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In the early hours of 29 January 1996, three peace activists cut through the perimeter fence of the Warton Aerodrome of British Aerospace (now bae Systems) in North West England. They proceeded to gain access to military hangar 358, and meticulously damaged the radar and targeting systems, cockpit, nose cone, and metal panels on a […]

The great and lamented urban historian Eric Hazan described the Parisian café as being ‘much more than just a backdrop: it illuminated its denizens’ physique and soul’. To Hazan, there could be no proper understanding of the relationship between his beloved city and its artists and writers without an understanding of that venerated French institution […]

I recently heard about something called the radar relationship check-in, a method people use to work through issues with their partners. Seeming to originate from the popular US relationship podcast Multiamory, radar is an acronym that describes the different stages in the process: Review, Agenda, Discussion, Action points, Reconnect. I brought this up a few […]

There’s a rough version of the history of architecture, politics, and society since the Second World War that goes something like this. After war and fascism, cash-strapped and devastated countries directed modern architects to design new social buildings, in which form (minimal, without ornament, ‘truthful’ to its construction materials) followed function (mass public housing, schools, […]

Jeff Young has been widely acclaimed in recent years for his radio essays, drama-documentaries, and site-specific playwriting. His first book, 2020’s Ghost Town, focused on his native city of Liverpool, evoking the disappearing streets of the twentieth century with elegiac style. In contrast, Wild Twin — published last year — is a dérive through the post-punk era […]

In September 2015, I moved back to the North East of England after having lived elsewhere for several years. A couple of notable things happened in the days that followed. Perhaps the most notable was the election of Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the Labour Party, after a summer of building optimism that this […]

In an early blog post – Inflation targeting spells bad fiscal policy (October 15, 2009) – I outlined prior research that I had done on the issue of inflation targetting (IT). In my 2008 book with Joan Muysken – Full Employment abandoned – we provided further analysis on the issue. We found that there was…

by Christina Jerne* In April 2020, a truck transporting half a million euros in cash was stopped at Italy’s eastern border, testifying that the ’Ndrangheta, one of the world’s largest and richest mafia groups, had made its own Covid-19 emergency liquidity plan. In the midst of tough European negotiations on EU solidarity mechanisms, the German […]

How drugmakers captured the FDA, what Zohran Mamdani’s win means for democracy, and more from The Lever this week.

The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.

The post Liberal Elites Kicked the Door Wide Open for Trump’s Flagrant Corruption appeared first on The Intercept.

An essay by the legal scholar Aziz Huq, who teaches at the University of Chicago — the very university where Fraenkel completed his book — recently appeared in the magazine The Atlantic … That is the insidious aspect of the construction of the dual state: it organises the suppression of dissent, yet leaves the great […]

I am currently on the Amtrak Cascades line between Seattle and Vancouver, returning from the awesome SeaGL 2025 conference at the University of Washington. I decided to cancel the US leg of my flight home because of the airport chaos caused by cancelling 10% of domestic flights. But it got me thinking that reducing air … Continue reading US DOT Aviation Climate Plan →

Trump ended deportation protections for South Sudanese immigrants, prioritized asylum for white South Africans, and threatened to invade Nigeria. It’s all part of the Christian nationalist playbook.

The post How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa  appeared first on The Intercept.

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An obscure election galvanizes national power battles, a worker takes on corporate exploitation, consumers’ favorite energy program survives Trump, and electoral wins reverberate nationwide.

A look at why every Doctor Who companion is metaphorically Carole Ann Ford's granddaughter, Susan Foreman, and how that's impacted the show.

Newly discovered vessels may be key to flushing waste away from our brains

The post The Brain’s Hidden Drain appeared first on Nautilus.

Killer whales divulge more of their private lives with never-before-seen images of a wild birth and gruesome hunts

The post Orcas Giveth and Orcas Taketh Away appeared first on Nautilus.

The stock market bubble inflated by AI hype since late 2022 might finally be popping. If this week’s reversals turn into a sustained downtown, analysts might look back at the actions of tech executives and Trump adminstration figures this week as the straw that finally broke the camel’s back. The warnings have been coming for […]