You probably thought measles was a thing of the past. Along with Mumps, Rubella, Polio, Chickenpox and Heptatis B, kids are required to be vaccinated for it as a requirement of going to school. (So the little disease spreaders don’t act as disease vectors, which parents and teacher s know they do.) We hardly see […]
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Past challengers to California Democrat Rep. Jimmy Gomez have run up against big spending from special interest groups.
The post She’s Challenging an AIPAC Democrat. A National Progressive Group Wants In. appeared first on The Intercept.
“A new history exhibit commissioned by the Trump administration has some historians perplexed…. The museum features over 40 AI-generated short videos of these historical figures coming to life to share their stories…. In one video, an artificially generated John Adams says, ‘Facts do not care about your feelings’—a phrase often used by conservative commentator and PragerU presenter Ben Shapiro.” — NPR
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“A lot of people are saying, ‘Maybe we like a dictator.’” —George Washington
“You also had some very fine people on both sides.” —John Adams
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
Listen to the boundless sounds of nature, the great animal orchestra, whose songs imbue the world with fresh meaning
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What units can unexpectedly reveal about fundamental puzzles in physics
The post How to Measure the Universe appeared first on Nautilus.
Can bends in spacetime accommodate a career in physics and a family?
The post The Two-Body Problem for Women in Science appeared first on Nautilus.
The climate movement is at an impasse. It has notched up impressive achievements over the past years, mobilising hundreds of thousands of people in marches and protests, and building popular consciousness about the climate crisis. However, it is now clear that the obstacle to dealing with the climate crisis is not a lack of awareness, […]
Rhiannon Sowerbutts The Bank of England Agenda for Research (BEAR) sets the key areas for new research at the Bank over the coming years. This post is an example of issues considered under the Financial System Theme which focuses on the shifting landscape and new risks confronting financial policymakers. Institutions matter. And in the world … Continue reading Regulatory independence and financial stability
The American government now has a 10 percent stake in computer company Intel — is Trump turning into a socialist?
Someone asked me to back up my claim that since 1976 China has lifted more humans out of poverty than all of nations combined in the entirety of human history. Since it would be hard to go back to Greek and Persian times I made an executive choice (capricious no doubt) to begin with the […]
I don’t have much time today as I am travelling a lot in the next few days for various work commitments. But recently I did a podcast for Real Progressives in the US about trade and the external economy. I started the discussion with an interesting quote that I will reproduce here. Regular readers will…
Amid the US refusal to provide military support to Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram in 2014, then-President Jonathan Goodluck turned to Russia and China for arms. New documents show that all the while, British state media was engaged in an influence campaign which would help see the African nation’s leader ousted. This article was originally published by West Africa Weekly. An explosive investigation by The Grayzone has revealed that BBC Media Action, which portrays itself as the “charitable” […]
The post UK funded radio show to sway Nigerian voters, leaked docs show first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post UK funded radio show to sway Nigerian voters, leaked docs show appeared first on The Grayzone.
Niche news network, Sky News Australia, has conducted a forensic analysis of their ratings with the results indicating that their ridiculously low ratings were a result of putting out a crappy product rather than cancel culture. ”This came as a... Read More ›
Sending troops to Chicago could cost $1.6 million per day, four times as much as housing the city’s homeless — plus it’s illegal, experts say.
The post Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless appeared first on The Intercept.
Despite professing to be a good-government moderate, conservative tycoon Charles Munger Jr. is bankrolling misleading ads to aid Trump’s gerrymandering crusade.
These days, it seems like the only qualification someone needs to opine on what’s best for our nation’s schools is their own dimly remembered time as a student. Combine that with volatile, emotionally charged topics like politics and religion, and suddenly, everyone’s an expert and no one will listen to anyone else.
Well, listen up, smartasses: I’m a teacher. I’m in front of kids every single day. And if I can’t hang the Ten Commandments in my classroom, then how the hell am I supposed to get my students to stop coveting their neighbor’s wife?
The social media platform owned by Elon Musk again suspended the accounts of Jack Sweeney, who shares data tracking the billionaire’s private jet.
The methodological structure of mainstream economics often relies on axioms and theorems that are tautological by design, which severely limits their informational content. A prime example is modern expected utility theory. Its core weakness lies in the minimal constraints placed on individual preferences; this extreme flexibility allows the theory to be reconciled with virtually any […]
AI sycophancy is calibrated to satisfy a desire that no GLP-1 can moderate.
On 27 October 2023, the Sun and Daily Mail carried reports that British Special Forces had been deployed to support Israel’s campaign in Gaza. For the next 21 months, despite the hefty significance of the revelation, not a single mainstream media outlet considered it. This silence was later explained by the imposition of a government ‘D-Notice’, […]
Big Finish dropped a trailer preview for Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill's new audio drama adventure, Doctor Who: The Return of the Doctor.
1. Bayern Haus
2. Betahaus
3. Clubhaus
4. CoHaus
5. Collective Haus
6. Day Haus
7. Dieselhaus
8. Funkhaus
9. Hafnar.haus & Hlemmur.haus
10. HanaHaus
11. Hansa Haus
12. Haxenhaus
13. Hessen Haus
14. Hühnerhaus36
15. Lehrhaus
16. OpenHaus
17. Subtle Haus
18. Wirtshaus
19. Workhaus
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Coworking spaces: 2 (Barcelona, Spain); 4 (Grand Rapids, MN); 5 (Lisbon, Portugal); 6 (Stowe, VT); 9 (Reykjavik, Iceland); 10 (Newport Beach, CA); 15 (Somerville, MA); 16 (Portland, OR); 17 (Chicago, IL); 19 (Toronto, ON & Calgary, AB)
German restaurant: 1 (Naples, Italy); 7 (Berlin, Germany); 11 (Mississauga, ON); 12 (Cologne, Germany); 13 (Des Moines, IA); 14 (Berlin, Germany); 18 (Los Angeles, CA)
Both: 3 (Little Rock, AR & Kalocsa, Hungary); 8 (Cologne, Germany & Berlin, Germany)