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You’re traveling through another neighborhood, a neighborhood built from a maze of zoning-board restrictions. A journey into a redlined land whose boundaries are the imagination of cranky homeowners and bored busybodies. That’s the signpost up ahead. Your next stop: the Twilight Zoning Board.

Episode 1:
“The Man in the Bottle”

A genie grants four wishes to a pawnbroker and his wife. They use the wishes to be approved for a commercial zoning variance, a land-use study, a water and sewage application, and a lawyer to help with the thirteen additional permits they need to open a second location.

Episode 2:
“King Nine Will Not Return”

The sole survivor of a World War II bomber crash cannot find any trace of his crew, but he does see jet planes flying overhead, because the city allows apartment buildings to be built only near the noisy airport, away from single-family homes.

On 26th July 2025, delegates from over 25 countries convened in London for the inaugural conference of the Global Alliance for Palestine (GAFP). This new transnational initiative seeks to transform rising global solidarity for Palestine into coordinated political action. As a member of the steering committee, I was asked to explain why we need this […]

The post Global Alliance for Palestine – my message on why we need it appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis.

An investigation reveals how the influential Dutch group GAMAAN uses flawed polling methods and collaborates with U.S.-funded organizations pushing regime change—while distorting Western perceptions of Iran.

The post GAMAAN: The Polling Op That’s Gaslighting the West About Iran appeared first on MintPress News.

Alan MacLeod discusses his explosive new investigations into how Google has become a key Israeli ally in war propaganda, data surveillance, and economic support—spending billions to boost Tel Aviv’s image and infrastructure amid its genocidal campaign in Gaza.

The post Alan MacLeod on Israeli Propaganda and Google’s Complicity in Genocide  appeared first on MintPress News.

My husband and I gaze at each other while we brush our teeth, savoring these final moments together before we go our separate ways.

I kiss him goodnight and do a series of somersaults to the other side of the bed. I’m wearing a red slip to make sure this is how he pictures me during our time apart. He hates to see me go, but he loves the sight of my barely covered derriere tumbling away.

Once I reach my side of the mattress, I change into the plaid flannel onesie with closed feet and a butt flap that my husband thinks I donated to Goodwill last spring. Then I practice capoeira to release the last bits of energy from the day before hitting the hay. Without his contacts in, my husband mistakes me for an L.L. Bean fleece blanket fluttering gracefully in the breeze from the AC vent.

Meanwhile, my life partner tosses, turns, and loudly attempts to learn Mandarin on Duolingo. None of these activities requires me to relocate to the couch, which is good, because we no longer have a couch. There’s no room for any furniture in our apartment except the bed.

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- by David Zeitlyn

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Reading a chapter a day of War and Peace shows how a manageable, regular habit can build into a much bigger accomplishment

- by Freya Howarth

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Inspired by 6,000-year-old rock art in Norway, I decided to create a new carving closer to home

- by Rémy Noë

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What happens when we backpedal on basic science

The post The Dangers of Hot Air appeared first on Nautilus.

Coral decimating crown-of-thorns starfish are increasingly descending on reefs in the Pacific—so divers are fighting back

The post Stabbing Starfish to Save the Reefs appeared first on Nautilus.

After Trump was reelected, his son took stakes in several drone companies. They’re now raising ethics concerns.

The post Donald Trump Jr.’s Drone Ventures Could Make a Killing — Thanks to Dad’s Big Beautiful Budget appeared first on The Intercept.