With a new Doctor Who companion set, we look at how Instagram posts from Millie Gibson & Russell T. Davies told us more than we realized.
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I use a model of hierarchy to explore how income has been redistributed within US firms.
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In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Doctor Who, GOTG Holiday Special, Rick and Morty, Iron Fist, The Rookie, MST3K Turkey Day Marathon & more!
I am part of a group trying to start Canadian member-run cooperative to run Mastodon servers in Canada. Similar to social.coop but Canadian. We’re calling it cosocial.ca. Here’s how it will work, we think. – 1 co-op membership gets you 1 Mastodon account with guaranteed allowances (file uploads, API use, toots per day, etc.) plus a co-op vote … Continue reading Help us Start A Co-op Mastodon Server for Canada
Oil and gas production typically involves using various chemicals to help extract hydrocarbons from the ground. One such chemical is polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a synthetic polymer used in multiple applications, including as a gelling agent, emulsifier, and stabilizer. Because it can increase production while decreasing operations’ environmental impact, PVA is particularly useful in the oil…
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The 2022 Giving Guide (v13) is here!
The Scottish Parliament is under the untrue impression that Scottish prisons run under the fairly liberal Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011 laid before parliament by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill MP on 14 September 2011. In fact the Scottish Prisons Service totally ignores them and is absolutely a law unto itself. I intend […]
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What’s Next After The Midterms? Ro Khanna & Robert Reich Discuss
Democrats will retain control of the Senate. Republicans captured the House.
There was no red wave. But there was no blue wave, either.
What does it all mean? I sat down with my good friend Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) to discuss.
Aside from a few remaining contests (and the upcoming Georgia runoff), the results of the election are in and one thing is certainly clear — Americans chose not to make any more waves this time around. Despite voters embracing stability over chaos and election denialism, many outstanding questions remain.
Why did Corporate Democrats “cede” the economic argument? Are they really fighting inflation or trying to weaken workers’ bargaining power? INET's Thomas Ferguson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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Paul Jay
Hi, I’m Paul Jay. Welcome to theAnalysis.news. The Dems, the Democratic Party, has retaken the Senate as we are speaking. It’s still not clear whether they’re going to retake the House, although most of the pundits are predicting they won’t by a slim margin. What happened and why?
We’ll be back in just a few seconds with Thomas Ferguson to discuss the results of the election, some of the economics involved, and why so many people got it wrong.
WOOHOO! Oddball got nominated for a goodreads choice award! A huge honor considering the absolutely stellar graphic novels that got released this year. If you wish to vote for me you can do so here. Thank you goodreads and congrats to the other nominees!
It seems that neo-paganism is attractive in part because it offers an identity to those who have rejected postmodern, deracinated versions of Christianity.
As the Tasmanian Parliament debates reforming the Electoral Act, integrity experts are urging politicians to use the opportunity to enact truth in political advertising protections, following deceptive and dangerous advertisements from the Australian Christian Lobby. Key Findings: Polling consistently finds most Australians want truth in political advertising laws, with 2021 Australia Institute polling research finding 87% of
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“The Beat Cluster” was Fritz Leiber’s science fiction story about beatniks in orbit, published in 1961.
*It didn’t create a “spacebeatnik” subgenre, but probably it should have.
The midterms proved an abysmal disappointment for the Republican Party. Instead of the promised red...
In her new book, veteran Wall Street watcher and economist Nomi Prins warns that central bank strategies deployed since the financial crisis are destroying the real economy, worsening inequality, and creating societal chaos.
Ever wonder why it is that for most of the 21st century, no matter who is in the White House, no matter the state of the economy, and regardless of what ordinary people are suffering, money travels inexorably to the top?
If you find this baffling, you’re not alone. For many, it seems that the further we travel into this acutely challenging century, the political, economic, and social rules we thought we understood increasingly fail to apply.
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Anyone who had “License Plates Start War” on their 2020s bingo card might be in...