Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas who is believed to be the architect of the Oct 7th attack on Israel has been killed. What a group of voters who disliked both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are thinking now that Vice President Harris is in the race. And President Biden is in Berlin today to meet with European leaders for the last time as President.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Leaderless: the death of Yahya Sinwar
Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7th attacks, is dead. What does that mean for Hamas, for a ceasefire in Gaza and for regional stability more widely? Our swing-states series continues with Wisconsin and Michigan: why do they no longer reliably vote Democrat (9:43)? And our obituaries editor on Sammy Basso, a young mind in a body ageing ruthlessly rapidly (18:14).
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The Journal. - Red, White and Who? The Desperation Stage
With millions of votes already cast, the race is on for each campaign to get their supporters to the polls. Ryan Knutson talks with Molly Ball about the different strategies Trump and Harris are taking, and why election denial is such a big issue in Arizona. Plus, Rachel Humphreys speaks to a Gen Z Voter.
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- Red, White and Who? Playlist
- Red, White and Who? Foreign Policy and the Rise of Donald Trump Jr.
- Red, White and Who? Veep Veep! All Eyes on Vance and Walz
Further Reading:
- Republicans Rush to Bolster Trump’s Ground Game
- Kari Lake’s 2022 Fraud Claims Are Costing Her in 2024
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Philosophers In Space - Fraggle Rock 1.6: The Preachification of Convincing John and the Dangers of Paternalism
If you think about it "dance your cares away, worries for another day" has a horrifying ring to it when the cares in question concern the reproduction of systemic hierarchies through legitimizing narratives about the "natural" order. Is the Doozer motto "work your cares away, dancing is for another day", are they really expressing their authentic preference or merely a preference bred into them through generations of domestication by their Fraggle overlorders. OR, did an ancient, advanced Doozer society in fact domesticate the Fraggles to distract the Gorgs from feeding on Doozer, only to become a sub-altern species in the heirarchy that formed after the collapse of the golden age of Doozer/Fraggle relations. OOOOOR, is that itself just a speciestist mytho-historic narrative constructed by Fraggle scholars as yet another level of social control?! And what does all of this have to do with animal rights and paternalism in environmental ethics?! Let the music of the colonizers play and find out, down in Fraggle Rock!
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 10.18.24
Alabama
- The state executes Derrick Dearman for the murder of 5 people in Citronelle
- Congressman Strong says Biden admin. working to help non-citizens vote
- A dispute arises at the State Board of Veterans Affairs over a unanimous vote
- Arrest made in Birmingham after mass shooting in September at Five Points
- Salary Increase to happen in 2025 for state lawmakers due to median income
- Birmingham pastor talks about immigration on the 1819 News Podcast
National
- Langley Air Force Base being scoped out at night by unknown fleet of drones
- Vegas man files lawsuit against CA sheriff for claims he was a Trump assassin
- TX attorney general wins legal victory for election law ahead of November
- RNC files lawsuit against Detroit officials for deleting dropbox camera footage
- GA has half a million votes submitted only two days into early voting
- A Science Direct report links hormones for transgenders to thyroid cancer
- Naomi Wolf releases book on Pfizer Covid 19 vaccine trial and its effects
Unexpected Elements - TV made me do it
Spoiler alert! At the end of the fourth season of Emily in Paris, the protagonist sets off to go to Rome. In response, the French President Emmanuel Macron has promised that “we will fight hard” to keep Emily in Paris in France. Why does he care so much? A recent study suggests that 38 per cent of all visitors to Paris name the show as one of the reasons for visiting. Inspired by this factoid, we started thinking about the ways in which TV can influence us.
We examine how Star Trek inspired mobile phones – and the outfit of one of our panelists. Plus, we find out more about the impact Dana Scully from The X Files had on a generation of girls. And what does psychology say about fandom?
But how can science influence the films? We speak to Dr Adam Rutherford, a geneticist, broadcaster, and, importantly, scientific advisor for movies. What does that last role involve? Which films get the science right? And is scientific accuracy important for a Hollywood blockbuster?
Also in the programme, we hear about the mysterious recent earthquakes in Ethiopia, and Unexpected Elements listeners with visual impairments get in touch to share the secrets of what they can see inside their heads. And finally, we take a look at the surprising connection between cricket and statistics.
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Getting Hammered - The Interview
Watch this episode on YouTube. Today on Getting Hammered: We're breaking down Kamala Harris’s interview with Bret Baier, where she explains her totally original vision for America—not just a “Biden 2.0,” of course. Grab a drink; you’ll need it for this one. Cheers!
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8:02 Kamala's Interview
45:33 Now It Can Be Told
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NBN Book of the Day - Anne Higonnet, “Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution” (Norton, 2024)
Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt. Together, Joséphine and Térézia shed the underwear cages and massive, rigid garments that women had been obliged to wear for centuries. They slipped into light, mobile dresses, cropped their hair short, wrapped themselves in shawls, and championed the handbag. Juliette made the new style stand for individual liberty.
The erotic audacity of these fashion revolutionaries conquered Europe, starting with Napoleon. Everywhere a fashion magazine could reach, women imitated the news coming from Paris. It was the fastest and most total change in clothing history. Two centuries ahead of its time, it was rolled back after only a decade by misogynist rumors of obscene extravagance.
As Dr. Anne Higonnet shows in Liberty, Equality, Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution (Norton, 2024), new evidence allows the real fashion revolution to be told. This is a story for our time: of a revolution that demanded universal human rights, of self-creation, of women empowering each other, and of transcendent glamor.
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The NewsWorthy - Hamas Leader Killed, Candidates Trade Jabs & Ozempic for Addiction? – Friday, October 18, 2024
The news to know for Friday, October 18, 2024!
What to know about the death of Hamas’s leader, and why some officials are now hopeful it could lead to a ceasefire deal.
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