On this week’s MVC, Rivka and Frank discuss the flawed gender politics of The Social Network.
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Over the last two decades, the Italian Resistance has been a subject of sharp public debate, with both political and historical efforts “radically to repudiate the role and significance” of anti-fascism in Italy’s contemporary history. As Pier Giorgio Zunino wrote in 1997, “for the Italian history of the second half of the twentieth century, anti-fascism […]
Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at real estate company Redfin, talks about behavioral economics and how it applies to purchasing a house.
Following my article in Unherd about the Parthenon Marbles, Michael Portillo interviewed me on the subject for GB News.
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The policy change does not go so far as to prohibit the use of automatic deletion functionality around messages
Land of the free, and home of the brave.
All the tools in Dick Durbin's judiciary committee arsenal.
This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.
ChatGPT and human intelligence: Noam Chomsky responds to critics Noam Chomsky Interviewed by Ramin Mirfakhraie April 24, 2023. Monthly Review Online. The recent emergence of OpenAI’s ChatGPT (part of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer family of language models) has attracted a lot of attention throughout the world. It is a chatbot released in November 2022, […]
Not precisely a surprise, or it shouldn’t be.
China, already the world’s biggest market for EV, is set to knock Japan from top spot for global car export volume this year after overtaking Germany in 2022
Price on the low end is pretty good, too, though it may only be available in China:
This is the new BYD Seagull and with a price tag starting at just 78,000 yuan ($11,300), it is one of the most compelling new electric vehicles from China launched in quite some time.
North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed an abortion ban at six weeks of pregnancy — even in cases of rape or incest — into law on Monday. “This bill clarifies and refines existing state law … and reaffirms North Dakota as a pro-life state,” Burgum said in a statement. The law, one of the strictest in the country, takes effect immediately. Supporters have said the measure protects all human life, while opponents contend it will have dire consequences for women and girls. Republican Sen. Janne Myrdal, of Edinburg, sponsored the bill. “North Dakota has always been pro-life and believed in valuing the moms and children both,” Myrdal said in an interview with The Associated Press after Burgum signed the bill. “We’re pretty happy and grateful that the governor stands with that value.” They do not value women. And I doubt they do much for kids once they’re out of the womb either. They can just pull themselves up by their onesies. There are now 14 states with 6 week abortion bans. Only some of them allow exceptions for rape and incest.
‘McLibel’ pair put their view on record Skwawkbox reported last week that sources close to ‘McLibel’ activists Dave Morris and Helen Steel said that Keir Starmer, when he acted as their barrister, used undercover cop John Dines – known to them as John Barker – as his driver and ‘gofer’. Dines was ultimately exposed as […]
Media tune starts to change on the supposed ‘international’ definition as coalition civic organisations tell UN that it will put its own staff at risk if they approve right-wingers’ favourite tool to suppress pro-Palestinian speech A coalition of 104 civic society groups from an array of nations – including Israel – have written publicly to […]
“There’s no way I could have known that the man wearing full military uniform and holding a bugle had been appointed to play the song”
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Only the good ideas die young The Post-Keynesian Economist Victoria Chick—Vicki to her friends—died earlier this year, and was celebrated today by the interment of her ashes in her beloved home of Hamstead, and a tribute to her at University College London, her academic home for over half a century. With Vicki’s death, most of … Continue reading "Farewell Vicky Chick"
What’s going on? Folks have been asking me, since this story broke, “Why is Fani Willis waiting until at least July 11 to announce her charging decision?” That’s a reasonable question–and I *think* there’s a logical explanation. Recall that last week, Willis’s office moved to disqualify a lawyer representing 10 of Georgia’s fake electors. They had two grounds: First, that she did not, contrary to representations by her then-co-counsel, communicate immunity offers to certain of her clients. Second, they revealed that in meetings with prosecutors on 4/12 and 4/14, certain of that lawyer’s clients accused another fake elector — and fellow client — of committing “acts that are violations of Georgia law.” Because of the “impracticable and ethical mess” the lawyer created, the D.A.’s office has moved to disqualify her from representing ANY of the 10 electors, all of whom were notified last year they were targets of the investigation. That means 10 people — some of whom remain targets, others of whom are cooperators or exploring cooperation — likely need new lawyers.