Pandemic fatigue? How adherence to covid-19 regulations has been misrepresented and why it matters - The BMJ
As England and Scotland start another period of lockdown, we all have to come to terms with following stricter covid-19 restrictions, most likely for a relatively long period of time. The notion of be
“The Future”: It’s About Time
For the young artist in quest of achievement, the limited time available, in the face of day jobs, is a classic obstacle, real or perceived. (Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig aptly called the film they c
What Is an Individual? Biology Seeks Clues in Information Theory.
information theory July 16, 2020 To recognize strange extraterrestrial life and solve biological mysteries on this planet, scientists are searching for an objective definition for life’s basic units.
Charlie Brown’s Inside Job
Ideas What gives the 1965 Peanuts special its staying power? December 24, 2020 Caitlin Flanagan Staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Girl Land Peanuts / The Atlantic “Lights, please.” For half a
Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
Adam Maida T he Doomsday Machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that went like this: Imagine a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life. No
The Curious Influence of COVID-19 on Sleep
Health The coronavirus can cause insomnia and long-term changes in our nervous systems. But sleep could also be a key to ending the pandemic. James Hamblin December 21, 2020 Peter Cade / Getty The new
For liberals, Brexit is a hard lesson in the politics of resentment | Nesrine Malik
There is a law of physics that also applies to politics: energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be changed from one form to another. The story of Brexit is a story of energy conversion – t
Francis Ford Coppola Is Still Going for Broke
“I’ve always been doing weird, stupid things and following my heart. It made no sense to handle my career the way I did, but I wouldn’t do it another way.” Photo: Katy Grannan for New York Magazine Th
The British middle class is in freefall, its young people pushed into precarity | Owen Jones
T he great decline of the British middle class is as stark as it is little discussed. A year ago, Labour’s losses in the so-called red wall seemed to emphasise a historic collapse in its relationship
How money is created
I keep hearing people complain that the ‘mainstream media’ does not understand economics and that we’re talked down to as if everything must be explained as if the economy is a household. In this thread I explain all you (and they) need to know. Economics in one thread then....
‘This Must Be Your First’
Win McNamee / Getty O n the evening of September 11, 1980, my mom was approached by a neighbor who held rank in the Turkish military. He told her to stock up on bread and rice. “Oh, another coup,” she
The Majestic Untruths of 'The Crown'
Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic T he Crown is not a documentary. The presence of actors is a strong clue; the members of the Royal Family wish they were this good-looking. Do viewers need to be
White Tents in the Car Park: A Covid 19 Despatch from Kent
admin November 25, 2020 WORDS & PHOTOS: Emilia Ong In Hollywood disaster movies, there’s always some guy who warns of a coming catastrophe. Nobody listens to him. Not until the shit starts to hit the
The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done
In the early two-thousands, Merlin Mann, a Web designer and avowed Macintosh enthusiast, was working as a freelance project manager for software companies. He had held similar roles for years, so he k
The Moral Calculus of COVID-19
You may have heard that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has been quarantining at home following close contact with a person who had tested positive for COVID-19. You may have also heard that last night, Madd
Coronavirus is evolving. Whether it gets deadlier or not may depend on us | Laura Spinney
L etting the virus that causes Covid-19 circulate more-or-less freely is dangerous not only because it risks overwhelming hospitals and so endangering lives unnecessarily, but also because it could de
This photo of children living in poverty caused shock waves in 1992. Where are they now?
W hen Katrina first saw the photo, she cried. The four-year-old girl at its centre is seated at a dinner table, with chips on her plate and a fork in her hand. Behind her, the walls of the room are ba
How long Covid forced me to confront my past and my identity
F or six years now, I have been writing down three good things that have happened in my day, every day. It doesn’t matter how big or small they are. It could be having pastries in bed. Spotting a fox
Remembrance Day is an exercise in collective amnesia | Samuel Earle
I remember, as a 17-year-old taking an A-level in history, coming home from school and one of my mums asking what I had learned that day. She knew we were studying the Soviet Union, and it was a subje
America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent
Scott Olson / Getty Now that Joe Biden appears to be winning the presidency, we can expect debates over whether Donald Trump was an aberration (“not who we are!”) or another instantiation of America’s
Why you ought to vote
Here’s something that’s changed lately: people are no longer ashamed to speak to the world at large in the imperative mood. It’s normal, now, to give orders to perfect strangers: stop doing this, star
Developments Since My Birth by Wallace Shawn
"But for those countless others, in the cities and towns of the USA and in countries far away, to whom America has not been good, the face of America has always and forever been the face of Donald Trump."
