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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden; Or, Life in the Woods

I went to the bathroom because I wished to live deliberately, to sit on the toilet while doing the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle, and see if I could learn the solution, and not, when I came to die—probably one week from now, smothered by a LEGO avalanche—discover that I had not lived. I would have liked to go to the woods instead, but I didn’t have a babysitter.

When I wrote these words, I lived alone, in the bathroom, three to ten feet from any family member, in a house of solitude which I had built myself, by locking the door, with the labor of my hands only, as well as one of my feet, which I used to gently force my clinging toddler out of the doorway without pinching any fingies.

The mass of men and women lead lives of quiet desperation because they are trying very, very hard to do Gentle Parenting and not yell at their children.

In his important speech at the GMB Congress in June, Keir Starmer addressed the Labour Party’s flagship A New Deal for Working People.  Launched at the Labour Party Conference in 2021, A New Deal sets out a progressive programme of workers’ rights to reset the balance of power in the workplace.  In the course of […]

We look back at Jodie Whittaker's second season of Doctor Who, undercut by unrealised potential & unfulfilled promises under Chris Chibnall.

Byline Times delves into the Michaela Community School and its key backers.

There are two lucrative payouts for MPs who are defeated at a General Election - with some MPs in line for over £40,000

In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Reacher, Doctor Who, SAG-AFTRA, Superman: Legacy, TWD: Dead City, Ahsoka, Good Omens 2, The Office, and more!

As Medicaid redeterminations start up after a long COVID pause, little-known contractor Maximus stands to majorly benefit.

Con and On #1 is Out Today! (And there’s tons of press!) In your comic book stores and digitally from Amazon UK or Amazon US at those links (£2.55 in the UK, $3.99 in the US!) is Con and On #1 by myself, artist Marika Cresta, colour artist Paul Little and letterer Rob Steen, from […]

France tries to make sense of a week of riots, after the killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk at a traffic stop.

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On a whirlwind ride through New York City, the philosopher Cornel West navigates our search for meaning

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Take heart: there are ways to protect yourself and any children involved, and prepare for more joyful chapters ahead

- by Lisa Herrick

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Real values are any values that are adjusted for inflation. They are used to help measure the health of the economy, calculate interest rates in terms of buying power, and more.

According to this line of defence, all models are false but to some extent ‘approximately true’ – and approximately true models are harmless from the point of view of the realist’s aims … This argument is to a large extent confused. It is correct that there are cases in which a false assumption can indeed […]

Russia's use of cluster bombs is leaving Ukraine fighting sub-optimally against a weapon it doesn’t have, writes Brian Latham

I have been looking for signs that the concerted efforts by most central banks (bar the eminently more sensible Bank of Japan) to kill growth and force unemployment up have actually been effective. My prior, of course, is that the interest rates will not significantly reduce growth in the short run, but may if they…

Many countries banned cluster munitions. We sent some to Ukraine anyway.

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"Trying to spread fear at home, abroad, and travelling in between. Further incentive to fight for the #rights, #freedom, and #democracy that we deserve"

The American Sociological Association solutes an eminent scholar and groundbreaking economic sociologist Viviana Zelizer with the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, its highest honor, and the Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology, its second major honor. Presenting Professor Zelizer with the Association’s two most prestigious awards at the same year […]

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