13 minutes ago About sharing Shona Robison is having to plug a £1.5bn shortfall in the Scottish government’s budget By Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News Higher earners in Scotland are to pay more income tax, the Scottish government has announced. A new 45% band will be introduced for people earning between £75,000 and £125,140 –…
18 minutes ago About sharing The Ngil mask, made by the Fang people of Gabon, is believed to be one of only about 10 in the world By Ido Vock BBC News A second-hand dealer has won a case to keep the €4.2m (£4.6m; $3.6m) proceeds from the sale of a rare African mask he…
It marks the start of a reintroduction programme after years of political divisions.
40 minutes ago Comments About sharing By David Deans and Daniel Davies BBC Wales Pubs, shops and restaurants will see their business rates go up as part of plans to put more money into Wales’ struggling health service. They include a fresh round of public spending cuts, with rural investment and climate change hardest hit….
1 hour ago About sharing By Liv McMahon Technology reporter Nasa has streamed an ultra high-definition video of a cat back to Earth from the depths of space. The 15-second clip of Taters the cat was sent via laser – and fittingly shows it chasing a laser beam. Footage of the orange tabby travelled 19…
7 minutes ago About sharing Stock image of adult comforting child By Lauren Moss, LGBT correspondent & Josh Parry, LGBT producer BBC News Teachers should inform parents if their child wishes to change their gender identity at school, under newly-published government guidance. Schools in England should “take a very cautious approach” if pupils want to…
Books & the Arts / December 19, 2023 Sasha Frere-Jones, a Life Remixed His beguiling memoir Earlier moves through the struggles and the sounds that changed his relationship with music, grief, and New York. Stephen Piccarella Ad Policy A party at the New York City club Danceteria, 1990. (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images) (Photo by…
Activism / StudentNation / December 19, 2023 Fighting Book Bans in Kentucky Schools—and Beyond The Boyle County School District quietly quietly banned more than 100 books, citing anti-trans bill SB 150. But a local campaign by students and their peers successfully pushed back. Ramona Pierce Ad Policy Activists in the Kentucky State Capitol protesting SB…
December 19, 2023 We Must Protect Higher Ed From Republicans The GOP and its allies are attempting to suppress freedom to teach, conduct research, learn, and engage in political dissent at universities and colleges across the US. Ad Policy University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifies during a House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing on…
Culture / December 19, 2023 Silicon Landlords: On the Narrowing of AI’s Horizon The one thing science fiction couldn’t imagine is the world we have now: the near-complete control of Artificial Intelligence by a few corporations whose only goal is profit. Dwayne Monroe Ad Policy Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, at the Hope…