AvatarPaul SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAl Pacino Demanded Prenatal DNA Test After Finding Out Girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, Was Pregnantmamasuncut.com - Ryan BrennanAl Pacino, 83, and his 29-year-old girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, are about to welcome a baby in the next few days -- but he doesn't seem to be excited …
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarBritish royals refuse to return the remains of 'stolen' teenage princeNBC News - By Patrick SmithPrince Alemayehu was taken to England after British forces defeated his father and looted his imperial capital. Ethiopia has been asking for his remains to be returned for 150 years. LONDON — The body of a teenage prince captured by British troops will not be returned to his remaining family in east …
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarThe cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizensAssociated Press - By DASHA LITVINOVATALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it’s probably the most efficient route. That’s because she’s been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system’s pervasive security …
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarGlobal heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian CarringtonWorld is on track for 2.7C and ‘phenomenal’ human suffering, scientists warn
AvatarPaul SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow Bad Is the GOP for America? Even Worse Than You Thinkeand.co - umair haqueIt’s been a slow burn. Over the last decade or so, America and the world have witnessed the GOP, the Republican Party…transform. Change. Into a …
AvatarPaul SmithFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSugar as Modern Capitalism’s Original Sinforeignpolicy.com - Bronwen EverillA new book shows its history as anything but sweet. Could sugar be modern capitalism’s original sin? It is closely associated in public imaginations …
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarThis little-known rule shapes parking in America. Cities are reversing itverified_publisherCNNNew York CNN — America is jammed with parking spots. Approximately 2 billion parking spots cover the country, enough to pave over the entire state of Connecticut. From baseball stadiums in Los Angeles to malls in Atlanta, parking lots are bigger than the buildings they surround. Cities have built so …
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarPerfectly Preserved Declaration of Independence Found Under a $4 Paintingverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisTalk about a national treasure! Long before Nicholas Cage and his friends stole the Declaration of Independence in their hit film, a man lived out a tale of finding treasure in real life. In 1991, a man shopping at a thrift sale purchased an “ugly painting” for $4 because he liked the frame. Behind …
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarPutin Has Two Options: Surrender or Repeat Hitler’s Fate, Ukrainian UN Ambassador SuggestsKyiv PostSerhiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s permanent representative to the United Nations, called on Russia to withdraw its troops from the occupied territories of …
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarThey’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeedverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jonathan FreedlandThe ‘remoaner elite’, the civil service, the BBC, universities, unions, refugees: anything is blamed but Brexit itself, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarKehinde Wiley’s Vibrant Paintings of Cuba and the Carnivalesque as Western Portraitsverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Sara BarnesArtist Kehinde Wiley draws inspiration from the past to inform his contemporary portraiture. The subjects of his paintings are front and center among verdant imagery. Colorful blooms and repeating patterns surround them like the decadent wallpaper you’d expect in a palatial setting. They recall …
AvatarPaul SmithAvatarAvatarOrcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why?Live Science - By Sascha PareScientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the …