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Usually presidents hold rallies to get voters excited about an upcoming election. Last night in Nebraska, the roles felt reversed
Games are being decompiled, but the real risk to gaming is new games and increased personalization
Conservative plans to scrap Natural England and the Environment Agency – Catherine Haddon, BBC News ellie.slee.lamb Tue, 06/10/2026 - 09:50 Catherine Haddon speaks to Chris Mason about Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith's plans to scrap Natural England and the Environment Agency in England. 1 IfG in the news BBC News No Policy making Public bodies Housing Party conferences Environment Conservative No Off Policy making Public bodies
Tory plan to cut energy efficiency rule for builders will cost new home owners £1,000 a year, says thinktank – as it happened ellie.slee.lamb Tue, 06/10/2026 - 10:42 IfG in the news The Guardian Policy making Public bodies Housing Environment Party conferences Conservative Off https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/05/tory-party-conference-lab… Jill Rutter is quoted in the Guardian on Conservative plans to scrap Natural England and the Environment Agency in England. Public bodies
For several years, I taught an undergraduate course on spiritual formation. Part of the class included readings from the desert fathers and mothers, who, following the example of Jesus (Luke 5:16), withdrew from society and went into the wilderness, embracing a life of self-denial and deep solitude. My students dutifully completed the assignment, but they Read more. The post We Need the Church to Face the Quiet appeared first on Christianity Today
Reading is dead, and screens are the culprit. That’s one side of James Marriott’s thesis in The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society. It’s a claim you’ve heard before, and you probably half agree. You’ve seen the teens with slack faces watching five-second reels on a loop, the “iPad kids” Read more. The post Religion Is Not the Enemy of Reading appeared first on Christianity Today
Jim Bakker, a pioneering televangelist later caught in scandal and financial crimes, died Oct. 5 at the age of 86, according to a statement from his second wife Lori Bakker. She did not share his cause of death. Bakker rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s as the host of a popular Christian television Read more. The post Died: Jim Bakker, Pioneering Televangelist Later Caught in Crimes appeared first on Christianity Today
a16z General Partner David George sits down with Armadin founder and CEO Kevin Mandia to discuss what happens to cybersecurity when attackers can operate at machine speed. After 30 years in security and building Mandiant, Kevin says AI convinced him to get back on the field. He explains how AI changes the economics of cyberattacks, allowing attackers to probe thousands of paths simultaneously, and why that means defense will ultimately need to become autonomous too. They also unpack Armadin’s...
The article examines the misconception that military victories lead to lasting political solutions, arguing that history shows such triumphs often fail to secure peace and stability.