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Starvation, siege, and mass expulsion are no longer threats but policies. As Gaza is shattered, the machinery of ethnic cleansing grinds forward, dragging the region—and perhaps the world—toward a reckoning.

The post Chris Hedges: Israel is About to Empty Gaza appeared first on MintPress News.

The Trump administration vows to seek the death penalty “whenever possible.” But federal cases move slowly, and few result in a death sentence at all.

The post Trump Will Be Long Gone Before Luigi Mangione Faces Execution appeared first on The Intercept.

To protect themselves from liability, fossil fuel companies are taking inspiration from laws shielding gunmakers from lawsuits.

And then the light of an older heaven was in my eyesand when my vision cleared, I saw Titans. — Alan Moore Today’s Occasional Paper comes to us from the James Webb Space Telescope. So let’s start with some basics:  nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.  So when a telescope looks out […]

As a medical professional, I’ve dedicated my career to improving public health and promoting evidence-based practices. This is why I am here today to tell you that one of the most widely used tools for measuring obesity—body mass index (BMI)—is a failure.

Now, as surgeon general, I am proud to declare that BMI’s tyranny over America’s health is dead. And it shall be replaced with a far more effective system—a group of very mean middle schoolers who will tell you whether you’re fat or just ugly and cringe.

The antiquated BMI metric fails to consider various factors that affect weight, such as muscle mass, bone density, and fat distribution. For instance, a bodybuilder can register as “obese,” and a sedentary person could be considered “normal.”

But rude middle schoolers circumvent these concerns by zeroing in on and magnifying even the tiniest flaws. If anyone can truly assess someone’s obesity, it’s a group of sharp-eyed, perpetually judgmental, social-media-savvy twelve-year-olds.

On the chopping block is the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program, which tracks sexual violence in the military and supports victims.

The post Pentagon Considers Cutting Its Sexual Assault Rules appeared first on The Intercept.

Apr 01, 2025 Crossposted from “Brave New Europe” At last week’s Paris meeting of the ‘coalition of the willing’, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron congratulated themselves on reinserting Europe into the peace process opened up by President Trump. In practice, they have done their best to derail it. Nothing is more foolish than their idea … Continue reading Europe’s Misguided Interventions

Polina Zabrodskaya has taken her former employer, AMV BBDO, to an employment tribunal alleging constructive dismissal

Sometimes wicked but always powerful. Why did witches transform from figures of fear to figures of entertainment and aspiration?

- by Aeon Video

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To grasp the power of this lauded quality, think of it less as a mountain than as a flexible, even playful way of seeing

- by Michael Uebel

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Vietnam’s potent and storied anticolonialism is founded upon a unique sense of national shame

- by Kevin D Pham

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A little-known database logs hundreds of millions of wire transfers sent to or from Mexico, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.

The post The Unusual Nonprofit That Helps ICE Spy on Wire Transfers appeared first on The Intercept.

The political strategy being pursued by Keir Starmer and his advisers means that whichever party comes first in 2029, Nigel Farage wins, argues Neal Lawson

I asked Claude to write about the career of my father, the inventor Maurice Zeldman, as if I’d written it myself. Here, with no edits by me, is what Claude said.

The post My father, Maurice Zeldman, and his ZGANNT software appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

Utrymmet för kurser i ekonomisk teorihistoria och ekonomisk metodologi har stadigt minskat på våra ekonomiutbildningar på senare tid. Detta är djupt beklagligt eftersom det är förödande på sikt för en akademisk disciplin att inte hålla kopplingen till tidigare forskningsmödor levande och att inte ställa viktiga vetenskapsteoretiska och metodologiska frågor om den egna verksamheten. Hur har […]