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‘There’s a lot of bullying’: the shocking life of a teenage elite swimmer
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT

Training to be a champion swimmer, Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell spent her teenage years locked in a punishing world of long hours, body scrutiny, racism and bullying. So can the rewards of elite sport ever justify the sacrifices?

There’s a version of her story that Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell has learned to tell. One that’s abridged, and feels safe to share; blurred round the edges. “What I do for work today,” she begins, “requires a lot of public speaking. I’m used, therefore, to telling a light version of my history. One for inspiration, or whatever. How I’ve had a lot of experience of being the outsider: the only one, the first. I was the first Black woman to swim for Great Britain; the only Black person in my year doing my degree at Oxford University. I’m often the sole Black woman in the corporate rooms that I’m in today. That bit is easy – the top line, and quite divorced from me.”

It’s Friday lunchtime in her literary agent’s airy West End office. A copy of her new memoir, These Heavy Black Bones, sits on the table between us. It documents the dedication demanded of a young athlete; the sacrifice and strain that comes with competing at the highest of levels. It’s vulnerable and exposing. She’s 30 now. Half her lifetime ago, at the age of 15, Ajulu-Bushell was ranked as the top short-course 50m female breaststroker internationally, of any age. In the run up to London 2012, aged 17, at what should have been the pinnacle of her swimming career, Ajulu-Bushell walked away from her sport, never to return. She writes of the toll it took to be the first; the cost of chasing peak performance. “Speaking about the detail feels more like shaky ground,” she says, tentatively. “I’m still not sure I feel ready. Part of me just wants to run away.”

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10 of the UK’s best outdoor yoga and activity retreats
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT

Meditation, foraging, surfing, swimming, yoga and more – find your own space at one of these wonderfully restorative destinations

Immerse yourself in the lush hills, heather-capped mountains and river valleys of the Bannau Brycheiniog national park (formerly known as the Brecon Beacons) with a three-night retreat that combines nature’s restorative powers with yoga. Located on a historic country estate, accommodation is in comfortable converted farm buildings – including the old grain silo, ideal for two, with the grounds perfect for restorative strolls. The package includes two guided hikes, delicious vegan food, paddleboarding down the River Wye or walking into the nearby book lover’s town of Hay-on-Wye.
Four-day retreat (various dates) from £649pp full-board; adventureyogi.com

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Y-Brush DuoBrush Sonic Toothbrush Review: U-Shaped and Sonic Brush Heads
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 12:30:00 +0000
A U-shaped toothbrush tray is good for a quick clean, but you need a regular toothbrush too. The DuoBrush has both options.
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The Trans Athletes Who Changed the Olympics—in 1936
Fri, 31 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
A track star’s gender transition in the nineteen-thirties, and the response of Olympic officials, foreshadowed today’s culture-war battles over gender and sports.
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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

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Viking trails to vineyard tours: 10 of the best cycle routes in Denmark
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:14:25 GMT

Freewheel around Scandinavia’s capital of cycling and discover the greenest way to see Denmark

Denmark is a haven for cyclists of all abilities, with 11,000km of marked cycle routes to ride. From adventurous cycling on multi-day trips that take in the country’s most varied scenery, to day trips and wine tours, these are the country’s best bike routes for everyone, from hobbyists to expert-level athletes.

To make it extra easy, accommodation options line the routes, including simple campsites and shelters, run by the Danish Nature Agency and offered for free or almost free, as well as B&Bs and hotels especially set up for cyclists, with bike rooms, e-bike charging stations and rooms made available for fixing your bike as you go. Aktiv Danmark has a list of bike-friendly accommodation and there is also a group of Danish Bike Hotels that have bike facilities. Bike rental is available in major cities and towns all over the country.

The Harbour Circle
Start in Denmark’s capital with this 13km cycling route around the main harbour. It’s easy to fit into a short break, and takes in Copenhagen’s harbour swimming spots, waterside wine bars such as Rosforth & Rosforth, major attractions such as the colourful Nyhavn waterfront, and off-the-beaten-track treasures such as Cafe Slusen, where you can eat sardines from the tin and sip beer with a calm view of the entire harbour.

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Leonard Leo Built the Conservative Court. Now He’s Funneling Dark Money Into Law Schools.
Wed, 29 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The megadonor’s plan for a $25 million research center at Cornell fell apart. So he took his money to Texas A&M.

The post Leonard Leo Built the Conservative Court. Now He’s Funneling Dark Money Into Law Schools. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Not Just Coastal Elites: Here’s How Three Rust Belt Colleges Protested Israel’s War in Gaza
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The narrative that took hold ignored inland campuses, like in the Rust Belt and into Appalachia, where students formed their own encampments.

The post Not Just Coastal Elites: Here’s How Three Rust Belt Colleges Protested Israel’s War in Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

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Tate director Maria Balshaw: ‘I still come into work feeling terrified’
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 08:30:26 GMT

The art gallery boss on the role of museums today, the politics of sponsorship and how Cornelia Parker influenced her decision-making

Maria Balshaw, 54, has been the director of Tate since 2017, the first woman to hold the position. She grew up in Northampton, and after university worked as an academic. In 2002, she switched careers, as the director of Creative Partnerships, a government programme that aimed to develop creativity in young people by bringing schools and artists together. In 2006, she became the director of the Whitworth in Manchester, where she oversaw a building project that doubled its space; in 2011, she took on the role of director of Manchester City Galleries as well. In 2015, she was made a CBE. Her new book, Gathering of Strangers: Why Museums Matter, is based on the lectures she gave in 2022 at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, when she was Slade professor of fine art.

Did you change your mind about anything while you were working on this book?
Yes. It helped me firm up my thoughts on things where our intention was good, but we didn’t get it right, like the Hogarth show [Hogarth and Europe, in 2022, widely criticised for its disapproving, culture wars tone]. We were too didactic, and we’ve learned from that. I’ve started to understand that the problem with the [museum] paradigm is that you’re supposed to be the authority. Actually, what’s more useful is not to be frightened of your expertise while also accepting that others will want different positions and views, too.

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Columbia Coincidentally Rewrites Disciplinary Rules Just in Time to Screw Over Student Protesters
Fri, 31 May 2024 17:15:57 +0000

“It’s hard to see this wildly disproportionate response as anything other than an attempt to chill speech on this issue.”

The post Columbia Coincidentally Rewrites Disciplinary Rules Just in Time to Screw Over Student Protesters appeared first on The Intercept.

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Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives
Sun, 26 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Is this what the “pro-life” movement wanted?

The post Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives appeared first on The Intercept.

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The 22 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (June 2024)
Thu, 30 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
Argylle, Mad Max: Fury Road, Napoleon, and Blade Runner 2049 are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.
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Sting review – spider horror with plenty of bite
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:00:01 GMT

A rundown block of flats is terrorised by a very hungry arachnid in Kiah Roache-Turner’s taut shocker

The latest addition to the well-populated sub-genre of spider-horror (see also Eight Legged Freaks, Arachnophobia, Possum and a whole host of skittering, venomous B-movies), Sting is an effectively grisly Australian production that sees the pet spider of a lonely little girl wreak havoc in a down-at-heel apartment block.

