Bafta was right – Top Boy is the finest British drama in years What, not Happy Valley? Many watching the Bafta TV awards on Sunday night will have been expecting the conclusion of Sally Wainwright’s epic cop show to take the prize for best drama series. Viewers ... 05/13/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
British Indie Mad as Birds Unveils Cannes Film Market Slate (EXCLUSIVE) U.K. independent production outfit Mad as Birds (“Set Fire to the Stars,” “The Almond and the Seahorse”) has unveiled a slate spanning genres and will commence sales for them at the Cannes Film ... 05/13/2024 - 6:25 pm | View Link
British middleweight boxer Sherif Lawal dies after collapsing during pro debut LONDON — British middleweight boxer Sherif Lawal died Sunday after he was struck in the temple during his professional debut. He was 29. Lawal collapsed after he was struck by his Portuguese opponent, ... 05/13/2024 - 5:46 pm | View Link
Children's author wins top British Book Award K atherine Rundell has been named author of the year at the British Book Awards - the first time in six years that a children's writer has picked up the accolade. Rundell's latest release, fantasy ... 05/13/2024 - 5:25 pm | View Link
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British Council | The UK’s international culture and education organisation We connect. We inspire. We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. Learn more about us. British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024. 05/11/2024 - 3:15 am | View Link
United Kingdom | History, Population, Map, Flag, Capital, & Facts United Kingdom, island country located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe. It comprises the whole of the island of Great Britain—which contains England, Wales, and Scotland—as well as the northern portion of the island of Ireland. Its capital is London. 05/11/2024 - 2:03 am | View Link
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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom? Great Britain, therefore, is a geographic term referring to the island also known simply as Britain. It’s also a political term for the part of the United Kingdom made up of England, Scotland, and Wales (including the outlying islands that they administer, such as the Isle of Wight). 05/10/2024 - 9:10 pm | View Link
Here's some good news! United For Democracy is gearing up to launch a $10 million campaign centered on “the MAGA Supreme Court.” They plan to spend $1 million on ads in Arizona and Pennsylvania, as well as in the Washington, D. C., area. Via Rolling Stone:
The United for Democracy coalition, which launched last year with a seven-figure ad buy, counts 140 member organizations, including major labor unions, reproductive rights advocates, environmental groups, and liberal think tanks.
Stasha Rhodes, campaign director for United for Democracy, says the coalition’s latest campaign is about “talking to Americans across the country about the issues they care about, and how the Supreme Court is connected to either rolling back the progress or standing in the way of us being able to make progress on those issues.” The point, she says, “is taking this message outside of Washington, and directly to the American people.”
Republicans’ outsized role in crafting a radically right-wing Supreme Court — one that treats mass shootings as constitutionally unavoidable, ushered in abortion bans or restrictions in 21 states, and affords anonymous donors virtually unchecked power to buy political candidates and judges — might seem painfully obvious to some political observers, but surveys show it’s not.
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If you don't love Jasmine Crockett, well, I just don't know about you.
She is a happy warrior, slicing & dicing Republicans--particularly those right in front of her like sad-sack-propagandist, Jim Jordan. In fact, she calls Jim Jordan a Russian propagandist in this video, RIGHT TO HIS FACE. She impugns the integrity and patriotism of Jim's GOP colleagues too--God, has this group of MAGA creeps earned it--and even calls Donald Trump the "C" word!!
Yep, Jasmine, like Eric Swalwell, Stacey Plaskett, Gretchen Whitmer, Jamie Raskin, Ted Lieu, AOC, Gavin Newsom, Hakeem Jeffries, Adam Schiffand I could go on, are our future.
On this date in 1942 Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" premiered. Today it is being narrated by James Earl Jones, with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Infidel753, has a mighty link round-up for you.
Mad Kane’s Political Madness: The Trials Of Trump (3-Verse Limerick.)
The Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ calls on FBI to release timeline for conclusion of Shireen Abu Akleh investigation.
Attention space nerds!
During breaks with Donald Trump's criminal trial, the former President typically meets reporters off to the side to whine about how cold it is in the courtroom; then he reads snips of articles by people in his toxic right-wing media bubble. Monday was not a good day for Lumpy, so he read Fox News columns aloud as proof that he was innocent.
TIME celebrated on Monday the 100 most influential people leading change in health at a special dinner. The first TIME100 Health list spotlights doctors, scientists, business leaders, advocates, and others at the forefront of big changes in the industry.
After a panel discussion on prioritizing women’s health, three TIME100 Health honorees gave toasts about surviving noma, a severe gangrenous disease of the mouth and face; the healthcare advocates pioneering research and treatments related to COVID; and hospitals under attack in conflict zones.
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Surviving noma
Fidel Strub, a survivor of Noma, has led an awareness campaign on the disease, which mostly affects malnourished young children living in extreme poverty.
Actress and healthcare advocate Halle Berry; geneticist Marlena Fejzo; and Daniel Skovronsky, chief scientific officer at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, spoke about the importance of investing in women’s health at a TIME100 Health panel in New York on Monday.
By the end of the panel, Fejzo, who has experienced and deeply researched hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), a condition that leads to extreme nausea and vomiting in 1% to 3% of pregnancies, pushed for literal investment in a potential solution from her copanelist.
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She asked Skovronsky about a drug Eli Lilly has shelved that could help come up with a potential treatment.