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24-hour news, smartphones, social media, Simon Speakman Cordall explores how the incessant and diverting streams of news and comment are radicalising us all
We’ve just passed through tax time again. (Unless, like me, you live in one of several states ravaged by recent extreme weather events brought on by climate change. In that case, you can wait until October.) It’s also that moment when the War Resisters League — slogan: “If you work for peace, stop paying for war” — publishes its invaluable annual “Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes” pie chart and publicizes a series of Tax Day events nationwide. For many of the rest of us, it’s time to pat ourselves on the back for the charitable donations we made to tax-deductible organizations in 2022. Time to pat ourselves on the back for being clever and generous enough to “do... Read more
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Local Sam Gorst must have Labour worried in new Garston ward – where none of their candidates live in the ward The Labour party has brought it’s disgraceful sewer-level campaigning tactics to Liverpool, mounting a frankly disgusting assault on south Liverpool councillor Sam Gorst, who is standing as an independent in the new Garston ward […]
Law Society says solicitors in England and Wales can ‘take into account the likely impact’ of their work upon the climate crisis when taking on new clients
At the end of last year, Ghana defaulted on its debt as the government suspended payments on most debts owed to foreign creditors. Earlier in 2022, Sri Lanka also entered default as inflation sent the country’s currency tumbling, exacerbating the cost of living crisis as imports of essential goods like food and medicine became more […]
Fox fell into the hole it helped dig The right wing, Fox News included, trained their audience to trust no one. Except them. It was the culmination of a decades-long effort by the right to discredit anyone not from their tribe and to dissolve external reality. Government, academia, science, and the media are the enemy. Cannot be trusted. Tens of millions of Americans, says MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, were trained to believe no one outside the conservative bubble. Until someone more demagogic than themselves came along. That someone was Donald Trump. The conservative base trusted him more. The right had killed off any other source of reality-checking authority except the purveyors of blustery nonsense. Trust (or “anonymous trust“) has been destroyed. See Hayes’ monologue from last night: Some time back, I suggested that the trend began with the Reformation: Say what you will about the excesses of Rome and the papacy (and not to ignore Constantinople), prior to the Reformation there was some central authority to define Christianity for much of the West, to set standards and protocols, if you will.
We're getting a fresh look at Ncuti Gatwa & Millie Gibson sporting some sweet '60s vibes in the newest preview image from Doctor Who.
April 19, 2023, Central European University LONDON – In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, scientist Victor Frankenstein famously uses dead body parts to create a hyperintelligent “superhuman” monster that – driven mad by human cruelty and isolation – ultimately turns on its creator. Since its publication in 1818, Shelley’s story of scientific research … Continue reading FrankenTech
1. If your parents knew, they’d freak out.
2. You never thought you’d do it, but a dude talked you into it.
3. Your friends made it sound way more pleasant than it actually is.
4. You wonder whether your boss can tell.
5. You’re afraid to google what you’re experiencing.
6. Your cousin in California thinks she’s a goddamned expert.
7. Any chance of you exercising is long gone.
8. Mayonnaise on a Snickers bar. What a revelation!
9. You’re really into knitting hats all of a sudden.
10. You’ve fallen asleep standing in front of an open refrigerator.
11. You really don’t want anyone in a checkout line to start talking to you.
12. You’ve had a Gestalt therapy-style conversation with your boobs that was actually pretty healing.
13. Overwhelmed by nostalgia and cognitive fog, you’ve rewatched two seasons of Muppet Babies.
14. Dry Ramen noodles are now just weird chips that exfoliate the roof of your mouth.
15. You’re paying more attention to state laws than ever before.
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Pregnant: 1-15
Just high: 1-15
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Wytches, Star Trek: Picard, Buffy/Sarah Michelle Gellar, Titans, Doctor Who, The Venture Bros., and more!
While lying to the public is routine, the Pentagon leaks show officials have been selling fabrications about how Ukraine is faring.
Hello everyone, My name is Sara Alsherif, and I am excited to introduce myself as the new Programme Manager for the Migrant Digital Justice Programme. I am a human rights defender and digital rights researcher with a master’s degree in digital media from the University of Sussex. My studies focused primarily on digital rights intersecting […]
Το ΜέΡΑ25 έφερε το ΟΧΙ στη Βουλή τον Ιούλιο του 2019. Στα τέσσερα χρόνια από τότε, το ΜέΡΑ25 όχι μόνο τίμησε εκείνο το ΟΧΙ αλλά και έδωσε δείγματα διακυβέρνησης καταθέτοντας σχέδια νόμου, τροπολογίες και θέσεις που απαντούν στο ερώτημα “Τί θα μπορούσε να γίνει ακόμα και σήμερα, σε αυτό το σαθρό σύστημα, υπέρ των πολλών;” […]
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On this week’s Lever Time, ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott provides an inside look at his explosive scoop on the justice’s undisclosed gifts from real estate magnate Harlan Crow.
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Persistent inflation and slower job growth may further challenge vulnerable groups, particularly LMI families and out-of-school young Black and Latino adults.
Pontius Pilate asked, "What is truth?" Time to ask "What is science?" since our market system creates sciences that aren't very scientific.