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America’s Brexit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/w...
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How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump’s Tariffs (Gift Article)
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/world/europe/how-brexit-a-startling-act-of-economic-self-harm-foreshadowed-trumps-tariffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U4.AauV.r6kJ4t-NnVmy&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=g
8 months ago
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Nice to see old fashioned reporting.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/w...
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Sudan’s Military Sweeps Across Capital, Hoping to Turn the War (Gift Article)
A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war broke out two years ago. The scale of how much has been lost was inescapable...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/world/africa/sudan-civil-war-khartoum.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U4.JTTC.IXGksxFOBMZ2&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
9 months ago
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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
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Opinion | ‘No Other Land’ Won an Oscar. Many People Hope You Don’t See It. (Gift Article)
Criticism of the documentary that chronicles West Bank violence is a microcosm of the conflict.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/opinion/no-other-land-documentary-israel-gaza.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k4.WyOT.6hCzMqC-9lx5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
9 months ago
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Dodgy Doge
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
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See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims (Gift Article)
The cost-cutting group removed hundreds of contracts from its “wall of receipts,” added back many of them, and inflated savings values.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/upshot/musk-doge-changes-deletions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.fJPy.0vfWC-hwxu0O&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
9 months ago
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The deadly Croc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/w...
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6 Things E.R. Doctors Wish You’d Avoid (Gift Article)
We asked emergency physicians what lessons they’d learned from their job.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/well/er-doctors-tips.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk4.bzf9.WQiKi8D_zNzc&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
9 months ago
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Canada dares Trump.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVC_...
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A very Canadian message
YouTube video by Simon King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVC_bW9Jkqw
10 months ago
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The media companies are bribing Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
via @NYTimes
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Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit (Gift Article)
A settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/media/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU4.OVNU.994PKty83w0Y&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
10 months ago
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I’m back in style.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/s...
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The Lumbersexual Returns (Gift Article)
With a Filson partnership, Junya Watanabe takes us on a time warp back to the hipstery 2000s — plaid checks and all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/style/junya-watanabe-mens-wear-paris.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s04.vJC5.TkfgtoYkBQOb&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
10 months ago
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“Loyalty”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Opinion | What It Means That No Republican Is Acting on the Pete Hegseth Allegations (Gift Article)
Party loyalty remains strong even for nominees who go down. Pete Hegseth’s no different, but the Trump era has strengthened it even more.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/20/opinion/thepoint/pete-hegseth-republicans-trump-loyalty?unlocked_article_code=1.rU4.2JjJ.UOm0zSHsvsWq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
11 months ago
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Ukraine has a drone industry. Also looking for investors. Capitalism at work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
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U.S. Reveals Once-Secret Support for Ukraine’s Drone Industry (Gift Article)
The development of a new generation of drones has revolutionized how wars are fought, according to U.S. officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/politics/ukraine-drones-biden-support.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p04.2r3p.z23S0LDGduBE&smid=url-share
11 months ago
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A pirates life. Great read.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...
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A Fugitive Businessman, Done In by One Law He Couldn’t Dodge (Gift Article)
Fleeing fraud charges, Samuele Landi evaded extradition treaties, dabbled in crypto, procured diplomatic credentials and took advantage of all the offshore world has to offer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/business/samuele-landi-offshore-seastead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oU4.FUsc.KudKPv5EkszA&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
11 months ago
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Other than nations that generate the intellectual fuel for the H1B steam, the rest of the world is not that into Elon.
11 months ago
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
11 months ago
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“There is a glaring problem, however, with the widespread assumption that humans are predators by nature: It’s wrong.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/o...
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Opinion | Human Beings Are Not Predators By Nature (Gift Article)
It’s a source of today’s intense political animosity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/opinion/human-nature-polarization-predator.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jU4.gIYt.4rDakgPJGBnK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
12 months ago
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Yes, conspiracies are real.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’ (Gift Article)
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE4.G38V.vfYIp_QRVY1b&smid=url-share
12 months ago
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Back when you could drive from London to Singapore without getting shot. You still can.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k75g...
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BBC Timeshift The Lost Road - Overland to Singapore
YouTube video by receptxful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k75g0XuF36U
12 months ago
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Wendy discovers fuckery behind the scenes. Some familiar names.
newstracs.com/bankruptcy-f...
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Bankruptcy filings reveal info on key Trump Media DJT shareholder
Bankruptcy filings reveal new information on a key Trump Media DJT shareholder that helped finance the early deal.
https://newstracs.com/bankruptcy-filings-reveal-new-info-on-a-key-trump-media-djt-shareholder/2024/12/19/
12 months ago
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Brutal story of the week.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/w...
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Myanmar’s War Has Forced Doctors and Nurses Into Prostitution (Gift Article)
Nearly four years into a grinding civil conflict, the economy is in ruins, and people — even professionals with degrees — are desperate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/asia/myanmar-war-women-prostitution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i04.YEPw.vPmiiahmCr-N&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
12 months ago
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Why Elon bought Twitter. Let this sink in.
wapo.st/3VLjlI6
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See Elon Musk’s unmatched online reach
The tech billionaire’s X account blasts his political messages to an audience far bigger than Trump reaches on the platform, data analysis by The Post shows.
https://wapo.st/3VLjlI6
12 months ago
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Based on my journeys into the remote sahara I can say that artisanal gold fuels a lot of bad things. From ISIS to autocrats to dictatorships.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/w...
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The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War (Gift Article)
Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming, enriching generals and propelling the fight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/world/africa/sudan-gold-rush-heart-civil-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU4.7wi3.kd7ZOOSvZ_vz&smid=url-share
12 months ago
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You might enjoy this discussion about how to fix things.
add a skeleton here at some point
12 months ago
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Who doesn't like discovering sunken treasure?
