Keir Starmer’s attack on our planning system is an almost-perfect repeat of Boris Johnson’s disaster. Why can’t he see that? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th May 2025 The precedent is uncanny, and the failure to learn from it downright mystifying. Keir Starmer is rushing gladly towards the catastrophe Boris Johnson inflicted on […]
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What a glorious life I lead as the boon companion to a great hero! I am a noble steed, ready to leap into action at any moment should my hero call me. Tally-ho!
Today, the hero left me standing on the edge of a cliff as he glided off with some kind of flying machine. I did see a staggering amount of horse bones at the base of the ravine, as though someone was crass enough to just run their horse right off the cliff. Unsure why he needed me to gallop at full speed for no more than thirty feet, but he always knows what’s right and good. I’m sure my contribution was necessary and strategic, not just something he tried because it’s cool.
As Trump’s contentious tax-cut megabill moves forward, explore the untold story of how the anti-tax movement took over the country.
‘Small talk’ is a misnomer. Here are some simple strategies to transform it into an opportunity to connect, learn and grow
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Attorneys Mark Lemley and Shawn Musgrave discuss the legal challenges of taking on the Trump administration’s executive overreach.
The post The Last Line of Defense: The Courts vs. Trump appeared first on The Intercept.
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In Spanish, I wasn’t the clumsy son of the town amputee. Learning the language catalysed my reinvention
- by Timothy Hampton
Is the fault of whale strandings partially in the stars?
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A mantle-rocking asteroid impact could have made curious glass beads on the surface
The post Moon Marbles Hint at Lunar Depths appeared first on Nautilus.
New polling finds a collapse in support for the Prime Minister among Labour voters, as he pursues a strategy that is also failing to win over supporters of Reform, reports Adam Bienkov
I den grundläggande DSGE-modell som används av både nyklassiska och ‘nykeynesianska’ makroekonomer är arbetsmarknaden alltid i jämvikt — den representativa agenten maximerar sin nyttofunktion genom att anpassa sitt arbetsutbud, penninghållning och konsumtion över tid som svar på förändringar i räntan, förväntad livstidsinkomst eller reallön. Viktigast av allt — om reallönen av någon anledning avviker från […]
Reduced budgets, rising online hate and the lack of an effective national strategy, are deepening the threat faced by women and girls, warn MPs
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May 16th, 2025: If you look carefully Earlier this week, the Labour government released a white paper called Restoring Control over the Immigration System. On its own, this document should have been concerning to many people, since it signalled a major rightward shift in immigration policy by a putatively centre-left government. But what really made the headlines were Starmer’s remarks in the […] Max Blumenthal tours Iran’s aerospace park and gets an inside look at the country’s missile, drone, air defense and space program, and what its development means for US-Iranian negotiations. The post VIDEO: Iran’s missile program – Max Blumenthal tours Tehran’s aerospace park first appeared on The Grayzone. The post VIDEO: Iran’s missile program – Max Blumenthal tours Tehran’s aerospace park appeared first on The Grayzone. Max Blumenthal meets Professor Mohammed Marandi in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra war martyr’s cemetery and visits the graves of friends Marandi lost during Iran’s eight year-long war with Iraq. Marandi explains what he thinks Iran is fighting for, why he believes the US is ultimately responsible for filling up the cemetery, and addresses his country’s situation as it is faced with the threat of a new war. Video produced by Ahmad Saadaldin. The post VIDEO: A walk through Tehran’s war martyrs cemetery with Prof. Marandi first appeared on The Grayzone. The post VIDEO: A walk through Tehran’s war martyrs cemetery with Prof. Marandi appeared first on The Grayzone. As it seeks the Trump administration’s approval to acquire Frontier Communications, Verizon said it would drop diversity programs. The post Verizon Capitulates to Trump Administration, Cutting All DEI Programs appeared first on The Intercept. “Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda.” —The Hill - - - Quit complaining about Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid. If you all stopped whining that low- and middle-income people deserve quality health care, you’d notice there are plenty of ways to accumulate enough money to afford health insurance yourself. Have you welfare queens even considered becoming actual queens? Once you’re in charge, you can leverage your position to make loads of money. Just pull yourself up by the bootstraps you acquired by abusing your power. People these days don’t have enough get-up-and-go. One little setback and they’re dependent on Medicaid forever. Instead, when life hands you lemons, demand that it also hand you a $400 million jet in exchange for unnamed future political favors. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is no longer serving as Eurovision 2025 UK Spokesperson during the Grand Final.
Citing The Lever’s reporting, top Senate Dems say “unusually timed contributions” to Trump’s stalled IRS nominee Billy Long “potentially violate federal bribery laws.”
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