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Culture: The Hedgehog Review – Fall 2024 Issue

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THE HEDGEHOG REVIEW (FALL 2024): This issue’s theme is “In Need of Repair,” and it includes contributions from James Davison Hunter, Nicholas Carr, Martha Bayles, Olivier Zunz, Elias Crim, Aaron Horvath, Paul Scherz, Firmin DeBrabander, and John J. Lennon, as well as other reviews and essays from such contributors as Eugene McCarraher, Alan Jacobs, Paul Nedelisky, Rita Koganzon, Matthew Milliner, and Richard Hughes Gibson.

In Need of Repair

At the bottom of each of our system dysfunctions is a distinctive cultural disorder emerging from the many pressures of our rapidly modernizing world.

Supply Chain Sublime

The Material World is no place for humans. By Richard Hughes Gibson

Culture Wars: The Endgame

Nihilism’s Grip on American Democracy by James Davison Hunter

The Age of the Average

All the Little Data

The Pathologies of Precision Medicine

Architecture, Design, Home Design, Homes, Videos

Architecture: RIBA House Of The Year 2024 Shortlist

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RIBA Architecture (November 1, 2024): The Hall by TaylorHare Architects is shortlisted for RIBA’s House of the Year 2024.

Situated in the Kent Downs, this Grade II listed 16th century residence has been extensively and sympathetically refurbished into a sustainable home. Interiors have been both restored and modernised, with finely crafted detailing and considered new interventions that work in harmony so that the historical compliments the contemporary.

The house is an exemplar of green living, while simultaneously restoring the surrounding listed outbuildings and adding a pool, pool house, tennis court, stable block, and a new lake. The end result is a demonstration of how to extend the life of a historic building, while creating elegant living spaces for the future. Presented by the Royal Institute of British Architects, the House of the Year is a prestigious annual award for the best example of a one-off house designed by an architect in the UK, celebrating excellence and innovation in home design.

Astronomy, Magazines, Science, Space, Technology

Space/Science: Astronomy Magazine – November 2024

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Astronomy magazine (November 1, 2024) – The latest issue features “Everything we kno about the Sun’….

Bringing the Sun to light

The closest star to Earth is also the best studied, but only recently have we truly begun to uncover its secrets.

For thousands of years, humans have worshipped the Sun. Our ancestors built monuments and temples to it, and used it to mark the annual cycle of seasons. For ancient Egyptians, their most important god, Re, was the personification of the Sun itself.

Today, we are no less in thrall to the wonders and mysteries of our nearest star. We’ve made strides in understanding its major systems and answered many questions about how it produces energy. But the Sun is far from an open book,

November 2024: What’s in the sky this month? Mars and Jupiter are improving, while Uranus reaches opposition

Mars is brightening and the giant planet Jupiter is reaching its best apparition in a decade for Northern Hemisphere observers this month.

News, Podcasts, Politics, Stories

News: Air Strikes Across Israel-Lebanon Border, Ceasefire Talks Continue

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Monocle Radio Podcast (November 1, 2024): As strikes and rockets continue to fire across the Lebanon-Israel border, there is still a sense of optimism about a ceasefire in the region. Hannah McCarthy joins Emma Nelson to discuss the situation.

Plus: Andrew Mueller details the rigorous arguments of bloviating real-estate huxters, William Yang gives us the latest on Taiwan’s record-breaking typhoon and Rebecca Tay explains why Christmas is getting creepier.

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The New York Times — Friday, November 1, 2024

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In Election’s Final Days, Dark Money and ‘Gray Money’ Fund Hidden Agendas

Big-money operatives are taking advantage of lax rules at the end of the campaign to hide the true source of their money until after the election is called — or for forever.

How Will Harris Make a Last Plea to Voters? Here Are Clues From the Courtroom.

The New York Times unearthed transcripts from Kamala Harris’s years as a prosecutor. Her approach during trials offers hints about how she will make her final case to voters.

How Public Health Could Be Recast in a Second Trump Term

Breaking up the C.D.C., moving funds from the N.I.H. — conservatives have floated changes should Mr. Trump regain office.

