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Job Interview with a Cat Tell me, what is it about this position that interests you? The warmth, perhaps? The security? Or the power you must feel by rendering me useless? Feel free to expand if you wish. I see you have had experience of similar positions. Can you talk about a time when you got somebody’s tongue? Or were…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights “lacks the competence” to review Trump’s campaign of deadly boat strikes, a State Department spokesperson said.
The post State Department Tells Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings appeared first on The Intercept.
A little-noticed Supreme Court ruling may be sending a message.
One theme connecting the essays is “enchantment” and its flight from societies such as our own. Modernity has given us countless things we would not want to be without, but its instrumental approach to nature and contempt for more established cultures has left us in many ways spiritually naked.
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Searching for a phrase that will encapsulate his philosophy, and channelling the ideas of Oswald Spengler and Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Kingsnorth plumps for “reactionary radicalism”. Suffice it to say that by the end of his book the noun is firmly in the adjective’s shadow.
This short documentary asks what it means to be Sámi today, following decades-long state-mandated assimilation attempts
- by Aeon Video
In 1848, a railroad worker survived a rod shooting through his skull. His accident transformed our understanding of the brain
- Video by the Royal Society and BBC Ideas
In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. But for some it seemed an opportunity
- by Coreen McGuire & Alex Aylward
To prevent dyslexia taking a toll on a child’s self-belief, follow these tips from a psychologist who’s been there herself
- by Lisa Rappaport & Jody Lyons
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This is Part 7 of the short series of briefing notes that arose out of discussions I recently had in London about how a progressive political party might want to break out of the shackles that the British Labour Party has bound itself in with its obsession with fiscal rules and an adherence to the…
by Tony Wikrent “A curtain of darkness is settling over our nation.” Heather Cox Richardson, Apr 11, 2026 [Letters from an American, April 10, 2026] It feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought […]
AI-powered election meddling, addiction-fueled gambling profits, and more from The Lever this week.
The scientist’s purpose motivates the modeling exercise and guides the construction of the model. Specifically, the scientist constructs a model with an eye toward making available model narratives that enable the modeler to produce an answer to the motivating question in terms of the target. The model acts as a surrogate for the target in […]
Not precisely a surprise, given they sent Kushner, Witkoff and Vance to negotiate. Apparently Vance talked to Trump six times and Iran says that the negotiations were going OK until Netanyahu called Vance, then suddenly it seemed like the American delegation was negotiating for Israel. More to the point, the US wanted the Strait open […]
I dessa tider — när ljudrummet dränks i den kommersiella radions tyckmyckentrutade ordbajseri och fullständigt intetsägande pubertalflamsande tjafs — har man nästan gett upp. Men det finns ljus i mörkret! I programmet Text och musik med Eric Schüldt — som sänds på söndagsförmiddagarna i P2 mellan klockan 11 och 12 — kan man lyssna på seriös […]
Foreign service officers fired in Elon Musk’s workforce purge warn the State Department is unable to help Americans stranded in the Middle East. The post DOGE Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Help Americans Stranded in Iran War Zone appeared first on The Intercept. The Power of a Homophone “Sometimes the powerof a homophonewill just come out of nowhereand hit you –like being struckby a ten ton truck,”articulated Laurie.
Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, the six Palestine Action activists and 18 others will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms. The jury has not been notified about the ‘terrorist’ designation, and the British media cannot report this information under a court order. Activists will also be prohibited from telling jurors how their efforts sought to impede the Gaza genocide. The prosecution followed […] The post UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout first appeared on The Grayzone. The post UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout appeared first on The Grayzone. |