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• Global Robot Density in Factories Doubled in Seven Years

  February 19, 2025

  New World Robotics Data by International Federation of Robotics reveal Robot adoption in factories around the world continues at high speed: The new global average robot density reaches a record… more ›

• The Luxury Item with Scott Kerr: S13 E04: Douglas Taylor, CEO of Bruichladdich Distillery

  February 17, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/QCZRaLW Scott Kerr sits down with Douglas Taylor, CEO of Bruichladdich, the legendary whisky distillery located on the Isle of Islay, Scotland. Douglas discusses the demise and rise of… more ›

• A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life

  February 16, 2025

    Theodor Diener had a problem. It was 1967, and he and a colleague had successfully isolated the infectious agent causing potato spindle tuber disease, which devastates crops. But it… more ›

• The LRB Podcast: Have we surrendered to climate breakdown?

  February 12, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/d31RKyu In 2015, a vigorous response to climate change seemed possible: even fossil fuel companies talked about transitioning to cleaner energy. But exploration and exploitation of oil and gas… more ›

• Exclusive: EU Commission poised to propose migrant ‘return hubs’ in legislation

  February 4, 2025

  The European Commission is set to include so-called ‘return hubs’ located outside the bloc’s borders from which migrants can be returned to their home states in an upcoming legislative proposal to… more ›

• Adrien Brody & Tilda Swinton | Actors on Actors

  February 2, 2025

  Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”) and Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”) recollect their time working with Wes Anderson on ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ and discuss Pedro Almodovar and Brady Corbet. Watch… more ›

• Past Present Future: The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Islam

  January 26, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/lbD3XcO Today’s episode in our history of revolutionary ideas explores the world-altering impact of Islam from the seventh century onwards. David talks to the leading Islamic scholar Tim Winter (Abdal… more ›

• Quality is a Serious Problem

  January 20, 2025

    A shift is underway across media. It’s happening on YouTube and Reels, Roblox and Fortnite, Soundcloud and Spotify and here, on Substack. On these platforms—across video, gaming, music and… more ›

• The Promise of Precise Mass

  December 21, 2024

  In the past, you had to be a billionaire to enjoy such a personalized experience. The history of industrial capitalism can be seen as a journey from delivering things en masse to… more ›

• Eco-Fascism, Accelerationism, and Schizoposting: A Merger of Extremist Aesthetics

  December 8, 2024

  Eco-fascist and accelerationist movements view violence as a means of manifesting and hastening societal collapse; however, it does not necessarily matter to these movements who is committing this violence or… more ›