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A Battle for the Soul of the West
by skepticFor President Donald Trump, last month’s spat at the White House with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was “great television.” To the rest of us, it was a horrifying realization of our worst fears: a real-time crumbling of the Euro-American alliance, which has been the bedrock of the international order since 1945. Europeans have recently been discovering a new resolve for standing on their own....
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Zouk Los Angeles Nightclub Opens Doors With Three Night Celebration
by skepticZouk was ground zero for Los Angeles nightlife last weekend. The new nightclub, located at 643 N. La Cienega Blvd. in the space formerly occupied by Nightingale, toasted its long awaited arrival with a three-night opening weekend celebration that kicked off Thursday with notable names like Marc Anthony and Zouk insiders. Zouk Los Angeles is a joint venture between Sam Nazarian’s sbe and Hui...
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The Lesson Trump Is Learning the Hard Way
by JoséThe U.S. has a lot of leverage over trade—but using it is not as simple as it seems. Illustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic; Sources: anucha sirivisansuwan / Getty; duncan1890 / Getty March 17, 2025, 9:35 AM ET The Founders knew that Americans, for better or worse, had an insatiable desire for overseas trade. “They are as aquatic as the tortoises and sea-fowl,”...
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KT Tunstall: ‘I was a totally crap pop star… It’s important to kill your idea of what you should be’ | Ents & Arts News
by skepticTwenty years on from her breakout hit Suddenly I See, KT Tunstall is refreshingly candid about her early career: “I was a totally crap pop star,” she tells Sky News. The Scottish singer-songwriter may have a Brit and Ivor Novello to her name – won the year after she outsold every other female artist in the UK – but she’s not taking any prisoners....
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Scientist Says He Found Evidence Our Entire Universe Is Trapped Inside a Black Hole
by JoséA researcher has made a puzzling discovery while analyzing observations taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. While analyzing images for the telescope’s Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), Kansas State University associate professor of computer science Lior Shamir found that out of the 263 galaxies examined, two thirds of them rotated clockwise, while only a third rotated counterclockwise, as detailed in a paper published...
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Netanyahu Doesn’t Want the Truth to Come Out
by JoséIf there’s one thing most Israelis agree on after nearly a year and a half of war, it’s the need for a deep, impartial investigation into the catastrophe of October 7—laying bare what went wrong that day, beforehand, and possibly after. The demand for such an inquiry has escalated, voiced in equal measure by gaunt ex-hostages and the outgoing, guilt-ridden, military chief of staff....
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Time to fulfil 6,500 teacher pledge ‘now or never’
by skepticMore from this theme Recent articles The time for government to fulfil its pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers is “now or never”, a report has warned, as it revealed unfilled teacher vacancies have reached record rates. The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) published its annual “teacher labour market in England” report on Thursday. It found teacher leaving rates have not improved since before the pandemic...
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Dozens of dinosaur footprints found in rock at Australian school
by skepticAnthony Romilio examines the slab at Biloela State High School in Queensland, Australia University of Queensland A slab of 200-million-year-old rock that has been on display for 20 years at a school in Queensland, Australia, contains 66 footprints from 47 individual dinosaurs. The rock was gifted to Biloela State High School by the nearby Callide mine, where it was found by coal miners. Although...
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Play Lies of P Now Before Xbox Game Pass Removes It This Weekend
by skepticLies of P is an award-winning game that reimagines the story of Pinocchio as a soulslike set in a grimy world overrun by killer mechanical puppets. It was released on day 1 on Xbox Game Pass in 2023. Now, Microsoft is removing that game and others from the service this weekend on March 15. Microsoft will remove Lies of P after its developer, Neowiz,...
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Sikh women subjected to “exorcism-related abuse”, report finds
by skepticWomen in Sikh and Panjabi communities are falling victim to faith based abuse, including “exorcism-related abuse”, a domestic abuse charity has said. A recent report into “domestic, sexual and spiritual violence” by Sikh Women’s Aid (SWA) has found significant numbers of Sikh women say they have been subjected to “abusive practices linked to faith, religion, spirituality, or belief”. The report also highlighted how caste...