Thursday Poem: Tree Hole
if u r a hammer rest will appear nails.if u r a screwdriver they’ll get screwed!if u r a Swiss army knife rest are MacGyvers. if u r a prose
Review of “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI” by Yuval Noah Harari
The author of the bestselling Sapiens offers a penetrating critique of the insidious dangers of machine learning and its capacity to manipulate the truth. … Continue readingReview of “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI” by Yuval Noah Harari
Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on How Hollywood Has Become the US Military-Industrial Complex’s Unofficial Ministry of Propaganda
An unfortunate status that Viet Nam shares with Palestine is that the war in Viet Nam was both an actual war and a spectacle for global viewership. … Continue readingPulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen on How Hollywood Has Become the US Military-Industrial Complex’s Unofficial Ministry of Propaganda
Scientists Discover New Evidence Earth May Once Have Had a Ring Like Saturn
Since Earth’s axis is tilted relative to its orbit around the sun, the ring would have shaded parts of Earth’s surface… … Continue readingScientists Discover New Evidence Earth May Once Have Had a Ring Like Saturn
Tuesday Poem: Enriching the Earth
To enrich the earth I have sowed clover and grassto grow and die. I have plowed in the seedsof winter grains and various legumes,their growth to be plowed in to
If Oil Stabilizes Below $70, What Will it Mean for GCC Markets?
Oil prices reached a three year low on Tuesday, with analysis suggesting prices may stablise below $70 in the coming months… … Continue readingIf Oil Stabilizes Below $70, What Will it Mean for GCC Markets?
The Great French Painter Who Had No Time For France
Describing himself as the ‘savage from Peru’, Paul Gauguin avoided French society when he could, returning to Polynesia in 1895, where he spent his final years… … Continue readingThe Great French Painter Who Had No Time For France
Habib Khan Memoir: “Aor Leo Maeknikal”
by Habib Khan: I had known Paramoz Khan since my school days, as his father, Mohammad Sharif Badini, would often visit my uncle in Noshkay, and I vividly remember them
Monday Poem: Premise of Wise Fools
Sudden commotion inside premise of wise foolssilent gestures, whispering voices, hands raiseda la desperation gathering hurried conclusionsas if end perhaps is near.Fear wakes in them the truthanother year is wrestling
Recipe: Pasta Shells
by Ghulam Mustafa: Pasta shells in bursting tomato soup with garlic crisps topped with garden fresh basil. At first, you start with picking the bursting tomatoes. You trim the and
A Nazi Magazine Regularly Published Manipulated Photos and Misinformation, Long Before the Age of AI
by Daniel H. Magilow at The Conversation: (A)ccusations – that fake-looking images are real, that real-looking ones are fake – have been a common feature in politics, particularly among extremists,
A Fun Introduction to Public Choice Theory and Polycentricity
How does order emerge from anarchy? How do human beings create institutions? Can big problems like climate change, income inequality… … Continue readingA Fun Introduction to Public Choice Theory and Polycentricity