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'Hijacked by left-wing extremists': Calls for Mardi Gras funding review
Isabella Michie and Declan Bowring
A NSW Liberal frontbencher has called on the Minns government to review funding for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, accusing the organisation of being "hijacked by left-wing extremists". Shad ...[Continue Reading]
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Kandinsky on the Spiritual Element in Art and the Three Responsibilities of Artists
Maria Popova
Art is a form of nourishment (of consciousness, the spirit), 31-year-old Susan Sontag wrote in her diary in 1964. Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness, wrote Alain de Botton half a century l ...[Continue Reading]
Themarginalian.org
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New Yorks CEOs Are Gearing Up for a Fight With Mamdani
David Freedlander
When Kathy Wylde stood onstage at her retirement party on a frigid Tuesday night in late January, looking out over the Rainbow Room and the glittering lights of the city below, she had a simple messa ...[Continue Reading]
New York Magazine
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Anthropic's latest AI tool was seen by the legal software industry as a 'shot across the bow.' Here's what it means.
Melia Russell
Anthropic CEO Dario AmodeiMichael M. Santiago/Getty Images <ul><li>Anthropic is taking a bite out of the legal software market with a new AI tool.</li><li>That sent legal software stocks tumbling. T ...[Continue Reading]
Business Insider
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The Dramatic Rise of Farm Labor Contractors Has Led to Rampant Abuses. Heres Why Regulators Have Failed to Stop Them.
Max Blau
In the summer of 2019, a crew leader tasked with overseeing farm laborers sent them to harvest corn in a field where they werent authorized to work and where there wasnt adequate protection from the ...[Continue Reading]
ProPublica
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Owen Wilson Has World Cup Goals in Telemundo Super Bowl Teaser
Bill Bradley
Telemundo is scoring big names for a big Super Bowl ad slot. Today, Telemundo and Peacock released a teaser for an upcoming Super Bowl spot promoting its Spanish-language World Cup coverage. The 30- ...[Continue Reading]
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