day! A couple of weeks ago I hosted a FRENCH SPRINGTIME BRUNCH First, here’s the Quiche Lorraine! The recipe is from the 1965 Chamberlain Calendar of French Menus which has appeared multiple times on the blog. The stuffed egg recipe was also in the Chamberlain Calendar. I will note that this versionContinue reading Quiche Lorraine Day and My French Springtime Brunch
“A mixture of stupidity and nastiness… The liberal establishment is primarily responsible for the genocide of the Palestinians.” In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, Yanis Varoufakis unleashes a fierce critique of Western liberalism, and tells us why he feels that the global system is in crisis. This episode explores the facade of Western moral superiority, the […] The post How Europe’s sheer stupidity combined with its ethical downfall to underwrite Israel’s genocide of Palestinians – Middle East Eye appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis. Senators are challenging Trump’s IRS pick Billy Long, repeatedly citing The Lever's reporting on his shady industry donors and plans to weaponize the IRS against his political enemies.
Read the first installment, published during Trump’s first term. - - - United States Department of Agriculture Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department of Education Federal Bureau of Investigation National Nuclear Security Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration “They told us to accept working with them or leave. They’re coming to take over, weaponising aid.” — Jens Laerke, UN OCHA The post Weaponized Aid: Wall Street, Zionists, and Ex-CIA Operatives Take Over Gaza Relief appeared first on MintPress News. You’d never know reading the New York Times that charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver are nothing but an authoritarian attack. The post Trump Is Prosecuting a Congressional Democrat for Doing Her Job. The Media’s Response: No Big Deal. appeared first on The Intercept. On May 5th, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute held its annual fundraising gala. The event showcases the extraordinary imaginations of people who design exorbitant clothes and the gutsiness of those who dare (and can afford) to wear them. I’m dimly aware of this annual extravaganza because of my interest in knitting, spinning, and weaving — the crafts involved in turning fluff into yarn and yarn into cloth. Mind you, I have no flair for fashion myself. I could never carry off wearing the simplest of ballgowns and I’m way too short to rock a tuxedo. My own personal style runs to 1970s White Dyke. (Think blue jeans and flannel shirts.) But I remain fascinated by what... Read more Source: No More Dog Whistles appeared first on TomDispatch.com. One of the things so compelling about Margaret Ross’s Saturday is her obsessive fidelity to a purity of description: “Beige clouds in a greenish sky / seen through cheap sunglasses.” To that, she adds an instability of syntax and line break that she makes into a thing of cool beauty. Here’s a couple of stanzas at the end of “A Present,” a title whose multiple possible meanings is also a sign of Ross’s themes and capacities:
The sentences, measured but already somehow headlong, roll against and over the ends of the lines. Sentences do not match the length of line. Sometimes these two elements dance, and sometimes they quarrel. Here they are dancing, at the beginning of “New York”: | ||