what is *happening* to this publication

This hits like a freight train

Did you know that 10% of our GDP is the imagined rent that homeowners would pay for the property they own? The wacky and wonderful world of GDP....Did you know that 10% of our GDP is the imagined rent that homeowners would pay for the property they own? The wacky and wonderful world of GDP....

well I'm in floods of tears www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...

We only learnt of our son’s secret online life after he died at 20

When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found...

this is part of the story my grandfather told about growing up in Nazi Germany: having neighbours who would tell the police if you hung out washing on a Sunday

Everybody’s discussing the “joke” at the expense of he person killed at the Butler rally, but I find it just as interesting that apparently none of the money that went to his widow came from Trump himself. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Donald Trump’s foul-mouthed migrant rant captured in private pitch to donors

Republican nominee claims Harris is threat to democracy in recording of top-dollar fundraiser in Colorado in August

One thing that seems very predictable is that if Trump loses and is facing sentencing, we’ll start hearing a lot more about his age, and all the sudden the man who dictated a letter from his doc saying he’d be the “healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency” will have numerous ailments.

I'm not sure we're properly weighing Trump's desperation to stay out of jail as a factor in the extremity of his behavior. Political scientists are keen to point out that elections should not have existentially high stakes for candidates, but that's what Trump's facing--he wins or goes to jail.

as if to really emphasize the fact that he is a total degenerate, donald trump went to a fundraiser for rich donors and joked about the man who was killed in the attempt on his life

Trump Made Crass Dinner Jokes About Death of Rally Attendee

The 12-minute tape, reportedly from a dinner with donors in August, also features Trump launching into an expletive-laden rant against undocumented migrants.