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Taylor Swift Answers Walt Whitman’s Questions

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/taylor-swift-answers-walt-whitmans-questions
Created
Wed, 31/05/2023 - 22:00

WHITMAN: Are you the new person drawn toward me?

SWIFT: Saw you there and I thought, “Oh, my God, look at that face. You look like my next mistake.”

WHITMAN: To begin with, take warning, I am surely far different than what you suppose.

SWIFT: You’re the “kind of reckless that should send me running,” but I kinda know that I won’t get far.

WHITMAN: Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal?

SWIFT: I knew you were trouble when you walked in.

WHITMAN: Do you think it is so easy to have me become your lover?

More Home Ownership Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/05/how-home-ownership-is-fuelling-the-housing-cri…
Created
Wed, 31/05/2023 - 18:56

There is broad agreement that Britain’s housing system is in a deep crisis.    Rents are now at an all-time high. Prospective tenants increasingly find themselves having to bid for properties, pay months of rent upfront and engage in lengthy ‘audition’ processes to prove they are worthy enough tenants to get a property. Earlier this year, I was lucky […]

Australia – inflation still falling while the RBA governor keeps inventing ruses to keep hiking rates

https://billmitchell.org/blog/?p=60869
Created
Wed, 31/05/2023 - 17:59
It’s Wednesday and there is a lot going on in the data release sense – housing finance, construction and today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Monthly Consumer Price Indicator – which covers the period to April 2023. On an annual basis, the monthly All Items CPI rate of increase was 6.8…

Night of the Gnomes Starts Tomorrow! Project: Cryptid Announced! (And my Portsmouth Comic Con Schedule)

https://www.paulcornell.com/2023/05/night-of-the-gnomes-starts-tomorrow-project…
Created
Wed, 31/05/2023 - 17:25
Night of the Gnomes is Imminent! My new sequel to my bestselling Witches of Lychford rural fantasy series (urban fantasy in the Cotswolds) is in the form of a serial on Substack, and it starts tomorrow, Thursday, 1st June! On the first four Thursdays of every month, at 5pm BST (or GMT when we get there) paid subscribers will get an episode […]

it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the donkey kong theme, the donkey kong theme again, the dk rap, the donkey kong theme (reprise)...

http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=4054
Created
Wed, 31/05/2023 - 17:00
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British police detain journalist Kit Klarenberg, interrogate him about The Grayzone

https://thegrayzone.com/2023/05/30/journalist-kit-klarenberg-british-police-int…
Created
Wed, 31/05/2023 - 13:38

British counter-terror police detained journalist Kit Klarenberg upon his arrival at London’s Luton airport and subjected him to an extended interrogation about his political views and reporting for The Grayzone. As soon as journalist Kit Klarenberg landed in his home country of Britain on May 17, 2023, six anonymous plainclothes counter-terror officers detained him. They quickly escorted him to a back room, where they grilled him for over five hours about his reporting for this outlet. They also inquired about […]

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Introducing the Updated Drupal Community Code of Conduct

https://www.drupal.org/community/blog/introducing-the-updated-drupal-community-…
Created
Wed, 31/05/2023 - 12:30

The Drupal Community Working Group (CWG) is excited to announce the release of an updated Code of Conduct for the Drupal community. It will take effect on July 1, 2023. 

This new version is designed to reflect the growth of the Drupal community since the original Code of Conduct was adopted in 2010 and to help foster a safer, more inclusive, and harassment-free environment for everyone. While it retains the same basic structure as the previous document, much of the text was rewritten to make it easier to read. It also includes new elements inspired by other widely-used open source codes of conduct.

Some of the highlights of the updated Code of Conduct include:

The Legal Clown Car

https://digbysblog.net/2023/05/30/the-legal-clown-car/
Created
Wed, 31/05/2023 - 09:30
They’re at each others’ throats This is my daily dose of schadenfreude. Remember: snitches get stitches… With three anticipated indictments, two ongoing court cases, and an ever-expanding cadre of lawyers, former President Donald Trump is at a critical juncture—and yet his legal advisers are starting to turn on each other. According to five sources with direct knowledge of the situation, clashing personalities and the increasing outside threat of law enforcement has sown deep divisions that have only worsened in recent months. The internal bickering has already sparked one departure in recent weeks—and that could be just the beginning. As Trump’s legal troubles keep growing—with criminal and civil investigations in New York City, Washington, and Atlanta—so too does the unwieldy band of attorneys who simply can’t get along. The cast of characters includes an accused meddler who has Trump’s ear, a young attorney who lawyers on the team suggested is only there because the former president likes the way she looks, and a celebrity lawyer who’s increasingly viewed with disdain.