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Fri, 03/10/2025 - 01:49
För vår del vore det bästa om Sverige anslöt sig och införde euron under ordnade former och i linje med vad vi faktiskt förbundit oss. De ekonomiska argument som framfördes mot ett deltagande för ett kvartssekel sedan har försvagats och de politiska argumenten för ett svenskt deltagande i denna del av europasamarbetets kärna har förstärkts […]
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Thu, 02/10/2025 - 23:47
Alongside the genocide, the Israeli government is destroying the ecosystems of Gaza, perhaps permanently. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th September 2025 A landless people and a peopleless land: these, it appears, are the aims of the Israeli government in Gaza. There are two means by which they are achieved. The first is […]
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Thu, 02/10/2025 - 22:00

“An ‘AI actor’ named Tilly Norwood has been causing a stir after its Dutch creators said the synthetic performer is in talks with talent agencies.” — BBC

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Museum of Bad Decisions begins with a promising premise and a visually rich setting—the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas—but is ultimately let down by uneven execution that detracts from any meaningful emotional payoff. Tilly Norwood’s portrayal of Anna, a curator entangled in romantic disarray, leans more toward irritating than sympathetic. Meanwhile, Oliver Pepitone’s Mack, a fumbling security guard, is reduced to a flat archetype with little narrative substance.

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Thu, 02/10/2025 - 20:48

It’s a different kind of Labour conference in Liverpool this year. Before the 2024 election, it was all ‘no complacency’. The mood was confidence in victory at the coming election (hopeful, and expectant) — the end of fourteen years of Tory misrule. Last year, the post-landslide triumphant mood was tempered only slightly by the freebies […]