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• Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a state crime, demands apology and reparations

  December 25, 2025

  Algerian MPs have passed a law that declares France’s colonisation of the country a state crime and demands reparations and an apology. https://www.africanews.com/2025/12/25/algeria-passes-law-declaring-french-colonisation-a-state-crime-demands-apology-and-reparat/ more ›

• The best video essays of 2025 | Sight and Sound

  December 24, 2025

  Now in its ninth year, our annual poll showcases 255 vital video essays, nominated by 72 international voters. https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/best-video-essays-2025 more ›

• Death on the Costa del Sol: How the Double Life of a German Police Informant Ended in Tragedy

  December 23, 2025

  Investigative files shed new light on the dangerous dealings of a German police informant whose life was cut short by a brutal murder. https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/death-on-the-costa-del-sol-how-the-double-life-of-a-german-police-informant-ended-in-tragedy more ›

• Michael – Data Workers’ Inquiry

  December 21, 2025

  A rare glimpse into the labor behind “AI” sex companions, where human emotion becomes data. https://data-workers.org/michael/ more ›

• Backing up Spotify – Anna’s Blog

  December 21, 2025

  We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily… more ›

• How Sinners became the most culturally important film of 2025

  December 21, 2025

  Ryan Coogler’s critically acclaimed horror blockbuster had people talking all year, proving industry naysayers wrong and breaking various records https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/20/sinners-ryan-coogler?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State | The New Republic

  December 20, 2025

  He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he… more ›

• Boxing was the original attention economy – Paul v Joshua is old logic in a louder digital age

  December 19, 2025

  Millions will tune in to watch the brash YouTuber get his comeuppance – the fight will likely go on as long as Joshua decides to let it https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/18/boxing-was-the-original-attention-economy-paul-v-joshua-is-old-logic-in-a-louder-digital-age?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• Marshall Islands launches world’s first universal basic income scheme offering cryptocurrency

  December 18, 2025

  Quarterly payments of $200 to be offered via stablecoin or traditional currency in a scheme designed to ease cost of living pressures in the Pacific nation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/17/marshall-islands-launches-universal-basic-income-scheme-offering-cryptocurrency-in-world-first?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• The Obliging Apocalypse of “Pluribus” | The New Yorker

  December 17, 2025

  Inkoo Kang reviews the new Apple TV sci-fi drama from Vince Gilligan, the creator of “Breaking Bad,” which posits an end-of-humanity scenario that everyone other than its protagonist (Rhea Seehorn)… more ›