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Listen to ‘Out of Place’: https://ift.tt/O2vy9FR From the upcoming album ‘Different When It’s Silent’, released 17 July 2026 via False Idols, pre-order here: https://ift.tt/WsPR0zX Follow Tricky: Mailing list: https://ift.tt/iKJmHv7 Instagram: https://ift.tt/iuAhyjW Facebook: https://ift.tt/rCqiwJR https://ift.tt/EIKzsTF https://falseidols.org/ Credits: Videographer and video editor: Steve Gullick — more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/uaNq2ZV Live from the Delphi Economic Forum: The war in Iran’s impact as seen from Iraqi Kurdistan, the US and Estonia. Is there a strategy to resolve the conflict? Then: has the war turned cracks in the Transatlantic relationship… more ›
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Episode 3 of “It’s Great to Be Here,” straight from Netflix! Time to talk the racy Nancy Reagan rumour I hope is true, my most creative online troll, and why women need to stop being told they’re beautiful. From Netflix’s… more ›
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Episode 2 of “It’s Great to Be Here,” straight from Netflix! This episode talks about diagnosing myself off a commercial, watching an unusual ping-pong game, and why women are attracted to dangerous men. Come see a show! https://ift.tt/8pCTSkb Get Social!… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/XL4wnAd How has the threat landscape changed in recent years? On a new episode of Stay Tuned, Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism, joins Preet Bharara to discuss the evolving nature of terrorism and targeted… more ›
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A group of 15 Latin Americans has arrived in the Central African nation, which for the first time is receiving migrants from third countries sent by the Trump Administration https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-04-21/colombians-stranded-in-congo-after-being-expelled-from-the-us-i-never-thought-i-would-get-to-know-africa-under-these-circumstances.html&sma=elpaisenglishedition_2026.04.23&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=elpaisenglishedition_2026.04.23#/sign-in?event_log=oklogin&o=cerreg&prod=REG more ›
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Tens of thousands of people gathered outside Samsung Electronics Co.’s main chip hub to demand employees get a greater share of profits reaped from the AI boom. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/samsung-rally-draws-30-000-to-demand-greater-share-of-ai-profits more ›
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The UN has officially designated Jakarta the world’s largest city, home to 42 million. We explore a day in the life of the ‘big durian’. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/apr/23/jakarta-profile-worlds-largest-city?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›
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SpaceX warned investors that its ambitions to build space-based artificial intelligence data centers, as well as human settlements on the moon and Mars, rely on unproven technologies and may not become commercially viable, according to a company filing. https://www.reuters.com/world/spacex-says-unproven-ai-space-data-centers-may-not-be-commercially-viable-filing-2026-04-21/ more ›