This Election Is Also a Choice Between Two Visions of the Federal Courts

Judges have vast influence over the biggest political questions. An analysis of President Biden and Donald J. Trump’s nominees found stark differences that could emerge again after November.

Economics, Financial, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Previews, Reviews

The Economist Magazine – November 2, 2024 Preview

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The Economist Magazine (October 31, 2024): The latest issue features: ‘What could possibly go wrong?‘

A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks

If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris

The British budget—big numbers, narrow vision

A bigger state but an irrational way to fund it

Does China need more stimulus?

The Communist Party may be hoarding fiscal firepower to offset a possible trade war

Focusing on ADHD

It should not be treated as a disorder

The Telegram: a new column on world affairs

The old order is dying. Our geopolitics columnist will tell you what’s coming next

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Books, Literature, Magazines, Previews, Reviews, Stories

The New York Review Of Books – November 21, 2024

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The New York Review of Books (October 31, 2024) – The latest issue features Coco Fusco on yearning to breathe free, Elaine Blair on Rachel Cusk, Fintan O’Toole on Trump’s predations, Ruth Bernard Yeazell on John Singer Sargent, Michelle Nijhuis on the disasters wrought by remaking nature for human ends, Clair Wills on Janet Frame, Andrew Raftery on the Declaration of Independence, Rozina Ali on evangelical missionaries in Afghanistan and Iraq, A.S. Hamrah on the Trump biopic, Tim Parks on Nathaniel Hawthorne, poems by John Kinsella and Emily Berry, and much more.

The Crime of Human Movement

Two recent books about our immigration system reveal its long history of exploiting vulnerable individuals for financial gain.

Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien” by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States by Ana Raquel Minian

Life in the Ruins

Two new books consider the delusion of the human quest to be free from the constraints of nature.

The Burning Earth: A History by Sunil Amrith

A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places by Christopher Brown

Iran Exposed

The Islamic Republic’s sordid proxy war with the West may now be leaving it open to an all-out attack as Israel attempts to eliminate its enemies throughout the region.

Culture, Magazines, Politics, Previews, Reviews, Society

Politics: The Guardian Weekly – November 1, 2024

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The Guardian Weekly (October 31, 2024) – The new issue features ‘The Balance Of Power’ – What the U.S. election could mean for the world…

Five essential reads in this week’s edition

Spotlight | Israel and Iran’s war comes out of the shadows
The Observer’s Simon Tisdall considers the consequences for the region of Israel’s weekend missile strikes on Iran

Environment | The Colombian warlord who reneged on deforestation
As the Cop16 nature summit in Colombia comes to a close, Luke Taylor tells a story that highlights the country’s complex relationship between environmental aspiration and political will

Feature | The brain collector
Using cutting-edge methods, Alexandra Morton-Hayward is unravelling the extraordinary mysteries of grey matter – even as hers betrays her. By Kermit Pattison

Opinion | It’s time to tell it how it is: Trump has fascist instincts
Those who know him best use the F-word to describe the former president. Every warning light is flashing red, argues Jonathan Freedland

Culture | The intersection of art and war in Ukraine
Poets, artists, playwrights and musicians are fighting and dying in Ukraine, and their work is capturing the horror and emotion of the conflict, finds Charlotte Higgins

News, Podcasts, Politics, Stories

News: French Politics, China’s Mounting Debt Problems, Israel-Gaza

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Monocle Radio Podcast (October 31, 2024): Monocle’s Simon Bouvier joins Emma Nelson to discuss the future of the Renaissance party, as former French prime ministers Gabriel Attal and Élisabeth Borne avoid a political bust-up over who will be its next leader.

Plus: China’s mounting debt problems, Copenhagen’s witch exhibition and the Vatican City’s new anime mascot.

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The New York Times — Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Flash Floods in Spain Leave at Least 95 Dead

About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Already a Leader in Satellites, Gets Into the Spy Game

The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global interests.

At Dueling Rallies, Harris Stresses Unity as Trump Attacks Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Remark

In three battleground states, Kamala Harris geared her message toward moderate Republicans and independents, while Donald J. Trump accused Democrats of demonizing him and his supporters.