“On August 15, 1947, at exactly midnight, the Indian Independence Bill takes effect, dividing the erstwhile Mogul Empire into the sovereign states of India and Pakistan. The long-await… Read More
By Elizabeth Lopatto, a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. The trouble b… Read More
Hayden Adams is the founder of Uniswap, one of the most widely used decentralized applications built on Ethereum. Prior to Uniswap, Hayden was an engineer at Siemens. He graduated from Stony… Read More
There appears to be no level of unambiguous racism spewed by a right-wing “intellectual” that won’t be offered the benefit of the doubt by certain willfully oblivious contr… Read More
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Earlier today, a group of 82 prominent conservative (and a few libertarian) academics, intellectuals, and public policy experts issued the "Fr… Read More
The BBC’s flagship current affairs show this week has hosted a climate sceptic with links to the gas sector without declaring the guest’s professional ties, DeSmog can reveal… Read More
Introduction
Ayn Rand, the Russian-American writer and philosopher, is well-known for her philosophical system, Objectivism. Celebrating laissez-faire capitalism and rational self-interest… Read More
I vividly remember when Obama’s 2008 election victory was declared, and TV showed a middle aged Black Chicago woman jumping up and down shouting, “God bless America! God bless… Read More
On obligation, he was the armed service son of happy patriotic parents who seemed established to serve his region. Off duty, he ran a personal online chat group named Thug Shaker Central w… Read More
Prodded by Sharon Wilson, the EPA promises to take a closer look at emissions in the Barnett Shale, not just from individual wells, but compression plants and more. ABSOLUTELY needed. But? D… Read More
Nick Cohen takes us to Tunbridge Wells in his latest substack Writing from London:Mike Martin is the sort of chap who used to be a natural Tory. He served in Afghanistan, where the arm… Read More
Laura Dodsworth at Waterstones, Piccadilly, February 2023. Photo: E. ParkIntroduction
Until three years ago, Laura Dodsworth was a photojournalist, known for Bare Reality, a project in th… Read More
The Great Reset and Its Critics (full series)The Technocrats | The Great ResetThe Great Narrative | The Critics | Conclusion
In mid-2020, after COVID-19 and lockdown policies to (unsuccessfu… Read More
Home Republican chief Kevin McCarthy in the Residence chamber all through the second working day of balloting for speaker on Wednesday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos)Republicans in the Pro… Read More
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand on Tuesday passed into regulation a distinctive prepare to section out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people today purc… Read More
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has won reelection in Arizona, edging out Republican Blake Masters in what was after viewed as a robust pickup possibility for the GOP. Keeping on to Kelly’s… Read More
Without knowing that a life of raids, cells and prisons awaited him, and that history would remember him as “the insurgent friar”, more than 250 years ago, on October 18, 1763, J… Read More
Having watched BBC Parliament for the better part of three years, I can only conclude that today’s Conservative MPs are a frustrating bunch.
Many of the older hands, who were elected w… Read More
Review – Rissa Kerguelen
This is my second time reading this book. Actually, the first time I read it in two parts. The publication history is confusing. Rissa Kerguelen was pub… Read More
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: It's no secret that the overwhelming majority of wealth in the United States is concentrated at the very top, creating staggering levels… Read More
“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” ~ J. Paul Getty
“Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. ‘Get up early, work late – and st… Read More