The income and wealth inequality that continues to grow in most advanced nations has led to some new terminology being introduced into the lexicon of economic terms, the – K-shaped economy: When growth moves in two different directions. When this pattern of growth is identified you know how far out of kilter the world has…
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Showrunner Russell T. Davies shared his reaction to seeing this weekend's SNL UK - including that Doctor Who sketch - live in-studio.
I’m planning an affordable housing and homelessness study tour of Amsterdam and Rotterdam for February 2027. More info is available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/study-tours-2/
While discussing the recovered episodes, Doctor Who Showrunner Russell T. Davies shared why he hopes the Christmas Special goes spoiler-free.
The ichthyosaurs had some tremendous survival skills
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Peter Raven, the transformative conservationist and father of “coevolution,” passed away this week
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After throwing their support behind Gov. Janet Mills, party leaders are left doing an about-face on the insurgent candidate.
The post Graham Platner Handed Centrist Dems a Bruising Defeat in Maine appeared first on The Intercept.
We know they’re there, we just don’t know how deep they are
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A conversation with renowned neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Earl Miller about categories, “folk psychology,” beginner’s mind, and thinking fast and slow
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A new-ish community gathering, happening May 2026.
In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk evoked a “Terminator” scenario. He said nothing about the people AI is already killing.
The post Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills appeared first on The Intercept.
And what it has to do with Thomas Edison
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Children have lost the freedom to explore and play independently. They now seek out autonomy in digital landscapes
- by Eli Stark-Elster
For Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, a person is not self-contained, but the outcome of a lifelong process of living with others: we before I
- by João de Pina-Cabral
Rep. Jamie Raskin responds to his Dana Bash interview, plus journalist Mike Rothschild on the world of political conspiracies.
The post Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories appeared first on The Intercept.
The increasing use of natural and quasi-natural experiments in economics over the past couple of decades has led some economists to proclaim triumphantly that this development marks a major step along a recent path towards empiricism. According to this view, economics is no longer merely a deductive philosophy; rather, it is increasingly becoming an inductive […]
Over 9,000 FBI personnel were assigned to immigration after Trump returned to office — a massive diversion that experts warn could put national security at risk.
The post FBI Redirected a Quarter of Staff to Target Immigrants Under Trump’s Deportation Push appeared first on The Intercept.
Aaron Clements-Partridge and Ryland Thomas Broad money aggregates failed policymakers when used as an intermediate target in the 1980s, but they appeared to predict the post-pandemic inflation. Where does that leave their role in setting monetary policy today? That was the topic of a recent workshop hosted by the Bank on ‘Analysing the Information Content … Continue reading Money talks, broadly speaking
by Robert (Robby) Cserni* On a Zoom call, Greg, a graduate student in social work, described a problem that had nothing to do with his ability. Strong grades, clear research questions, two years into a thesis that should have been finished. The reason it was not finished was that his two advisors could not agree […]
DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.
The post Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall appeared first on The Intercept.
They’re the botanical versions of Darwin’s finches
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Thirty years ago I knew that China would be the next “America”. The next “Britain.” The next industrial and technological hegemon. I wrote about this back in the early 2000s, at BOPNews, the Agonist and FDL. When the Chinese were let into the WTO by Bill Clinton their rise and replacement of the US became […]