68 m. ago America’s infatuation with boy geniuses and ‘Great Men’ is ruining us

We’re obsessed with narratives about powerful men and how they got that way. But our mania for founder myths obscures an ideology of inequalityOne Saturday in the spring of 2021, a little achy after receiving our first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, my husband and I decided to stay in bed and click on the first thing suggested to us by our TV. It was WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, a documentary produced by Hulu about the New York startup WeWork’s spectacular fall from grace. The film mostly chronicles the misdeeds of founder Adam Neumann, the surfer-dude dolt who turned a good idea – co-working spaces that lease small offices to tech startups – into a surreally overvalued conglomerate, before he made a mortifying attempt to take the company public that eventually ended in his forced resignation. As a consolation prize, Neumann infamously received a $1.7bn golden parachute.The WeWork cautionary tale is partly about slick marketing, which is what seems to...

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75 m. ago Thousands protest in Madrid against government of prime minister Pedro Sánchez

Ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party has faced series of corruption allegations over past yearTens of thousands of people have gathered in central Madrid to protest against the government of Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and to demand an early general election as his party, his administration and his family continue to be beset by a succession of corruption allegations.Sunday’s protest, called by the opposition conservative People’s party (PP) under the slogan “Mafia or democracy”, attracted between 45,000 and 50,000 people, according to the central government’s delegation to the region. Organisers, however, put the attendance at 100,000. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Influencer who became the new Eat, Pray, Love poster girl splits from THIRD fiancé: Niomi Smart is back in a rented flat in UK after dream life in Bali followed by millions went sour

When Niomi Smart's life coach boyfriend proposed in front of his family two years ago, she was over the moon. But two years on the couple have split, a sources have confirmed.

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1 hour ago I'm an ex Liverpool kid who was lost boy at Hibs and banned from every Edinburgh nightclub for peeing against a wall

The former Liverpool kid admits his time in the capital in 2011 was life-changing as he changed his ways

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2 h. ago Zia Yusuf’s return to Reform UK ‘great news’, says deputy leader

He quit as chairman on Thursday but has now said that was the result of ‘exhaustion’ and working for 11 months ‘without a day off’.

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2 h. ago Tottenham sack Robert Vilahamn after poor WSL season as summer of change continues

Spurs finished second from bottom in the WSL last season and will be under new leadership next

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2 h. ago 'Lost boy': Victor Palsson on Hibs spell, nightclub incident, giving up alcohol and varied career

Iceland midfielder landed six-month ban but has gone on to travel world and be successful

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3 h. ago 'Lost boy': Victor Palsson lifts lid on Hibs spell, nightclub incident, giving up alcohol and career

Iceland midfielder landed six-month ban but has gone on to travel world and be successful

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3 h. ago Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance | David Kirp

US institutions have been doing Trump’s bidding before he even comes after them. Here’s the counterstrategyDuring the first 100-plus days of his presidency, Donald Trump has done his damnedest to remake the US in his image. Fearing Hurricane Donald, a host of universities, law firms, newspapers, public schools and Fortune 500 companies have rushed to do his bidding, bowing before he even comes calling. Other institutions cower, in hopes that they will go unnoticed.But this behavior, which social scientists call “anticipatory compliance”, smoothes the way to autocracy because it gives the Trump regime unlimited power without his having to lift a finger. Halting autocracy in its tracks demands a counter-strategy – let’s call it anticipatory noncompliance. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago John Swinney shrugs off calls to quit as SNP leader after Hamilton by

The First Minister strongly hinted he will carry out a Cabinet reshuffle in the coming weeks with less than a year to go before the next Holyrood election.

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4 h. ago Pope Leo criticises ‘exclusionary mindset’ of nationalist political movements

During Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square, the pope asked that God ‘open borders, break down walls (and) dispel hatred’Pope Leo has criticised the emergence of nationalist political movements and their “exclusionary mindset”, without naming a specific country or leader.Leo, the first pope from the US, asked during a Mass on Sunday with tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square that God would “open borders, break down walls (and) dispel hatred”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago STI map of Britain! As cases of terrifying syphilis soar, is your area a hotspot for one of the 5 biggest sexual diseases?

One part of the nation had so many sexually transmitted infections that it was equivalent to 3 in every 100 people being diagnosed with a sexual disease.

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4 h. ago Outrage as boy, 8, turned away from treatment at London NHS clinic 'because he attends private school'

Mother blames Labour's VAT raid on private school fees for emboldening the NHS to deny her son help with his crippling joint condition

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5 h. ago Beloved little boy beats cancer only to get devastating news within months

Henry Castle was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just 18 months old and has spent more than two-thirds of his life in treatment

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5 h. ago Driveway mistakes could see you hit with a £100 fine and invalidate insurance

There are strict UK rules on parking when you are using a drive

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6 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says company bosses should have right to ban burkas and face coverings in workplace

The Conservative Party leader also blasted first-cousin marriages and sharia courts as an ‘insidious’ barrier to cultural integration

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7 h. ago Matteo Manassero and Ryan Fox surge into lead to set up intriguing final round at Canadian Open

Fox and Manassero each carded rounds of six-under-par to take a narrow lead into Sunday

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7 h. ago Oasis’ last London gig where Liam Gallagher hit back at ‘fat boy’ after coin and drink thrown

Oasis’ last London gig where Liam Gallagher hit back at ‘fat boy’ after coin and drink thrown  MyLondon

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7 h. ago Father of toddler who vanished 44 years ago reveals heartache as more than 100 women have claimed to be his missing daughter

Richard Lee, the father of toddler Katrice who vanished more than 40 years ago told the BBC how more than 100 people have contacted the family over the years claiming to be his missing child.

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7 h. ago Meet Love Island 2025 boys including personal trainer with famous dad

12 sexy singletons are leaving behind their lives for a summer of romance in the Love Island villa but which boys will be trying their luck to woo the gorgeous girls?

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