How should we as a society interact with one another, debate, come to decisions? What impels politicians to focus and act on one thing and not another? The Athenians had the Agora, where (male, slave-owning) citizens gathered to debate and decide the issues of the day. In the early 20th century, John Reith envisioned the…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is ready to assist those affected by the devastating wildfires in California, with 150 Ukrainian firefighters ready to go. The offer by the Ukrainian president comes three days after Donald Trump Jr, son of US president-elect Donald Trump, responded to the Los Angeles wildfires by appearing to blame Ukraine on…
Something felt off about Kai Braden’s first day working retail at an Abercrombie & Fitch store in 2006. His bosses sat him down to watch an onboarding video, but instead of learning how to properly fold shirts or work the register, Braden watched a corporate-produced montage of young men romping through fields in various stages…
Name: The full bush in a bikini movement. Age: A mere five days, born on TikTok. Appearance: Dense and luxuriant. Well, it’s certainly nice to have a bit of foliage at this time of year. Glad to have you on board. And it’s also heartening to hear that the TikTok generation is getting into gardening….
PHILADELPHIA – In a playoff game that won’t garner many reruns on NFL Network, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Green Bay Packers 22-10 Sunday in the NFC wild-card round. Dallas Goedert bullied his way to a 24-yard touchdown in the third quarter and the Eagles defense contained Jordan Love, Josh Jacobs and a depleted Green…
Artificial intelligence will be “mainlined into the veins” of the nation, ministers have announced, with a multibillion-pound investment in the UK’s computing capacity despite widespread public fear about the technology’s effects. Keir Starmer will launch a sweeping action plan to increase 20-fold the amount of AI computing power under public control by 2030 and deploy…