In What We’re Listening To, Engadget writers and editors discuss some of the recent music releases we’ve had on repeat. This installment has everything from jazz standards to The Jesus Lizard. Lady Gaga – Harlequin I wasn’t even a minute into Harlequin before I had the realization, Oh, I am going to become so annoying … Read more
Retired Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott blew the whistle to the Daily Caller News Foundation on how the Biden-Harris administration allegedly went to great lengths to hide the immigration crisis from the public, just days after a sector chief made similar claims. Aaron Heitke, a former chief patrol agent for the Border Patrol’s San Diego … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Young people in Britain could be forgiven for despairing at the financial pressures they face—and feeling that previous generations enjoyed a much fairer economic environment. Then just to add to their worries about home ownership and a precarious jobs market, along comes the gloomy announcement that the UK’s public debt is … Read more
by Sarah Legge, Braedan Taylor, Jaana Dielenberg, Pius Gregory and Rachel Paltridge, The Conversation Bustard tracks across a dune on Anangu Country. Bustards, or bush turkeys, are a culturally significant game species. Credit: Jaana Dielenberg / Biodiversity Council As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published alarming statistics showing that employee mental health issues result in a US$1 trillion (£747 billion) loss in productivity each year. The WHO has called on employers to take urgent action by introducing comprehensive well-being programs to tackle the escalating mental health crisis in … Read more
Kemi Badenoch’s campaign was in damage control mode on the first day of Conservative party conference, as rival candidates criticised comments she made on maternity pay, saying the burden on business was “excessive” and that people should exercise more “personal responsibility”. Badenoch, the frontrunner among party members in the four-way contest, was forced to twice … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris released an 82-page document explaining her vision for the economy on Wednesday, but the plan shares much in common with President Joe Biden’s economic agenda. The plan, titled “A New Way Forward For The Middle Class,” proposes to build upon Biden initiatives like student loan debt cancellation, industrial policy, huge subsidies … Read more
See it from the point of view of the Fearless Four. You’ve already seen off the mighty challenge of Priti Patel and Mel Stride, latter-day Tory titans both, so now you’re through to the Birmingham eliminator. You’ve disappeared through the wormhole into the mephitic swamp where any intelligent life comes to die. Where only the … Read more
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is back this year, returning on October 8 and 9. The “fall Prime Day” of sorts has served as the online retailer’s unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season for the past few years. We expect most of the deals to be Prime exclusives, meaning you must be an active … Read more
After a week of name-calling, bitter rhetoric and bad blood in the House of Commons, the Liberal House leader says all sides need to tone down the “political games” — while still casting blame on who she says is responsible. Government House Leader Karina Gould said there has been a “change in tone” in Parliament … Read more