Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote…
Several papers lead with the arrest of Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. Robinson was arrested after his “anguished dad” helped turn him in, the Daily Mirror reports. Robinson, who a neighbour says came from a “good God-fearing family”, could face the death penalty if found…
– credit, courtesy of Sembcorp How do you decarbonize a city state? With so little space, so many demands on power, and so many citizens, generating any meaningful electricity from renewable energy is a major challenge for urban planners. But over its history, the planners of Singapore have shown themselves to be nothing if not…
Labour MP Clive Lewis has said Sir Keir Starmer “doesn’t seem up to the job” as anger grows over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as an ambassador and the handling of his sacking. Mandelson was fired over links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The men’s friendship had been known about at the time of his appointment but…
The ampurta, or crest-tailed mulgara – credit, Bobby Tamayo, Simpson Desert, Queensland CC 4.0. For an Australian marsupial facing extinction on a continent-wide scale, the news of an oncoming drought back in 2001 probably felt like the coming of the end times. But in a surprising break from the narrative, the ampurta (Dasycercus hillieri) a…
Peers opposed to assisted dying say they see “massive problems” in a bill to legalise it in England and Wales, as the proposed legislation returns to Parliament later. The House of Lords is due to begin a two-day debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Supporters have urged peers to “respect” the…
(left) Misty Combs performs CPR on a raccoon (right) Crystal Bakaluk cradles the raccoon she saved from drowning – credits, retrieved from social media. Yes, you’ve read the headline correctly. When a nurse in Kentucky’s Letcher County scooped a dead-drunk raccoon out of a dumpster, she was desperate to save its life. It had been…
The Irish broadcaster, RTÉ, has said it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest “if the participation of Israel goes ahead”. In a statement, RTÉ said that Ireland’s participation in the event “would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza”. Ireland has won the contest seven times…
credit – Heights Pizza Man via Facebook A Minnesota pizzeria owner is making headlines for the kindness he’s shown to dumpster divers behind his restaurant. “I can’t sit in a building full of food and watch somebody starve in my parking lot,” he told national news, determined to take action. Pretty much as soon as…
Getty Images Charlie Kirk was a darling of the Maga movement and is credited with boosting young voter turnout Charlie Kirk, an influential conservative activist and close ally of US President Donald Trump, was shot dead while speaking at an event at a university in Utah. There’s still a lot that is unclear about the…
