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Chapter 11 of my open access textbook has just been released. This chapter focuses on homelessness experienced by 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. A ‘top 10’ summary of the new chapter can be found here: https://nickfalvo.ca/homelessness-among-2slgbtqia-individuals/ All material related to the book can be found here (free of charge): https://nickfalvo.ca/book/
Russell T Davies on when The War Between the Land and the Sea was first pitched, and Pete McTighe on how Disney+ viewers can watch it.
While Artificial Intelligence is evolving rapidly, many applications remain experimental and difficult to implement in professional production environments. The Drupal AI Initiative addresses this directly, driving responsible AI innovation by channelling the community's creative energy into a clear, coordinated product vision for Drupal.
In this article, the third in a series, we highlight the outcomes of the latest development sprints of the Drupal AI Initiative. Part one outlines the 2026 roadmap presented by Dries Buytaert. Part two addresses the organisation and new working model for the delivery of AI functionality.
Less, but better? Not this week.
The post The salad bar theory of UX professionalism appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
A ‘bond crisis’ is upon us, apparently. Break the usual framing and the opposite emerges: borrowing costs have fallen, and the ‘crisis’ is seen for what it is - manufactured panic serving particular interests.
How do you teach a child reverence for nature? This filmmaker takes his son on a search for the ever-changing snow line
- by Aeon Video
I am the last in a long line of shark hunters. As the ocean fades, so too does our way of life
- by Bharath Thampi
Our planet was once a harsh, alien, icy world. Yet this deep freeze may have shaped you, me and all life on Earth
- by Graham Shields
The government wants to make it illegal to possess literature it deems dangerous — a familiar tactic to this incarcerated writer.
The post Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us appeared first on The Intercept.
Now that some of the projects that opted-in for GitLab issues are using them, they are getting real world experience with how the issue workflow in GitLab is slightly different. More and more projects are being migrated each week so sooner or later you will probably run into the following situations.
Creating new issues
When creating issues, the form is very simple. Add a title and a description and save, that's it!
GitLab has different work items when working on projects, like "Incidents", "Tasks" and "Issues". Our matching type will always be "Issue". Maintainers might choose to use the other types, but all integrations with Drupal.org will be made against "Issue" items.
A shadowy think tank run by British PM Keir Starmer’s top strategist has been exposed for paying a PR firm to spy on journalists including me and the outlet I write for, The Grayzone. Will the scandal push an already collapsing Starmer government over the edge? Leaked files have revealed that Labour Together, the shadowy think tank run by disgraced former top Keir Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney, paid the Washington DC-based corporate intelligence firm APCO Worldwide to spy on journalists […]
The post Keir Starmer-tied think tank paid PR firm to target The Grayzone first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post Keir Starmer-tied think tank paid PR firm to target The Grayzone appeared first on The Grayzone.
Note: I have not published blog posts about my academic papers over the past few years. To ensure that my blog contains a more comprehensive record of my published papers and to surface these for folks who missed them, I will be periodically (re)publishing blog posts about some “older” published projects. It seems natural to …
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The US is now a rogue state. One example is the conduct of the US Health Secretary who has been working to destroy the scientific basis for health care since his appointment last year but exceeded his own hubris when he told a podcast on February 12, 2026 that “I’m not scared of a germ.…
The world’s second-largest tech company just acquired a military-linked Israeli startup that uses “facial skin micromovements” to anticipate what users will say before they speak. This article was originally published by ¡Do Not Panic! Tech giant Apple has quietly paid nearly $2 billion for a “pre-speech” tech company whose employees helped Israel commit genocide in Gaza. In the second-biggest deal in its history, Apple paid this money for a company that doesn’t have a product, doesn’t have any revenues and whose website […]
The post Apple buys Israeli ‘pre-speech’ tech firm implicated in Gaza genocide first appeared on The Grayzone.
The post Apple buys Israeli ‘pre-speech’ tech firm implicated in Gaza genocide appeared first on The Grayzone.
New single, “The Bitter End,” out on February 24th!
The Fellow Mortals debut al-book (album and book) is now available for pre-order, exclusively at trashcansinatras.com.
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 15, 2026 by Tony Wikrent They’re not capitalists — they’re predatory criminals Why The Epstein Scandal Is Really A Billionaire Scandal – Barry’s Economics (YouTube) Barry Ferns, Feb 8, 2026 [YouTube] Everyone thinks Jeffrey Epstein was an aberration. The science says he was inevitable. This video breaks down […]
Activists are urging New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to cut ties with the ICE contractor.
The post Palantir Gets Millions of Dollars From New York City’s Public Hospitals appeared first on The Intercept.
The link between income distribution and aggregate demand is central to post-Keynesian and heterodox economics, yet largely sidelined in mainstream policy debates. The logic is simple: lower-income households have a higher marginal propensity to consume than the wealthy. An extra euro in the hands of a poorer household is mostly spent; in the hands of […]
Pete McTighe has the vibe of being the showrunner-in-waiting for Doctor Who, based on his work over the past decade. Is he the best choice?