Alyla Browne, most recently seen as the young Furiosa, is terrific as spiky 12-year-old Charlotte, who channels her abandonment issues into her secret pet, a spider that she names Sting. But Sting is no ordinary arachnid. No spoilers, since we learn this at the very start of the film, but Sting is extraterrestrial in origin, with a planet-sized appetite to match. Sting’s diet of choice is the liquefied internal organs of any unfortunate mammal or bird that gets within web distance. And he prefers his food fresh, so for added yuck factor his victims tend to be conscious as they are drained like picnic-sized drinks cartons.

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Real Madrid win Champions League final as Dortmund rue missed chances
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:06:03 GMT

It is the competition that Real Madrid like to think they own and the reasons why were mapped out in graphic detail at Wembley. Yet again. Borussia Dortmund brought the punch of the underdog and they played with a stirring liberation in the first half, creating chances and, well, missing them. It was impossible to think they would not regret it.

Madrid reset at half-time and when they started to press, everybody knew they had seen this movie, especially the ending. If Vinícius Júnior was a symbol of Madrid’s travails in the first half – booked for a lunge at the Dortmund goalkeeper, Gregor Kobel; guilty of a lack of conviction, at times – he relocated his game to dazzling effect thereafter.

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Scarlett Johansson's Agent Tells OpenAI to 'Slow Down' to Ensure Products Get Built 'Transparently, Ethically and Responsibly'
2024-06-01T14:25:06+00:00
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The Sexy Mind Games of “Hit Man”
Fri, 31 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
In Richard Linklater’s romantic crime comedy, an undercover operative transforms his love life by means of professional deceptions.
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Sam Altman Dreams of an A.I. Girlfriend
Wed, 29 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000
A recent OpenAI product had an uncanny resemblance to Scarlett Johansson’s character in the movie “Her.” Did the company make a critical misstep?
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I Spent an Hour in Marvel’s Apple Vision Pro 'What If...?' Experience. I’m Still Not Sure Why
Wed, 29 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000
The new What If…? experience for Vision Pro is a win-win for Marvel and Apple. But it’s not built for—or accessible to—everyone.
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NASA’s Commitment to Safety Starts with its Culture
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000
NASA works on projects that often have never been done, or perhaps the way they are being done has never been tried. Living on the edge of innovation requires a high degree of risk. After organizational silence led to the loss of space shuttle Challenger and its crew in 1986, NASA vowed to change the […]
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Most Frequently Asked Questions About NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens)
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000

 

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.

1) What is an NFT?

NFT stands for non-fungible  token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.

2) What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.

3) What makes an NFT valuable?

The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.

4) How do NFTs work?

One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain. 

As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network. 

NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.

5) What’s the connection between NFTs and cryptocurrency?

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?

Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations

6) How to validate the authencity of an NFT?

When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.

7) How is an NFT valued? What are the most expensive NFTs?

The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.

In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.

8) Can NFTs be used as an investment?

Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.

9) Will NFTs be the future of art and collectibles?

Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.

10) How do we buy an NFTs?

There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.

11) Can i mint NFT for free?

To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.

12) Do i own an NFT if i screenshot it?

The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.

12) Why are people investing so much in NFT?

 Non-fungible tokens have gained the hearts of people around the world, and they have given digital creators the recognition they deserve. One of the remarkable things about non-fungible tokens is that you can take a screenshot of one, but you don’t own it. This is because when a non-fungible token is created, then the transaction is stored on the blockchain, and the license or contract to hold such a token is awarded to the person owning the token in their digital wallet.

You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.

Final Saying

That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below

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Joe Biden’s Terrible Israel Policy Is Really About Getting in Bed With Saudi Arabia
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Biden's plan to cozy up to Arab dictators is right out of Donald Trump's playbook — but even worse.

The post Joe Biden’s Terrible Israel Policy Is Really About Getting in Bed With Saudi Arabia appeared first on The Intercept.

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Champions League final disrupted by pitch invaders in major security failure
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:43:25 GMT

• Questions for officials after final delayed following kick-off
• Police make 53 arrests over ‘attempts to breach security’

Wembley officials were left embarrassed after three pitch invaders caused a delay to the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund despite the presence of more than 2,500 stewards as part of increased security measures.

An 18-month operation had been put in place in an attempt to avoid a repeat of violent scenes that marred the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy, with a large police presence at Wembley and throughout London.

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Ukraine war briefing: Kharkiv counts cost of Russian air strikes
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:14:39 GMT

Ukrainians hold 70% of Vovchansk, says army; Zelenskiy in Singapore for security forum. What we know on day 830

Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged a group of top defence officials at a Singapore security conference to attend the Swiss summit this month on ending the Russian war on Ukraine. Zelenskyy told the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum on Sunday that he was “disappointed” some world leaders had not yet confirmed attendance at the conference in about two weeks. The Ukrainian president did not specify any country by name, but the possible participation of China, Russia’s most important ally, has been seen as a key issue. The Chinese defence minister, Dong Jun, spoke earlier in the day at the Shangri-La conference but did not appear to be in the room when Zelenskyy made his appeal.

Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he met with the US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue. “We discussed what’s key: the defence needs of our country, the strengthening of the Ukrainian air defence system, the F-16 coalition and the preparation of a bilateral security agreement.”

A Russian missile strike on residences injured 13 people including eight children in Balakliia town, Kharkiv region, on Saturday, Ukrainian prosecutors said. Prosecutors also announced that recovery operations had concluded at the site of three missile strikes on Friday in the city of Kharkiv, with a death toll of nine, most in a badly damaged apartment building.

A military spokesperson, Nazar Voloshin, told national television on Saturday that Ukrainian forces controlled 70% of Vovchansk, 5km (three miles) inside the border, which Russian troops have been trying to capture.

Russian forces fired a combined 100 missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight into Saturday morning, hitting energy sites, Ukrainian officials said. The air force said it shot down 35 of the missiles and all but one of the drones. Two thermal power plants were damaged, said their operator, DTEK operator.

Mourners and soldiers have laid flowers at a statue over the St Petersburg grave of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary leader who sent his forces into Ukraine for Vladimir Putin but then staged a mutiny against the Russian government before being killed when his plane was blown up. Putin, who said grenade fragments were found in the plane’s wreckage, called him a “talented” man who had made “serious mistakes”.

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has estimated that the number of Russian troops killed or wounded since the war’s outbreak “has now likely reached 500,000”.

Estonia’s prime minister, Kaja Kallas, has told the BBC that “we have no Plan B for a Russian victory, because then we would stop focusing on Plan A” – helping Ukraine push back the Russian invasion. “We should not give in to pessimism. Victory in Ukraine is not just about territory. If Ukraine joins Nato, even without some territory, then that’s a victory because it will be placed under the Nato umbrella.” Estonia’s government has given more than 1% of its GDP for Ukraine’s defence – concerned that Vladimir Putin might also turn his attention to the Baltics to bring countries like Estonia back under Moscow’s control.

