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An Open Letter to Whoever Is Trying to Hack My Instagram Account

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-whoever-is-trying-to-hack…
Created
Thu, 05/09/2024 - 22:00

Dear Whoever Is Trying to Hack into My Instagram Account,

Hey, man. Just got that little automatic email you generated trying to hack into my Instagram account. Dude, no. You do not want to go in there. Seriously. This is for your own good.

I may not know you, but I’m confident you do not have the mental or emotional stamina to survive the torment and torture that is my Instagram account. Stop trying to guess my password and SAVE YOURSELF.

Starmer Is Still Arming Genocide

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/09/starmer-is-still-arming-genocide/
Created
Thu, 05/09/2024 - 21:31

Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s recent announcement that the UK is suspending some arms export licenses to Israel was remarkable. For the first time, the government has acknowledged that weapons supplied by Britain might be used to violate the laws of war. More than saving Palestinian lives, however, the Foreign Secretary’s primary concern may be with placating campaigners […]

Exposed: The US and Canadian Funding Behind Israeli Soldiers Accused of Rape

https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-canadian-funding-behind-israeli-soldiers-rape/…
Created
Thu, 05/09/2024 - 20:27

MintPress uncovers the troubling role of US and Canadian donors in backing Israeli soldiers accused of raping and torturing Palestinian detainees, spotlighting the international reach of financial support for human rights violations.

The post Exposed: The US and Canadian Funding Behind Israeli Soldiers Accused of Rape appeared first on MintPress News.

Keynes on the importance of ‘causal spread’

https://larspsyll.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/keynes-on-the-importance-of-causal-s…
Created
Thu, 05/09/2024 - 18:36
No doubt exists that an entirely different subject has taken over control when it comes to education in scientific methodology in almost the entire field, namely statistics … The value of the statistical regulatory system should of course not be questioned, but it should not be forgotten that other forms of reflection are also cultivated […]

Global value chains and inflation: how imported inputs shape UK prices

https://bankunderground.co.uk/2024/09/05/global-value-chains-and-inflation-how-…
Created
Thu, 05/09/2024 - 18:00
Aydan Dogan, Melih Firat and Aditya Soenarjo How does the use of imported inputs in production affect inflation dynamics in the UK? Over the past few decades, with the rise of global value chains (GVCs), production processes have become increasingly interlinked across countries and sectors. This interconnection means that firms’ pricing decisions are now more … Continue reading Global value chains and inflation: how imported inputs shape UK prices →

The concept of hegemonic masculinity

http://www.raewynconnell.net/2024/09/the-concept-of-hegemonic-masculinity.html
Created
Thu, 05/09/2024 - 16:35

Readers interested in questions about masculinities, men's gender practices and the continuing problems of inequality and injustice in gender relations: I can recommend this just-published analysis of how the concept of hegemonic masculinity arose, and how it developed. It's based on thorough scholarship and unrivalled knowledge of the field.

James W. Messerschmidt and Tristan Bridges, Legitimation as linchpin: On Raewyn Connell’s changing conceptualization of ‘hegemonic masculinity’, International Review of Sociology, published online 4 September 2024, at https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2024.238861

Delinking and degrowth

https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=61989
Created
Thu, 05/09/2024 - 13:33
One of the issues that some on the Left raise when the topic ‘degrowth’ enters the conversation relates to the sense of elitism from the wealthy nations, which can now indulge in a bit of non-material aspiration amidst the large houses, two-or-three car garages, speed boats, lycra-clad journeys to coffee shops on $10,000 bicycles designed…