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October 2025 Stories of abuse and wanton brutality have emerged from activists of the Sumud flotilla, which set out to break the Israeli-enforced starvation of Gaza, who were abducted at sea by Israel last month. The humanitarian mission, which involved forty-two vessels that had been given political backing and assurances by several governments, was raided […] The post Sumud Flotilla Activists Recount Harrowing Experiences In Israeli Dungeons appeared first on MuslimMatters.org.| MuslimMatters.org
Once close partners, Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban government now trade accusations of betrayal, revealing deeper crises of mistrust. The post Allies In War, Enemies In Peace: The Unraveling Of Pakistan–Taliban Relations appeared first on MuslimMatters.org.| MuslimMatters.org
[Author’s Note: In October of 2023, Israel launched a genocide against Gaza. On October 13, Al Jazeera mentioned in a news article that ice cream trucks were being used as makeshift morgues due to the overwhelming numbers of deceased people needing a place to be buried.] In the summer, your mother throws […] The post Ice Cream: A Poem On The Loss Of Childhood In Gaza appeared first on MuslimMatters.org.| MuslimMatters.org
The interim president’s historic U.N. address and outreach to Syrian Americans mark a new chapter for the country and its diaspora. On Wednesday, September 24th, 2025, Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa gave a historic address to the United Nations General Assembly. It was the first time Syria had done so since 1967, prior to […] The post Syria Returns To The World Stage: Ahmed Al-Sharaa’s Mission To New York appeared first on MuslimMatters.org.| MuslimMatters.org
On Sunday morning, some audacious thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre Museum. The heist took only eight minutes from start to finish. At 9:30 a.m., the robbers parked a truck with a portable ladder in front of the Parisian museum. They ascended the ladder, cut through a second-floor window, entered the museum, smashed through […]| Open Culture
One of the privileges I enjoy in my life is the opportunity to speak openly and honestly about my mental health struggles, challenges, and successes. I get to be the person I need in the world, and I get to pay forward the kindness and support so many people gave...| WIL WHEATON dot NET
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Prof John Heathershaw, analyses the recent the “Unite the Kingdom” rally as a dangerous post-Christendom moment. He argues that UK Christians appear to be caught between shunning Christian nationalism and salvaging an acceptable version, but neither option will do.| CSBV
The times they are wrathful, and the art of apology seems to be atrophying. We are quick to take offense, slow to forgive, and often too proud -- or too defensive.| Public Words
Yesterday, I had the privilege and the honor to emcee the opening of the new Metro A Line light rail extension from Glendora to Pomona. If you’re local, you know what a big deal this is, and …| WIL WHEATON dot NET
CSBV Director of Operations Dr Ashley Hibbard reflects on the recent “Church at the Crossroads” conference at which CSBV Research Associate Dr Tony Deik spoke about justice for Palestinians. | CSBV
Which do you think is more important for speakers, thought leaders, and leaders to be: cool or good? Let’s look ...| Public Words
We are here for you to provide the important Recent and Latest Current Affairs 1 September 2025, which have unique updates of Latest Current Affairs 2025 events from all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, PIB, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, Business Standard and all Government official websites.| AffairsCloud.com
I just completed two days of teaching in Harvard’s continuing education program for mid-career executives. It’s one of my favorite ...| Public Words
Outdated public tools leave policy makers stranded while private companies hold the real insights| The Walrus
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The 19th edition of the World Youth Archery Championships (WYAC) 2025, a biennial global archery event, was held from 17th to 24th August 2025 in Winnipeg, Canada.| AffairsCloud.com
In August 2025, the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD), under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (MoCAF&PD), signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the United Nations (UN’s) World Food Programme (WFP) in New Delhi, Delhi to strengthen cooperation in addressing global hunger.| AffairsCloud.com
In August 2025, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAH&D) released India’s first comprehensive national “Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Animal blood transfusion and blood banks”.| AffairsCloud.com