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Russia-Ukraine war: energy facilities hit across Ukraine in overnight strikes – as it happened
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:11:21 GMT

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage here

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy has now arrived in Singapore for the annual Shangri-La security summit, where he will address delegates tomorrow.

He is expected to hold talks with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other leaders attending the conference, seeking support for a “peace summit” this month in Switzerland.

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Leonard Leo Built the Conservative Court. Now He’s Funneling Dark Money Into Law Schools.
Wed, 29 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The megadonor’s plan for a $25 million research center at Cornell fell apart. So he took his money to Texas A&M.

The post Leonard Leo Built the Conservative Court. Now He’s Funneling Dark Money Into Law Schools. appeared first on The Intercept.

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‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:00:03 GMT

In ‘mirror world’, Trump is martyr and Biden is autocrat, as calls for violence erupt on internet after ex-president’s conviction

The posts are ominous.

“Pick a side, or YOU are next,” wrote conservative talkshow host Dan Bongino on the Truth Social media platform in the aftermath of former president Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions.

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Revenge: analysis of Trump posts shows relentless focus on punishing enemies
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:00:02 GMT

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington documents former president’s threats against perceived political opponents

A major study of Donald Trump’s social media posts has revealed the scale of the former US president’s ambitions to target Joe Biden, judges and other perceived political enemies if he returns to power.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), a watchdog organisation, analysed more than 13,000 messages published by Trump on his Truth Social platform and found him vowing revenge, retaliation and retribution against his foes.

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Dems weigh local ties, anti-Trump fame in primary for Spanberger seat
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Eugene Vindman, known for the first Trump impeachment, faces several well-connected local officials in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Democratic primary.
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Trump's White House bid goes on, lawyer tells BBC
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 06:50:44 GMT
Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba tells the BBC he would run for president even if he was in jail.
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Stormy Daniels says Donald Trump should be jailed after felony conviction
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:42:54 GMT

Ex-president should also be made ‘the volunteer punching bag at a women’s shelter’, says former actor, following guilty verdict

Stormy Daniels has called for Donald Trump to be jailed after he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

The adult film star, who was paid $130,000 as “legal expenses” for her silence about her affair with the former US president, warned the presidential candidate is “completely and utterly out of touch with reality”.

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Trump verdict vindicates N.Y. prosecutor who quietly pursued a risky path
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:38:55 +0000
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made history with a legal case that federal prosecutors opted not to bring against former president Donald Trump.
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Trump’s guilty verdict sharpens the two big questions of this election
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:21:05 +0000
Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts is a precedent-breaking outcome that has sharpened the competition between him and President Biden to define the stakes and the choices for voters in November.
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The Observer view on Donald Trump: utterly unfit for office, he should quit the race for the White House
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:15:08 GMT

Teflon Don has become Felon Don, but the US constitution has no objection to him holding the highest office

It was the moment America, or at least America’s politicians and media, had been waiting for. It was the day justice finally caught up with Donald Trump. The former president’s manipulation of the 2016 election, by hushing up a sex scandal that threatened his chances, and his attempts to discredit a criminal justice system intent on punishing him, was famously thwarted. It was an all-time presidential and judicial first, a historic result that transformed Teflon Don into Felon Don, thanks to a jury of 12 ordinary men and women and a brave prosecutor, Alvin Bragg.

Looked at another way, however, last week’s much anticipated dramatic denouement of the criminal trial of the New York playboy, billionaire and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential candidate may turn out to be less pivotal than anticipated. According to the US networks, most Americans tuned out weeks ago, not least because cameras were barred from the Manhattan courtroom. One not untypical public survey found that 67% of respondents said a conviction would make no difference to how they voted this autumn. The 34 guilty verdicts were an overnight sensation. But they may not significantly shift the political dial.

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Democrats weigh tying GOP candidates to Trump’s hush money verdict
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:00:59 +0000
In 2018, when they rode a wave to the majority, House Democrats steered clear of Trump’s personal scandals in their campaigns. Now, they face the same dilemma.
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For Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, a ‘vindicating’ moment at last
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:00:54 +0000
The ex-fixer and former adult-film actress formed the unlikely axis of the first-ever criminal case against an American president.
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With Trump convicted, his case turns toward sentencing and appeals
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:48:29 +0000
Pivotal proceedings remain ahead. It’s unclear how his sentence may influence the campaign, and the appeals process is expected to go beyond Election Day.
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A “Stunningly Decisive” End to Donald Trump’s Trial
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:03:30 +0000
The former President and Republican front-runner, a man who has rarely faced the consequences for his wrongdoing, was found guilty of thirty-four felony counts in his New York hush-money case. Will it matter?
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Trump and his allies believe that criminal convictions will work in his favor
Fri, 31 May 2024 23:26:49 +0000
The former president plans to use the New York hush money case to drive up support and portray himself as the victim of politically motivated charges.
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Trump calls trial a ‘scam,’ vows to appeal historic guilty verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 22:55:49 +0000
Live updates, reaction and the latest news from the 2024 election campaign trail after Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts in the hush money trial in New York.
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After Trump’s conviction, his case turns toward sentencing and appeals
Fri, 31 May 2024 22:55:49 +0000

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Groups say Trump verdict has led to Republican fundraising surge
Fri, 31 May 2024 22:08:02 +0000

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We’ve posted searchable daily transcripts from Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial on The Washington Post’s...
Fri, 31 May 2024 21:57:59 +0000

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Breaking with GOP, Murkowski laments Trump’s ‘baggage’ after verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 21:55:01 +0000

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Analysis: ‘The Apprentice’ and the creation of Leader Donald Trump
Fri, 31 May 2024 21:15:00 +0000

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Analysis: Why is it that Trump can still run for president?
Fri, 31 May 2024 20:48:41 +0000

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8 GOP senators announce boycott against Dems after Trump verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 20:31:45 +0000

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The key moments that explain the verdict in the Trump hush money trial
Fri, 31 May 2024 20:04:05 +0000

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4 takeaways from the aftermath of Trump’s guilty verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 20:03:32 +0000
The country has entered a fraught phase. It’s already getting ugly, and that shows no sign of ceasing.
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Analysis: Trump insists his trial was rigged … just like everything else
Fri, 31 May 2024 19:31:48 +0000

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Fact Checker: From the Trump Tower lobby, a gusher of falsehoods about the trial
Fri, 31 May 2024 19:09:35 +0000

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From the Trump Tower lobby, a gusher of falsehoods about the trial
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:57:30 +0000
Here’s a refresher course on Trump’s rhetoric if you are just tuning in.
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Trump raised $34.8M after N.Y. trial verdict, campaign says
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:50:40 +0000

