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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is asking Indians to make a series of changes in their consumption habits to help the country withstand the global economic upheaval from the Iran war. DW has the latest. Comment: Need to know especially 3 guidelines given by Prime Minister Modi below: Quote: “Yesterday, Modi ji asked the public to make sacrifices — don’t buy gold, don’t go abroad, use less petrol, cut down on fertiliser and cooking oil, take the metro, work from home. These aren’t sermons — these are proofs of failure,” the Congress leader wrote in Hindi on X.”
Cut fuel use, Modi tells Indians amid Iran war crisis Dharvi Vaid AFP, AP, DPA and Reuters Published 2 hours ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi is asking Indians to make a series of changes in their consumption habits to help the … Continue reading
Futurism: You’ll Never Guess Trade Unions’ Position on AI Data Centers
Artificial IntelligenceEthics Off Center You’ll Never Guess Trade Unions’ Position on AI Data Centers “We’re just saying, ‘look, they do create a hell of a lot of construction jobs.’” By Joe Wilkins Published May 7, 2026 12:59 PM EDT Add Futurism(opens in … Continue reading
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Sky latest news topic: Time now as fascism takes hold to engage with Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui. Contemporary Relevance (Current): A 2026 production by the Royal Shakespeare Company featuring Mark Gatiss demonstrated the play’s ongoing relevance, using themes of “restoring order” by breaking the law and incorporating modern imagery (e.g., references to ICE agents).
The most significant play written in 1941 that directly satirizes the rise of Adolf Hitler, often revived with contemporary staging, is Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. While written in 1941, it is frequently staged today as a … Continue reading
Forbes: How Eric Trump Got Rich From Bitcoin While Losing Investors A Fortune
How Eric Trump Got Rich From Bitcoin While Losing Investors A Fortune The president’s second son pitches his bitcoin company as a money-printing machine. It’s actually an arbitrage vehicle that preys on MAGA-minded investors. ByDan Alexander, Senior Editor. Dan Alexander covers … Continue reading
The Conversation: Up to 20,000 seafarers on 2,000 vessels remain stranded in and around the strait, enduring a combination of physical danger and psychological stress typical of combat zones.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair Arts + CultureBusiness + Economy Education Environment Health Politics + Society Science + TechWorld Podcasts Insights Share article Print article As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drags on, the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization has sounded the alarm over a related humanitarian crisis: the plight of … Continue reading
The cost to humanity, we are informed about but what happens after the war. What about Revenge? Watched Avengers on Netflix. We really need to think about the world of wars presently and the long term impact including people who seek revenge and it can be justified.
Stanford University Press, 2022 394 pages Nakam: The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge Dina Porat By Linda F. Burghardt – January 23, 2023 In the aftermath of the Holocaust, survivors of all ages, abilities, nationalities, and ethnicities had to somehow … Continue reading
A Persian scholar finished a single math book in 9th century Baghdad that quietly became the foundation for every line of code running on Earth today. Quote: “When Alan Turing built the first abstract model of computation in 1936, when John von Neumann designed the first stored-program computer in 1945, when every engineer at Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind writes code in 2026, they are working in a paradigm that started with one man in Baghdad twelve centuries ago.”
@ihtesham2005 A Persian scholar finished a single math book in 9th century Baghdad that quietly became the foundation for every line of code running on Earth today. I started reading about him at midnight and could not believe how many … Continue reading
Grok AI: Augmenting abilities for people with disabilities or ageing especially regarding legal matters and health.
Are there any reports of where Revenue Commissioners in Ireland have waived Benefit in Kind rents from person who is sole benificiary of trust which provides her home (her mother did write letter stating she could live in the property … Continue reading
The Harvard Gazette: Michael Sandel saw it coming
Nation & World Michael Sandel saw it coming Philosophy helps us solve ‘big questions that matter,’ argues ‘Justice’ professor as he accepts Berggruen Prize Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer April 15, 2026 4 min read In 1996, political philosopher Michael … Continue reading
World in turmoil with wars; AI developing faster than expected, this posting is about John D. Rockefeller and OIL etc, maybe even some wisdom in a time of need
@SamaHoole In 1900, John D. Rockefeller controlled approximately 90 percent of all petroleum refining in the United States. He was, by some calculations, the richest private individual who had ever lived. He had a problem. Scientists were discovering that compounds … Continue reading