In August 2025, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) introduced a one-time, one-way switch facility allowing central government employees to move from the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) to the National Pension System (NPS).| AffairsCloud.com
In August 2025, the Government of India(GoI) has constituted 3 High-Level Committees (HLCs) to commemorate the 150th birth anniversaries of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, 1st Home Minister of Independent India and famously known as ‘Iron Man of India’ and Birsa Munda, famous tribal leader; and the 100th birth anniversary of Atal Bihar Vajpayee, former Prime Minister (PM) of India.| AffairsCloud.com
The inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival (KIWSF) 2025 was organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoYAS), Government of India (GoI), at the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under the Khelo India mission, from 21st to 23rd August 2025.| AffairsCloud.com
In August 2025, Union Minister Jagat Prakash (J.P.) Nadda, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) launched various key public health welfare initiatives at a program organised in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Cultural & Information Centre (NSCBCI) in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (MP).| AffairsCloud.com
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On August 24, 2025, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space (DoS), successfully conducted its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-1) of the Crew Module Recovery System as part of India’s first human spaceflight programme ‘Gaganyaan Mission’, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh(AP).| AffairsCloud.com
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Singapore, a British Colony since 1819, unexpectedly surrendered to the numerically weaker invading Japanese Imperial Army on 15th February 1942 after a determined but relatively brief resistance a…| Lam Pin Foo
What looks like reform is really just a long-avoided chore| The Walrus
Global economic power is shifting, liberal market-oriented democracies face growing domestic turmoil, and international trade and financial integration is crumbling. How did we get here?| HURST
On 17 July 2025, Danny Kruger MP gave a speech to an almost-empty House of Commons about the established church and his desire for a Christian nation. This is the response by Dr Krish Kandiah OBE| CSBV
Today’s post comes to us from Jennifer Moore, the Regents’ Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico and author of the new book Women’s Work: Building Peace in... READ MORE The post The Work of Writing Women’s Work appeared first on University of Pennsylvania Press.| University of Pennsylvania Press
Kathryn C. Lavelle— For climate scientists, the Arctic is the proverbial canary in the coal mine of irreversible global change. For many observers, President Donald J. Trump’s early 2025 statements... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Back in the old days, the good old days, when it was generally accepted that Fascism and Nazis were bad, bloggers would write these posts that were sort of recaps of what we were doing, what weR…| WIL WHEATON dot NET
Lift every voice and sing,’Til earth and heaven ring,Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;Let our rejoicing riseHigh as the listening skies,Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.Sing a song fu…| WIL WHEATON dot NET
Jonathan R. Goodman— Recently, I ran my daily Google search about my upcoming book, Invisible Rivals, expecting the pages I’ve seen about it before. But this time there was something... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Michael Pettis— In our book Trade Wars Are Class Wars, Matthew C. Klein and I argue that the root causes of global trade imbalances—and the tensions they create—are not primarily geopolitical conflicts between... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Richard Hanania, always provocative and interesting, has a great piece up on the TSA and Covid restrictions. If we’re not careful, the overreaction to 9/11 that led to an insane, ineffective, permanent security theater that we deal with to this day — the same could happen with masking, lockdowns, and other restrictions related to Covid.Continue reading "Are Covid Restrictions the New TSA?"| Ben Casnocha
Freddie deBoer’s short essay Planet of Cops, from 2017, I hadn’t read until now, but it perfectly captures an element of our culture today. It’s also an example of a well written polemical style. The irony of our vibrant and necessary police reform movement is that it’s happening simultaneously to everyone becoming a cop. IContinue reading "Planet of Cops"| Ben Casnocha
“Exile Economics is a smart, vivid and humane account of the way the world really works – and thedangers that now face us all.” Tim Harford, How to Make the World Add Up| International Literature Festival Dublin