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Biden blasts Trump for ‘reckless’ attacks on trial that convicted him
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:46:43 +0000
Trump, who has been attacking his trial as “rigged,” continued his assault on Friday
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Trump insists his trial was rigged … just like everything else
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:44:21 +0000
Every obstacle in Trump’s path — and every stumble of his own — is always the fault of someone else.
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TikTok vaguely disputes report that it’s making a US-only app
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:23:23 +0000
TikTok has spent months separating code for US-only algorithm, insiders claim.
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Some Democrats express glee over Trump convictions
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:20:36 +0000

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Electioncast: Trump Towers Over Today's Campaigning
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:17:00 GMT
Plus, Abbott takes big step to be Labour candidate
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Outside the Trump Courthouse, Times Are Crazy and People Are Strange
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:12:03 +0000
A surreal gathering to hear the verdict included a crucifix-wielding town crier, someone yelling “Shawshank!,” and a frisson of violence.
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Biden: It’s reckless and irresponsible to say Trump verdict was rigged
Fri, 31 May 2024 17:58:53 +0000

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
Fri, 31 May 2024 17:54:51 GMT

War in Gaza, Donald Trump in New York, voting in South Africa and an eruption in Iceland: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

• Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing

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Can Trump pardon himself? Not for state hush money crimes.
Fri, 31 May 2024 17:29:53 +0000

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Trump called ‘Apprentice’ contestant a racist slur, former producer says
Fri, 31 May 2024 17:12:05 +0000

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Biden camp says Trump’s post-verdict speech shows he’s ‘defeated’
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:56:28 +0000

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The other 54 criminal charges Trump faces
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:43:46 +0000

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Trump is guilty on all counts. So what happens next? - podcast
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:30:10 GMT

Revisited: Guardian journalist Jonathan Freedland speaks to Sam Levine about how Donald Trump became the first US president, sitting or former, to become a convicted criminal

Today, we are sharing Politics Weekly America’s latest episode with Today in Focus listeners.

Donald Trump has made history again, becoming the first US president, sitting or former, to be a convicted criminal. Late on Thursday a New York jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal. Within minutes of leaving the courtroom, Trump said he would appeal.

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House GOP wants Bragg to testify on Trump hush money prosecution
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:28:30 +0000

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Felons often can’t vote in Florida. But Trump likely can, thanks to a quirk of the law.
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:17:40 +0000
The former president is expected to remain eligible because he was convicted in New York, where felon voting laws are more lenient than in Republican-dominated Florida.
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Brooks, Bolton float replacing Trump as GOP nominee
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:10:53 +0000

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Donald Trump has wrapped up his wide-ranging remarks after his historic guilty verdict in New York....
Fri, 31 May 2024 15:45:38 +0000

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Donald Trump confirmed Friday that he will appeal his conviction on all counts in his hush-money...
Fri, 31 May 2024 15:38:00 +0000

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Donald Trump claimed during a news conference on Friday that he wanted to testify in his...
Fri, 31 May 2024 15:25:53 +0000

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During his remarks, Donald Trump said he appreciates the “big crowd of people outside.” There are...
Fri, 31 May 2024 15:24:26 +0000

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Donald Trump kicked off Friday’s post-verdict news conference by reiterating much of what he has already...
Fri, 31 May 2024 15:20:53 +0000

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‘The Apprentice’ and the creation of Leader Donald Trump
Fri, 31 May 2024 15:10:22 +0000
In 2024, Donald Trump no longer relies on his TV celebrity — and has warped reality so that he is no longer an exception.
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Trump fundraising email: ‘I am a political prisoner’
Fri, 31 May 2024 15:05:56 +0000

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How Americans on the Mall reacted to Trump’s verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 14:52:57 +0000

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A possibility many Republicans won’t consider: Trump did something wrong
Fri, 31 May 2024 14:51:15 +0000
What if the indictments and the investigations were not, as Trump insists, political attacks but, instead, a valid response to Trump’s actions?
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Trump will likely be allowed to vote, despite felony convictions
Fri, 31 May 2024 14:37:49 +0000

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Trump Campaign Claims $34.8 Million Windfall After Guilty Verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 14:28:28 +0000
From small donors to rich Silicon Valley investors, Donald Trump enthusiasts signaled their support for the convicted felon by sending money to his campaign.
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Blinken pushes back on Putin’s criticism of Trump verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 14:25:07 +0000

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Watch the Trump Trials: Sidebar podcast — Guilty
Fri, 31 May 2024 14:00:47 +0000

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Half of Americans agree with jury that Trump is guilty, new poll shows
Fri, 31 May 2024 13:50:43 +0000

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The Revisionist History of the Trump Trial Has Already Begun
Fri, 31 May 2024 13:35:09 +0000
The ex-President’s war on truth has an instant new target: his guilty verdict.
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Donald Trump is scheduled to speak this morning in the atrium of Trump Tower, the scene...
Fri, 31 May 2024 13:33:25 +0000

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Shadow grows over Trump with guilty verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 13:15:45 +0000

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Kremlin defends Trump, claims he is being politically targeted
Fri, 31 May 2024 12:59:50 +0000

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In a swing county, Trump’s faithful are angry. But they know he’ll get even.
Fri, 31 May 2024 12:18:42 +0000

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What you need to know about the Trump verdict
Fri, 31 May 2024 12:02:11 +0000

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Inside Donald Trump’s hush-money trial: three key testimonies – video
Fri, 31 May 2024 02:35:05 GMT

Twelve jurors in New York have presented their fellow Americans with a simple question: are you willing to elect a convicted criminal to the White House?

On Thursday, Donald Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict makes him the first president, current or former, to be found guilty of felony crimes in the US's near 250-year history. Regardless, the conviction does not disqualify Trump as a presidential candidate or bar him from again sitting in the Oval Office.

Trump, who opted not to take the stand during the trial, has denied wrongdoing, railed against the proceedings and ahead of the verdict compared himself to a saint: “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges. The charges are rigged,” he said on Wednesday. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is expected to appeal the verdict.

The Guardian’s Sam Levine has been in court over the last several weeks covering all the developments – here are three testimonies he found most memorable. 

• Could Trump go to prison? Here’s what happens next after the guilty verdict

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When the Verdict Came In, Donald Trump’s Eyes Were Wide Open
Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:46 +0000
In the courtroom with the former President at the moment he became a convicted felon.
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Trump guilty on all counts – so what happens next? – podcast
Thu, 30 May 2024 23:54:47 GMT

Donald Trump has made history again, becoming the first US president, sitting or former, to be a convicted criminal. Late on Thursday a New York jury found him guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal. Within minutes of leaving the courtroom, Trump said he would appeal.

