Briefing the Israeli press after Benjamin Netanyahu’s order to turn off the aid supply to Gaza, government officials claimed that the Palestinian territory had several months’ worth of food stockpiled from earlier deliveries. However, the announcement led to an immediate jump in prices of basic necessities in Gaza, with residents saying they had doubled. Aid…
A couple of years ago, I decided to go for more “achievable” new year resolutions: challenging and life-enhancing but also small to the point of near-stupidity. For example, near the end of last year, I decided I would stop using my car’s horn in non-life-threatening situations. If you’re wondering what kind of asshole uses the…
Because of that will prevent Huawei’s latest foldable from going on sale in the US, many folks who are interested in the handset will never lay eyes on it in person. Still, you might want to get a load of this oddity. The Pura X should maybe have a “wide load” warning that pops up…
Chris Kluwe explains motivation behind protest of Huntington Beach MAGA library plaque Chris Kluwe sat down with USA TODAY Sports to discuss his recent protest against a library’s plaque that featured a MAGA acrostic. Sports Pulse HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe wore a T-shirt, shorts and flip flops when he showed…
An activist singled out by Keir Starmer as an environmental “zealot” who must be stopped from making “vexatious” legal claims that thwart growth, has accused the prime minister of trying to lock people out of the planning process. Andrew Boswell, a 68-year-old former Green councillor, insisted his two-year legal fight over the expansion of the…
A little over 50 years ago, the American broadcaster Studs Terkel published an oral history based on interviews with 133 workers across the US. This was a time of automation and global competition, a new era of enormous change, and Terkel wanted to discover how the world of work might offer ordinary people a sense…