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To help celebrate our twenty-fifth year of being on the information superhighway, we have reached out to some of our current and former columnists for check-ins and updates. Today’s columnist, John Moe, is a long-time, hall-of-fame contributor to the Internet Tendency. His Pop Song Correspondences first appeared on our site in 2004. In 2014, he put out an entire (and hilarious) book of them. We’re happy to have John back on the site today with a brand-new letter.

Dear Mayor Slick,

The Indiana Department of Safety has contracted my firm to evaluate the causes of the ineffective city government and crumbling infrastructure in and around the city of Rocknrollsburg (formerly Fort Wayne). We have been performing inspections and attending city government meetings or “concerts” for several months, and we present here a summary of our findings.

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Labour MP Naz Shah received a wave of hatred and abuse after resigning as one of Keir Starmer's Shadow Ministers over the issue of a ceasefire in Palestine

To teach a computer how to see, it helps to first understand how humans see (or don’t see) the world around them

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Flirtatious texts are soon forgotten. Learn to express your feelings in a beautiful way that will make a lasting impression

- by Dan Simpson

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As the fragile truce between Hamas and Israel continues to yield the release of hostages and prisoners, Israel is vowing to escalate the war.

The post Prisoners, Propaganda, and the Battle Over the Gaza War Narrative appeared first on The Intercept.

Back in April, Johns Hopkins’ Center for Economy and Society and Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences held a workshop on the political ideologies of Silicon Valley. It was a great event, in large part because it brought together a somewhat disconnected community. People had been thinking about Silicon Valley in history, […]

Amjad, a 45-year-old olive harvester living in the city of Qalqilya in the West Bank, has worked on a plot of land since the age of seven. The land, which has been in his family for generations, holds a special significance. ‘Working on the land is a form of worship and one of the rituals […]

The proposed change to the definition of extremism risks tipping society into a dystopian political space, argues Adeeb Ayton

. Many economists — yours truly included — are highly sceptical of the ability of mainstream economics to deliver useful models. Some of us even question the ‘modern’ insistence on modelling — “if it’s not in a model, it’s not economics.” Even if we accept the limitation of only being able to say something about […]

Powerful companies are removing hundreds of medicines from insurance plans — and they’re spending millions to stop attempts at reform.

Rebecca Freeman, Richard Baldwin and Angelos Theodorakopoulos Supply chain disruptions are routinely blamed for things ranging from elevated inflation to shortages of medical equipment in the pandemic. But how should exposure to foreign supply chains be measured? Using a global input-output database, this post shows that the full exposure of US manufacturing to foreign suppliers … Continue reading Supply chain disruptions: shocks, links, and hidden exposure →

Overcrowding, rising prison deaths, financial cutbacks, and no deliverable plan – the prison system in England and Wales is close to chaos

Today, I consider the latest development in the entrenchment of neoliberalism in the Australian policy sector, specifically, the latest decision by the Treasurer to excise his powers under Section 11 of the Reserve Bank Act 1959, which allowed the Treasurer to overrule RBA policy decisions if they considered them not to be in the national…

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The Navigator project centralizes data about marine protected areas—and places with lesser protections—from around the world.

The post How a New Database Can Help Protect the Ocean appeared first on Nautilus.

The Intercept has learned of around half a dozen events coordinated with Israeli officials during recent weeks — some of them hastily organized.

The post With Ceasefire Calls Growing, Israeli Military Launches Closed-Door “PR Blitz” on Capitol Hill appeared first on The Intercept.

The AUS Dictionary has today announced that the word adultery has been named it’s 2023 word of the year, narrowly pipping arsehole, a word commonly used to describe real estate agents. ”It was quite a tough year this year but... Read More ›

Ghost nets that ensnarl and kill ocean wildlife get an artistic makeover.

The post Fishing Gear on the Fashion Runway appeared first on Nautilus.

COFFS COAST fishers rallied in response to a call from OzFish Unlimited to join in a clean-up around Boambee Creek on Saturday 18 November. OzFish Unlimited is a recreational fishing conservation charity, working through its Keep it Clean partnership with the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries to do the dirty work caused by...

The post Recreational fishos join OzFish clean-up around Boambee Creek appeared first on News Of The Area.

THE 184th anniversary of her great great grandfather’s birth, on 19 October, had North Bank Road resident Jenni McLennan (nee Tyson) poring over her Tyson family history. “We have four generations of Tyson males, all born and still living in the valley. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business....

The post Generations of Tysons in the Bellinger Valley appeared first on News Of The Area.