On a historic night for American politics, Jonathan Freedland and Sam Levine look at what the verdict will mean – both for Trump himself, and for the election in November

Archive: CNN, CBS, MSNBC, ITV, NBC

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Trump’s Online MAGA Army Calls Guilty Verdict a Declaration of War
Thu, 30 May 2024 23:04:37 +0000
Trump supporters, fringe extremists, right-wing pundits, and politicians have all posted incendiary rhetoric, including some calls for “war,” following former president Donald Trump’s felony conviction.
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Guilty verdict fuels Trump’s campaign: ‘Our whole country is being rigged’
Thu, 30 May 2024 17:30:16 EST
Depending on his sentence, a conviction may change little about Trump’s campaign strategy.
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These Convictions Thwart Trump’s Plan to Pardon Himself
Thu, 30 May 2024 22:24:07 +0000

Found guilty on 34 counts by a New York jury, Trump might find himself campaigning behind bars.

The post These Convictions Thwart Trump’s Plan to Pardon Himself appeared first on The Intercept.

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John Cuneo’s “A Man of Conviction”
Thu, 30 May 2024 22:06:20 +0000
The former President is found guilty on all thirty-four counts.
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Donald Trump Is Guilty in His New York Hush-Money Trial
Thu, 30 May 2024 21:22:47 +0000
The jury has convicted the former President of thirty-four felony counts in his New York hush-money trial. Now the American people will decide to what extent they care.
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Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 30th
Thu, 30 May 2024 15:58:53 +0000
“Why does it feel like we’re more nervous about the jury decision than Trump is?”
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Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 29th
Wed, 29 May 2024 13:54:07 +0000
Pick a door, any door.
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Nice try Dortmund, but Real Madrid are kings of Europe again – Football Weekly
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Wilson, Archie Rhind-Tutt and Jonathan Fadugba for the final pod of the domestic season

Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.

On the podcast today; Real Madrid are outplayed for large parts of the game as Borussia Dortmund miss chance after chance in the first half but none of that matters does it? Because Real Madrid always win.

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Zelenskiy accuses China of deterring countries from going to peace summit
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:59:31 GMT

Ukrainian president says Beijing is supporting efforts by Moscow to warn leaders off attending Swiss meeting

Volodomyr Zelenskiy has accused China of discouraging other countries from attending a peace summit in Switzerland later this month that is aimed at bringing peace to war-ravaged Ukraine.

Speaking at Asia’s biggest security conference, the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore, the Ukrainian president sought to rally support among Asia-Pacific nations, urging them to attend the Swiss meeting.

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Zelensky accuses Russia and China of undermining summit
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:42:55 GMT
Both countries are trying to dissuade others from attending the upcoming event, Ukraine's president says.
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If You Live to 100, You Might As Well Be Happy by Rhee Kun Hoo review – life begins at 80
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:00:02 GMT

Korea’s bestselling and relentlessly upbeat guide to getting old

Some people age well. Alan Bennett, for instance, has gradually but inexorably ascended to national treasure status. Others age badly. Take Rudy Giuliani, whose meltdown on live television a couple of years ago took on an unedifyingly literal form, as hair dye trickled down his face. Still others don’t age at all. Arnold Schwarzenegger still looks like, in the words of Clive James, “a brown condom full of walnuts”.

More generally, ageing clearly has its challenges. But now there is a Korean runaway bestseller, ably and idiomatically translated into English, to help us make sense of it all. Rhee Kun Hoo, 89 and battling seven different health conditions, evidently knows a thing or two about his subject. And he writes with considerable empathy. A psychiatrist, he is “considered a visionary” at home for introducing open wards, doing away with straitjackets and solitary confinement.

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North Korea sends 600 more rubbish-filled balloons across border, South says
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 06:20:16 GMT

About 20-50 balloons an hour incoming, warns Seoul’s military, urging public to report but don’t touch

North Korea has sent about 600 more rubbish-filled balloons containing everything from cigarette butts to plastic across the border, Seoul’s military said on Sunday, adding that security personnel were collecting them as they landed.

“North Korea has resumed launching waste balloons towards South Korea” since around 8pm on Saturday, Seoul’s joint chiefs of staff (JCS) said.

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Giorgia Meloni has emerged as a kingmaker for the EU – but will she turn to centre right or far right? | Jon Henley
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 04:00:20 GMT

Even her toughest opponents admit she’s played it cleverly. Yet the long-term aims of Italy’s prime minister remain unclear

When she became Italy’s prime minister in October 2022, Giorgia Meloni looked like Brussels’ worst nightmare. Until then, the fiery leader of the Brothers of Italy – a party with neofascist roots – had seemed anything but EU-friendly.

For years, railing against the bloc had been Meloni’s stock in trade: the euro amounted to enslavement, the European Commission was effectively a loan shark. “Bring down this EU!” she urged the 2019 conservative CPAC conference in the US.

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Real Madrid high-wire act brings Champions League glory again
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:29:10 GMT
Real Madrid show they are the masters of the Champions League high-wire act as Borussia Dortmund are beaten at Wembley, writes Phil McNulty.
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Biden team hails ‘lightning speed’ call on strikes in Russia. Meanwhile, Kharkiv burned.
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:21:14 +0000
Washington finally allowed Kyiv to strike limited targets inside Russia. But it might be too little, too late.
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'Darkest period of my life': Gay conversion therapy in Italy
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:04:10 GMT
Rosario Lonegro was forced to enact his own funeral in a bid to strip him of his sexual proclivities.
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Real Madrid win Champions League final as Dortmund rue missed chances
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:06:03 GMT

It is the competition that Real Madrid like to think they own and the reasons why were mapped out in graphic detail at Wembley. Yet again. Borussia Dortmund brought the punch of the underdog and they played with a stirring liberation in the first half, creating chances and, well, missing them. It was impossible to think they would not regret it.

Madrid reset at half-time and when they started to press, everybody knew they had seen this movie, especially the ending. If Vinícius Júnior was a symbol of Madrid’s travails in the first half – booked for a lunge at the Dortmund goalkeeper, Gregor Kobel; guilty of a lack of conviction, at times – he relocated his game to dazzling effect thereafter.

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Will using Western weapons on Russia help Ukraine change the war?
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 21:04:01 GMT
The latest Russian advance in the Kharkiv region has convinced Kyiv’s allies to change their policy.
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Meta Removes AI-Generated Influence Campaigns in China, Israel, Iran, and Russia
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British kayaker who went missing found dead in Swiss lake
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:35:00 GMT

Family and friends pay tribute to British record-holder Bren Orton, 29, who disappeared in the Melezza River

A British man who went missing while kayaking in Switzerland has been found dead, Swiss police have confirmed.

Bren Orton, 29, went missing on 16 May. Authorities searched for the professional kayaker for two weeks before a body was discovered in Lake Maggiore, which straddles Switzerland and Italy. His body was discovered by a sailor who contacted emergency services.

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‘She just says blah blah’: why Italy’s downtrodden believe Meloni is doing nothing for them
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 14:06:20 GMT

The PM is talking up her underdog credentials ahead of this week’s European elections. But many in an impoverished Rome neighbourhood are sceptical

Sitting in the dark, cramped dining room of her home in Tor Bella Monaca, a densely populated council estate on the outskirts of Rome, Giovanna has just returned from one of several cleaning jobs the 70-year-old does to keep her family afloat. Her husband works on construction sites intermittently. The couple, whose youngest son, Cristian, 26, lives at home, might be depicted as borgatara, a slur in Roman dialect that, loosely translated, means a poor person living on the socially deprived fringes of the Italian capital.

