@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-01-24 21:02:12
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-24 23:42:14
Senate Republican Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) has said that
the U.S. “can’t afford” to implement Donald Trump’s proposal
to send out $2,000 checks to supposedly offset costs of tariffs
— just days after the president wined and dined some of the richest people on the planet at an extravagant black tie dinner in the White House
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-25 05:20:55
Analysis: scientists who appeared to use LLMs posted 33% more papers on arXiv than those who didn't, as concerns grow over AI slop in scientific publishing (Ross Andersen/The Atlantic)
https://www.
@degrowthuk@mstdn.social2025-12-23 07:57:00
I'm case you missed it...
An article appeared in The Guardian on Thursday, December 11th, entitled “Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds”
But that headline is misleading and the study overclaims too.
We take it apart (need to fix formatting for mobile view).
Decoupling …… again – degrowthUK
@bthalpin@mastodon.social2025-11-25 12:08:06
One night, many years ago, I was sitting in this pub when suddenly there was a bang and a bullethole appeared high in the window (picture right). Wild times.
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/20…
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-12-22 17:49:26
🌪️ The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety
https://theconversation.com/the-housing-crisis-is-forcing-americans-to-choose-between-affordability-and-safety-266136
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@usul@piaille.fr2025-11-25 05:44:36
La révolution de l’immunité ancestrale : quand nos défenses sont un héritage des bactéries
https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2025/11/24/la-revolution-de-l-immunite-ancestrale…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-25 04:48:24
Donald Trump, who has repeatedly denounced the Affordable Care Act as a “disaster,”
is considering backing an extension of insurance subsidies tied to the health law that are set to expire at the end of the year,
according to a senior White House official.
“Until President Trump makes an announcement himself, any reporting about the administration’s health care positions is mere speculation,” said Kush Desai, a White House spokesman.
Extending the subsidies was at the …
@UP8@mastodon.social2026-01-23 20:44:07
🤑 Do World Cup teams really need a 50% prize money hike after tickets furore? | Paul MacInnes
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/18/fifa-world-cup-2026-ticket-prices-prize-money
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-24 03:03:12
From 1977 to 1979,
June Jordan and Toni Morrison were both a part of "The Sisterhood",
a group of Black women writers who met in a New York City apartment to eat and drink together while discussing liberation.
Whether addressing genocide, imperialism or the American literary establishment,
the writers in the group,
which included Alice Walker and Ntozake Shange,
saw their work as a means to make interventions against dominant narratives of colon…
