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1 week, 4 days ago

Four directors take wildly different looks at mortality

LA Times

Auteurs may be known for the distinctive personal themes their films often address. Of course, Azazel Jacobs’ “His Three Daughters,” Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada,” David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” and Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” offer wildly different looks at mortality, with their creators’ signatures all over them. “It’s the biggest story of all of our lives,” says Jacobs, whose …

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'Beyond-worse-case' Trump scenario is 'now upon us': columnist

Raw Story

The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait expected President-elect Donald Trump's second term to be bad -- but even he found himself in awe at the picks that Trump has made for his cabinet. In his latest piece, Chait marvels at the figures that Trump wants to bring into his cabinet, including Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, scandal-plagued former Rep. Matt Gaetz, and …

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'Beyond-worse-case' Trump scenario is 'now upon us': columnist

Raw Story

The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait expected President-elect Donald Trump's second term to be bad -- but even he found himself in awe at the picks that Trump has made for his cabinet. In his latest piece, Chait marvels at the figures that Trump wants to bring into his cabinet, including Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, scandal-plagued former Rep. Matt Gaetz, and …

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2 months, 1 week ago

No time for fatalism: The left must unite to fight fascism

Salon

The conclusion that Donald Trump is a fascist has gone mainstream, gaining wide publicity and affirmation in recent weeks. Speaking to a conference of the African National Congress in 1951, Nelson Mandela warned that “South African capitalism has developed monopolism and is now reaching the final stage of monopoly capitalism gone mad, namely, fascism.” Trump has pledged to be even …

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4 months ago

Your quick guide to L.A.’s first-ever ‘Climate Week’ and its city-wide festivities

LA Times

From hikes to sustainable cocktails to comedy shows, events addressing climate change are set to pop up around L.A. from Sept. 8 to Sept. 15 as part of the city’s inaugural Climate Week. Inspired by New York’s Climate Week NYC, organizers hope the mix of fun and flashy events with more serious policy-focused discussions will encourage Angelenos to get involved …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

As MPs vote on smoking ban for Generation Alpha, here’s why smoking is back in fashion for Gen Z

The Independent

After surviving 23 days deprived of food, hot showers and a flushable toilet, at the end of last year Sam Thompson emerged from the I’m a Celebrity jungle desperate for one thing… a drag on a cigarette. Lucie also thinks that current nostalgia for Nineties culture and Gen Z making up for time lost in lockdown are playing a part, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: The problem with Israel’s futile Gaza strategy, explained

LA Times

The phrase “ mowing the grass ” has been the bumper sticker version of Israeli strategy in Gaza for the last decade and a half. It plays out in the following way: Palestinians, frustrated by the state of the enclave, turn to the likes of Hamas for, if nothing else, vengeance against Israel ; Israel imposes restrictions such as the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

A familiar fear in Kozhikode as Nipah resurfaces

Hindustan Times

Kochi: In May 2018, Changaroth, a sleepy village on the eastern border of Kerala’s Kozhikode district, first hit national headlines when it reported the first case of the deadly Nipah virus in the state. Abhijith KM, a panchayat ward member, said restrictions to curb the spread of the virus were re-imposed in tune with the health department’s guidelines. Though normal …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Stigma, apathy, fatalism: The battle against sickle cell anaemia

Hindustan Times

Chandrika Ganesh, 25, is always tired. On July 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission in Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh, and said that the union government is committed to eliminating the disease before India celebrates its 100th year of Independence 2047. This card also allows me free medicines and treatment.” The politics On July …

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1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Adventure often ends in tragedy

Deccan Chronicle

There is a scene in Titanic when the orchestra in the grand dining hall on the main deck stops momentarily as seawater invades. The passengers of the fatalistically named submersible Titan, whose spirit of adventure related to the historical wreck of the Titanic in 1912, were extremely unfortunate in meeting their death in the implosion of their vehicle that may …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: Why are we denying people with opioid addiction the most effective treatment?

LA Times

Signs at an Oregon treatment center show where receptacles to dispense methadone should be disposed of after use. But if your diagnosis were for opioid addiction and you came to see me, an addiction specialist, federal regulations written half a century ago would bar me from prescribing the most effective treatment: methadone. If I want my patients to access this …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Review: On ‘Miracle-Level,’ Deerhoof leaves its comfort zone

Associated Press

“Miracle-Level” by Deerhoof On their 19th album, Deerhoof remains as playful and experimental as ever. The title of the first track on “Miracle-Level” serves as a polite command, “Sit Down, Let Me Tell You a Story,” and this oddball, guitar-driven release merits attention throughout. Singer and bass-player Satomi Matsuzaki was born in Japan, and “Miracle-Level” is the first Deerhoof release …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Essay: Dominique Lapierre and the writer as saint

Hindustan Times

Some years ago, there was a photograph of a young boy, a pre-teen, being bathed in the open by a white woman who was a “follower of Mother”. Danny Boyle immortalised and celebrated Indian poverty without irony as “Jai Ho” in Slumdog Millionaire ; Katherine Boo Captured “Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” in Behind the Beautiful Forevers. …

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2 years, 6 months ago

What is "heteropessimism," and why do men and women suffer from it?