Referring to her own upbringing in Garbatella, a traditionally working-class district within easy reach of Rome’s famed monuments, the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni said earlier this month she was “a proud borgatara”.

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Blinken opens the door to attacks with U.S. weapons deeper inside Russia
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:09:40 +0000
After President Biden said that Ukraine could use donated U.S. weapons for limited strikes on targets in Russia, Berlin quickly followed suit.
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Ukraine can use U.S. weapons for limited strikes in Russia, Biden says
Fri, 31 May 2024 14:27:08 +0000
The dramatic shift in U.S. policy comes after Russia’s assault on the city of Kharkiv and a chorus of pressure from European allies.
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Russia and China are using OpenAI tools to spread disinformation
Fri, 31 May 2024 13:47:06 +0000
Iran and Israel have been getting in on the action as well.
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Foreign Influence Campaigns Don’t Know How to Use AI Yet Either
Thu, 30 May 2024 22:15:00 +0000
OpenAI has released its first report, which details how bad actors in Russia, China, and beyond are using AI to spread propaganda. (Poorly.)
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Italy’s PM says fascism is ‘consigned to history’. Not everyone is so sure
Thu, 30 May 2024 05:01:43 GMT
With the far right set to gain in European elections, is the extreme becoming mainstream in Italy?
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Summary of the 2023 Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting
Fri, 31 May 2024 17:47:07 +0000
Severine Fournier, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, severine.fournier@jpl.nasa.govJoshua Willis, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, joshua.k.willis@jpl.nasa.gov Introduction The annual Ocean Surface Topography (OST) Science Team Meeting (STM) provides a forum for the international altimetry community to foster collaboration, address specific issues, and highlight scientific results and applications every year. The meeting location alternates between Europe and the U.S. The 2023 meeting […]
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The power to help the planet is at your (green) fingertips | Letters
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:23:10 GMT

Readers extol the benefits of sustainable gardening in response to a long read about the untapped potential of home gardens

Kate Bradbury’s article struck a very loud chord (Where the wild things are: the untapped potential of our gardens, parks and balconies, 28 May). I have been gardening for many moons, having caught the bug as a child, and have gone from the days of double digging and spraying anything that moves to the current advice to avoid digging and to plant for the climate. In all that time it barely occurred to me that what I was doing might be bad for the planet, but lately I have wondered if gardening itself might be a problem.

It’s not just the paving and plastic grass, but the constant desire to have the latest plants, the most up-to-date garden designs, and the need to buy ever more compost, chemicals, and equipment. All of this uses energy and natural resources, and comes with the need to dispose of the unfashionable, whether it be vegetation or planters or decking. It’s a huge industry, and shows like Chelsea add fuel to the fire with the annual catwalk of new ideas.

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Factcheck: no, Richard Tice, volcanoes are not to blame for climate change
Fri, 31 May 2024 05:00:31 GMT

Reform UK’s leader has made some eye-opening statements on the climate, and his party’s manifesto is packed with even more falsehoods

Despite 40C record heat in 2022 and the wettest 18 months on record this winter, this general election seems set to test the UK’s political consensus on climate change like never before.

Reform UK, the rightwing party that describes itself as offering “commonsense” policies on immigration and energy, has eschewed the consensus in favour of outright climate scepticism. So what exactly does the party have to say about global heating and the UK’s net zero target?

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Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought
Thu, 30 May 2024 18:51:48 +0000
Drought-stricken hydro dams have led to daily electricity cuts in Ecuador. As weather becomes less predictable due to climate change, experts say other countries need to take notice.
Match ID: 100 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
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Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points
2024-05-29T11:01:24Z

Brian Krebs reports on research into geolocating routers:

Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geolocate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally—including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems—and found they could use this data to monitor the destruction of Gaza, as well as the movements and in many cases identities of Russian and Ukrainian troops...

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Why the Summer Could Be Disastrous for Ukraine
Tue, 28 May 2024 23:50:52 +0000
Amid a new advance by Russian forces, Zelensky faces enormous challenges in marshalling the equipment and the manpower necessary to keep them at bay.
Match ID: 102 Score: 14.29 source: www.newyorker.com age: 4 days
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The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump
Sat, 25 May 2024 15:40:00 +0000

He tells the world he intends to be an authoritarian. So why won’t journalists repeat it?

The post The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump appeared first on The Intercept.

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Jeremy Bowen: Ukraine faces its worst crisis since the war began
Tue, 28 May 2024 05:05:08 GMT
The composure Ukrainians show in the face of Russian attacks cannot conceal the dangers Kyiv faces in the summer ahead.
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Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives
Sun, 26 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Is this what the “pro-life” movement wanted?

The post Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives appeared first on The Intercept.

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The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer
Thu, 30 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000
In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines.
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Can a U.S. Ally Actually Be Held Accountable for War Crimes in the ICC?
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:20:13 +0000

ICC warrants against Israeli officials would mean they can’t travel — and their patrons in the U.S. would be pressured over continued arms sales.

The post Can a U.S. Ally Actually Be Held Accountable for War Crimes in the ICC? appeared first on The Intercept.

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Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:08:09 +0000
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
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On the Zero-Day Market
2024-05-24T11:07:53Z

New paper: “Zero Progress on Zero Days: How the Last Ten Years Created the Modern Spyware Market“:

Abstract: Spyware makes surveillance simple. The last ten years have seen a global market emerge for ready-made software that lets governments surveil their citizens and foreign adversaries alike and to do so more easily than when such work required tradecraft. The last ten years have also been marked by stark failures to control spyware and its precursors and components. This Article accounts for and critiques these failures, providing a socio-technical history since 2014, particularly focusing on the conversation about trade in zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits. Second, this Article applies lessons from these failures to guide regulatory efforts going forward. While recognizing that controlling this trade is difficult, I argue countries should focus on building and strengthening multilateral coalitions of the willing, rather than on strong-arming existing multilateral institutions into working on the problem. Individually, countries should focus on export controls and other sanctions that target specific bad actors, rather than focusing on restricting particular technologies. Last, I continue to call for transparency as a key part of oversight of domestic governments’ use of spyware and related components...

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After Pegasus Was Blacklisted, Its CEO Swore Off Spyware. Now He’s the King of Israeli AI.
Thu, 23 May 2024 19:22:45 +0000

Shalev Hulio is remaking his image but is still involved in a web of cybersecurity ventures with his old colleagues from NSO Group.

The post After Pegasus Was Blacklisted, Its CEO Swore Off Spyware. Now He’s the King of Israeli AI. appeared first on The Intercept.

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This AIPAC Donor Funnels Millions to an IDF Unit Accused of Violating Human Rights
Thu, 23 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

The battalion has a dedicated U.S. nonprofit to support its operations — whose president is supporting AIPAC’s political agenda.

