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  • Intelligence Squared: Putin’s People with Catherine Belton and Edward Lucas

    Listen: https://ift.tt/VA1bg3k Former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and his entourage of KGB men seized power in Russia and built a new league of oligarchs. Through exclusive interviews with key inside players, Belton tells… more ›

  • Inside the Crackdown: Kyrgyzstan’s Preemptive Assault on Investigative Journalism

    In Kyrgyzstan, authorities are no longer just reacting to stories — they are trying to stop them before they are told, dismantling entire newsrooms and effectively criminalizing journalism. https://www.occrp.org/en/project/uncensored-the-kyrgyzstan-project/inside-the-crackdown-kyrgyzstans-preemptive-assault-on-investigative-journalism?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bluesky more ›

  • The Hollywood Reporter

    The lawsuit was filed as a growing contingent of Hollywood steps into the fight over generative artificial intelligence. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-sues-ai-company-copyright-infringement-1236361610/ more ›

  • White Woman Tears – Ron Taylor Stand-Up Comedy

    Ron Taylor: Avalanche is now on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Dish, YouTube and more! You can also listen to the album on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora and more! Watch FREE Comedy 24/7 on the Comedy Dynamics Channel!… more ›

  • Black Academy Award Winners – Ron Taylor (Stand-Up Comedy)

    Ron Taylor: Avalanche is now on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Dish, YouTube and more! You can also listen to the album on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora and more! Watch FREE Comedy 24/7 on the Comedy Dynamics Channel!… more ›

  • Bad Lieutenant (1992) ORIGINAL TRAILER

    Directed by Abel Ferrara. With Harvey Keitel, Brian McElroy, Frank Acciarito. Bad Lieutenant Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/3MCvHgG Bad Lieutenant 4K Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/4dZdYvJ — more ›

  • The Rachman Review: Lea Ypi on parallels between the 1930s and today

    Listen: https://ift.tt/e6z8ROg Gideon talks to Albanian academic Lea Ypi about her book Indignity. In the book, she describes how living first under the Ottoman empire, then as part of fascist Italy and later in a post-war communist state affected the lives… more ›

  • Unmasking Maskov: How Bellingcat Found a Man Outfitting Russian Neo-Nazis – bellingcat

    H8Core is a Russian fashion brand that sells clothing items glorifying far-right ideology and the Russian mercenary group Wagner. Its products – which include t-shirts, caps and hoodies – have been cross-promoted on a variety of pro-Wagner and far-right Russian… more ›

  • Emily Witt · Do you feel like a failure? In the Manosphere

    The manosphere is confusing, because it’s a place where one can find both benign advice about protein consumption and… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n16/emily-witt/do-you-feel-like-a-failure?utm_campaign=3750239_20250903NewIssue&utm_medium=email&utm_source=LRB%20email&dm_i=7NIQ,28DPB,3GWB87,46O6R,1 more ›

  • Tom Stevenson · The Mask Is Off: Bukele’s Prison State

    Giving the US access to El Salvador’s expanded prison system as an offshore gulag has made Nayib Bukele a darling of… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n16/tom-stevenson/the-mask-is-off?utm_campaign=3750239_20250903NewIssue&utm_medium=email&utm_source=LRB%20email&dm_i=7NIQ,28DPB,3GWB87,46O6R,1 more ›