Quartz (Global business)
Sixty-nine percent of Americans said they were “very concerned” about, according to a recent Pew Research Center surv...
Each week, Quartz rounds up product launches, updates, and funding news from artificial intelligence-focused startups...
Quillette
Jamie, Jon, Iona, and Claire share their favourite essays from this year.
Iona Italia talks to cultural evolutionary theorist Michael Muthukrishna, author of ‘A Theory of Everyone,’ about the...
Radio Free Asia (US)
4 protesters who were arrested are released, but say they were beaten.
He is the first to be released from jail alive in southern Kashgar village
Ralph Nader
Holiday greetings. Time for special generosity. These are the very worthy, effective, honest groups–all 501(c)(3)s–th...
Random Thoughts (Nick Patterson)
Thanks for reading Random Thoughts!
Ray McGovern
<p class="excerpt">Look under “C” on Joe Biden’s long list of those he is considering for pardons to keep from Justic...
<p class="excerpt">Syria: Was al-Jolani converted on The Road to Damascus; Putin ready to “fold-em”. On Ukraine, US s...
Razib Khan
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to the pseudonymous commentator “Peachy Keenan.” A native of Los...
Reviewing the last two years in paleoanthropology
Real Clear Politics
Nov. 5 showed that Tennessee has become more deeply red. As conservatives move to the state`s rural areas, the Big So...
The Real News
Both sides in Sudan`s civil war, which has plunged the nation into a humanitarian catastrophe, share the political ai...
With over two thirds of Gaza`s buildings destroyed by Israeli bombing, hospitals are doubling as refugee camps for di...
Reason Magazine
12/21/1922: Justice Pierce Butler takes oath.
The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 21, 1922 appeared f...
A TikTok ban could devastate thousands of independent workers, but the real challenge lies in modernizing labor laws ...
Redacted
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency over bird flu. The State of Emergency applies to human...
The Wall Street Journal published a damning report about President Biden`s mental decline going back to the 2020 camp...
The Register
<h4>Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter</h4> After 10 months of work, the b...
<h4>It`s not just one hyperbolic billionaire – the entire industry is chasing the AI dragon</h4> Comment Next year w...
Remix News
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini defended his actions blocking the Open Arms migrant ship in 2019 as he f...
A 19-year-old man attacked Prečko Elementary School in Zagreb, killing a seven-year-old child and injuring five others
República dos Pijamas (Portugal)
Resilience.org
I light the candles in the dark room as a pledge, to be honest with myself and truthful with others. To do no harm. T...
I’ve no desire to make strong claims about what is achieved by serving mince pies to neighbours and strangers, but I ...
Responsible Statecraft
Since Donald Trump’s reelection, his campaign promise to quickly end the Russia-Ukraine War has seemed increasingly...
President-elect Donald Trump early this week that the Ukraine war “has to stop” and that people are “dying at leve...
Ron Paul Institute
As an academic and a legal commentator, I have sometimes disagreed with the United States Supreme Court, but I often ...
The early November detention of Asif Rahman, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, indicted in a federal natio...
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
RussiaToday
Kiev’s new envoy at the UN Andrey Melnik is famous for calling Germany’s Olaf Scholz a “sausage” and for telling Elo...
Ukrainian singer banned from EU for ten years for insulting the Polish language and urging Poles to speak Russian cl...
Schneier on Security
A for your water bottle.
It turns out that all cluster mailboxes in the Denver area have the same master key. So if someone , they can open a...
Science Alert
It`s more than just a symbol.
Christmas 2.0 is coming.
Science-Based Medicine
If RFK Jr. "researches" vaccines, he will certainly "discover" they cause autism. It`s possible that this "research" ...
The Science-Based Medicine blog was established way back in 2008. Since that time, contributors to this blog have bee...
ScienceNews
Eyelashes “micro-ratchet” structure and curved shape help wick water away from the eyes.
Science News drew millions of visitors to our website this year. Here’s a recap of the most-read and most-watched new...
