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Thousands of people in the center of Rio chanting obscene and justified anti Neymar slogans is the vibe right now
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To put this in simpler terms: AIPAC is now such a political liability for candidates that it is ending its direct campaign contributions, but doubling down on dark money and other fundraising more difficult to tie back to it.
Marc Rod@marcrod97Oct 21
SCOOP: AIPAC will no longer endorse congressional candidates or earmark donations to congressional campaigns. The group's super PAC, United Democracy Project, will continue to operate and it will urge members to donate directly to pro-Israel candidates. jewishinsider.com/2026/10/ai…

AIPAC to end candidate endorsements, PAC contributions to allies

AIPAC leaders said that the United Democracy Project super PAC will continue, as the group urges its members to give directly to pro-Israel candidates

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Bookmarking for the I told you so AI crash
Rya Jetha
@ryajethaOct 21
What a lede from @TheEconomist
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This is the most likely AI apocalypse scenario, imo.
William Fitzgerald@william_fitzOct 20
"Speculative data center debt is being repackaged and sold to pension and retirement funds, university endowments, and other institutional investors in a manner eerily reminiscent of the subprime bubble." ourfinancialsecurity.org/res…

Brace for Impact: Protecting People and the Economy When the AI Bubble Bursts - Americans for...

An economic crisis from the AI bubble is not inevitable. While the ingredients for a serious crisis are in place, inaction regarding the growing risks would be a dangerous mistake, and policymakers...

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Default insurance ("credit default swap") sales on hyperscaler debt are going through the roof. In other words, those holding debt are concerned about the growing risks of the AI companies defaulting on it. (Source: FT, full story below.)
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annie ernaux on the may 1968 and november 1986 student movements in france. “In order to think, speak, write, work, exist in another way, we felt we had nothing to lose by trying everything. 1968 was the first year of the world.”
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“The Festival rediscovered and magnified by overcoming the conflict between everyday life and festivity and enabling these terms to harmonize…such is the final clause of the revolutionary plan.” -Henri Lefebvre
blaise🔻
@blaise_bousselOct 17
Le cheval de Troie entre dans Paris les passants applaudissent ! JOYEUX 17 OCTOBRE
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(Slavoj Žižek)
🐾p3arlly 𐙚@y0urhaunt3dgfOct 15
does therapy even work when you’re self-aware enough to see through your own bullshit and the therapist’s, so the whole session just feels like being gaslit by someone with a psychology degree 😭
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For decades economic development has relied on tax breaks and subsidies for the largest corporations, a trickle-down approach that too often falls short. @NYCMayor and @NYCEDC are charting a new path. In the first deal of its kind in NYC history, the public is investing $30 million in a quantum lab - in exchange for three board seats and 15% of the revenue generated from technology it creates. And if any firm coming out of the lab merges, gets acquired, or IPOs, the city gets a payout. When public dollars are invested, the public should share in the wealth and innovation those investments create. nytimes.com/2026/10/14/nyreg…

New York City Agrees to Profit-Sharing Deal With N.Y.U. Quantum Lab (Gift Article)

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that in exchange for a $30 million city investment, New York would get 15 percent of proceeds from projects developed in the quantum technology lab.

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you have more workplace autonomy than you realize
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Rodrigo Nunes @Equatormag provides one the best, broadly applicable descriptions of the rise of far right politics (in Brazil) that you will read. equator.org/articles/brazil-…
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What happened to class, labor and inequality after the fall of the Soviet Union? My new book revisits Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s transitions — from Soviet rule and the 1991 revolutions to neoliberal restructuring and the rise of the far right in times of war. Out in March!
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the mcgill university department of art history and communication studies is looking to hire an early career tenure-track scholar who is currently based outside of canada and interested in relocating mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com…
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happy to make introductions as needed + feel free to share
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“It is simple enough, and true enough, to say that Annie was unlike anyone I’d ever met, then or since.” Robert Baird remembers Annie Dillard, who died last week, at 81. newyorker.com/culture/postsc…

Annie Dillard’s Subject Was the Whole World

“It is simple enough, and true enough, to say that Annie was unlike anyone I’d ever met, then or since.” Robert Baird remembers Annie Dillard, who died last week, at 81.

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@jondashkyleSep 12
I made connections.forum, a personals list for people on Are.na. Meet through what you collect and create—for friendship, collaboration, romance, or just someone new to talk to.
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i was at a library in east tennessee & saw a dozen kids lined up in front of a table advertising free books paid for by dolly parton. i went, huh, actually?, looked it up, & discovered dolly's nonprofit spent, on $94 million in expenses, $51m on books and $35m mailing them
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Precedent-setting moment in news media. The editor of the second most important opinion page in the country greenlights the use of AI for drafting pieces, no disclosure necessary.
Max Tani@maxwelltaniAug 25
In a statement, WSJ opinion editor Paul Gigot defends Druckenmiller's use of AI to write Monday's op ed, saying "AI is a fact of modern life," and "nobody can doubt that his op-ed is his genuine opinion."
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for our annual @indyweek Fall Arts issue, I spoke with Bill Thelen about Lump, the Raleigh “independent, anti-fascist, anti-capitalist artist’s space” he’s closing after thirty years. Long live Lump! indyweek.com/news/culture/lu…

After Thirty Years of Showcasing Art on the Edge, Bill Thelen Bids Goodbye to Lump Gallery

Since 1996, the small gallery has been Raleigh's mainstay for experimental art. On August 31, Bill Thelen is closing its doors for good.

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Sad to see that 4Columns is no more — such a reliably interesting venue for criticism, had hoped to write for them some day mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/r…

Remembering 4Columns

Reflecting on planning, commissioning, editing, and writing film reviews for nearly a decade at a one-of-a-kind arts criticism website.

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