Mr Magpie has always been a bold friend. He sits at the table with us when we are outside. In the warmer months when we often leave the back door open he walks inside the house, sometimes looking for a snack, but often enough walks all the way through the house, apparently just to say […]
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Israel’s bombing of Qatar interrupted ceasefire negotiations in a war made possible by U.S. support.
The post Progressives Urge U.S. Arms Embargo After Israel Bombs Qatar appeared first on The Intercept.
I seem to have become CT’s resident moderate techno-optimist. So let me push back a little: here are five things that we’re not going to see between now and 2050. 1) Nobody is going to Mars. Let me refine that a little: nobody is going to Mars and coming back alive. A one-way suicide mission […]
“The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in the Los Angeles area that challengers called ‘blatant racial profiling.’” — New York Times
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Welcome to your first day on the job as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. We hope you enjoyed your $50,000 signing bonus and were finally able to pay off your legal fees related to January 6 and/or your divorce.
As an ICE agent, you’ll be responsible for detaining undocumented immigrants, who have completely overrun American cities, like Boston, Massachusetts. Because when people think “Boston,” they think “city with too many Brown people and not enough White people.”
American taxpayers are spending more than $30 billion a year for toxic “enhanced oil recovery” processes and other handouts to the fossil fuel industry.
In “a mockery of international law,” per one expert, Israel has bombed the residence of Hamas officials negotiating peace in Doha, Qatar.
The post Israel’s Peace Plan: Assassinate the Ceasefire Negotiators appeared first on The Intercept.
They accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
Real independence of mind can be won only by a sustained process of submission to authority.
The Trump administration wants to exert more control over Latin America. Will it come by deal-making or by force?
The post The Rift in Trump World Over Venezuela appeared first on The Intercept.
One of my long term predictions, coming true before our eyes, was that the world would fall into a new cold war, forming two trade blocs. I hoped it wouldn’t happen, I suggested ways to avoid it (including Europe forming the nucleus of a third bloc), but so far it appears correct. Khrushchev famously said […]
An examination of the contributions of famous mainstream economists reveals no clear indication that their work produces rigorous and successful explanations or predictions of real-world phenomena. The situation in physics is markedly different. There, the application of mathematics has often yielded both rigorous and successful explanations and predictions. Of course, the material world is fundamentally […]
When I go out to brunch, I’m a divorcée.
When I eat my second post-breakfast snack, I’m divorced.
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The divorcée in me buys the houseplants.
The divorced woman in me kills them all.
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When I consider adopting a Persian cat, I’m a divorcée.
When I clean my child’s lizard terrarium, I’m divorced.
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If I’m crying at a foreign film, I’m a divorcée.
If I’m crying on my therapist’s floor, I’m divorced.
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Champagne, bourbon, and herbal teas. These are my divorcée beverages.
When I steal all the La Croix out of the fridge at work to save $4.99, that’s divorced behavior.
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When I’m wearing a lacy, matching underwear set, I’m a divorcée.
When I’m wearing frayed underwear of unknown provenance that was left in the laundromat dryer seven years ago, I’m divorced.
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I graciously accept a monthly parenting honorarium when I identify as a divorcée.
I get child support when I’m feeling divorced.
Last summer, a landslide defeat threw a shambolic Tory government out of power. After a pandemic that showed the fundamental importance of workers to society in a way not seen since the war — and in the wake of a wave of strikes in 2022, which saw people rising up to defend their living standards […]
Reform's annual conference was filled with anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers and senior advisers to the Trump administration
How I learned to hear the voice of my ancestors and speak Lenape, a language silenced for generations
- by Dawn Fallik
The current theory for the origin of the Universe is remarkably successful yet full of explanatory holes. Expect surprises
- by Jim Baggott
A radar system is set to map near-Earth objects as they fly by
The post Meet the Asteroids Next Door appeared first on Nautilus.
Which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them?
The post When Nature Burst Into Vivid Color appeared first on Nautilus.
A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity, and the habit of looking beneath appearances
The post When Your Father Is a Magician, What Do You Believe? appeared first on Nautilus.
The UK may inadvertently be helping Israeli forces bomb civilian areas in Gaza, explains Iain Overton
APO is proud to be supporting the biennial Evidence and Implementation Summit 2025 for the third time. In 2023, guest … More
Paul McCartney has more reason to be in the Los Angeles area than just attending an Oasis concert in Pasadena this past weekend. An informed source tells Beatlefan that Macca actually has been in L.A. off and on since early … Continue reading
A mysterious online campaign linked to Israel’s intelligence services attempted to recruit Iranians to overthrow their government. Some appear to have been placed by an Atlanta-based comedian and influencer. This article was originally published by Jack Poulson and Lee Fang at All-Source Intelligence. Desi Banks, an Atlanta comedian and content creator, is known for his light-hearted comic sketches and currently has more than nine million followers on the social media platform Instagram. There is no public record of Banks commenting on sensitive Middle […]
The post Israeli intel campaign used US comedian in effort to flip Iranian scientists first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post Israeli intel campaign used US comedian in effort to flip Iranian scientists appeared first on The Grayzone.
DHS announced a new ICE operation targeting Chicago on Monday, days after President Trump likened his assault on the city to the Vietnam War.
The post Trump Escalates Assault on Chicago With “Operation Midway Blitz” appeared first on The Intercept.