what-we-forget-when-we-remember 9/11

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Scholars of collective memory have long argued that that societies do not remember the past simply by preserving it Published September 8, 2026 6:00AM (EDT) Workers clean a wall at the 9/11 Memorial Museum as it prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on SeptemberContinue Reading

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Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no longerContinue Reading

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For decades, global time experts have mapped atomic clock time to the earth’s rotation, periodically adding a second (aka a leap second) as rotation slowed. But the planet’s rotation has now slightly sped up, which could mean that a negative adjustment will be required.  The problem is that computer systemsContinue Reading

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Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist Gabriel Zucman debunks their lies. Watch. His new book “We Need to Tax Billionaires” is out now. https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-need-to-tax-billionaires-the-most-important-economist-in-the-world-today-gabriel-zucman/113ca645a136d886Continue Reading

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An increase in civilian deaths and injuries caused by cluster munitions should trigger united action among the 124 countries that are members of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Human Rights Watch said today on the release of the “Cluster Munition Monitor 2026” by the Cluster Munition Coalition. Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

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In Israel, the left-right divide is shaped less by economics than by positions on Palestinian statehood and occupation., For readers outside Israel, the words “right” and “left” can be misleading when applied to Israeli politics. In Europe or the United States, those labels are usually organised around taxation, welfare, labour,Continue Reading

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Many Iranians cannot access or afford life-saving drugs, but authorities say pharmaceutical sector will not collapse., Tehran, Iran – Farah, a 59-year-old resident of Iran’s capital Tehran, used to fill her autoimmune prescription with a Swiss-made drug. Now she takes the Iranian-made version and worries that, too, may soon beContinue Reading