Is it not patently unrealistic to suppose that individuals … base their decision on the size of the expected utility? While entirely natural and understandable, this objection is not strictly relevant … The hypothesis asserts rather that, in making a particular class of decisions, individuals behave as if they calculated and compared expected utility and […]
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The youngest member of the Meyer-Syll family, Hedda, turned 12 today.And yes — Ibsen is one of yours truly’s favourite dramatists …
Americans were already seething about the shutdown and the economy. Then they saw Epstein write that Trump “knew about the girls.”
The post Epstein Is the Only Thing That Could Turn Trump’s Base Against Him appeared first on The Intercept.
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A re-edited version of the Doctor Who story "The Sea Devils" is coming to BBC4 and iPlayer on December 7th, ahead of the new spinoff series.
Why don’t we get to grips with the climate crisis? Partly because most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th November 2025 If this were just a climate crisis, we would fix it. The technology, money and strategies have all been […]
Lina Khan joins forces with Zohran Mamdani, a “rent-a-bank” loophole gets plugged, a legendary river is unleashed, and data spies are compromised.
Doctor Who Composer Murray Gold discusses being asked to leave the series in 2017 and whether he would continue as the show's composer.
The Trump administration moved to designate antifa groups abroad as foreign terrorists — setting up the prosecution of their U.S. allies.
The post Marco Rubio Wants to Imprison You on Terror Charges for Supporting Nazi Punchers appeared first on The Intercept.
~by Sean Paul Kelley Good heavens, the economic bad news is piling up like a bad car wreck. So, let’s do some serious rubbernecking, folks, because there is a lot of fucked up shit to watch. Just don’t step in it, okay? We begin with widepsread reports of large institutional investors (hedge funds, investment banks, […]
A stopgap spending bill just ended the longest US government shutdown ever, and it may decimate a weed-infused segment of the economy
The post These Are the THC Derivatives Poised to Go Up In Smoke appeared first on Nautilus.
Closer inspection of prized Roman possessions has highlighted the possible networks of the artisans behind them
The post Ancient Roman Glass Reveals a Hidden “Language” appeared first on Nautilus.
And the pounding has persisted for more than 30 years
The post A Third of Humanity Has a Headache appeared first on Nautilus.
Chemical traces in a royal vase suggest the narcotic may have been a routine part of life
The post Archaeologists Uncover Lost Opioid Tradition in Ancient Egypt appeared first on Nautilus.
Flight-tracking is a powerful tool for government transparency. We’ll show you how to do it.
The post How to Track Kash Patel’s Jet appeared first on The Intercept.
A lyrical observation in verse turns out to be a glimpse at a star’s last gasp
The post Celestial Poetry Illuminates Astronomy appeared first on Nautilus.
4:50 a.m. — Carmen arrives at the airport for her 6:15 a.m. flight.
4:53 a.m. — Carmen heads to security early, because she doesn’t have TSA PreCheck, CLEAR, or the subscription service where a man in a suit carries you, piggyback, to the front of the line.
5:03 a.m. — Carmen fills a plastic tray with her laptop, beeper, wallet, trench coat, and part of an ancient tombstone she stole back from England and is supposed to deliver to [REDACTED] before getting found by the kids on the show.
5:05 a.m. — Carmen’s luggage is flagged, and she has to go to the manual inspection table in only her leggings and the Backstreet Boys T-shirt she’s wearing under her trench coat, while a security team member inspects her belongings.
In a memo promising legal immunity for those who kill alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration floated an unusual legal theory.
The post Secret Boat Strike Memo Justifies Killings By Claiming the Target Is Drugs, Not People appeared first on The Intercept.
Jeffrey Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Steve Bannon, who told him it could help him “stave off Time’s Up for a decade” in return for strategic and financial support