Year Archives: 2026

News

How Adelaide Writers’ Week imploded after axing Palestinian author

Macquarie UniversityRanda Abdel-Fattah says a decision to exclude her from the Adelaide Festival was racistOne of Australia's biggest cultural festivals has been left in disarray after a decision to disinvite a prominent Australian-Palestinian writer, triggering a massive backlash and mass exodus from fellow authors.The board of the Adelaide Festival last...

Science

Pompeii’s public baths were unhygienic until the Romans took over

The Stabian Baths, one of the bathhouses first built by the Samnites in PompeiiIcas94/De Agostini via Getty Images A trip to Pompeii’s public baths meant taking a dip in water contaminated with sweat and urine – until the Romans took over and sanitation improved. It’s easy to think of ancient...

Social media

Meta’s Cutting 10% of Staff in its Reality Labs Division

Look, I may be one of the few holdouts who still thinks that Meta’s metaverse concept isn’t dead, and that the company remains focused on bringing its VR social worlds to fruition for the next generation, even if it’s not discussing those plans publicly at the moment. But Meta’s own...

Sports

Beloved tag team very close to finally reuniting again in AEW

A once fan-favorite AEW tag team seems to have gotten a step closer to reuniting on the promotion's programming. The duo in question, Max Caster and Anthony Bowens, appear to be finding themselves on the same page more often, as seen in a recent digital exclusive. It was almost a...

Tech

MTG Final Fantasy Play Booster Box: $132.98 at Amazon

SAVE 37%: As of Jan. 12, you can get the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Play Booster Box on sale for $132.98 at Amazon. That's a 37% discount off its $209.79 list price and $76.72 in savings. $132.98 at Amazon $209.70 Save $76.72   Bringing the entire Final Fantasy saga...

MovieMovies

State of Statelessness review – an intimate…

This is a film about the constant sense of being slightly out of step with where you are standing, rendered with remarkable restraint. State of Statelessness is an anthology comprising four tales by the Drung Collective, a group of filmmakers working within the Tibetan diaspora. Each story is shaped by the same unresolved grief –...

Mobile

Nothing’s first flagship store will be in India

London-based Nothing today announced its upcoming plans for retail expansion with the launch of its second store. The company today issued a brief release stating that it will soon be opening its first global flagship store, which will be located in India. Aside from that, there is no mention of...

Market

111 West 57th Street Snags Top Contract, Nears Sellout

JDS Development and Property Markets Group’s 111 West 57th Street is almost across the sellout finish line. One of the last remaining units at the Billionaires’ Row tower, asking $18.3 million, found a buyer and crowned Manhattan’s luxury market last week, according to Olshan Realty’s report. The condo was the most...

Health

Treaties Between the Six Nations and the United States

Immediately following the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), states in the newly created United States competed for control and settlement of Indigenous lands. This included much of Western New York, which was within Indian lands designated by the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, which set the boundary line between the colonies...

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