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“Balkan Cosmology” by Bruce Sterling (2022):

*A new work of fiction by Bruce Sterling, if you’re in a mood to read 13,000 words of seriously weird narrative for some reason.

Our 10th most-read article of the 2022.

Originally published January 7, 2022.

Use this guide to understand why your opinion about mid-pandemic schooling policy is wrong. If you believe kids should attend school in-person, read the first set of options. If you believe kids should go back to virtual school, read the second set of options.

I can’t believe what I’m hearing. You want our kids to be forced to return to [IN-PERSON/VIRTUAL] learning? Have you no empathy?

I hope you’re enjoying your holidays. Even though I had promised to myself that I would take a break, I couldn’t avoid writing about the latest #TwitterFiles drop, where journalist David Zweig shares what he found when looking at what the Twitter archives had to say about the “content-moderation policies” employed by the company throughout the pandemic. …

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The Ninth Doctor explores Hidden Depths in three new stories reuniting him with the Sea Devils, Liv Chenka, and encountering new villain Trinity The Ninth Doctor Adventures continues with more solo adventures for Christopher Eccleston’s Time Lord in Hidden Depths. Despite this being the sixth box set, there’s still no sign that the thrill will […]

The post REVIEW: Doctor Who: Hidden Depths – Three Cleverly Conceived Concepts appeared first on Blogtor Who.

ORG submission to the Home Office consultation on a duty to cyberprotect 0. Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based digital campaigning organisation working to protect fundamental rights to privacy and free speech online. With over 20,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK. 1. We welcome the opportunity […]

Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg. Bravest of the brave. Never give in. Never give up.

I do get the impression that the Supremos have finally defeated the armies of public Legal Scholars And Journalists who would eagerly jump to explain why the latest decision AKSHUALLY fit perfectly into some longstanding legal "doctrine" that you could only understand if you were as brilliant as Scalia.

For years, the prominent journalists covering the Court were as embedded as Barbara Starr was with the Pentagon. Should make them pay for their own PR.

Wasted days and wasted lives “This is a foreign language unto itself,” tweeted author Tom Zoellner. He responds to an “I quit” rant by a follower of QAnon. Except QAnon is just an add-on here. The woman is not leaving the QAnon cult. She is just so pissed at “Q” that she’s decided to go culting by herself. Q, it seems, is an ancient alien affiliated with alien “orbs.” So, the New Age is not as old-hat as I believed. It may have largely dropped out of sight where I live (once nicknamed “the Sedona of the South”), but has not died out. The rant below is confirmation. I don’t speak the language, but some of it is familiar. She’s taking down “the ET transmissions” in retaliation for Q’s failure to acknowledge her six years of “disclosure” and for failing to stop the “pandemic of child trafficking.” “During the sinking of Atlantis, the Archons took over,” she says, “and that’s how long it’s taken you to get back here and do anything at all.” Atlantis, Archons, alchemy, aliens, angels.

Academic powerhouse and well-known economist Richard Wolff, joins the "Most Censored News'" Lee Camp to discuss the current decline of the US economy and the rise of a new, more balanced, mutlipolar world.

The post The Rise of The Multipolar World, with Economist Richard Wolff appeared first on MintPress News.

Central bankers have created excessive unemployment for decades because they use the wrong theory
Bill Mitchell | Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

A North Dakota woman brings a raccoon into a bar. She gets probation. (Thanks to Allen at Division)

That the government didn't shut down Tesla's "autopilot" years ago (hello, Mayor Pete, could you interrupt your not doing anything about the airlines to doing something about this) is a testament to how "doing absolutely nothing with the legal power available" is the default position of Dems, but aside from that, the lithium battery fires aren't just a Tesla problem. A punctured battery is likely to cause a fireball that no amount of water can put out.

Go ahead, make our day The parallels between Prime Video’s “Jack Ryan” Season 3 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are simply eerie, says actor and producer John Krasinski. “But even having to explain that we wrote and shot the show before the conflict even happened seems like an alternate reality.” The Ukrainian government’s cocky messaging crew, however, is not above drawing purposeful parallels between its fight against Vladimir Putin’s invaders and a popular David-versus-Goliath tale from Hollywood. Enjoy, MFers. Here’s another.

Will Milberg discusses the unique history of The New School for Social Research, and why its traditions are particularly relevant today.

. In loving memory of Kristina, beloved wife, and mother of David and Tora. Those whom the gods love die young. But in dreams, I can hear your name. And in dreams, We will meet again. When the seas and mountains fall And we come to end of days, In the dark I hear a […]

The Longest Joint In The World: 98.4 Feet, 2.2 Pounds Of Weed And 40 People To Put It Together (Thanks to Rick Day) *You youngsters can ask an old-timer to explain this hipster lingo.

This is a timelapse video of a huntsman spider molting. (Thanks to John Lobert)

Star Wars fans amazed after spotting 'lightsaber' on Mars in new NASA footage (Thanks to John Lobert)

Your face is covered in thousands of living mites closely related to spiders and ticks (Thanks to Matt Filar)

Christmas package containing frankincense and myrrh prompts bomb squad investigation (Thanks to Geoff Scott and pharmaross)

Our 11th most-read article of the 2022.

Originally published November 15, 2022.

This is an excerpt from the author’s funny new collection, which you can buy here.

New links for the Heap… The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board has proposed a plaque to commemorate Philippa Foot and the house where she lived from 1972 to 2010 — a decision will be made on the proposal in mid-January New Work In Philosophy: The YouTube Channel — videos about recent philosophy Lecture notes—pretty much a textbook—for a course entitled “Belief, Desire, and Rational Choice” — from Wolfgang Schwarz (Edinburgh) One philosophy professor’s experience with a student who cheated by having ChatGPT write their essay — “proving the paper was concocted by ChatGPT was nearly impossible,” said Darren Hick (Furman) A Medievalist notices that an academic extensively plagiarized his blog in her book, and contacts her to object.

The music we are making is a new tranche of art rock music - every bit as valid as The Velvet Underground, The Sex Pistols, The Beatles ... but with women evolving new themes and sounds.

I recently listened to the new book by Anand Giridharadas, who is well-known for his previous book Winner Takes All. That book was about how (some of) the superrich are happy trying to contribute to some of the world’s problems, but never ask any questions related to why the world is so unequal as it […]