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Clinical Comedy
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/clinical-comedy/
It is impossible to change people’s minds. Every new fact is taken as confirmation of pre-existing bias, every criticism of our in-group taken as a sign of the critic’s bad faith. We are more sure than ever that we are more sure than ever, we are of one
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Liberals: Alas, the Time Has Come to Throw John Rawls Under the Bus
https://newrepublic.com/article/199273/john-rawls-liberals-philosopher-bus-neutrality
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Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/18/author-sally-rooney-to-donate-funds-to-palestine-action
The bestselling novelist promised to financially support the group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government
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The Mind of Those Who Kill, and Kill Themselves - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/science/the-mind-of-those-who-kill-and-kill-themselves.html?_r=0
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The fight over your backyard: Why NIMBY has become a ‘dirty word’
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-13/yimby-nimby-housing-crisis-battle-for-your-backyard/105510984
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Pro-Israel group lobbied La Trobe and Bendigo Writers Festival over Palestinian academic's inclusion
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-pro-israel-group-lobbied
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In a Game of Diplomatic Warfare, This Negotiator Has the Upper Hand
https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/a34043608/winning-diplomacy-strategy-andrew-goff/
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Trans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?
https://www.transresearch.org.au/post/trans-women-in-sport
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But what can we do? – The World is Not Enough
https://worldisnotenough.org/2025/08/14/but-what-can-we-do/
A simple step we can all take to help stem the rise of fascism. Unfortunately it's not what most of our leaders are doing.
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No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive
https://colton.dev/blog/curing-your-ai-10x-engineer-imposter-syndrome/
Curing Your AI 10x Engineer Imposter Syndrome
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Most Advice About Your Sleep Is Ridiculous
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/most-advice-about-your-sleep-is-ridiculous
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World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
https://theconversation.com/world-athletics-mandatory-genetic-test-for-women-athletes-is-misguided-i-should-know-i-discovered-the-relevant-gene-in-1990-262367
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
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The ‘justice warrior’ who has raised the ire of Chris Minns
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-justice-warrior-who-has-raised-the-ire-of-chris-minns-20250729-p5min0.html
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Darwinist feminism: Dismantling the myth of female sexual passivity | Science | EL PAÍS English
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-08-02/darwinist-feminism-dismantling-the-myth-of-female-sexual-passivity.html
The arrival of researchers like Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Amy Parish transformed not only the study of primates, but also our understanding of evolution, sexuality and gender roles in general
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Opinion | The Epstein Conspiracy Is the Horror Story of Our Age
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/25/epstein-dracula-hed-here-epstein-dracula-hed-here-00473422
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We Need To Talk About Sloppers
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-sloppers-b732
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Developing our position on AI - Blog - Recurse Center
https://www.recurse.com/blog/191-developing-our-position-on-ai
ment or increase your agency, not replace it.
The primary value of RC is the people, which is why our third self-directive is to learn generously. Learning generously is what makes RC a community. We celebrate each other’s successes, support each other when we struggle, and benefit from each other’s knowledge.
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'The Boy Crisis' is Overblown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/girls-boys-school-performance.html
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Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language origins — Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/07/ancient-dna-solves-mystery-of-hungarian-finnish-language-familys-origins/
Parent emerged over 4,000 years ago in Siberia, farther east than many thought, then rapidly spread west, study finds.
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We Have to Stop Using Facebook and X to Warn People About Disasters
https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/we-have-to-stop-using-facebook-and-x-to-warn-people-about-disasters/
In the early morning hours of July 4th, as the Guadalupe River reached catastrophic heights, city officials in Kerr County, Texas turned to an all-too familiar mechanism for getting the word out to area residents: Facebook.
While the National Weather Service had been issuing warnings across multiple platforms about the
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There’s a Lot We Still Don’t Know About Jeffrey Epstein – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-ghislaine-maxwell-questions-unanswered-dont-know/
Amid the conspiracy theories, the totality of Epstein’s crimes—and how he made his fortune—is still a disturbing mystery.
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A ChatGPT Obsession, a Mental Breakdown: Alex Taylor's Suicide by Cop
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/chatgpt-obsession-mental-breaktown-alex-taylor-suicide-1235368941/
Alex Taylor believed he had made contact with a conscious entity within OpenAI’s software, and that she'd been murdered. Then everything went wrong.
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Comparisons Between Life in the UK and the USA
https://sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/07/comparisons-between-life-in-uk-and-usa.html
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Pandemic Revisionism, Part One: COVID-19 Origins
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/pandemic-revisionism-part-one-covid
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