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Now that the season of good cheer is behind us, I feel I can bring up a serious and painful issue that unfortunately became a reality for me this year during Christmas. I received whiskey stones.

Whiskey stones affect a huge percentage of men and, to a lesser extent, women every year, especially around the holidays. To those unfamiliar with the painful condition, these soapstone cubes manifest in relatives and friends who do not know what to give as gifts and want to preserve their perception of being the cool gift-giver and not at all sentimental.

Contrary to popular belief and what the salespeople at Brookstone and ad copy in Skymall will tell you, nobody in history has ever used a whiskey stone. Yes, there is some truth that they will not water down your whiskey, but just the same, putting a goddamn handful of cold rocks in your glass of whiskey is insane and completely unnecessary.

By Caitlin Johnstone / Substack In a new article titled “U.S. Warms to Helping Ukraine Target Crimea,” the New York Times reports that the Biden administration now believes Kyiv may need to launch an offensive on the territory that Moscow has considered a part of the Russian Federation since 2014, “even if such a move […]

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How can you build wealth without a house?

In 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth – six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of workers. And while billionaires get richer, global poverty is increasing, Oxfam warns.

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A safer plan for America would invest in its people by promoting alternative deterrents to violence.

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TEN years of the seniors program at Boambee East Community Centre (BECC) will be celebrated on Monday 6 March, but the organisers are mindful that their database of names and contact details is out of date. Mindful that they don’t want to leave anyone out, they are calling out to the community to let them...

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AFTER ten years of rescuing animals around Coffs Harbour, and experiencing large numbers of unwanted pets being surrendered and abandoned, Animal Rescue Coffs Harbour (ARCH) is seeking more foster carers. Coffs Harbour resident Aimee has been a cat and kitten carer for ARCH for over a year and has fostered fifteen animals. Advertise with News...

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After 30 years of peace, the Polisario Front holds its 16th Congress amidst the war against Morocco’s invasion.

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The pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, is using Semafor to brag about its generosity abroad as it hikes U.S. drug prices.

The Conservatives are gearing up for a ‘Big Bang 2’ deregulation of the City. At what cost?

Given what we know about the inner worlds of nonhuman animals, how can scientists experiment on them for our potential good?

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African leaders are asking for more U.S. counterterrorism support. They should be careful what they wish for.

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The Economic Policy Institute details how "abortion restrictions constitute an additional piece in a sustained project of economic subjugation."

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Sartre gets much of the credit for existentialism. Karl Jaspers not only preceded him, but offered a way out of despair

- by Deborah Casewell

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A new report has identified how high-powered Russian individuals in Government and business are responsible for human rights violations, Byline Times reports

Is the press unduly excited about the start of China's expected demographic decline?

One of the controversial government Bills of 2022 concerned Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing. Its promoter—then Home Secretary Priti Patel—was keen to respond to Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protesters with culture war rhetoric and restrictions on ‘noisy’ protest. Late in the Bill’s passage, towards the end of its stages in the unelected second […]

Higher unemployment risk and fewer outside job offers appear to be key reasons why some men end up at the bottom of the lifetime earnings distribution for male workers.

Virologists close to the NIH initially believed the Covid virus could be genetically engineered. Unredacted emails show how their thinking evolved.

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How has the 2022-23 philosophy job market looked so far? In the following guest post, Charles Lassiter (Gonzaga) takes a look at the data, sharing information about trends in the number and types of jobs on offer, and about which areas of specialization are most sought after by hiring institutions. (A version of this post previously appeared, in two parts, at Professor Lassiter’s blog.) The 2022-23 Philosophy Job Market So Far by Charles Lassiter Hey friends. We’re going to take a look here at the primary cycle (July 1 – December 30). This is when most job posting happens. Here’s a look at postings across all job types: Remember 2020? Oof da that was a rough year. Anyway, we’re trending a bit higher than usual on junior posts relative to previous years. In fact, the trend for junior posts over the last seven years has been more jobs. Open rank, postdoc, and senior posts are down slightly but still within a normalish range historically. Visiting fellowships are up slightly, but still within a normal range.

Examples of Google becoming more obvious about manipulating search results.

Southampton is, in a very mundane way, a bit of a secret city. Not for the 250,000 people who live there, or the over a million people who live in the conurbation it shares with Portsmouth, which is one of the largest urban areas in Britain: but for everyone else. No films, no novels, no […]

Gerardo Martinez In 1936, John Maynard Keynes coined the famous term ‘Animal Spirits’ to illustrate how people take decisions based on urges, overlooking the benefits and drawbacks of their actions. To what extent are prices of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) assets driven by the sentiment of market participants, as opposed to economic fundamentals? To … Continue reading Animal spirits and environmental, social and governance asset prices: does market sentiment drive stock returns? →