Which came first, the neck or the legs?
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The unfolding tragedy in Sudan reminds us in Gaza that wars, hunger, and destruction are not isolated events.
The post From Gaza to Sudan: “Their Pain Is Ours” appeared first on The Intercept.
The most concrete evidence of the tools this human ancestor used to doodle
The post Neanderthals May Have Invented the Original Crayon appeared first on Nautilus.
Since econometrics doesn’t content itself with only making optimal predictions, but also aspires to explain things in terms of causes and effects, econometricians need loads of assumptions — most important of these are additivity and linearity. Important, simply because if they are not true, your model is invalid and descriptively incorrect. It’s like calling your house a bicycle. No matter […]
Homeowners insurers are relying on artificial intelligence to raise your rates and boost their profits.
Weeks after the sex offender died, JPMorgan Chase reported over $1 billion of his potentially suspicious transactions, including some involving big-name investors.
The abortion pill is under attack, again
The post How Junk Science Threatens Maternal Health appeared first on Nautilus.
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The same psychological warfare tactics Moscow used to prepare the ground for its invasion of Ukraine are now being used against the rest of Europe, writes Zarina Zabrisky
Det kryllar inte av framgångsrika vänsterpolitiker just nu. Ett undantag är socialisten Zohran Mamdani, som står på tröskeln till att bli New Yorks nästa borgmästare den fjärde november. Hans Obama-lika karisma är svår att replikera men det finns andra saker den svenska vänstern kan ta intryck av. Var lyhörd inför väljarna Strax efter att Trump blev vald […]
There’s an urgent need to replace our total mess with a codified constitution. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd October 2025 After two years in Brazil, I felt I understood its political system better than I understand the UK’s. The reason is a short book in simple language that almost everyone owned: the […]
“Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of beneficiaries of federal aid programs like Medicaid and food stamps, according to a study by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.” —CNBC
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It is unconscionable for the government to let SNAP benefits lapse when emergency funds are available to cover the program. Yes, suspending benefits could teach a lesson to those undeserving food voucher recipients, 40 percent of whom are children, who have been living large on an average of six dollars a day in assistance for far too long. But it wouldn’t be worth the cruelty of denying the program to those vulnerable Americans who genuinely deserve it: corporations.
How do you feel when you try to check your messages, but they are not refreshing, and you realise that there is a problem with the app? Or when you check a website only to find strange server errors accompanied by numbers such as 500, 501, or 503? Now imagine that the same happens to […]
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
This feminist housing collective has endured for 75 years. Now, a new generation is moving in, bringing change – and men
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Hassles are part of life, but the way we react often makes them worse. ACT skills can help you handle them with greater ease
- by Patricia E Zurita Ona
The great complexity and extraordinary simplicity of a constructed language with no more than 140 words
- by Hannah H Kim
Scientific progress depends on disagreement. So why are vaccine sceptics and other science critics not worth listening to?
- by Collin Rice & Kareem Khalifa
Local police participated in a drug raid. The feds had coordinated beforehand to have ICE to take cannabis farm workers into custody.
The post Local Cops Aren’t Allowed to Help ICE. Did the Feds Dupe Them Into Raids That Rounded Up Immigrants? appeared first on The Intercept.
Former Independent columnist Donnachadh McCarthy on how the UK's billionaire-owned media silences those journalists trying to speak out against them
For decades, the Left has correctly insisted that there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Your eco dishwasher soap is owned by a giant multinational that drives down workers’ wages and destroys the planet, while promoting the idea that individual responsibility is the solution to society’s ills. However, necessary though it may be, such criticism […]