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shipwreck-ne...
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Shipwreck Near Kenya May Be from Vasco da Gama's Final Voyage and Would Be ‘Archaeological Stardust’
Not far off the Kenyan coast, maritime archaeologists believe they have found the wreckage of a galleon belonging to Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator who found the route to India around Africa....
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shipwreck-near-kenya-may-be-from-vasco-da-gamas-final-voyage-and-would-be-archaeological-stardust/
12 months ago
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Think long and hard before getting back surgery that requires implants. Try every possible chiropractor method first. That's all I can glean from this sad story.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/n...
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Luigi Mangione, Suspect in CEO Killing, Withdrew From a Life of Privilege and Promise (Gift Article)
The suspect, Luigi Mangione, was an Ivy League tech graduate from a prominent Maryland family who in recent months had suffered physical and psychic pain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/nyregion/united-healthcare-ceo-shooting-luigi-mangione.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU4.buDf.xeJhgnnnvsSs&smid=url-share
12 months ago
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Young men never stop talking and telling stories. On YouTube tho.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
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Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone (Gift Article)
What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/opinion/men-fiction-novels.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk4.Jbnt.SYJWbbkwk83l&smid=url-share
12 months ago
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Cool informercial on UAE museums. But, I gotta say who the hell sold them on the Gehry Guggenheim trash heap?
www.nytimes.com/paidpost/abu...
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PAID POST by Abu Dhabi — A 3D Tour of Abu Dhabi's Culture District
3D Tour of Abu Dhabi's Cultural District
https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/abu-dhabi/a-3d-tour-of-abu-dhabis-culture-district.html?cpv_ap_id=50667817&utm_campaign=morein&tbs_nyt=2024-nov-nytnative_morein#museum4
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"Bhatia recalls how one relative went from being an affable goofball to angrily disparaging Muslims as “less than human.” Another relative transformed from an apolitical humanist into someone who insisted that India needed a “benevolent dictator.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/b...
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How the World’s Largest Democracy Slid Toward Authoritarianism (Gift Article)
“The New India,” by Rahul Bhatia, combines personal history and investigative journalism to account for his country’s turn to militant Hindu nationalism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/books/review/the-new-india-rahul-bhatia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE4.QH9F.2fTwq4UPdpqG&smid=url-share
about 1 year ago
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The Anti-Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
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Silicon Valley’s Richest Woman Hosts a Day of Innovation. Just Don’t Say Trump.
As the country’s liberal bubbles mourn the election’s outcome, Laurene Powell Jobs highlighted entrepreneurs’ good work with one rule: “Cheer loudly!”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/us/laurene-powell-jobs-demo-day-trump.html
about 1 year ago
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Where's Rudy?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Trump adviser accused of seeking payments from would-be cabinet nominees
Boris Epshteyn accused of asking potential administration nominees to pay monthly fee for lobbying president-elect
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/trump-camp-rivalry-boris-epshteyn
about 1 year ago
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Tulsi was linked to a cult. Science of Identity Foundation created by Chris Butler. Now she has joined MAGA, another cult created by Donald Trump. Weak minds are easily malleable
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think
One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg write
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tulsi-gabbard-dni-trump-syria-b2652285.html
about 1 year ago
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Hey, How bout those one-dollar houses?
www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/e...
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Horse’s head and pregnant cow used in ‘barbaric’ mafia threat in Sicily | CNN
The discovery of a severed horse head, and a cow quartered with its bloodied dead calf splayed on top, have rattled a Sicilian, with authorities treating the incident as a mafia threat.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/europe/horse-head-mafia-threat-italy-intl/index.html
about 1 year ago
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Good piece. They don't dish on names but it is worth a watch to understand how private data vendors can provide.
www.wired.com/video/watch/...
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We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/we-tracked-every-visitor-to-epstein-island
about 1 year ago
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Update yer damn software.
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about 1 year ago
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Trust in media. Still plummeting.
news.gallup.com/poll/651977/...
about 1 year ago
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"As Russian forces gathered before their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ms. Gabbard joined Mr. Carlson to speak out against Mr. Biden’s move to impose new sanctions against Russia, even as she said she opposed Russia’s military operation."
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/u...
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How Tulsi Gabbard Became a Favorite of Russia’s State Media
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to be the director of national intelligence has raised alarms among national security officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-trump-russia.html
about 1 year ago
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That's an interesting map. Lets all chip in for rocket fuel so they can make it to Moscow.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
about 1 year ago
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Important read on how "Illiberal Democracies" are created.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
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Opinion | This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return
Liberal democracy offers moral constraints without problem-solving. Populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/opinion/donald-trump-orban-putin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aU4.t2qo.RdLKmTYjydHs&smid=url-share
about 1 year ago
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Trump 2.0
about 1 year ago
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So Hegseth is a long-time Koch sucker. Birthed by the Family Research Council, he was part of a group of faux Vet orgs that were funded by the Kock to privatize govt. In his case, the VA. He failed. his goal will be to turn the Pentagaon into an ATM for Trump pals.
www.desmog.com/concerned-ve...
about 1 year ago
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Ok I chat with Ian about my explanation on why Trump is appointing Clowns to run various government departments.
soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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Trump's Choice of a Fox Propagandist and Grifter Who Rips off Veterans to be Secretary of Defense
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
https://soundcloud.com/user-830442635/trumps-choice-of-a-fox-propagandist-and-grifter-who-rips-off-veterans-to-be-secretary-of-defense
about 1 year ago
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First posts are important. Here is a mango I grew.
about 1 year ago
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