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You there! By the side of the road! Yes, you! In the tattered garments! Be you man or be you mirage?

Please, sheath your weapon. I mean you no harm. But it’s been weeks since I’ve encountered another human being along this arid and miserable path, and it would do my heart good to converse with you for a few moments. Cardiac health is so important, even—nay, especially—in times like these.

Have I any food? I do. It is a meager assortment of nuts, but you are welcome to partake. I shall not be joining you since I am intermittently fasting. I only eat during an eight-hour window, from when the sun is high in the sky until it reaches a certain point above the horizon. It triggers metabolic switching, which burns fat at a higher rate, helping me maintain an ideal BMI for increased longevity.

“What we’re doing has actually been unbelievably effective,” said the chair of the Israeli-backed and U.S.-run aid group.

The post Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Boasts Success as Palestinians Starve appeared first on The Intercept.

Under the Trump administration, and the direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control have updated their previous handwashing guidelines. In keeping with our new commitment to truth and personal freedom, the CDC recommends the following steps:

1. Wet hands under faucet.

2. Lather with warm, soapy water for at least twenty seconds.

3. Wait a sec—hold off on the soap. We don’t know enough about its long-term effects.

4. To be clear, we’re not anti-soap. But given the skyrocketing rate of chronic illness in this country, isn’t it worth investigating if soap plays a role?

5. We just investigated. Turns out soap causes neurodivergence. Authenticity and passion are like cancer for capitalism, which means they’re like cancer for you too. Evacuate the restroom immediately.

6. We’re not making this up, you know. Ever heard of a thing called science? We do it here. And not just any science—Gold Standard science. Gold. The most serious of the shiny metals. We can’t stop you from using the soap, but you can’t say we didn’t warn you.

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Climate change is throwing traditional calendars into disarray

The post Marking Time in a Changing World appeared first on Nautilus.

Your brain and the Anna Karenina effect

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Jillian Segal, Anthony Albanese’s appointed antisemitism envoy, has produced a series of Trumpian recommendations that have drawn widespread shock.

The post Albanese’s antisemitism envoy wants to silence opposition to genocide first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Trump appointed far-right loyalist Paul Ingrassia to head a Justice Department office responsible for keeping politics out of the civil service.

The post Project 2025 Data Leak Shows a Paul Ingrassia Calling for Test for Voting and Halting Immigration appeared first on The Intercept.

A U.S. Border Patrol “Industry Day” deck also asks for drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.

The post Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American Cities appeared first on The Intercept.

A queue snakes round the plaza of Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Normally, the home of the national rugby team, tonight the Welsh stadium hosts history: the first Oasis concert in sixteen years, following a contentious hiatus. Blokes swelter in the 30C heatwave, sheltered only by their bucket hats. Geezers recount being one of 125,000 at Knebworth in ’96. A squat tosser cuts through the crowd hawking tambourines, football jerseys, and little round sunglasses. In a thick, Mancunian accent, he hollers, “Get your Oasis rubbish ’ere!” This is Davis Oasis, the lost Gallagher brother.

“A lot of people think our last name is Oasis. It’s not. It’s ‘Gallagher’,” he enlightens me over a pint of lager. “Though I legally changed me last name to ‘Oasis’ just to be clearer.”

The opening chords of “Hello” blare from the stadium. Yet we sit in a vacant pub across the way. While Noel and Liam may have made up, it appears there is still beef yet to squash between the lads and Davis. “They didn’t even ask me if I wanted to be on the guest list,” he mourns. “You know, they loved each other before the band. It was me they hated.”