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“President Trump assailed an American journalist in the Oval Office on Tuesday for asking Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, about the violent death of a Washington Post columnist at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. ‘You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that,’ Mr. Trump told the journalist.” — New York Times

Excuse me, what kind of a question was that? Good God, do you kiss your mother with that mouth? I can’t believe you’d put our esteemed guest, Jason Voorhees, on the spot like that with your horrible, insubordinate, terrible, muckraking, fact-based journalism. That’s no way to treat a gentleman. That’s my friend you’re humiliating. Only I’m allowed to humiliate my friends.

It was the morning of 5 July 2024, and I was driving home after a twenty-one-hour day had concluded in Brough Park Leisure Centre in Leek, where the count for the Staffordshire Moorlands parliamentary seat had taken place. I had BBC Radio Stoke on in the car and was listening to the general election news […]

“Your parents keep such a clean and tidy house. You’d never know they have kids.”

“No thanks, I’ve seen enough YouTube. It’s a little passé at this point.”

“Why don’t we pitch in and do our dishes while we’re here to show our appreciation for your parents’ hospitality?”

“The more I learn about sex, the more I think that keeping my virginity until marriage is the most sensible option.”

“Someone set a timer so that we don’t accidentally spend an excessive amount of time playing video games.”

“I wish my mom were as talented a chef as yours. The way she defrosts these Hot Pockets is unparalleled.”

“Have you guys started the social studies project that’s due next week? Me neither. Let’s get to work on it now.”

“Sometimes I think our manners could use some work. Does anyone want to sign up for cotillion with me?”

“Your mom and dad are so stylish. I really appreciate the effort they put into their appearance by putting on their nicest sweatpants before we come over.”

“Can I check the fridge real quick for some raw vegetables to munch on?”

“Let’s keep our voices down so that we don’t disturb anyone.”

An animated interpretation of the story of the Indigenous people kidnapped from Tierra del Fuego and brought to England in 1830

- by Aeon Video

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Visualisation activates similar brain areas as real-life experiences. Here’s how to use mental imagery to improve results

- Video by BBC Ideas

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Years before the police killing of Breonna Taylor brought “no-knock” raids into the national spotlight, the NYPD mistakenly raided Alberta Spruill’s home — and literally scared her to death.

The post Episode Seven: Dirty Information appeared first on The Intercept.

Struggling to manage weight can seem like a failure of raw willpower. GLP-1 drugs highlight how misguided that view is

- by Matthew C Haug

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California’s Law Enforcement Mutual Aid fund has been used to fight fires, floods, earthquakes — and Gaza demonstrations.

The post How California Spent Natural Disaster Funds to Quell Student Protests for Palestine appeared first on The Intercept.

Aleksandra Herbich is one of twenty-four defendants in the Filton 24 case — a group of activists, most linked to Palestine Action, arrested after a direct-action protest at the Elbit Systems weapons factory in Filton, near Bristol, in August 2024. Elbit is Israel’s largest private arms firm, and its UK sites have been the focus […]