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How media manufactures "the expert
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (1048+ words) In response, we often consciously cultivate the algorithm as if to remain authentic to ourselves. We can't really trust the media or what we consume to be true'in the era of post-truth, trusting the media is just not something we…...
Summer in Windsor: where history still lives
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (266+ words) Walking through its gates, I felt the quiet grandeur of centuries unfold. The Round Tower rises with a commanding dignity, offering panoramic views over the Thames Valley. The stone beneath my feet has carried monarchs, courtiers, soldiers, and visitors from…...
Raymond Allon and the soul of Shaabi
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (830+ words) From the banks of the Bouregreg River in Rabat, with a majestic view from the Royal Yacht Club, Allon emerges as a witness to this golden age, an era where music was not made for fleeting platforms but was born…...
The privatization of violence
22+ hour, 14+ min ago (364+ words) Shadow Sovereignty" investigates the dark transition from national armies to unaccountable private contractors. By analysing Dyn Corp International's history'from sex trafficking in Bosnia to financial fraud in Iraq'the article exposes how "disaster capitalism" creates a global elite operating above the…...
Ramparts Magazine's revolutionary rhetoric
23+ hour, 14+ min ago (231+ words) But the term New Left was first popularized in the United States in an open letter written in 1960 by sociologist C. Wright Mills titled Letter to the New Left. He argued for a new leftist ideology that he hoped might transcend…...
When war became a screen event
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (693+ words) The Gulf War in 1991 did not happen. At least, if you listen to French philosopher Jean Baudrillard. "Our wars have less to do with the confrontation of warriors than with the domestication of the refractory forces on the planet." "Baudrillard....
Across the north star: a Minnesota journey
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1235+ words) Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changin" When I first arrived in Minnesota, I did not know which was the greater loss'the pain of remembering or the pain of forgetting. My memory walk in Kazakhstan had once…...
Let's move: get active space! | Meer
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (250+ words) Let's move: get active space! Meer | English edition Let's move: get active space! 12 Apr 202612 Apr 2027 at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland Get moving and have fun! The Let's move: get active space! highlights the importance of movement through interactive…...
I hope this finds you well
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (197+ words) Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present I hope this finds you well, a solo exhibition by Bellingham-based artist Abigail Goldman. The exhibition will be Goldman's fifth solo exhibition at Hashimoto Contemporary. In this next installment of her self coined dieoramas,…...
The future of work is already here
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1441+ words) Once upon a time, job security meant clocking out and retiring with a gold watch after 30 years of service. That era is fading fast. The world of work is changing " not politely, but with the force of a tidal wave....