Scientific American
3D models of <i>Australopithecus afarensis</i> hint at the muscular adaptations that made modern humans better runners
The moon may have melted 4.35 billion years ago—explaining a lunar age mystery
SCOTUSblog
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday ...
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursda...
Setenta e Quatro (Portugal)
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver)
Were efforts to conceal Biden`s age-related decline a "conspiracy"?
Sky
The doors of the white van are thrown open. Dozens of armed French police jump on board, their colleagues on the grou...
The moment the suspect in a fatal attack on a German Christmas market was arrested has been captured on video by a pa...
The Slavland Chronicles
Putin is too moral and Christian to take offense! His is the kingdom to come!
SMAS de Mafra (Mafra water company)
Snopes
However, Congress has passed legislation to pay service members during specific government shutdowns in the past.
The commutations were separate from the over 1,000 people whose sentences the U.S. president commuted on Dec. 12, 2024.
Social Europe
Elon Musk’s bid to “reinvent” government through Trump’s advisory DOGE commission will likely be a meme-worthy specta...
Spain`s new labour measures could set the perfect precedent for protecting workers.
Socialist Worker (UK)
The Piquetero movement has existed since the 1990s and was known for forming pickets or blockades on roads. Could you...
Protesters took to the streets of Georgia for the 22nd day in a row on Friday in the face of police brutality. The ru...
Software Freedom Conservancy
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CC-BY-NA 4.0 Emily Dunham
Since the Linux project removed in October a number of entries from the MAINTAINERS file, all of whom were putatively ...
South China Morning Post
Annual report of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China also calls on Washington to sanction city officials.
Between January and November, authorities cracked 19,459 cases involving black market cigarettes, representing a 65 p...
SouthFront
Some two weeks after the surprising fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the war-torn country remains unstable with cla...
The Kyiv regime increased drone attacks on civilian targets in Russia, including Kazan city. The Russian Armed Forces...
Space.com
The winter solstice marks the official start of the astronomical winter, as the sun reaches its most southerly point ...
Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will keep astronauts healthy on NASA`s planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.
Sputnik News
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hungary is interested in preserving the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine and negotiates this...
BEIJING (Sputnik) - The Chinese Defense Ministry on Saturday denounced the Pentagon`s recent report on China`s rapid ...
The Straits Times
Syria`s new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin had suggested a “high-tech duel” with Ukraine.
Strategic Culture [Russian site]
Sydney Morning Herald
Our Lady of the Rocks looks absurdly out-of-place in Kotor Bay, Montenegro, where it sits atop shipwrecks and other d...
Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz.
Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation
Taki's Magazine
Flies are like sheep: They seem to follow their leader, without it being clear which of them is their leader. This wa...
If you wanted proof that men are now marginalized, look no further than a question tabled for discussion at next year...
Tap News (Alternative Media)
One source now saying it was a cardiac arrest, not a stabbing. Whatever the case, stabbings are now so commonplace af...
<span style="font-size: 18px;">NATO leaders contemplate Russia`s new missile</span>
Techrights
"managers want more LLM slop"
started as a rumour about January 2025
TheAltWorld
US media claims "he agreed to a U.S. demand that he not allow terrorist groups in Syria […]
His pragmatic hedging preserves Russia’s national interests and even stands a chance at advancing them in the […]
Time
From `Ratatouille` and `Big Night` to `Burnt` and `The Lunchbox`
Arianna Huffington explores why the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has sparked anger at the U.S. heal...
The Times of Israel
Andrew Fox, a research fellow at the UK-based Henry Jackson Society, assesses the IDF operations and dissects a new r...
Nearly 40 seriously injured; experts surprised by profile of alleged Saudi attacker who supports far-right, anti-immi...
TomDispatch
Post-election America finds itself in a panic. Voices from across a wide political spectrum warn that the country sta...
Gaza, Haiti, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, and Venezuela: President-elect Donald Trump will face no ...
TruthOut.org
The US arranges evacuations for others, but is leaving Palestinian Americans to die in Gaza, the lawsuit says.
Musk is backing a vehemently anti-immigrant, far right party in Germany`s upcoming elections.