“With survival comes a duty: to tell the story. But also with it comes an inability to ultimately comprehend why you survived and others didn’t.” Atef Abu Saif| International Literature Festival Dublin
“An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfillment.” David Attenborough| International Literature Festival Dublin
“Extremely fascinating, extremely jaw-dropping – and extremely funny.” Marina Hyde| International Literature Festival Dublin
“A translator translates more than just words, we build bridges between cultures, taking into account the target readership every step of the way.” Michele Hutchison| International Literature Festival Dublin
“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” Eliezer Yudkowsky| International Literature Festival Dublin
We’re proud to welcome Roxane Gay, trailblazing US writer, cultural critic, and commentator back to ILFD. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle issues affecting contemporary society with radical honesty. Her new anthology, Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business has an all-new introduction in which she reflects on the past decade in America. She sees this “age of inelasticity” as ...| International Literature Festival Dublin
“To read Solnit is to brush up against emotions and intuitions you almost don’t recognize, because language is so seldom considered the best way to approach them.” The New Yorker| International Literature Festival Dublin
“An extraordinary book that defies genre: an elegant travel account, a learned history and a psychological thriller wrapped in one.” Anne Applebaum| International Literature Festival Dublin
In the immediate aftermath of the invasion, Western leaders weaponised economic tools in a world-changing financial experiment. The end goal was to damage the Russian economy and sap the strength from Putin’s war machine. Veteran journalist Stephanie Baker has written the essential insider account of how this cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia is changing the face of global trade. Mobilising white-collar-crime investigators and experts on international law, she explores how the W...| International Literature Festival Dublin
Shelley Fisher Fishkin— Teaching America’s past and present in all its complexity has never been an easy task, but this challenge has become more difficult than ever, as more than... READ MORE| Yale University Press
When Allah (subḥānahu wa ta'āla) delivers calamities, we must learn from the wisdom behind such events.| Islam21c
UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS – 18 January 2025 covers important current affairs of the day, their backward linkages, their relevance for Prelims| INSIGHTS IAS - Simplifying UPSC IAS Exam Preparation
The 54-year-old Palestinian grandfather and gardener was martyred on 16 December, finally being reunited with the soul of his soul.| Islam21c
Our new blog post, written by MSt student Eliora Henzler, delves into the ethics of sending people to a country they are not from. #Italy #Albania #PracticalEthics #UniversityofOxford| Practical Ethics |
Richard J. Golsan— In his interview in Yale French Studies on “The French Seventies,” the philosopher Pascal Bruckner compares the 1970s with our current decade. The 1970s, Bruckner states, was... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Sten Rynning— It seems so long ago. In July 1990, at a London summit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) heralded the beginning of a new age of cooperation and... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Adrian Karatnycky— The heroism and resilience of the Ukrainian people in the face of Russia’s aggression has been on display for nearly two-and-a-half years now. Ukraine’s and Ukrainians fierce resistance to... READ MORE| Yale University Press
Brooks Lamb— Not long after I settled into a socially distanced spot outside the tent, the auctioneer began to work. He explained the sale rules and answered questions from the... READ MORE| Yale University Press
M. Jan Holton— The recent Supreme Court ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson determines that the rights for persons without home to sleep in public without fine or arrest, even... READ MORE| Yale University Press
It’s hard to think about the world’s massive problems when we’re struggling to put food on the table. Despite our individual concerns, we must stop ignoring| Partners in Fire
Fringe beliefs are fringe until they’re not. Their mainstreaming has historically been aided by prominent thinkers| The Walrus
This article is cross-posted from The New Builders Dispatch, a publication founded and run by my New Builders co-author, Elizabeth MacBride. A few weeks ago, the American Alliance for Equal Rights won a legal victory in Atlanta when the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked a small venture capital fund, Fearless Fund, from running a grant contest that awards $20,000 grants to small businesses led by women of color. The victory may or may not be temporary (this was a tempora...| VC Adventure
