As a fragile ceasefire takes hold between India and Pakistan, those living in the affected regions live in fear that the worst may still be to come
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Over the last years, I have edited a volume of papers on the question how to make analytical political philosophy more inclusive, with a particular focus on the debates on economic and ecological inequalities. The starting point was the observation that analytical political philosophy has for a long time been criticised for marginalizing (to a […]
Dartmoor National Park is not dying; it is being killed, and these are the killers. By George Monbiot, adapted from a Bluesky thread, 11th May 2025. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a […]
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What’s in a name? Though readers might be familiar with the work of the Amber Film and Photography Collective — who have documented life and work in the North East since 1968 — fewer can be expected to have considered the meaning of their name. Some might read it as an evocation of the mined […] It’s a big data week for me and today’s post is more of a news information offering rather than a deeper analysis of a topic, which is my usual pattern. However, I discuss in some detail recent appointments to the US Health Administration, some of which were prominent during the early COVID years and received…
The cottagecore, romantic path to starvation and environmental breakdown. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2025 The fire that has just destroyed 500 hectares (1,230 acres) of Dartmoor should have been impossible. It should not be a fire-prone landscape. But sheep, cattle and ponies have made it so. They browse out tree […]
In the Soviet Union, you’d never wish someone ‘S dnem rozhdeniya!’ without a proper present - by Margarita Gokun Silver
Widely discussed in running circles, there’s a place you go when your body gives up and there’s only mental strength left - by Richard Fisher
Forgetting can be frustrating, even scary. The ancient Greeks certainly thought so. But Daoism offers a more hopeful view - by Sam Dresser
Whether an act seems ‘good’ depends on how you look at it. Brain research reveals what happens when the lens changes - by Clara Pretus & Jay Van Bavel
You mustn’t assume that the skills that served you well in the past will be enough for any new challenges that lie ahead - by Christian Jarrett Ancient oak trees rise above gigantic boulders scattered across a high desert mesa in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. This is Oak Flat (Chi’ chil Bildagoteel), a sacred site for Native Americans, including the Western and San Carlos Apache. And like many other lands across the West, it’s under grave threat from multinational mining interests, all in the name of climate mitigation, but most importantly, for the money. Oak Flat is as stunning as it is vast, and even though it’s only an hour’s drive from the concrete sprawl of Phoenix, when you’re there, you feel as if you’re on an entirely different planet. When I say that the place is sacred, if anything I may be underestimating its significance. To the... Read more Trump offers selective sanctuary, airlines sell your data to immigration enforcers, RFK institutes radical opacity, and more from The Lever this week.
Doctor Who S02E05: "The Story and the Engine" is Inua Ellams' multilayered & deeply personal meditation on the show and the nature of stories.
. ‘Rigorous’ and ‘precise’ economic models cannot be considered anything else than unsubstantiated conjectures as long as they aren’t supported by evidence from outside the theory or model. To my knowledge, no in any way decisive empirical evidence has been presented. No matter how precise and rigorous the analysis, and no matter how hard one […]
UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers interviews renowned economist and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Eurointelligence founder Wolfgang Münchau as they dissect the escalating trade war between Europe and the United States. With the US recently striking a so-called trade deal with the UK, and news of India signing a comprehensive agreement with the UK, tensions […] The post UNHERD’s Freddie Sayers interviews Y. Varoufakis & W. Munchau on Europe’s prospects in the era of Trump appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis. |
