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Sometime in the 1970s, probably at an event in the San Francisco Bay Area, I heard Audre Lorde read a poem.  I don’t remember the poem, but do remember her reading of it demanded my attention.  I was slightly familiar with her work up to then, mostly because of my female friends, gay and straight, whose bookshelves More

Approaching the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, it is a time for reflection. These are the darkest days of the year, but the light will return in the inevitable cycle of the seasons. This is a good thought to hold as we head into some pretty dark times. In the cycle of More

The bombardment of Gaza is relentless, indiscriminate and all encompassing, and whilst weak Western governments refuse to condemn Israel and cut all military aid the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) continues to slaughter Palestinian civilians and obliterate what remains of Gaza. Nobody and nowhere is off limits to Israel, even designated humanitarian zones, camps and informal More

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Initial reconnaissance I’m a recent expat, living in England. If I’m not envied now by my friends back in the states, I will be soon — after January 20. But I feel guilty, like I ran out of a restaurant without paying the bill. It wasn’t, however, a sudden departure. I’ve been preparing for eight More

December 20 – Saudi Arabia will compete at the 16-team Concacaf Gold Cup next summer, to be played predominantly on the West coast of the USA.

Since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, news coverage by the most prominent US outlets of Israel’s assault on Gaza and its Palestinian inhabitants has provided more propaganda than information, leaving the public bereft of even the most fundamental facts. Corporate media have eschewed narratives necessary for understanding the history of Israeli violence against More

Grace O’Malley is lining up her next move and she’s teaming with Alex Cooper! The comedian and podcast host was announced on Thursday (December 19) to join Alex‘s Unwell Network following her exit from Barstool Sports. Previously, Grace co-hosted the PlanBri Uncut podcast with Brianna Chickenfry until recently when their friendship ended and Brianna decided [...]

Ravichandran Ashwin, one of India's finest spinners, retired from international cricket after a 14-year career. He finished with 537 Test wickets, second only to Anil Kumble in Indian cricket history. While Kumble holds the record for most wickets, Ashwin achieved milestones faster and boasts superior bowling averages and strike rates.

The Taliban government has imposed a complete ban on organ transplants. Patients and doctors say the prohibition deprives Afghans from accessing potentially lifesaving treatment.

Dictionaries have selected enshittification, brain-rot and polarization as their 2024 Words of the Year. Each are depressingly apt reflections of the past 12 months. Roméo Dallaire’s latest book The Peace includes the words Ubumwe(Kinyarwanda), Ubuntu (Zulu) and Niw_hk_m_kanak (Cree) – which all convey more uplifting ways of being that were much needed in 2024. The More

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1. Exact time winds will be fiercest where you live during severe weather warning  Gloucestershire Live
2. Met office alert for windy weather set to impact transport network as Christmas getaway begins  STV News
3. Storm-force winds to batter Britain this weekend with 80mph gusts ahead of Christmas getaway  Evening Standard
4. Unsettled weekend ahead of Christmas  Met Office
5. Met Office issues new weather alerts for NI with winds reaching 70mph  Belfast Telegraph

The justifications are always the same.  We are moving into territory for security reasons. We are creating a temporary buffer zone from which tactical advantage can be gained against potential dangers.  Then, over time, these buffers become strategic fixtures, de facto real estate seizures and annexations.  Israel now finds itself in what was a United Nations-patrolled buffer zone More

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a set of tax cuts Donald Trump signed into law during his first term as president, will expire on Dec. 31, 2024. As Trump and Republicans prepare to negotiate new tax cuts in 2025, it’s worth gleaning lessons from the president-elect’s first set of cuts. The 2017 cuts were More

On December 18, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert banning drone flights over parts of New Jersey through next January 17 for unspecified “Special Security Reasons.” The unspecified actual reason is lots of people getting creeped out because they believe they’re seeing lots of drones hovering over the state at night. There’s an element of panic More

Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the semi-final of the Carabao Cup with victory over Manchester United but almost allowed the Red Devils back into the match late in the game

Cybernetic Society and the Descent of Dialectical Thought We lack the tools to critically assess and interrogate our social institutions and our ways of thinking about and interacting with them. That is among the core claims of a new book by Michael J. Thompson, a professor of political theory at William Paterson University and a More

1. Protective order issued for man accused of plotting attack with Madison school shooter  ABC News
2. Private schools, like in Wisconsin shooting, are responsible for their security. Here’s how they try to protect students  CNN
3. Obituary information for Rubi Patricia Vergara  Gunderson Funeral Home
4. Names released of teacher, 14-year-old killed at Madison school  Wisconsin Public Radio News
5. Teacher shot and killed in deadly Madison school shooting identified  Channel3000.com... Читать дальше...

Texas’ electrical grid made national headlines in the winter of 2021 when the state experienced statewide power outages. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s power grid operator, was caught completely off-guard when a winter storm exposed the organization’s lack of severe weather preparedness. Embarrassed, ERCOT developed a roadmap to increase the reliabilityof More

Howard Lutnick wants to have his cake and eat it, too. Then, he intends to eat your cake. Lutnick is another billionaire corporate huckster who was a campaign bagman for Trump, and now he’s Trump’s pick to become Commerce Secretary. But first, he’s been tasked with picking hordes of corporate loyalists to be placed in Trump’s government More

The good times — for America’s super wealthy — are now rolling way past good. Our richest have in 2024 enjoyed their best year ever. No other nation’s deepest pockets have watched their fortunes grow as large or as fast. Elon Musk, of course, perfectly embodies this unprecedented surge in the personal wealth of America’s More

Ten years ago, the U.S. and Cuba announced the start of normalization between our two countries. Americans and Cubans alike could see a bit of light through a crack in the wall of U.S. restrictions that, for six decades, have blocked normal interaction between close neighbors. The brief opening was largely ceremonial — President Trump More

In his new Netflix special, entertainer Jamie Foxx shares that he suffered a debilitating stroke. The $4.5 trillion U.S. health care system at first failed to give him helpful treatment, which Foxx eventually received at a hospital in Atlanta. Think about the class dimensions of his experience. Foxx is a multimillionaire who in his time of More