Like many of you, I’ve been reflecting on the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank quite a bit this past week, now that the initial panic has faded into a dulled sense of disbelief. Certainly, there were warnings that SVB was in trouble (most notably from Seeking Alpha – in December – asking if SVB was a blow-up risk and, as if time traveling, describing almost exactly what would come to pass just a few months later). Many others have commented on how and why SVB (and soon after Signature, ...| VC Adventure
As I listened to Kamala Harris and Joe Biden give their speeches from Wilmington on Saturday, I was struck by the contrast they offered to the rhetoric we’ve heard coming out of the White House for the past 4 years. Perhaps I had forgotten what ‘normal’ actually was. Both Biden and Harris spoke to the entirety of America – those that voted for them and those that didn’t. They spoke of character, honesty, science, and a belief that our strength comes from collective action, not from ...| VC Adventure
Like a lot of people, I’m stuck on Zoom for most of the day, although I’ve tried to mix in some regular phone call meetings – even when Zoom would be available – just to give me a break from time to time. I’ve found that Zoom works reasonably well for functional meetings and for information sharing / webinar-style meetings. When I say “functional meetings”, I mean executive team meetings, check-ins, and board meetings – ones that are fairly informational and have a relatively ...| VC Adventure
I’ve always been aware of Juneteenth but I’ve never done anything in particular to mark it. I’m sorry about that and it’s not something I’m proud of. For me and clearly for a lot of other people this is changing. I hope it can be a part of what perhaps – finally – will be a movement to change the way people of color, and specifically black people, are treated in our country. I found this reflection on Juneteenth from Daria Hall particularly poignant. It’s short but worth readi...| VC Adventure
Quick preface to this note. I’m not your lawyer and I’m not giving legal advice. As I wrote about at the beginning of the week, the SBA has made a mess of the Payroll Protection Program. Yes, there are some challenges to parts of the structure of the program, but I was referring in that post to the SBAs implementation of the program and the varied guidance they’ve given since the program’s launch. They have been inconsistent, unclear and sometimes contradictory to statements made ...| VC Adventure
The SBA’s implementation of the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) has been a mess. The intention was to provide needed relief to businesses that were impacted economically by the COVID-19 crisis. But, while very well-intentioned, it’s implementation has been flawed. In particular, the SBA has given inconsistent guidance that continues to change and evolve, leaving companies left to wonder if they qualify or not. The result has been not just confusion but also job losses that were likely no...| VC Adventure
I’ve published a number of posts over the past few weeks about some of the challenges of the existing PPP loans and in particular, about my concerns that the loans aren’t getting to as many of the smaller businesses that need them. In this CNBC op-ed article, Elizabeth McBride and I pointed out how the face of entrepreneurship in the United States is changing. Specifically, the number of women-owned businesses has increased 31 times between 1972 and 2018 (in 1972, women-owned businesses a...| VC Adventure
I was recently asked to put together some ideas for consideration for the next economic package that congress is currently working through and which I hope will both extend existing programs put in place to dampen the blow of the economic crisis brought on by Covid-19 but also extend that aid to critical areas of the economy that aren’t yet being supported by current programs. I touched on some of the issues in two OpEd pieces I co-authored with Elizabeth Macbride in the last two weeks (her...| VC Adventure
Entrepreneurship in the United States has been changing in ways that many people have not yet recognized. I’m working on a much more extensive piece on these changes (and have been for some time – more on that project in a future post) but as the Covid-19 crisis took root, it became clear to me and my writing partner, Elizabeth Macbride, that policy-makers fail to understand the nature of entrepreneurship and small business in America (from the composition of entrepreneurs to the types of...| VC Adventure
There’s a healthy debate going on right now at many VC firms about whether venture-backed companies should apply to the SBA’s Payroll Protection Program (The Information had a good article on this yesterday (paywall), and Albert Wenger from Union Square Ventures put up an excellent post on the subject here). This program is designed to help businesses struggling with the Covid-19 crisis retain employees and pay for critical infrastructure (specifically rent, mortgage and utilities). I wro...| VC Adventure