Salon

A friend introduces their partner as "my current husband." Seresin's definition is useful because this pessimism is accompanied by the paradoxical practice of sticking with heterosexuality in its current forms, even as it is judged to be "irredeemable." Meanwhile, writer Andrea Long Chu claims heterosexuality is on the verge of collapse, held together with "sticky tape and crossed fingers." Although …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Thamp: The circus comes to Cannes

Live Mint

The month of May has brought not one, but two notable developments in the field of film restoration in India. On a more human scale, the 75th Cannes Film Festival revealed that it will show two restored Indian films in its Classics section: Satyajit Ray’s Pratidwandi, restored by the NFAI, and Aravindan’s Thamp̄, restored by the Film Heritage Foundation under …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Starmer woos business with promise to use ‘white heat of technology’ to deliver growth

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Keir Starmer is to evoke the memory of Labour’s 1960s prime …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Omicron? Many Americans give it a shrug

LA Times

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk arrive area at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 30. As of Tuesday, it had not been found in the United States, but the White House’s top pandemic advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has said he “would not be surprised” if it were already here. “I just wish we had a crystal …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Do not give in to cynicism and fatalism: Rutte at 9/11 commemoration

Dutch News

Prime minister Mark Rutte has appealed for people not to give in to cynicism and fatalism, even if many Nato ambitions in Afghanistan ‘proved impossible’. But giving in to cynicism and fatalism is the last thing we should do.’ Recalling his own visit to New York on business several weeks after the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Do not give in to cynicism and fatalism: Rutte at 9/11 commemoration

Dutch News

Prime minister Mark Rutte has appealed for people not to give in to cynicism and fatalism, even if many Nato ambitions in Afghanistan ‘proved impossible’. But giving in to cynicism and fatalism is the last thing we should do.’ Recalling his own visit to New York on business several weeks after the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, …

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3 years, 11 months ago

MARTIN SAMUEL: Stripped of all creativity, Eddie Jones' boys need a reboot

Daily Mail

Eddie Jones took responsibility in the immediate aftermath of arguably the most shocking defeat of his England tenure, because that is what coaches do. That Jones knows exactly what went wrong but to explain it makes his critics right and suggests England have been travelling a false path since emerging from lockdown. Big questions remain of England coach Eddie Jones …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Malcolm & Marie review: A requiem to a dying love that’s also a booby trap for film critics

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 15, 106 mins Sam Levinson’s Malcolm & Marie feels like a …

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4 years ago

New, potentially more contagious coronavirus variant found in California, Newsom says

LA Times

The new, potentially more contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom has been found in California, Gov. “We have thousands and thousands of people getting tested every day, and we are just able to sample a small number of those test results and do the gene sequencing.” Whether the variant is present or not, she added, …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Billy Joe Shaver: Gifted songwriter who embodied the lyricism of country music

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A gifted songwriter and gruff singer, Shaver embodied country …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Collective Amnesia or Consumerism? Why the Urban Middle Class Doesn't Seem to Care About Covid-19

News 18

India is approaching the desired destination of the ‘COVID-19 plateau’ at a snail’s pace. Under such circumstances, as we navigate through the ‘unlock’ phase, the logical response from the educated, urban ‘middle and upper class’ public would have been a heightened sense of alertness in taking precautions, like in Japan, where the population has accepted the usage of masks wholeheartedly …

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Four directors take wildly different looks at mortality

'Beyond-worse-case' Trump scenario is 'now upon us': columnist

'Beyond-worse-case' Trump scenario is 'now upon us': columnist

No time for fatalism: The left must unite to fight fascism

Your quick guide to L.A.’s first-ever ‘Climate Week’ and its city-wide festivities

As MPs vote on smoking ban for Generation Alpha, here’s why smoking is back in fashion for Gen Z

Opinion: The problem with Israel’s futile Gaza strategy, explained

A familiar fear in Kozhikode as Nipah resurfaces

Stigma, apathy, fatalism: The battle against sickle cell anaemia

DC Edit | Adventure often ends in tragedy

Opinion: Why are we denying people with opioid addiction the most effective treatment?

Review: On ‘Miracle-Level,’ Deerhoof leaves its comfort zone

Essay: Dominique Lapierre and the writer as saint

What is "heteropessimism," and why do men and women suffer from it?

Thamp: The circus comes to Cannes

Starmer woos business with promise to use ‘white heat of technology’ to deliver growth

Omicron? Many Americans give it a shrug

Do not give in to cynicism and fatalism: Rutte at 9/11 commemoration

Do not give in to cynicism and fatalism: Rutte at 9/11 commemoration

MARTIN SAMUEL: Stripped of all creativity, Eddie Jones' boys need a reboot

Malcolm & Marie review: A requiem to a dying love that’s also a booby trap for film critics

New, potentially more contagious coronavirus variant found in California, Newsom says

Billy Joe Shaver: Gifted songwriter who embodied the lyricism of country music

Collective Amnesia or Consumerism? Why the Urban Middle Class Doesn't Seem to Care About Covid-19