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In the final pages of 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers, author Keith Cameron reveals that the Manic Street Preachers’ most recent album, 2025’s Critical Thinking, provisionally had another title: Dialectics. Eventually deemed too pretentious by the band — although Critical Thinking takes some beating in this regard — […]
Ed Leamer transformed economists’ understanding of empirical evidence with his landmark 1988 paper, Let’s Take the Con Out of Econometrics. In it, he challenged the profession’s fixation on ‘statistical significance’, describing much empirical research as “measuring with a rubber ruler.” Leamer’s central claim was that complex econometric models depend heavily on hidden, subjective decisions made […]
‘A work of art, a home, and a place of worship’ – the striking earthen castles at the centre of Batammariba cultural identity
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We all make wrong decisions, but if you’re a ‘maximiser’ rather than a ‘satisficer’, the regret hurts all the more
- by Richard Fisher
In the therapy room, I’ve seen how rethinking what we are – and what it means to ‘be dead’ – can lighten our fears
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Donald Scott was killed in his home by an ad hoc team of raiding cops who were looking for marijuana — but the larger prize may have been his 200-acre Malibu ranch.
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In New York City, it was almost three months until I spotted a Palestinian flag in someone’s window. When I did, I took a picture of it and sent it to a friend: finally. Since moving here in the summer I’ve thrown myself into the city’s leftwing organising scene — one that has been predominantly […]
The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, September 2025 – today (December 3, 2025), which shows that the Australian economy slowed to 0.4 per cent (from 0.6 per cent) in the September-quarter 2025. At the current annual growth rate, unemployment is predicted to rise further,…
I heard a rumour that London IT professionals have selected the pub where they will meet when the internet goes down. It is apocalyptic thinking, perhaps, but it also feels plausible. Though the internet feels permanent, stable and sufficiently distributed to seem impervious to target, this infrastructure that underpins our daily work and life is […]
“Quibbling over the semantics of ‘double-tap’ doesn’t change the reality that the strike was a summary execution of men clinging to the remains of a boat.”
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The war powers legislation would prohibit Trump from launching “hostilities within or against Venezuela” without congressional approval.
The post Bipartisan House Resolution Seeks to Block Trump War With Venezuela appeared first on The Intercept.
Australia’s leading party for racists, One Nation, have gone in to meltdown this week after learning that their prized new recruit, Barnaby Joyce, has New Zealand roots. ”Look, what can I say my Dad has New Zealand heritage and um,... Read More ›
The raid on humanitarian aid providers on the U.S.–Mexico divide late last month was the first where Border Patrol entered structures without a warrant.
The post Border Patrol Raided Arizona Medical Aid Site With No Warrant, Showing Growing “Impunity” appeared first on The Intercept.
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The former Trump whisperer is leading the conservative fight against artificial intelligence firms’ unrestricted use of copyrighted material.
The disgraced former Prince is unlikely to receive any payment due to the deterioration of the property, say officials
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Without jury trials, there is no justice: David Lammy, the justice secretary, told The Times that the scale of the backlog – which has reached nearly 80,000 cases – is failing victims as he warned that “justice delayed is justice denied” Lammy is expected to announce that he will scrap the right to trial by […]