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by Daniel Wortel-London

The catastrophe unfolding in Israel and the Gaza Strip is the product of many factors, including colonialism and religious fanaticism. But another impulse driving this disaster deserves discussion: competition over growth and the natural capital—particularly energy, water, and land—that ensures it. These resources provide the basis for economic and population expansion in the Middle East and elsewhere. As nations continue to recklessly pursue this expansion in a finite world we will see more and more struggles over fewer and fewer resources.

The post The Crisis in the Middle East is a Crisis of Growth appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

“Sara, You Should Smile More”

Baby hair with a woman’s eyes (but not in a creepy way)
You can feel me watching you in the night
All alone with me and we’re waiting for your Uber (his name is Derek—4.93 stars)

Sara, you should smile more
Oh, won’t you smile until your Uber arrives, Sara

If you feel like leaving, you know you can go take the E
But why don’t you stay until tomorrow?
If you wanna be free
You know all you gotta do is call the NYPD

“Upper-Middle-Class Girl”

You’re an upper-middle-class girl, and you’ve gone too far
’Cause you need to take your Lexapro
You can’t rely on the old man’s money
You can’t rely on the old man’s money (he finally cut you off)

Rent’s a bitch girl, but it’s gone too far
’Cause you know it matters to your landlord
Say money, but it won’t get you too far (your checking is overdrawn)
Get you too far (maybe Williamsburg)

Two years ago, I was proud to be elected as a Labour councillor for Notting Dale, the ward in North Kensington, London, where I grew up. Since then, I have had the privilege of serving the community here and acting as deputy leader of the Labour group. Yesterday, I submitted my resignation from the party […]

Upday, an app owned by the German media giant Axel Springer, is instructing journalists to cover the war in Gaza with a pro-Israel bent.

The post Europe’s Largest News Aggregator Orders Editors to Play Down Palestinian Deaths appeared first on The Intercept.

Israel, which always seeks to blame Palestinians for the atrocities it carries out, is the least trustworthy source about the bombing of the hospital in Gaza.

The post Chris Hedges: Israel’s Culture of Deceit appeared first on MintPress News.

What the first evidence of a spinning supermassive black hole means.

The post It Spins! appeared first on Nautilus.

Let’s admit it: We are indeed mad creatures. This should truly have been the time of our discontent. The northern hemisphere just experienced the hottest summer in recorded history, including month by month the warmest June, July, August, and (by a country mile) September ever. Staggering heat records were set in place after place globally. Fires from Canada to Hawaii to Europe broke all records. (In fact, those Canadian summer fires are now threatening to burn straight into the winter months for the first time — and I fear this phrase is going to be become all-too-boringly repetitive — in history.) The southern hemisphere had a “winter” from — yes! — hell. In Europe, which was burning up, Greece experienced... Read more