Statistical illiteracy isn't a niche problem. During a pandemic, it can be fatal | Carlo Rovelli
I n the institute where I used to work a few years ago, a rare non-infectious illness hit five colleagues in quick succession. There was a sense of alarm, and a hunt for the cause of the problem. In t
The Immoral Artistry of Kathryn Bigelow’s “Detroit”
I consider Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, “Detroit,” to be a moral failure.It’s clear that Bigelow intended to present a set of historical factsthat would offend viewers’ sensibilities, spark righteous o
'At 47, I discovered I am autistic – suddenly so many things made sense'
U ntil last year I had no idea I was autistic. I knew I was different and I had always been told I was “too sensitive”. But I don’t fit the dated Rain Man stereotype. I’m a CEO, I’m married, I have tw
American Utopia’s Chris Giarmo on Political Art and Spike Lee’s Lipstick Advice
Tendayi Kuumba and Chris Giarmo, in their element. Photo: HBO From the very first moment dance and vocal captain Chris Giarmo emerges from behind the metallic curtains in American Utopia , it’s almost
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Explaining Brexit to Americans Part II
The last time I wrote about Brexit was a little over a year ago — Boris Johnson had just become Prime Minister, ash was not blocking out the sun in the Pacific Northwest, and very few people had ever heard of the word “coronavirus”. Simpler times.
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The pitched battle over lockdowns is missing the point: Covid-19 is a class issue | John Harris
Illustration: Matt Kenyon/The Guardian Just as our final exit from the EU comes into view, noise from the media and politics about Covid-19 is sounding discomfortingly similar to the furies that erupt
‘Guns are a way to exercise power’: how the idea of overthrowing the government became mainstream
An armed protester stands at the Michigan capitol building in Lansing, Michigan, on 30 April.Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images J osh Horwitz has been an
The Stay at Home Residency – part 1
From 1st – 29th July I was happy to be selected as an artist in residence for The New Art Gallery Walsall’s Stay at Home Residencies . The New Art Gallery Walsall has adapted its Studio residency prog
Teens Did Surprisingly Well in Quarantine
Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis / Getty As the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the United States in March, work and school moved online, restaurants closed, and unemployment soared. The effects on ment
Black Lives Matter's Alicia Garza: ‘Leadership today doesn't look like Martin Luther King’
A licia Garza is not synonymous with Black Lives Matter , the movement she helped create, and that’s very deliberate. The 39-year-old organiser is not interested in being the face of things; she’s int
Watching the Outrage Over 'Cuties' as a Survivor of Pedophilia
Netflix I n 1989, when I was 5 , I spent several weeks in a children’s psychiatric ward. My father, who began abusing me sexually three years earlier, was outraged by the hospitalization because he fe
4 Museums Decided This Work Shouldn’t Be Shown. They’re Both Right and Wrong.
Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The Hearst Corporation and The Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation, Inc. 82.20. © Estate of Philip Guston Last week, four maj
12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech
Top highlight Tech is more important than ever, deeply affecting culture, politics and society. Given all the time we spend with our gadgets and apps, it’s essential to understand the principles that
Opinion | When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward
When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward We aren’t very good at discussing trade-offs, but we need to make some during this pandemic. Dr. Carroll is a pediatrician and contribu
Charting a Covid-19 Immune Response
Amid a flurry of press conferences delivering upbeat news, President Trump’s doctors have administered an array of experimental therapies that are typically reserved for the most severe cases of Covid