Elizabeth Macbride and I wrote an OpEd piece that was posted on CNBC this morning addressing what we believe to be significant shortcomings of the CARES Act and the SBA’s Payroll Protection Program (PPP). Specifically how the stimulus is failing to meet the needs of small businesses around America in this time of crisis. This is urgent and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. I’d encourage you to click through to read the full piece, but below I’ve outlined the key recommendations...| VC Adventure
Over the past week I’ve been gathering work-from-home tips from Foundry Group portfolio companies. Here are some of the best suggestions – from WFH veterans as well as some newbies quickly getting up to speed. I highlighted a few that I thought were particularly good ones. Work Space Create a dedicated work space distinct from high traffic or personal areas. Make sure that it’s uncluttered, professional and comfortable. You will also want to have good lighting and A/V accessories. If a ...| VC Adventure
With so many jobs being lost to the COVID-19 crisis a group of us thought it would be helpful to put together a talent network to help support those looking for work during this challenging time. We know there are companies out there hiring, and that includes tech companies. The Colorado #Covid19 Startup Talent Network provides job seekers access to upload their profile information and job skills. It also allows companies to search for talent and sort on various job criteria. Please share thi...| VC Adventure
My posts last week (which included predictions of pending lay-offs at technology businesses) prompted a number of people to reach out and ask a variant of the question: “How can I find a job in the middle of a shutdown/meltdown?”. I don’t know that I have a great answer to that but I thought I’d take a stab at it with the hope that some of these ideas will be at least somewhat helpful to those that find themselves in the position of being out of work during this crisis. TBC, while we...| VC Adventure
I had a few things on my mind related to the startup environment right now as it relates to Covid-19 and the massive market disruption that we’re in the middle of. It’s a struggle to get them all sorted out in my mind so apologies in advance if these are a little disjointed. As you can imagine we’ve been having conversations all week across the Foundry portfolio (which includes not just companies but also our ~ 35 fund investments; between those we have look-through into a few thousand ...| VC Adventure
Making decisions for your business can be hard even in normal circumstances. Right now, in this time of great uncertainty and high emotional stress it’s even harder. I’m on countless calls a day now where I’m trying to talk through with people in our universe (CEOs, GPs of other funds, fellow board members, etc.) critical decisions that in many cases will define the future for the businesses involved. How to react in a time like this is complicated and in most cases is not obvious. Just...| VC Adventure
Humans are, as a general rule, poor at changing their minds once they’ve developed a view about something. This can be the cause of plenty of arguments and I suspect is a significant reason we’ve become so much more polarized as a country in recent decades (that, and it’s ancillary effect of causing us to seek out only information and data that support our unbending view). But in the case of dealing with a pandemic like Covid-19 it can be downright dangerous. I thought it would be he...| VC Adventure
Kaktovik lies at the far northern edge of Alaska’s North Slope region, about 640 miles north of Anchorage (and almost 400 north of Fairbanks). Located on Barter Island and due to its location, is mostly cut off from the rest of the world. Everything – fuel, supplies, infrastructure, needs to be brought in either by plane (to a small, gravel, landing strip) or by barge – of which there are between 1 and 3 a season. It’s just about the farthest northern town in America (Utqiagvik, which...| VC Adventure
The territories are such an integral part of our national brand. Yet most of us pay them little collective attention| The Walrus
The inescapable truth is that Israel cannot extinguish Palestinian resistance by violence, any more than the...| London Review of Books
The Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge (CRWS-Bok) provides a living, curated, authoritative guide to the most relevant and important knowledge needed to advance the engineering of secure and cyber resilient weapon systems. The CRWS-Bok will benefit engineers, program managers, science and technology managers, and researchers from DoD, government, industry, and academia| CISQ
