Daniel Craig’s turn as queer writer and an ‘unfilmable’ book brought to life – what you should watch, read and see this week: William S. Burroughs was a gay drug addict. A knot of contradictions, he was also deeply homophobic, sexist, racist and a gun-loving conservative, a passion that would eventually lead to him to …
Just Stop Oil’s harsh sentences are the logical outcome of Britain’s authoritarian turn against protest: Lengthy prison sentences have been imposed on five Just Stop Oil activists for coordinating direct action on the M25, the main ring road around London. For a non-violent protest, there is no equivalent in modern times. The five years for …
Why Iran’s failed attack on Israel may well turn out to be a strategic success: saeediex/Shutterstock As midnight approached on April 13, over 300 weapons were launched from Iran towards Israel. This included 185 drones, 110 ballistic missiles and 36 cruise missiles. The vast majority were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system …
Antibiotic resistance: microbiologists turn to new technologies in the hunt for solutions – podcast: Testing for antimicrobial resistance in the lab. AnaLysiSStudiO via Shutterstock The rise of drug-resistant infections is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. Antibiotic-resistant superbugs were estimated to kill 1.27 million people in 2019, and the …
Victims of the green energy boom? The Indonesians facing eviction over a China-backed plan to turn their island into a solar panel ‘ecocity’: I first visited Rempang island in Summer 2022. Greeting me were lush fields lined with coconut and banana trees, picture-book fishing villages with houses jutting into the water on stilts, and boats …
Over 2 million Nigerians are displaced by farmer-herder conflict in Benue State: there are 4 support systems they turn to: Individuals, organisations and governments have pulled together to support those displaced by the conflict in Benue State, Nigeria. Kola Sulaimon/AFP For the past decade many residents in north and central Nigeria have lived in a …
Nitazenes: synthetic opioids more deadly than fentanyl are starting to turn up in overdose cases: The synthetic opioid fentanyl is well known for the many lives it has claimed – mainly in the US, but elsewhere too. Now, a less well-known class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes is starting to crop up in overdose cases, …
Medical gaslighting: when conditions turn out not to be ‘all in the mind’: Gaslight, a psychological thriller starring Ingrid Bergman, was a box-office hit when it was released in 1944, but its time in the limelight could have ended there. However, the ruse employed by its villain gave the work remarkable staying power. Set in …
Menopausal women often turn to doctors who know little about the symptoms – here’s what needs to change: Menopause typically occurs at some period between the ages of 46 and 52. Preceding this transition, hormonal changes can cause a myriad of physical and psychological symptoms, such as hot flushes, brain fog, mood swings and a …
Dinosaur tracksite in Lesotho: how a wrong turn led to an exciting find: An artistic impression of the various dinosaur species that once roamed the Roma Valley. Akhil Rampersadh I am a poor navigator. This is not an easy thing for a field geologist to admit. We need to be able to find our planned …
How Web3 and a mesh organizational design can turn challenges into opportunities: How Web3 and a mesh organizational design can turn challenges into opportunities jenkelchner Thu, 03/02/2023 – 03:00 We’re in a new era (or at least the early days of a new chapter)—not just a new period in our technological history but also a …
Nuclear fusion: how scientists can turn latest breakthrough into a new clean power source: Laser energy being converted into X-rays inside a box, which compress a fuel capsule until it implodes. LLNL Researchers in the US have finally fulfilled an objective that was set decades ago: the achievement of “ignition” – getting more energy out …
Just Stop Oil: do radical protests turn the public away from a cause? Here’s the evidence: Just Stop Oil handout / EPA, CC BY-NC Members of the protest group Just Stop Oil recently threw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery in London. The action once again triggered debate about what kinds of …
Sterling hits all-time low: two things can turn this around but neither is straightforward: While most people in the UK were still in bed in the early hours of Monday morning, the pound dived. It fell over 4% during Asia trading to reach its lowest ever level against the dollar of US$ 1.035, while also …
Uhuru Kenyatta failed to turn Kenya into as big an international player as he could — here’s why: President Uhuru Kenyatta signs a treaty integrating DRC into the East African Community in June 2022. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images One of the notable achievements of Uhuru Kenyatta’s nine-year tenure as president was that he invigorated …
Ukraine war: Nato and the EU can turn Kosovo border crisis into an opportunity to put more pressure on Russia: An old dispute over a decision by the government of Kosovo in September 2021 to enforce the use of Kosovo-issued licence plates for Serbs in the northern municipalities – rather than allowing them to continue …
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Turn your Python script into a command-line application: Turn your Python script into a command-line application Mark Meyer Tue, 07/19/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like I’ve written, used, and seen a lot of loose scripts in my career. They start with someone that needs to semi-automate some task. …