The post This AIPAC Donor Funnels Millions to an IDF Unit Accused of Violating Human Rights appeared first on The Intercept.

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Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 18:26:59 +0000
Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
Match ID: 112 Score: 5.00 source: www.economist.com age: 52 days
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Conditioning Aid to Israel Would Boost Support for Biden in Key States, New Poll Finds
Tue, 21 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

In the survey of Democrats and independents in five battleground states, 2 in 5 voters said a ceasefire and conditioning aid would make them more likely to vote for Biden.

The post Conditioning Aid to Israel Would Boost Support for Biden in Key States, New Poll Finds appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 113 Score: 3.57 source: theintercept.com age: 11 days
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Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs
Tue, 14 May 2024 16:23:33 +0000
The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
Match ID: 114 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 18 days
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Trump: Jews should be ‘ashamed’ if they vote for Biden
Thu, 09 May 2024 09:33:01 EST

Match ID: 115 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 23 days
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How Hope Hicks went from Trump confidante to key prosecution witness
Fri, 03 May 2024 11:40:48 EST
She always survived the many shakeups in the White House.
Match ID: 116 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 29 days
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Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:59 +0000
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Match ID: 117 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 39 days
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Trump Is Misleading You With Covid-Era Statistics. So Is Biden.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EST
Biden and Trump are both campaigning on warped economic statistics, cherry-picking weird data from the Covid crisis.
Match ID: 118 Score: 3.57 source: www.politico.com age: 44 days
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:59:46 +0000
Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
Match ID: 119 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 45 days
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Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:46 +0000
First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
Match ID: 120 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 67 days
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The world is in the midst of a city-building boom
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:22:29 +0000
Everyone, from Donald Trump and Peter Thiel to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is getting involved
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How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:46:06 +0000
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
Match ID: 122 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 95 days
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Trump wants to whack Chinese firms. How badly could he hurt them?
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:41:31 +0000
History provides a guide
Match ID: 123 Score: 3.57 source: www.economist.com age: 101 days
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This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message
Wed, 22 May 2024 17:08:47 +0000

Engineers warned Meta that nations can monitor chats; staff fear Israel is using this trick to pick assassination targets in Gaza.

The post This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message appeared first on The Intercept.

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US says Russia likely launched anti-satellite weapon
Wed, 22 May 2024 04:22:18 GMT
The Russian satellite launched last week may be capable of attacking other satellites, the Pentagon says.
Match ID: 125 Score: 2.86 source: www.bbc.com age: 11 days
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US Official Warns a Cell Network Flaw Is Being Exploited for Spying
Sat, 18 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Plus: Three arrested in North Korean IT workers fraud ring, Tesla staffers shared videos from owners’ cars, and more.
Match ID: 126 Score: 2.86 source: www.wired.com age: 15 days
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Noem book dogged by new claims of inaccuracies
Fri, 03 May 2024 05:55:10 EST
The South Dakota governor says she met with North Korea's dictator and, separately, that she was threatened by Nikki Haley. Both are being questioned.
Match ID: 127 Score: 2.86 source: www.politico.com age: 30 days
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Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine
Thu, 02 May 2024 10:04:48 +0000
Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
Match ID: 128 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 31 days
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:54:20 +0000
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
Match ID: 129 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 45 days
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:51:54 +0000
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
Match ID: 130 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 52 days
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How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:52:43 +0000
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Match ID: 131 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 75 days
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Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:39:48 +0000
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
Match ID: 132 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 83 days
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What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:21:18 +0000
The question that now confronts Western policymakers
Match ID: 133 Score: 2.86 source: www.economist.com age: 94 days
qualifiers: 2.86 russia

What is happening to gas and electricity bills?
Fri, 24 May 2024 09:51:56 GMT
A new energy price cap means the cost of electricity and gas will fall from 1 July.
Match ID: 134 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.co.uk age: 9 days
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Energy bills predicted to fall by 7% in July
Fri, 17 May 2024 11:47:34 GMT
If the forecast proves correct, it would mean a typical annual bill could be £500 lower than last summer.
Match ID: 135 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 16 days
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NASA Teammates Recall Favorite Memories Aboard Flying Laboratory
Tue, 14 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000
After flying more than three decades and 158 science campaigns, just one flight remains. NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory will make its final flight May 15 to Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians by providing real-world experience in the college’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program. Before […]
Match ID: 136 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 18 days
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 137 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 137 days
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How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:31:35 +0000
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
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10 of the UK’s best outdoor yoga and activity retreats
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT

Meditation, foraging, surfing, swimming, yoga and more – find your own space at one of these wonderfully restorative destinations

Immerse yourself in the lush hills, heather-capped mountains and river valleys of the Bannau Brycheiniog national park (formerly known as the Brecon Beacons) with a three-night retreat that combines nature’s restorative powers with yoga. Located on a historic country estate, accommodation is in comfortable converted farm buildings – including the old grain silo, ideal for two, with the grounds perfect for restorative strolls. The package includes two guided hikes, delicious vegan food, paddleboarding down the River Wye or walking into the nearby book lover’s town of Hay-on-Wye.
Four-day retreat (various dates) from £649pp full-board; adventureyogi.com

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The big picture: Robbie Lawrence’s search for the tartan spirit
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 06:00:24 GMT

The photographer’s shot of girls at the Highland Games was taken during five years visiting traditional gatherings

I’m not aware of a Highland Games prize for the neatest hair bun, but if there were one, this row of contenders would take on all-comers. The picture is included in Robbie Lawrence’s Long Walk Home, a double volume of photographs that are the result of five years of travels in Scotland and Scottish outposts in the US in search of the true tartan spirit of Highland gatherings. “Every event I photographed,” Lawrence writes by way of introduction, “whether on a dusty sports field in Denver, or at the local park in Burntisland, is at its core a coming together of friends and family to enjoy sports, dance and music.”

To begin with, on this quest, Lawrence hoped to strip away the myth-making, to look beneath the kilt of the games, to capture something like their authentic nature. He abandoned that idea, however. Instead, his pictures of grunting caber tossers and spry country dancers, and pipe bands emerging from dreich summer weather, became an attempt “to engage with the myriad of fabricated ideas surrounding the modern Highland Games”, the ways in which those rooted in glens by daily fact or inherited memory find joy in their Scottishness.

Long Walk Home is published at the end of the month by Stanley/Barker (£75 for a double volume)

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Night-time is an intoxicating new land: how learning to love the dark eased my grief
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 06:00:23 GMT

From magical moonlit swims to midnight hikes and listening to owls, I have embraced my insomnia and discovered the joy of ‘night journeys’

As I slip out of my clothes, my stomach pinches with fear. The beach – Pevensey Bay in East Sussex – is inky black and eerily empty. The sound of slurping seawater seems noisier than usual, the air smells brinier than it does during the day, and the night breeze feels cool and sharp.

