Reading
Marc Andreessen’s recent “tech optimist manifesto” is one of the most significant statements of Silicon Valley ideology. As I’ve written elsewhere, it’s actually less a political manifesto than an apostolic credo for the Religion of Progress. The words “we believe” appear no less than 113 times in the text, not counting synonyms. The core precept […]
A Russell T. Davies-penned Doctor Who Scene starring David Tennant's Fourteenth Doctor and actor/comedian Mawaan Rizwan is set for this Friday's BBC Children in Need.
Slightly left of centrist U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Virginia Democrat, will run for governor in 2025, the Associated Press reports this morning: Spanberger, a three-term Democrat, made the announcement in a campaign video, highlighting the importance of lowering prescription drug prices, growing the middle class and easing inflation. In a video titled “What Matters Most,” Spanberger also emphasized the importance of recruiting and retaining teachers “and stopping extremists from shredding women’s reproductive rights.” “Our country and our Commonwealth are facing fundamental threats to our rights, our freedoms, and to our democracy,” Spanberger said. “While some politicians in Richmond focus on banning abortion and books, what they’re not doing is helping people.” Spanberger’s run for governor has been rumored since July. Let’s hope she has a Democrat lined up to run competititvely in 2024 for her 7th Congressional District House seat. The former CIA officer and law enforcement officer for the U.S.
1. “How are you?”
2. “I vacuumed my room.”
3. “You were right—Clash Royale is a waste of time.”
4. “I set up my own Amazon account, so you don’t have to pay $28.49 for my Bavarian Lederhosen Halloween costume.”
5. “I dropped Spikeball Club to join Model UN.”
6. “In Intro to Philosophy, we just discussed Heidegger’s Correspondence Theory of Truth, and I’d like to hear your take on it.”
7. “I have a girlfriend, and I want you to meet her.”
8. “I have a boyfriend, and I want you to meet him.”
9. “During Thanksgiving break, let’s stash our phones and spend quality time together raking leaves.”
10. “I already bought my airline ticket home, because I know prices go up if you wait until the last minute.”
11. “When I say ‘love you,’ it doesn’t mean I want to get off the phone.”
12. “We should talk more often.”
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: SAG-AFTRA, Rick and Morty, Fear TWD, AHS: Delicate, Reacher, SNL, Doom Patrol, Loki, Doctor Who, and & more!
A Russian soldier said that he was told that it's better to use a grenade to kill himself and any enemies approaching rather than surrender and face “torture"
MARK Laria was at a yard sale in the back streets of Melbourne when he came across a rusty old film can, inside it was Rock’n’Roll, a film made in 1959 widely regarded as one of the most important cultural artefacts from the post-war period. Rock’n’roll was a concert film and the brainchild of American...
The post Relive the early days of rock’n’roll at the Jetty Theatre appeared first on News Of The Area.
DUMMY-running 104.1 CHYFM’s Amazing Scavenger Hunt Scramble fundraiser, before the event takes place on Saturday 18 November, Station Manager Angie Vaughan told News Of The Area, “We’ve had several people do the course in various vehicles, and all made it through with flying colours. “There’s still time to make up a team and join in...
The post Still time to sign up for the Amazing Scavenger Hunt Scramble appeared first on News Of The Area.
RED Cross Coffs Harbour branch’s Big Cake Bake took place recently outside the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Coffs Harbour Donor Centre at Homebase. This is an annual fundraising event. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au The...
The post Red Cross Coffs Harbour Big Cake Bake boosts funds for blood service appeared first on News Of The Area.
Despite their leader's support for Russia, most Belarusians oppose the war with Ukraine, argues Mark Temnycky
Who polices the police? Increasingly, it is community activists. Michal Grant speaks to Copwatch groups on why they do it.
- by Aeon Video
- by Daniel Kranzelbinder
- by Matt Huston
An analysis shows a generational gap in the rate of homeownership, but a gap in real median income disappears when looking at college-educated individuals.
| archive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - search - about |
| ← previous | November 13th, 2023 | next |
November 13th, 2023: I'm back in PEI and I keep having the best sleeps of my life here? BELLINGEN’S recent Taranta Festival, celebrating Italian and Mediterranean culture with sounds and flavours, offered authentic cultural experiences and ancestral healing through collective arts immersion. The community festival, held from 2-5 November, brought the community together through dance and song. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone... The post Taranta Festival highlights true meaning of community appeared first on News Of The Area. MUCH-TRAVELLED artist Gareth Budge returns to his home city for his first exhibition at Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM). Entitled ‘When In Rome’, the exhibition is a photography series shot in Rome capturing the ever-changing form of urban ‘wildposting’. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone... The post Much-travelled local artist now showing at Yarrila Arts and Museum appeared first on News Of The Area. SUMMER’S arrival is being celebrated by members of the Combine Street Community Garden through the Coffs Regional Community Gardens Association (CRCGA) on Sunday 26 November from 5pm. “Our pizza and music evening celebrates the start to summer gardening and the Christmas garden diary,” Peter ‘Lewie’ Lewis, president of CRCGA, told News Of The Area. Advertise... The post Summer celebrated in community garden, with ‘how to bee’ workshops offered appeared first on News Of The Area. NSW PREMIER Chris Minns, Environment Minister Penny Sharpe, and Agriculture and Regional NSW Minister Tara Moriarty visited Coffs Harbour last Friday, November 3. They were initially at Bongil Bongil National Park to announce the establishment of three advisory panels to provide input to the creation of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). Advertise with News... The post Premier and Ministers visit Coffs Harbour appeared first on News Of The Area. ONE of Coffs Harbour’s most visited natural assets will have its biodiversity improved as a partnership of key local agencies works to rejuvenate the bush. Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) has partnered with Envite Environment and the Gumbaynggirr Ranger team of the Ngiyambandigay Wajaarr Aboriginal Corporation (NWAC) to undertake weed management and staged bush revegetation work... The post Bruxner Park Flora Reserve bush to be regenerated through local partnerships appeared first on News Of The Area. The resurgence of economic orthodoxy is a great example of how declining schools of thought can maintain dominance in the narrative for extended periods of time if the vested interests are powerful enough. In the case of the economics profession, mainstream New Keynesian theory persists because it serves the interests of capital. Recently, the IMF…
| ||
