Tag: stories
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MATAMOROS, Mexico — Shortly before dawn one Sunday last August, a driver in an S.U.V. picked up Christopher Cruz at a stash house in this border city near the Gulf… more ›
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Linux is subversive. Who would have thought even five years ago (1991) that a world-class operating system could coalesce as if by magic out of part-time hacking by several thousand… more ›
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While on a surface level the film recounts an African possession ritual which critically burlesques colonialism, many viewers found it to have a colonialist perspective, exoticising “primitive” practices and reinforcing… more ›
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The Ikhwân al-Safâ’ or “Brethren of Purity”, as their name is commonly translated, are the authors of one of the most complete Medieval encyclopedias of sciences, antecedent at least two… more ›
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For the past year, Patrik Hermansson, a young, gay, anti-racist activist from Sweden has been undercover inside the alt-right for HOPE not hate. https://alternativeright.hopenothate.com/my-year-inside-the-international-alt-right more ›
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In 1969, Richard Nixon, about eight months into his Presidency, grew frustrated with the North Vietnamese leadership. The President wanted to negotiate an exit from the Vietnam War, but his… more ›
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There is, of course, the vacation beach pic, the kid’s winter recital, and the one–or ten–obligatory goofy selfie(s). But there’s also the book that caught my eye at a friend’s… more ›
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Forecasting musical taste. Detecting metastatic tumors. Generating synthetic scans of brain cancer. Creating virtual environments from real-world videos. Identifying victims of human trafficking. Defeating chess grand masters and expert Dota 2 esports… more ›
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Tunisian techno, Xitsongan rap and Satanic doo-wop: the best new music of 2019 She has already sung backing vocals for Chance the Rapper, guested on Sam Smith’s last album and… more ›