My previous efforts at night swimming have been unsuccessful – the current too strong, the waves too wild, my imagination too extravagant. But tonight I’m determined. My daughter Imogen shouts to encourage me and the emergence of a full moon steadies my nerves. Within moments I am bobbing about amid glittering moonshine, laughing and gasping, and wondering why it has taken me half a century to do something as simple and magical as a moonlit dip.

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Labour and Conservative battle buses hit the road, but ‘lonely figure’ Sunak seems like a solo traveller
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 05:00:24 GMT

Keir Starmer launched his campaign bus on Saturday with his senior shadow cabinet members, but Tory ‘big beasts’ appeared to have deserted the PM in Redcar

We may be in an era when elections are fought with TikTok memes and Instagram reels, but one thing has stubbornly refused to give way in the digital age: the good old battle of the campaign buses. On Saturday, Rishi Sunak unveiled the Conservatives’ bus that will tour the country during the 2024 election, emblazoned with the slogan: “Clear plan. Bold action. Secure future.”

It is – arguably – a slightly snappier version of John Major’s bus in 1997, which bore the words: “You can only be sure with the Conservatives.”

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Gerry’s Hot Sub Deli, London: ‘Take it very seriously indeed’ – restaurant review
Sun, 02 Jun 2024 05:00:22 GMT

At Gerry’s the sandwich is elevated to a noble art, so roll up your sleeves and get stuck in

Gerry’s Hot Sub Deli, 50 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE. Sandwiches £8.25-£13.50, poutine £6.75-£10.70, dessert £4.25, wine £6.95 a glass, beer £3.95 a half pint

Happiness is a handful of lunch and dressing running down your forearms. Certainly, anything that demands to be eaten alongside a roll of kitchen paper deserves to be taken seriously. By these criteria, which I’ve just invented, but now cleave to like holy scripture, the food at Gerry’s Hot Subs on London’s Exmouth Market deserves to be taken very seriously indeed. Lunch there is messy. Prepare to wipe yourself down afterwards or even nip home for a shower. But my, it’s good. The fact is, everybody can make themselves a sandwich, but you don’t want just anybody to make one for you. The frame is so very tight: some form of bread as vehicle for everything else. It demands a compulsive interest in detail combined with a profound understanding of what will make for a single, multi-textured mouthful. Followed by another and another.

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Daily Telescope: The most distant galaxy found so far is a total surprise
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 12:00:21 +0000
"Its discovery has profound implications."
Match ID: 5 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
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‘More than my weekly wages’: London’s Paddington attraction and the growing cost of kids’ days out
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:46:00 GMT

A family of four can pay £176 to see the latest immersive experience – one of many that is putting a strain on families hit by the cost of living crisis

As half-term drew to a close in England, families short on inspiration might have been grateful to learn of a new day out: on Friday, the Paddington Bear Experience opened its doors in London, promising a “unique and fun-filled interactive experience” spanning more than 2,400 sq metres (26,000 sq ft) and including themed rooms, character interactions – and marmalade sandwiches.

But the experience comes at a cost: with weekend ticket prices of £49 for adults and £39 for children, a family of four can expect to pay £176 for the 70-minute event – and a lot more should they wish to peruse the books, games and toys available to buy in Mr Gruber’s antiques shop afterwards.

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The Inescapable Thingness
Sat, 01 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
On the deep and universal desire for connection.
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General Law
Fri, 31 May 2024 18:05:51 +0000
As part of the legal functional management team, the General Law Practice Group provides leadership in the areas of ethics, fiscal law, environmental law, personnel and labor law, civil rights and equal employment law, information disclosure law, safety and security law, alien residence issues, memoranda of understanding and other agreements, and other administrative law matters […]
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Summary of the 2023 Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting
Fri, 31 May 2024 17:47:07 +0000
Severine Fournier, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, severine.fournier@jpl.nasa.govJoshua Willis, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, joshua.k.willis@jpl.nasa.gov Introduction The annual Ocean Surface Topography (OST) Science Team Meeting (STM) provides a forum for the international altimetry community to foster collaboration, address specific issues, and highlight scientific results and applications every year. The meeting location alternates between Europe and the U.S. The 2023 meeting […]
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NASA’s Europa Clipper Unpacks in Florida
Fri, 31 May 2024 16:08:14 +0000
Crews rotated to vertical then lifted NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft from its protective shipping container after it arrived at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 28. The spacecraft, which will collect data to help scientists determine if Jupiter’s icy moon Europa could support life, arrived […]
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The fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing India – video
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:31:48 GMT

India is in the final stages of a general election, and almost one billion people are registered to vote. The country's prime minister ,Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is seeking a third term.

But critics of Modi and the BJP say his government has become increasingly authoritarian, fracturing the country along religious lines and threatening India’s secular democracy. At the same time, the space for freedom of speech has been shrinking while disinformation and hate speech has exploded on social media.

The Guardian’s video team travelled through India to explore how fake news and censorship might be shaping the outcome of the election

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Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points
2024-05-29T11:01:24Z

Brian Krebs reports on research into geolocating routers:

Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geolocate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally—including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems—and found they could use this data to monitor the destruction of Gaza, as well as the movements and in many cases identities of Russian and Ukrainian troops...

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Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives
Sun, 26 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Is this what the “pro-life” movement wanted?

The post Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives appeared first on The Intercept.

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Can a U.S. Ally Actually Be Held Accountable for War Crimes in the ICC?
Mon, 20 May 2024 20:20:13 +0000

ICC warrants against Israeli officials would mean they can’t travel — and their patrons in the U.S. would be pressured over continued arms sales.

The post Can a U.S. Ally Actually Be Held Accountable for War Crimes in the ICC? appeared first on The Intercept.

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NASA’s X-59 Passes Milestone Toward Safe First Flight
Wed, 15 May 2024 18:14:56 +0000
NASA has taken the next step toward verifying the airworthiness for its quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft with the completion of a milestone review that will allow it to progress toward flight.  A Flight Readiness Review board composed of independent experts from across NASA has completed a study of the X-59 project team’s approach to safety […]
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Hej, nej, hej hej: Danish words and phrases all travellers should learn
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:11:48 GMT

Thinking about visiting Denmark? From saying hello, to talking about owls in the bog, here’s how learning a little local lingo can enhance your trip and leave you feeling like an egg yolk …

OK, we’ll admit it. Danish isn’t the easiest language to learn – pronouncing certain words involves some invigorating tongue gymnastics and a talent for gulping down glottal stops. With just 6 million native speakers, Danish hardly matches widely spoken Mandarin (941 million speakers) or Spanish (486 million speakers) either.

But mastering a few basics – how to order a coffee or commenting on the weather by talking about windswept pelicans (seriously, read on) – can deeply enrich your experience when visiting Denmark. The Danes are a convivial bunch and will truly appreciate your efforts getting to grips with their Old Norse-descended syntax (no matter how foolish you may feel). Try to speak Danish in a snug cafe or pub and it could lead to some illuminating conversations and lifelong friendships. Heck, you might even be able to watch an episode of The Killing/Borgen with the subtitles off when you get back home too …

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