After Trump cleared the way for Polymarket to operate legally in the U.S., Wall Street wants a piece of the prediction market’s profits.
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I’m publishing an email I just sent to Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan, on a truly hideous and anti-democratic European law that Ireland is strenuously supporting. It’s looking like Germany, which was strong on data protection, may crack and support this law, too. This week is make or break week for ‘chat control’, a […]
Att ta in Sverige i euron under ordnade och demokratiska former har inte lyckats så nu vill somliga euroförespråkare pröva andra vägar. På DN Debatt (25/9) skriver PM Nilsson och sju andra ekonomiprofiler och företrädare för tankesmedjor att Sverige borde skaffa en så kallad ”euro-option”, som gör att Sverige snabbt skulle kunna anslutas till euron i […]
In a powerful MintCast interview, Dr. Mohammed Tahir condemns Keir Starmer’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, calling Britain’s recognition of Palestine “lip service” while it continues to arm and aid the slaughter.
The post Gaza Surgeon: Starmer “Has Blood on His Hands” appeared first on MintPress News.
MintPress traces Garry Kasparov’s path from chess legend to hawkish “democracy” pitchman for U.S. power, Israel’s war in Gaza, and NED-backed campaigns.
The post Garry Kasparov, From Chess Icon to State Dept Cheerleader appeared first on MintPress News.
Austerity costs us a fortune. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th October 2025 I was lucky. Last week, I was cycling downhill at night when I hit a pothole. The front wheel folded into an infinity symbol. I went over the handlebars and, with no time to put my hands out, landed on […]
Our society needs a certain kind of person and our society shapes a certain kind of person. How to align the two?
Season 2 is out now.
Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies used his BAFTA Cymru acceptance speech to warn of censorship and call for TV networks to stand firm.
INTERVIEWER: Chemical engineer Dr. Chesel Amniotiv is looking resplendent in orange gabardine, with cobalt accents of actual cobalt. Let’s see if we can get a word in… Dr. Amniotiv, who are you wearing this evening?
DR. AMNIOTIV: This is a Bob Mackie lab coat whose hem-to-seam ratio is equal to that of Rackam’s Theory of Saltine Dynamics. Plus big shoulder pads.
INTERVIEWER: And your date this evening is this very handsome, impeccably groomed golden retriever. And she’s wearing?
DR. AMNIOTIV: Also a Lab coat.
INTERVIEWER: What’s your next project?
DR. AMNIOTIV: I’ll be studying the production of artificial enzymes through fermentation in low-gravity environments and serving as guest judge on the next season of The Voice.
Peter Benson, of the Thank EU for the Music campaign group, explores the impact on creative artists of the UK's hard Brexit nearly six years on
It’s our annual fundraiser. We’ve raised a little over $5,400 from 37 people in the last eight days, out of our goal of $12,500. These donations help us cover the changeover of hegemony from America to China, environmental collapse, internal US fascism, what a better society would look like, Gaza, AI, the coming stock market […]
Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk
As temperatures fall and Putin's strikes on the grid escalate, Ukraine prepares for a winter of severe hardship, reports George Llewelyn from Kyiv
In this layered portrait of life on the streets of Los Angeles, strife is interlaced with moments of joy and solidarity
- Directed by Chung Nguyen
A smart, educated woman, there’s no way I could have ended up in an abusive relationship, could I?
- by Zoe Michaels
How do some countries manage to channel foreign capital into economic development while others are just exploited by it?
- by Guilherme Klein Martins
Three questions for Manvir Singh, author of Shamanism: The Timeless Religion
The post Was Jesus a Shaman? appeared first on Nautilus.
In the wake of the French Revolution during the 1790s, Britain’s ruling class trembled at the prospect of an early working-class movement inspired and radicalised by Jacobinism. A multitude of philanthropic initiatives soon sprang up in response — from Sunday Schools to religious societies and secular projects, all of which sought to ‘better’ the condition […]
. The power of diversity isn’t just a social ideal. It’s a mathematical fact. The ‘Diversity Prediction Theorem’ shows that gathering people who think differently comes with a calculable performance bonus. Imagine yours truly fills a transparent jar with 1000 jellybeans and then asks a group of students for their estimates of how many jellybeans […]
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
The post The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act appeared first on The Intercept.
The author of The New Age of Genocide, Martin Shaw, on why Trump's 'peace' plan will allow the ongoing destruction and replacement of a Palestinian Gaza
This Tuesday report will provide some insights into life for a westerner (me) who is working for an extended period at Kyoto University in Japan but who over the years of working here has increasingly began to understand the language and local cultural traditions Growing hostility to tourists in Japan I was out running early…