On 20 August 1948, Tribune published probably the most shameful editorial in its long, generally proud history. The editorial was entitled ‘Let’s Stay in Africa’. Do we want to stay in Africa? That is the first question to settle. And to that question we reply with an unhesitating ‘Yes’. We want to stay in Africa […]
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Thurston Moore was there. In his newly released memoir, Sonic Life, the guitarist and vocalist of the iconic Sonic Youth provides an eyewitness catalogue of over thirty-five years of underground culture, from his first teenage beers at CBGB music club to the messy dissolution of the band in 2010. Moore’s memoir is a personal history […]
MintPress uncovers the web of influence connecting NCRI to the Israel lobby and the US national security state, shedding light on questionable methodologies and raising crucial questions about the true nature of their 'neutral' research.
The post NCRI Exposed: Israel Lobby-Linked Group Tied to Illegal Settlements and Campus Censorship appeared first on MintPress News.
Better unwoke than woke It’s one thing to watch a Terry Gilliam film. It’s another to live inside one. But the white, Christian-nationalist MAGA right wants to. And a child named Tucker will lead them. Friends circulated this Gerard Baker op-ed from Monday’s Wall Street Journal mocking Tucker Carlson’s fawning, America-hating profile of life in Russia: Why can’t we be more like Russia? The minute you see the welcoming smiles on the faces of the kindly immigration guards, all spiffy in their shiny jackboots, at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport you realize that unlike our own morally louche, spiritually decrepit cesspit, run by a corrupt and brutal regime bent on destroying its opponents, Russia is a nation united around a vision of the historic greatness of its civilization. From state-of-the-art supermarket cart technology to a president who is youthful and vigorous, able to dilate on European history at length, the contrast couldn’t be greater with a technologically backward and collapsing U.S. in the grip of a geriatric autocrat who can’t remember what day it is. American capitalism is corrupt and exploitative.
The suspicious death of the Russian opposition activist and behaviour over his remains shows little has changed in the Kremlin
At an East London cinema last summer, several dozen people in their late sixties and early seventies took to the stage. After being beckoned forwards by the compere, the veteran South African revolutionary Ronnie Kasrils, the shying group of mostly retirees received repeated standing ovations from loved ones, politicians, and diplomats filling out the private […]
In 2014, Mark Fisher and I wrote a 12,000-word pamphlet called Reclaim Modernity: Beyond Markets, Beyond Machines. This paper was published by Compass, a progressive think tank and lobby group. Tribune has asked me to write something about the genesis, contents, and implications of the pamphlet, so I’ll do my best here to explain where […]
The date is 14 December 2023, and the venue is Oyoun. Louna Sbou needs a moment. On the stage at a hastily organised press conference, she is flanked by colleagues who look stricken as she buries her head in her hands and weeps. Above Louna’s head is a slideshow documenting events and performances at Oyoun, […]
Once again, I found myself being rescued from a destroyed house. The first time this happened was when a bomb struck my family home in Tel al Hawa, a middle-class neighbourhood in Gaza City. I was with my wife Amal and my adult son. In response to the nearby bombings that were violently shaking our […]
Amina Ahmed tells Byline
Times that senior management regularly turned a blind eye to allegations of
violence, sexual assault, and even rape made by her female colleagues
against serving officers
When someone so much as touches a state vehicle, the wheels of justice begin to turn, and that’s that.
Yes, it’s already time to be worried — very worried. As the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have shown, the earliest drone equivalents of “killer robots” have made it onto the battlefield and proved to be devastating weapons. But at least they remain largely under human control. Imagine, for a moment, a world of war in which those aerial drones (or their ground and sea equivalents) controlled us, rather than vice-versa. Then we would be on a destructively different planet in a fashion that might seem almost unimaginable today. Sadly, though, it’s anything but unimaginable, given the work on artificial intelligence (AI) and robot weaponry that the major powers have already begun. Now, let me take you into that arcane... Read more
Houston Chronicle endorses Biden President Joe Biden is more than his accomplishments in office, a knowledgable acquaintance advised. Rather than spit out a bullet list of them in its Monday endorsement, The Houston Chronicle connected them to wisdom, experience, and strength of character. Newspaper endorsements mean less today than they once did, if they ever meant that much. But if any major newspapers issued them earlier than The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board’s endorsement of President Joe Biden (ahead of the March 5 primary), I can’t recall. A president who “believes in the power of government to make life better for the American people, is a key reason we heartily endorse the reelection of President Joe Biden.” Another is “to fend off the chaos, corruption and danger to the nation” represented by a second Donald Trump term. The paper provides a list of what Biden has accomplished in his first term with a narrow legislative margins in Congress. For starters: “The economy has recovered from the perils of the pandemic and is now healthier than that of any other advancednation.
Been There, Smelled That explores the aromas of places around the world. Travel writer Maggie Downs investigates some of the world’s most potent smells, looks at how odor cultivates a connection to place, and presents how humans engage with smells, from scents that have endured generations to the latest innovations in aroma-making.
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There’s a specific combo of smells that serves as a portal, instantly plunging me into a different place and time. Warm sugar, fried dough, freshly popped popcorn—and then WHOOSH. It’s Orlando 1993, and I’m a frizzy-haired kid on my first trip to Disney World.
My school marching band was there to perform in a parade, but I don’t recall the actual parade or spinning in teacups or any of that. What stands out is the moment I entered the Magic Kingdom. It was magical, sure. But it was also disorienting, because splayed out before me was the cleanest place I’d ever seen.
How do you make the funny cowboy dance stop?
The funny cowboy dance starts on its own and ends on its own. Any attempt to stop it will make it last longer.
Would the funny cowboy dance be funnier if you wore an oversized cowboy hat, or a very tiny cowboy hat?
Don’t be ridiculous.
What are you chewing when you do the dance?
Chewing?! I’m not chewing anything. That’s what my mouth does when I do the dance.
Does it ever change? It looks the same every time you do it.
It only looks the same to the untrained eye, or to the idiot.
What does it mean?
My funny cowboy dance doesn’t “mean” anything. It simply “is.” It can entertain, yes, but its main purpose is to make you question some of your long-held beliefs. The dance is also meant as a tribute to the men who built this country, the dancing cowboys.
Isn’t the pretending-to-gallop-cross-eyed-while-firing-a-six-gun-in-the-air basically the same as the pretending-to-gallop-cross-eyed-while-twirling-a-lasso?
To the untrained eye, or to the idiot.
- by Matthew McManus
Over two days this week, a U.K. court will hear Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition to the U.S.
The post Life Inside the Brutal U.S. Prison That Awaits Julian Assange appeared first on The Intercept.
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One popular theory has attributed the decline in death rates to improved nutrition. But an analysis of caloric intake worldwide suggests that there isn’t a strong relationship.
As many of you may already know, the Drupal Association has set strategic goals for 2023 to 2025, such as doubling the number of organizations that are makers and tripling the number of contributions (Read the strategic plan here). In line with these objectives, I joined in 2023 to contribute to boosting activities in support of these goals. Since then, we've been up to some pretty exciting stuff.
While I've been spreading the word and championing these activities, it became apparent that Drupal needed a dedicated space – a specific hub – where we could discuss these initiatives, particularly focusing on innovation. The aim? To not only highlight the efforts of the Drupal Association but also to capture the essence of Drupal Innovation.
Ten years on from the death of Zane Gbangbola, in circumstances that have still not been properly explained, the risk from contaminated waste dumps continues to grow
A new Supreme Court case could be a death blow to federal protections that have been in place for decades.