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Quentin Tarantino’s visit to Israeli military bases ignites controversy and protests, highlighting the disconnect between Hollywood and the American public.

The post Quentin Tarantino Under Fire for Posing with Israeli Soldiers appeared first on MintPress News.

The politicisation of literary events and artistic institutions began when corporate sponsors bought their way into these spaces, writes Russell Warfield

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‘Four years ago, we were a very different service,’ says Kimberly Lawrence, a 38-year-old mental health social worker working for Barnet Council. However, since the council decided to implement a restructuring, taking social workers out of its multidisciplinary community mental health teams, the service is now experiencing ‘astonishingly high waiting lists,’ a spiralling workload and […]

Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture can reveal some troubling insights into the flagship political debate programme

The ‘Shy Tory’ effect now extends beyond voters to Conservative incumbents as critics complain that voters shouldn't need a 'magnifying glass to work out' who they are voting for

Witness 18 days’ work in just 3.5 minutes as a male weaverbird crafts an elaborate dangling nest in hopes of finding a mate

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Crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah intensified last week, with the Lebanese militia calling for a Gaza ceasefire.

The post War Clouds Over Lebanon as Hezbollah and Israel Clash appeared first on The Intercept.

As social beings, our identities are bound up with different groups – here’s how to juggle all the various hats you wear

- by Anna K Zinn

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As artificial intelligence guzzles water supplies and jacks up consumers’ electricity rates, why isn’t anyone tracking the resources being consumed?

Well, this is one reason:

Martin Frick told the BBC that some of the most deprived areas had now reached a tipping point of having “zero” harvests left, as extreme weather was pushing already degraded land beyond use.

He said that as a result, parts of Africa, the Middle East and Latin America were now dependent on humanitarian aid.

Mr Frick warned that without efforts to reverse land degradation globally, richer countries would also begin to suffer crop failures.

The Global Environment Facility estimates that 95% of the world’s land could become degraded by 2050. The UN says that 40% is already degraded.

This seems… bad. Of course, we could do something about it. In theory:

It’s Wednesday and as usual I present commentary on a range of topics that are of interest to me. They don’t have to be connected in any particular way. Today, RBA interest rate decisions, COVID and some great music. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) held their target interest rate constant. In their media…

Friends of the Earth Media Release National environmental justice group Friends of the Earth Australia (FoE) has slammed opposition leader Peter Dutton’s release of the Coalition nuclear policy, describing it as a nuclear nightmare and a cynical ploy to keep burning coal and gas. Nuclear is simply too expensive and will take far too long…

The post Dutton’s nuclear nightmare a blatant attempt to keep burning coal and gas appeared first on The AIM Network.

Climate Council Media Release THE CLIMATE COUNCIL has slammed the Coalition’s energy scheme as “a smokescreen for its commitment to coal and gas” and “radioactive greenwash”, which would delay Australia’s urgent and accelerating shift to clean energy and away from fossil fuels. Analysis of Dutton’s scheme shows it has a gaping hole at its heart.…

The post Dutton’s climate policy: Let it burn appeared first on The AIM Network.

Solutions for Climate Australia Media Release Coalition’s nuclear fantasy would create billions of tonnes more climate pollution The federal Coalition’s announcement today that they would transition Australia to nuclear reactors is a dangerous distraction from the urgent need to take action to reduce climate pollution this decade. Solutions for Climate Australia director Dr Barry Traill:…

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Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has told colleagues that the nuclear energy plan that the Coalition’s traditional owner, Gina Rinehart, has been working on is finally ready to be released to the public. ”Gina’s a very busy person, what with looking... Read More ›

The hero worship of Donald Trump has reached new heights. It’s now Kim Jong Un level. Dan Morrison at USA Today writes: It’s the Summer of Trump in the House of Representatives, where Republican lawmakers have flooded the chamber with bills and resolutions honoring the former president, convicted felon and 2024 GOP frontrunner.  These largely symbolic gestures are a way to get noticed by the Republican powerhouse, who can make or break politicians with his endorsements, according to a former member of Congress. Earlier this month, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., introduced a bill requiring the U.S. Treasury to start printing $500 bills again after 79 years, with the pricey legal tender now “featuring a portrait” of Trump in place of the late President William McKinley. Gosar said the proposal was meant to draw attention to high inflation under Joe Biden.  There’s cash, and then there’s gold.  In May, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., pushed a bill to award Trump the Congressional Gold Medal for his administration’s foreign policy successes.

Viewers will get a new omnibus edit of "Pyramids of Mars" with updated FX during Doctor Who: Tales of the TARDIS on Thursday, June 20th.

My generation of filmmakers shook up cinema forever. Where are history’s periodic surges of creativity taking us?

The post The Force Was with Them appeared first on Nautilus.