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The Maga war on European democracy

America’s national security strategy projects internal fears abroad...

Jan 14Financial TimesPoliticsImpact

'Focus on petrol: Trump never talked about democracy nor the Venezuelan people'

François Picard welcomes Venezuelan author Vicente Ulive‑Schnell who offers a thoughtful assessment of recent geopolitical developments in Venezuela, following the US military operation, and the reali...

Jan 16France 24PoliticsImpact

Marc Benioff says a documentary about Character.AI's effects on children was 'the worst thing I've ever seen in my life'

Marc Benioff said that Section 230 needs to be reformed and tech companies should be held responsible for online harm. Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Marc Benioff said that AI-related suicid...

Jan 15Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

Indonesian comic hit with blasphemy complaints over Netflix jokes

A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...

Jan 14South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

America's homebuilding is powered by immigrant workers. Here are the places that rely on them the most.

The cities building the most homes rely more heavily on immigrant labor. Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times The cities that build and remodel the most homes rely the most heavily on immigrant worker...

6dBusiness Insiderreal_estateImpact

Hong Kong: Life sentence looms for media tycoon Jimmy Lai

With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...

Jan 15Deutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Meet the people who think posting on social media is good for them

Steve Zeringue, Mfonsio Andrew, and Campbell Morrison don't subscribe to the "get offline" mentality. Steve Zeringue; Mfonsio Andrew; Campbell Morrison. Forget dumbphones and digital detoxes; ...

Jan 17Business InsiderHealthImpact

Map shows how the rich and powerful are descending on Davos by private jet

Private jets from dozens of different countries arrived near Davos on Monday. Pete Syme/Business Insider Business Insider tracked private jets landing near Davos on the first day of the WEF annual mee...

4dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

The youngest millennials turn 30 this year. We looked at where they live, if they're married, and how much they make.

Alexandria Rucker is turning 30 this year. Courtesy of Alexandria Rucker The youngest millennials turn 30 in 2026, marking a generational milestone in America. This cohort of new adults is more divers...

Jan 17Business InsidersocietyImpact

Locked in and celibate: For young tech founders, dating is a bug, not a feature

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI "There's two things that I care about the most: the gym and my work," says Mahir Laul. The 18-year-old took a leave of absence from New York University this past...

6dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

WATCH: Deer stops traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge

Traffic briefly came to a halt last week on the Golden Gate Bridge so a deer could make its way across....

Jan 13ABC Newssociety

Leave X – Protect Democracy

Article URL: https://leavex.eu Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703243 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...

3dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"

Article URL: https://shreevatsa.net/post/douglas-adams-cultural-divide/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719222 Points: 19 # Comments: 1...

2dHacker NewscultureImpact

Myanmar junta 'can't last forever': military in 'worse position now' than ever before

Catherine Viette welcomes Kim Aris, son of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who bears witness to the fraught political landscape of Myanmar five years after the 2021 military coup. Mr. Ari...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

What life is like in Minneapolis now

Article URL: https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-from-the-occupation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46658213 Points: 23 # Comments: 1...

Jan 17Hacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Vance, in Minneapolis, calls on local officials to 'lower the temperature'

Vice President JD Vance visited Minneapolis Thursday amid heightened tensions and clashes between federal agents and groups of protesters....

2dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Is liberal democracy in terminal decline?

The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present...

2dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]

Article URL: https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/crisis/crisis.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46644962 Points: 8 # Comments: 0...

Jan 16Hacker NewssocietyImpact

When my friends moved to the suburbs, I decided to raise my kids in Chicago. Being an urban mom was the best choice.

The author raised her kids in Chicago. Unaihuiziphotography/Getty Images I knew many people who moved away from Chicago to raise their kids, but I stayed. In Chicago, my kids had access to parks, muse...

6dBusiness InsiderlifestyleImpact

Hong Kong must tackle the challenges of a super-aged society head on

Mainland China’s and Hong Kong’s birth rates fell to record lows last year, despite extensive government incentives to encourage larger families. In Hong Kong, registered births fell 14 per cent to a ...

6hSouth China Morning PostsocietyImpact
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