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The Opposition’s newest talisman, Barnaby Joyce, has spent the weekend asking his colleagues to jump. This directive has been met with a smile from interim Opposition leader, Sussan ‘SS’ Ley, and a query of how high? ”It’s a sign of... Read More ›

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 16, 2025 by Tony Wikrent Elite impunity The Corrupt Roots of America’s Elite Run Deep David Kurtz, November 13, 2025 [Talking Points Memo] In reviewing a portion of the 20,000-plus Jeffrey Epstein emails released yesterday, I was left astonished not so much by the chumminess he enjoyed with […]

Is it not patently unrealistic to suppose that individuals … base their decision on the size of the expected utility? While entirely natural and understandable, this objection is not strictly relevant … The hypothesis asserts rather that, in making a particular class of decisions, individuals behave as if they calculated and compared expected utility and […]

The youngest member of the Meyer-Syll family, Hedda, turned 12 today.And yes — Ibsen is one of yours truly’s favourite dramatists …

Americans were already seething about the shutdown and the economy. Then they saw Epstein write that Trump “knew about the girls.”

The post Epstein Is the Only Thing That Could Turn Trump’s Base Against Him appeared first on The Intercept.

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A re-edited version of the Doctor Who story "The Sea Devils" is coming to BBC4 and iPlayer on December 7th, ahead of the new spinoff series.

Why don’t we get to grips with the climate crisis? Partly because most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th November 2025 If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been […]

Lina Khan joins forces with Zohran Mamdani, a “rent-a-bank” loophole gets plugged, a legendary river is unleashed, and data spies are compromised.

Doctor Who Composer Murray Gold discusses being asked to leave the series in 2017 and whether he would continue as the show's composer.

The Trump administration moved to designate antifa groups abroad as foreign terrorists — setting up the prosecution of their U.S. allies.

The post Marco Rubio Wants to Imprison You on Terror Charges for Supporting Nazi Punchers appeared first on The Intercept.

~by Sean Paul Kelley Good heavens, the economic bad news is piling up like a bad car wreck. So, let’s do some serious rubbernecking, folks, because there is a lot of fucked up shit to watch. Just don’t step in it, okay? We begin with widepsread reports of large institutional investors (hedge funds, investment banks, […]

A stopgap spending bill just ended the longest US government shutdown ever, and it may decimate a weed-infused segment of the economy

The post These Are the THC Derivatives Poised to Go Up In Smoke appeared first on Nautilus.

Closer inspection of prized Roman possessions has highlighted the possible networks of the artisans behind them

The post Ancient Roman Glass Reveals a Hidden “Language” appeared first on Nautilus.

And the pounding has persisted for more than 30 years

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Chemical traces in a royal vase suggest the narcotic may have been a routine part of life

The post Archaeologists Uncover Lost Opioid Tradition in Ancient Egypt appeared first on Nautilus.

Flight-tracking is a powerful tool for government transparency. We’ll show you how to do it.

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