In Search of a Human Society
It is our world. It does not belong to the corporations or politicians. Perhaps it is time to put the future of our human society to a vote. 04 October 2023 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News It is […]
It is our world. It does not belong to the corporations or politicians. Perhaps it is time to put the future of our human society to a vote. 04 October 2023 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News It is […]
Last year, there were 729 challenges to library, school and university materials and services, according to the American Library Association. Photo: The Nashville Public Library’s banned books library card 06 April 2022 | CNN Staff The Nashville Public Library (NPL) […]
An update of a legendary book provides encyclopedic architectural knowledge of the city’s row houses known as Brownstones Cover Photo: Dylan Chandler. Image courtesy of Rizzoli 14 October 2019 | Stefanie Waldek | Architecturald Digest Photographic Timeline of New York […]
Siri Hustvedt seeks to reclaim the messiness of motherhood. Aren’t we, she asks, all mixed up, a melange, a mess? Photo: Detail: ‘Mothers, Fathers, and Others’ 20 December 2021 | SHARMILA MUKHERJEE | NPR Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays by Siri […]
The Quebecois author was revolutionary in so many ways, she remained a nomad and a devoted advocate for the Francophonie. 30 November 2021 | Staff | Canadian Press | With Additional material MONTREAL — The novelist, playwright and poet Marie-Claire […]
(Image credit: Alamy) Since Sylvia Plath died in 1963, she’s been turned into a crudely tragic symbol. As she inspires more biographies, will we ever get closer to the ‘real’ Plath. 21 July 2021 | Lillian Crawford | BBC Culture When […]
Photo: Title: Anti-Vietnam War placards surround Toronto’s war memorial in 1969. Photographer: Reg. Innell Date: April 6, 1969 28 July 2021 | The War | James Porteous | Excerpt from All of Me The scorched-earth images from Vietnam were so […]
Photo: William F. Nolan and Ray Bradbury The American author wrote hundreds of stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres as well as as a screenwriter. 18 July 2021 | Mike Glyer | File770 | With additional videos and wire stories By […]
Photo: The anthology celebrates the “colourful lives” of Kurdish women, says editor Houzan Mahmoud (AFP/Delil Souleiman) ‘Kurdish Women’s Stories’ gives voice to women who ‘kept the momentum of political struggle in Kurdistan alive’ but whose experiences are often overshadowed 17 […]
The film follows an 8-day ‘Equinisity’ retreat with animals and nature as well as details on the retreat itself, located in Kamloops BC. This item has been updated owning to a concerning update in the Guardian. Please take the following […]
Shibuya district is offering tours of its architect-designed public facilities that feature in Perfect Days Photo: Kōji Yakusho in Perfect Days, Wim Wenders’s film about a Tokyo toilet cleaner that is in contention for best international feature at this year’s […]
The law-of-the-jungle approach betrays humankind Clipper Media | 07 March 2024 This was wonderful. I learned so much about the history, in large part because you had a chance to speak honestly and state facts without the need to counter […]
Expecting OpenAI’s GPT and other large language models to beat humans at thinking like a human might be missing the point. Photo: [Photos: Ben Sweet/Unsplash; hakule/Getty Images] It has always been my ‘theory’ that OpenAI GPT and others are being […]
‘The irony is that one nation believes that everyone looks up to them for not only their unconditional support of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, but also that they are banning any sort of criticism of the apartheid state Israel in […]
The recent orchestrated confrontation between newly elected George Galloway and Sky News deputy political editor Sam Coates, shown live on TV, was like watching a trained monkey in a zoo. Photo: Crowd shouts down TV reporter from Sky News at […]
BlackRock and Vanguard by 2028 will own 20 trillion dollars – about a fifth of the World’s GDP. It is bad enough today. Photo: Screenshot – Monopoly 27 February 2024 | James Porteous | Clipper Media This is extremely dangerous […]