One balmy evening this past summer, I was hanging out in the bustling courtyard of a bar under the Williamsburg Bridge, celebrating a friend’s thirtieth birthday. I was having a nice enough time making small talk with various partygoers—until a stranger asked what new music I had been listening to.Continue Reading
Legendary Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace has once again stolen the spotlight, this time with a jaw-dropping new appearance that fans are hailing as nothing short of transformative. Known for her iconic role at the helm of the Versace empire, the 69-year-old fashion icon turned heads at The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical charity gala, hostedContinue Reading
Recaro Automotive GmbH has been saved from bankruptcy. The Italian company Proma Group has signed an investment agreement with the German-based seat maker, and the pair have already begun the transition period to assume control of the business. Proma said it would retain several original employees to “ensure a moreContinue Reading
Politics / December 6, 2024 Lori Chavez-DeRemer is as good a pick for labor secretary as one could’ve reasonably hoped for. It’s also, unfortunately, smart politics for Trump. Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) attends a signing ceremony in the US Capitol for a resolution that invalidates the District of Columbias RevisedContinue Reading
From Covid-19 to war in Ukraine, SolarWinds Sunburst, Kaseya, Log4j, MOVEit and more, the past five years brought cyber to mainstream attention, but what comes next? The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank looks ahead to the second half of the 2020s By Pierre-Martin Tardif, ISACA Published: 06 Dec 2024 GuessingContinue Reading
Everyone who hated MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s “golden at-bat” idea (i.e. baseball fans who read the news this week) can apparently rest easy. Manfred poured cold water on the idea Thursday, just a few days after his comments in support of the idea started circulating, per MLB.com. Speaking at anContinue Reading
The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation launched after the death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in 2023. A report released Dec. 4 marked the conclusion of the investigation that began sixContinue Reading
7 min reading time Published on 06/12/24, Updated on 8 hours ago The reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris on December 8 and the visit of Pope Francis to Ajaccio on December 15 represent two significant events that are generating public excitement and stimulating local tourism dynamics. These events promise aContinue Reading
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Oct 3rd 2011 By Bagehot SO WHERE, exactly, are these ideological axe-men who supposedly infest the Conservative Party? Throughout this conference season, Bagehot has heard Liberal Democrats in Birmingham and Labour types in Liverpool warning, in apocalyptic tones, about the Tories and their wicked plan to use the economic crisisContinue Reading
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