Einstein’s Dreams: Physicist Alan Lightman’s Poetic Exploration of Time and the Antidote to the Anxiety of Aliveness – Brain Pickings

“A life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.” Source: Einstein’s Dreams: Physicist Alan Lightman’s Poetic Exploration of Time and the Antidote to the Anxiety of Aliveness – Brain Pickings

Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron wins the 2021 Age Book of the Year

The Tasmanian novelist’s second novel has won the $10,000 prize. Source: Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron wins the 2021 Age Book of the Year

Write on Art: ‘Children and Chalk Wall 3’ by Joan Eardley | Art UK

Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963) National Galleries of Scotland Source: Write on Art: ‘Children and Chalk Wall 3’ by Joan Eardley | Art UK

South African scientists say new coronavirus variant has ‘concerning’ number of mutations | TheHill

A South African research paper released this month detailed a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, with scientists noting that it has “concerning constellations of mutations.” Source: South African scientists say new coronavirus variant has ‘concerning’ number of mutations | TheHill

Afghanistan Marks the Beginning of the End of US-led Unipolarity – Modern Diplomacy

While the impact of the terrorist attacks and the following military mobilization of the U.S. leading to invasion of Afghanistan influenced the geopolitical debate in the post-9/11 period, the country’s early victories provided solid ground to the general belief that global order was best described by a stable U.S.-led unipolarity. Unipolar hubris sustained Back […]

Warmongers Keep Raging About The Phrase ‘Ending The Forever Wars’ And We Should Laugh At Them – by Caitlin Johnstone – Caitlin’s Newsletter

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ In the wake of the Afghanistan withdrawal influential promoters of western militarism have been absolutely fuming about the popular idea of ending the forever wars, and their tantrums are not even trying to disguise it as something else. They’re literally using that phrase, “ending the forever […]

Afghanistan crisis leaves Brexit Britain as a global bit-part player with few friends – Kenny MacAskill MP | The Scotsman

The New American Century was a concept promoted by right-wing American hawks. Source: Afghanistan crisis leaves Brexit Britain as a global bit-part player with few friends – Kenny MacAskill MP | The Scotsman

Amid a global banana crisis, Puerto Rico’s biodiversity offers a taste of hope | Nation | postguam.com

Amid a global banana crisis, Puerto Rico’s biodiversity offers a taste of hope Source: Amid a global banana crisis, Puerto Rico’s biodiversity offers a taste of hope | Nation | postguam.com

Peter Thiel’s Tech Firm Just Bought $50 Million In Gold Bars | Markets Insider

Source: Peter Thiel’s Tech Firm Just Bought $50 Million In Gold Bars | Markets Insider

Lucinda Mellor: The daughter of an aristocrat who married punk royalty, Joe Strummer and her continuing struggle to come to terms with his sudden death in 2002

Things were on the up and up for Joe Strummer in late 2002. He had started work on a new album. On November 15, he and his band The Mescaleros played a benefit show for the Fire Brigades Union’s striking firefighters at Acton Town Hall in West London. Strummer’s former bandmate in The Clash, […]