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The sun rose a blazing orange ball through the gray mist over the hill. Black dendritic shadows of rhododendrons pirouetted in a wild dance as a murder of crows pecked methodically at the detritus of some abandoned breakfast, unholy miners searching for a vein in cracked and buckled tarmac.

The Professor looked out the window and drank coffee from a chipped blue enamel mug. The coffee was hot and good. The Department Head walked by.

Morning.

Morning.

You entered your first week attendance?

No I haven’t.

Well.

Well.

I reckon you might. Be hell to pay with the Registrar.

Well. I will.

All right.

The Professor’s hands danced over the laptop and in one smooth and practiced motion entered the attendance values with a mass update and it was beautiful and it was terrible at the same time, for it bore the weight of all attendance and financial aid and indeed the souls of all the people that lived and died and those yet to come.

It’s done.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign hits out at 'unacceptable' orders from police to change protest times and routes at late notice

The stimulus opponents’ argument boils down to this striking claim: When the government spends borrowed funds now, consumers will realize that the resulting debt spells higher taxes in the future, which will lead them to curtail their current spending. Those cutbacks will offset the increased government spending dollar for dollar, leaving no net stimulus … […]

Over 16,480 children have died, and thousands more face starvation as Israel’s relentless assault continues. Gaza’s children need protection, not a war designed to erase their future.

The post Gaza’s Children Face Extermination Amid Bombings, Disease and Famine appeared first on MintPress News.

Retired Marine Corps officer and military lawyer Haaytham Faraj joins State of Play to discuss the Haditha Massacre, U.S. war crimes, and the culture of cover-ups.

The post A War Crime America Tried to Forget: Haditha Massacre with Marine Lawyer Haytham Faraj appeared first on MintPress News.

It has recently come to my attention via internet outrage that I am in what is considered a “mixed-weight” marriage. Magazines, podcasts, and CNN are judging women who outweigh their husbands, even though Bridgerton said it was okay.

But internet trolls say that it is absolutely not okay, expressing their disgust in ALL CAPS. So, before my husband hears of this controversy and suddenly realizes I am not as thin as I was when we got married, I’m prepared to prevent him from fleeing using these tricks:

Christian Weaver represented the family of Awaab Ishak who died from a condition caused by black mould in his family's social housing flat

As students head back to school, one of the largest payment processors in the world is fighting to protect the millions it makes upcharging parents on school meals.

The riots that broke out following the appalling murder of children in Southport did not come out of nowhere — they were the reflections of a global far-right surge whose loud footsteps were already being heard across the world. In Britain, anti-migrant ideology and sentiment was confronted by leftist, pro-migrant counterdemonstrations, which the progressive wings […]

Out of the 10,641 convictions for sexual offence cases last year, at least 7,500 were related to the abuse of children under the age of 18 - 1,635 involved victims who were under 13

. Angesichts der Ergebnisse der jüngsten Landtagswahlen in Deutschland gibt es allen Grund, Schröters Ansichten sehr ernst zu nehmen. Andernfalls besteht ein großes Risiko, dass populistische Extremistenparteien wie die AfD und die BSW weiterhin ihre Positionen ausbauen.

‘We can make beautiful things, even in a place like Guantánamo’: how Moath al-Alwi preserves his humanity in prison

- by Aeon Video

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What is it like to be you? Dive into the philosophical puzzle of consciousness and see yourself and the world in new ways

- by Amy Kind

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Leo Fernandes, Harkeerit Kalsi, Nicholas Vause, Matthew Downer, Sarah Ek and Sebastian Maxted Hedge funds and other alternative investment funds (AIFs) often take positions in financial markets that significantly exceed their investors’ capital by using debt or derivatives. However, such ‘leverage’ can pose risks to financial stability. Regulators seeking to reduce these risks may consider … Continue reading A simple model of the effects of entity and activity constraints on alternative investment funds →

On Monday, the first day of our academic year, I went to a demonstration. The reason for the demonstration are the announced budget cuts for higher education, which our new right/extreme-right government wants to implement. The figures aren’t set in stone yet, but the financial appendix that was presented when the new government took office […]

Today (September 4, 2024), the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest – Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, June 2024 – which shows that the Australian economy grew by just 0.2 per cent in the June-quarter 2024 and by just 1 per cent over the 12 months (down from 1.5 per cent).…

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