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IfG DevoLab #5: How can mayors and local leaders create a shared vision for regional growth?

IfG DevoLab #5: How can mayors and local leaders create a shared vision for regional growth? zuzanna.juszkiewicz Tue, 02/06/2026 - 12:04 Arundel room, 48 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP Hybrid event Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Thursday 02 July 2026, 12:30 Millennium Gallery Growth Local government Regional economic growth Metro mayor Institute for Government IfG DevoLab Thursday 02 July 2026, 11:00 BST Devolution England Join us in Sheffield to explore how mayors and ...

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Getting Lost in the Luminous Dark

This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. James K. A. Smith, Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark: Mysticism, Art and the Path of Unknowing (Yale University Press, 2026) I will always be grateful for Jamie Smith. His trilogy of books on cultural liturgies, particularly Desiring the Kingdom, made a huge difference to Read more. The post Getting Lost in the Luminous Dark appeared first on Christianity Today

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Died: Lamar Hardwick, ‘The Autism Pastor’

The Rev. Lamar Hardwick, a disability activist, author and preacher known as “The Autism Pastor,” died on May 22. He was 47 years old. “With heavy hearts, we want to share that Lamar has transitioned after his journey with colon cancer,” Hardwick’s wife, Isabella Hardwick, said in a recent post on Facebook. “He was surrounded by Read more. The post Died: Lamar Hardwick, ‘The Autism Pastor’ appeared first on Christianity Today

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Technology

AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

Martin Casado speaks with George Fraser, cofounder and CEO of Fivetran, about the future of data infrastructure in the age of AI. The conversation covers Fivetran’s merger with dbt, the changing role of data platforms, and why Fraser believes many companies are overestimating the threat AI poses to enterprise software. They discuss open data access, the backlash against AI agents accessing systems of record, and why businesses still need centralized data foundations even as agent-based workfl...

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Elon Musk’s Threat to the British Right

The quixotic support of Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain risks the very real gains to be had under Farage’s Reform for unclear benefit. The post Elon Musk’s Threat to the British Right appeared first on The American Conservative

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