Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame
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Christina McAnea, standing again to lead Unison, tells Byline Times she understands why people are looking for alternatives to Starmer's Government
Republicans are trying to permanently block central bank digital currencies that would create an alternative to profit-seeking companies.
The post You Will Never Send Money Digitally Without a Private Company — If the GOP Gets Its Way appeared first on The Intercept.
In September, a new political organisation was launched in the UK, aimed at bringing together Labour members dismayed by the party’s rightward shift. Called ‘Mainstream’, the project describes itself as ‘the home for Labour’s radical realists — united by values, driven by change; for everyone who knows that to transform the country and take on […]
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November 17th, 2025: Thus both begins, and ends, the single-part saga of T-Rex And The Big Vegetable!!! – Ryan When I was just coming into adulthood (1972), the – Club of Rome – published its famous – The Limits to Growth – which focused on the consequences of “exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources”. It was a very influential research document generally, but also very important in shaping the…
In an interview with The Grayzone, author Andrew Lownie details shocking findings of his research into Prince Andrew’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Describing Andrew as his “Super Bowl trophy,” Epstein used the prince for intel, which he passed to foreign spy agencies. Lownie says further revelations threaten to “bury” the Royal Family. Prince Andrew’s decades-long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was “earlier, longer, and far more intimate than anyone has previously admitted,” historian Andrew Lownie told The Grayzone. Their friendship was […] The post The intel scandal behind Prince Andrew’s twisted Epstein exploits first appeared on The Grayzone. The post The intel scandal behind Prince Andrew’s twisted Epstein exploits appeared first on The Grayzone. Nara, Japan – Drupal founder Dries Buytaert declared a "historic moment" for the platform at DrupalCon Asia today, pointing to four major initiatives running simultaneously that he says will transform Drupal: Drupal CMS 2.0 (launching early 2026), Drupal Canvas, site templates and marketplace, and the Drupal AI program. "For 20 years people have been saying Drupal is too hard to build pages with. We are changing that," Dries said during a keynote Q&A with Pamela Barrone, CTO of Technocrat and Product Owner of Drupal CMS. Each initiative has the potential to transform Drupal individually, Dries argued. Together, "the compounding of these ideas will be transformational."
The Opposition’s newest talisman, Barnaby Joyce, has spent the weekend asking his colleagues to jump. This directive has been met with a smile from interim Opposition leader, Sussan ‘SS’ Ley, and a query of how high? ”It’s a sign of... Read More ›
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 16, 2025 by Tony Wikrent Elite impunity The Corrupt Roots of America’s Elite Run Deep David Kurtz, November 13, 2025 [Talking Points Memo] In reviewing a portion of the 20,000-plus Jeffrey Epstein emails released yesterday, I was left astonished not so much by the chumminess he enjoyed with […]
Is it not patently unrealistic to suppose that individuals … base their decision on the size of the expected utility? While entirely natural and understandable, this objection is not strictly relevant … The hypothesis asserts rather that, in making a particular class of decisions, individuals behave as if they calculated and compared expected utility and […]
The youngest member of the Meyer-Syll family, Hedda, turned 12 today.And yes — Ibsen is one of yours truly’s favourite dramatists …
Americans were already seething about the shutdown and the economy. Then they saw Epstein write that Trump “knew about the girls.” The post Epstein Is the Only Thing That Could Turn Trump’s Base Against Him appeared first on The Intercept. Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.
A re-edited version of the Doctor Who story "The Sea Devils" is coming to BBC4 and iPlayer on December 7th, ahead of the new spinoff series.
Why don’t we get to grips with the climate crisis? Partly because most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th November 2025 If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been […]
Lina Khan joins forces with Zohran Mamdani, a “rent-a-bank” loophole gets plugged, a legendary river is unleashed, and data spies are compromised.
Doctor Who Composer Murray Gold discusses being asked to leave the series in 2017 and whether he would continue as the show's composer.
The Trump administration moved to designate antifa groups abroad as foreign terrorists — setting up the prosecution of their U.S. allies. The post Marco Rubio Wants to Imprison You on Terror Charges for Supporting Nazi Punchers appeared first on The Intercept. | ||
