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[ad_1] Sometimes, something that seems too absurd to be taken seriously really should be taken seriously. As Paul Krugman argued a couple of days ago, Trump backers’ sense of betrayal by Trump may actually explain much of the negative attitude being reported by surveys of consumer sentiment. There has been an ongoing debate among economists as to why households are so negative on the economy. The problem is that the economy seems reasonably good by most measures. The unemployment rate, at 4.3 percent, is relatively low by historical standards. Real wages are at least modestly outpacing inflation. People are buying…

[ad_1] In a Seattle suburb, police recently raided five massage businesses suspected of prostitution—and ended up inviting some serious accusations against themselves. The raids took place in Bothell and were conducted by the Bothell Police Department amid what it described as “ongoing community concerns.” But groups concerned with massage worker and immigrant rights say police actions are simply the latest example of discrimination and state violence against Asian women and immigrant workers. You are reading Sex & Tech, from Elizabeth Nolan Brown. Get more of Elizabeth’s sex, tech, bodily autonomy, law, and online culture coverage. “You’re patting your own back for…

[ad_1] Comparisons can be considered the cornerstone of science, though accurate ones can be notoriously difficult to achieve. In research design, comparisons appear in the context of control groups. When a medication is described as safe and effective, the only way to establish that is through comparisons, including to placebo; a pill that seems to alleviate pain may in fact subjectively do so but is only considered effective if it alleviates pain better than an identical pill without an active ingredient. Outside the rigors of science, comparisons are common in everyday life and on social media. Sometimes they’re accurate, but…

[ad_1] The new regulations revealed by the Financial Conduct Authority include several technical traps which crypto software providers need to watch for to avoid sanctions What to know: The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has proposed detailed “cryptoasset perimeter” guidance that would bring most crypto activities under the Financial Services and Markets Act by October 25, 2027. Under the plan, any firm holding client crypto assets for more than 24 hours, or with the ability to override client authority, would be treated as a regulated custodian and require a full safeguarding license. Validators, node operators and stablecoin issuers face tighter rules,…

[ad_1] Frederick Crews (left) and Sigmund Freud (right) Frederick Crews (a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry), who died in June 2024, devoted decades of his life to convincing his colleagues in the humanities that the time had come to let psychoanalysis go. During a very productive life of more than nine decades, Crews—literary critic and professor emeritus of the University of California Berkeley—became famous twice. The first round, between 1963 and 1965, came after the publication of The Pooh Perplex, an erudite satire that became an unexpected bestseller. The second time, from 1993 onward, came after his explosive…

[ad_1] The speed at which information moves has changed. The structure and vulnerabilities of a crucial global trade route have not. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Jill Clark-Gollub, Popular Resistance. April 2026, Washington, DC- This spring constituents and grassroots organizations have been raising awareness in Congress and in public forums of the harms caused by Unilateral Coercive Measures (UCMs or “sanctions”). Sanctions have become the “go-to” foreign policy tool of the United States government, now impacting a quarter of the global economy and one-third…

[ad_1] Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair On April 25, one Cole Allen allegedly charged a security checkpoint outside the Washington Hilton ballroom where many of the nation’s most prominent politicians, journalists, and entertainers were gathered for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, bearing both arms and ill will toward some or all of those inside — almost certainly including US president Donald Trump. I’ve been in that ballroom. I’ve also been outside the exit, mere feet away, where there’s a historical plaque commemorating the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, by John Hinckley, in 1981.  I was there even as Donald Trump…

[ad_1] The party has been pressured to avoid ‘woke’ policies. Instead, Democrats must stand firmly for equality and invest in mobilization [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] After law enforcement thwarted a potential attack on the White House correspondents’ dinner with President Donald Trump and top leaders, Republican commentators accused Democrats of using violent rhetoric. A remark by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., popped up repeatedly on TV and online. “I heard Hakeem Jeffries say this week ‘its maximum warfare all the time,’” CNN conservative pundit Scott Jennings said April 26.  “We have a violent streak on the left and a rhetoric problem on the left.” The Republican National Committee responded on X to Jeffries condemning political violence on a Sunday political show, sharing a…