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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 23:00

“France is protesting against Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement age. After months of strikes and protests, tension reached its peak on Thursday, with some violent outbursts in Paris that brought back memories from the months-long Yellow Jacket movement.” —Politico

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Emily’s big product launch at Gabriel’s Chez Laveau bistro is nearly ruined when tear gas completely spoils the vibe—and the leg of lamb. Luckily, she has a plan: diners post selfies of their involuntary tears with the hashtag #sogoodicried. Emily’s eyebrows perfectly offset her smeared Dior mascara. Her post gets 6.2 million likes, including from President Macron himself.

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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 23:00

The problem with the likely indictment of Donald Trump is that his offense is a metafiction. It is a story about a story. None of the main plot points—which are expected to lead to Trump becoming the first former or sitting US president ever to be charged with a crime—relate to what actually happened on […]

The post Bump and Grind appeared first on The New York Review of Books.

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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 22:44
Former Labour leader turns on successor – who had stood up for Miliband’s father against disgusting smears in right wing press Former Labour leader Ed Miliband said during a radio interview today that he backs Keir Starmer’s decision to bar Jeremy Corbyn standing as a Labour candidate, supposedly because of ‘antisemitism’. In 2013, when Miliband […]
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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 22:30

Over 150 journalists have been assassinated in Mexico since 2000. Behind the killings is a nexus of corruption and violence that links organized crime, police, and government.

The post Chris Hedges Report: How Mexico’s Epidemic of Murdered Journalists is an Ominous Warning to the Press Everywhere appeared first on scheerpost.com.

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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 21:05

By Margaret Flowers / Popular Resistance The recent accord between Saudi Arabia and Iran, facilitated by China, signifies a seismic shift in geopolitical dynamics. This was followed by a three-day summit between the presidents of China and Russia in Moscow where they signed agreements that deepen their cooperation. China has established itself as a force […]

The post Patrick Lawrence: China and Russia Deepen Ties To Oppose US’s Destabilizing Actions appeared first on scheerpost.com.

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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 21:03

By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research What constitutes a crisis worthy of global attention? When a regional bank in the United States falls victim to the inversion of the yield curve (i.e., when short-term bond interest rates become higher than long-term rates), the Earth nearly stops spinning. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) […]

The post You Strike the Women, You Strike the Rock, You Will Be Crushed appeared first on scheerpost.com.

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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 19:37
“I’ve always known that it was the right thing to do, and paying this price is the right thing to do as well. It had to be done,” one ex-prisoner tells Josiah Mortimer Insulate Britain protesters locked up for defying a judge’s ban from speaking about climate change and fuel poverty have told Byline Times […]
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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 18:44
I’m downloading the large language model llama-13B-hf as we speak, hoping to get it going on the GPU I have for games. What strange gloss will they put on this moment in history, where machine-learning at home was enabledby videogame users who couldn’t bear to shift from general-purpose computing machines to consoles? My iron self-discipline […]
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Tue, 28/03/2023 - 16:50
It’s 2023 and fans worldwide are all set to celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who all year long! Here in Australia there are plenty of ways to get together with fellow fans and mark the 60th anniversary year. Here are a list of upcoming events that you may want to attend! ? ACT   ? NSW   ? NT   ? QLD   ? SA   ? TAS   ? VIC   ? WA 1 April 2023 – Sirens of Audio present Janet Fielding Down Under , Sydney 15 April 2023 – Sirens of Audio present Janet Fielding Down Under hosted… Continue reading