31 h. ago Bernie Sanders and RFK Jr. find rare common ground over pharmaceutical ads on TV: ‘Sick and tired’

Vermont senator called out ‘greedy pharmaceutical companies spending billions of dollars on absurd TV commercials’

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38 h. ago Dâdalus & Bikarus: Off the Shelf review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

(Lío Press)Zurich-based musicians Benedikt Merz and David Hänni meld krautrock, punk and big beat into tripped-out, swampy grooves that reach dizzying heightsAfter almost three decades of friendship, Zurich-based musicians Benedikt Merz and David Hänni moved into a studio together in 2019. They found common ground over their shared love of psychedelic music and spent long, woozy nights jamming together. But while one wanted to focus on live electronics, the other secretly wanted to start a band. The outcome was Dâdalus & Bikarus, a project which sits somewhere between these two worlds, welding elements of krautrock, punk and big beat into tripped-out dancefloor rhythms.Their second album, Off the Shelf, captures the obsessive energy of those early nocturnal experiments, which they’ve since built a reputation for in their live shows. Anchored by drawn-out loops, each track slowly builds tension to dizzying, near-erotic heights. On Erebros, this takes place across a hefty 11 minut...

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2 d. ago David Hogg won't try to keep his DNC role amid dispute over Democratic primaries

David Hogg says he will not fight to hold onto his leadership role in the Democratic National Committee

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1 week ago ‘Saying Trump is dangerous is not enough’: Bernie Sanders on Biden, billionaires – and why the Democrats failed

The senator and twice Democratic presidential hopeful is on tour with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez trying to build a new progressive movement. He reveals why he thinks Republicans are scared to speak up and what went wrong for Kamala Harris in 2024‘I think what Trumpism is about, is an understanding that the system in America is not working for working-class people,” says Bernie Sanders, sat in the Guardian’s offices in London. “In a phoney, hypocritical way, Trump has tapped into that. His quote-unquote ‘solutions’ will only make a bad situation worse.”In person, Sanders’ 83 years read differently than in photograph, perhaps because of how conversational he is. His voice is magnetic – a Brooklyn accent that feels both warm and tough. “But what I have been aware of, and I’ve talked about it for years, is that in America, the very richest people are doing phenomenally well, while 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Falkirk councillors leads service to remember 1500 people in 'paupers' grave

Baillie Billy Buchanan is determined that those buried in common ground will be 'forgotten no more'

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2 w. ago Bernie Sanders blames election loss on Kamala Harris listening to billionaires over the working class

Sanders said while Joe Biden has been blamed election loss, it was ultimately Harris’s fault for cosying up to billionaires

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2 w. ago Bringing back the birds: the ‘ghost woodlands’ transforming England’s barren sheep fells

A groundbreaking tree-planting programme is uniting farmers and rewilders, as portions of common ground in the Yorkshire Dales national park are being restored to their ancient gloryPhotographs by Rebecca ColeThe Howgill Fells are a smooth, treeless cluster of hills in the Yorkshire Dales national park, so bald and lumpy that they are sometimes described as a herd of sleeping elephants. Their bare appearance – stark even by UK standards – has been shaped by centuries of sheep grazing. Yet beneath the soil lie ancient tree roots: the silent traces of long-lost “ghost woodlands”.Over the past 12 years, 300,000 native trees have been planted by the project Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Senators question Paramount over efforts to settle Trump lawsuit

Warren, Wyden and Sanders push for information to determine if media company violated federal bribery statuteDemocratic US senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden, along with their liberal colleague Bernie Sanders, are pushing for information on Paramount’s efforts to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against CBS News’s 60 Minutes – in hopes of determining whether the media company is violating a federal bribery statute, the Wall Street Journal reported.In a letter to Paramount chairperson Shari Redstone, the senators wrote that they are concerned the media company “may be engaging in improper conduct involving the Trump administration in exchange for approval of its merger with Skydance Media”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago King Charles' surprising birthday gift to David Beckham after Harry and Brooklyn's chat'

King Charles and Queen Camilla have revealed they sent David Beckham a rather lavish gift for his recent 50th birthday after their two sons found 'common ground'

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4 w. ago 'Arrogant neighbour keeps blocking my drive so I got revenge while he was on a date'

A man who grew sick and tired of his arrogant neighbour constantly parking in front of his driveway decided to take revenge - and he quickly realised he'd ruined his date in the process

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4 w. ago Who's Meghan? What Nicola Peltz said as she drew up guest list for wedding to Brooklyn Beckham

The heiress once declared 'Who's Meghan?' when asked if she was inviting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to her $3million wedding to Brooklyn Beckham , it has emerged.

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last month Who is Theo Von? The 'manosphere' podcaster with Trump in Qatar

Podcaster Theo Von performed a set for U.S. troops in Qatar where he joked about doing drugs on a mixed-race baby, the sexuality of men in the U.S. Navy, and compared the Qatari hosts’ attire to Klansman robes

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last month EU and UK at loggerheads over fishing rights and youth mobility

Tensions mount as EU diplomats seek common ground for wide-ranging reset in relations with BritainUK politics live – latest updatesEU member states have rejected UK positions on fishing and a youth mobility deal, as tensions mount before a much-anticipated summit between Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen next week.Senior EU diplomats meeting on Wednesday expressed disappointment and frustration over the British positions on fishing rights and youth mobility to the European Commission, which is negotiating a wide-ranging reset in relations with the British government. Continue reading...

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