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Totalitarianism is fasionable again
Son of slain Khashoggi forced to shake hands with Saudi Crown Prince in photo op
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meeting with Salah bin Jamal Khashoggi, son of late Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Riyadh.
Cuttlefish wear their thoughts on their skin NatureBusiness must use James Packer's bravery to put mental health on the table | afr.com - Financial Review
Not Our Kind: The Problem of Book Reviewing Through Tribal Identification
I love this story—you should love this story—because it's a jewel, a perfect diamond, catching in its facets and unifying into a single brilliancy the light of many apparently different fires in our current cultural disputes. One thing the story shows, for example, is that we have no clear way back, no sufficiently defined penance, for those subjected to public shunning. Another aspect is the mimetic power, the increasing competition for outrage, that our Internet connections fuel—as though the Web had become a laboratory for testing René Girard's theories of social contagion.
The Fake Review Hunter
How Well Do You Understand Your World?
More or Less: Behind the Stats | 0h 9m | Listen Later 
Discussion with Bobby Duffy, author of “The Perils of Perception: Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything” about why we are often wrong about a lot of basic facts.
Banking royal commission: Cost of bad behaviour rising rapidly, set to surpass $7 billion
Discussion with Bobby Duffy, author of “The Perils of Perception: Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything” about why we are often wrong about a lot of basic facts.
Banking royal commission: Cost of bad behaviour rising rapidly, set to surpass $7 billion
70pc jump in suspicious money laundering ... - Financial Review
Want an alternative to the f-word? Try swive or sard, just like our ancestors did. If you want to insult your boss, try fopdoodle, zounderkite, jobbernowl, or queynte. Habitual swearers can be referred to as muckspouts, and male members may be deterred by a proverbial knee to the tallywags or rantallions.
F***=off, Google tells its staff: Any mention of nookie now banned from internal files, URLs No sex, please, we're the Chocolate Factory
Wall Street Journal, U.S. Is World’s Most Competitive Economy for First Time in a Decade:
The U.S. is back on top as the most competitive country in the world, regaining the No. 1 spot for the first time since 2008 in an index produced by the World Economic Forum, which said the country could still do better on social issues.
America climbed one place in the rankings of 140 countries, with the top five rounded out by Singapore, Germany, Switzerland and Japan. All five countries’ scores rose from 2017, with the U.S. notching the second-biggest gain after Japan’s.
The top spot hasn’t gone to the U.S. since the financial crisis stalled output and triggered a global economic slowdown.
“Economic recovery is well underway, with the global economy projected to grow almost 4% in 2018 and 2019,” said the report, published Tuesday by the organization that produces the Davos conference on global politics and economics